The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-12-13

11o"e. Theodore Parker 90, u;-
son, r. \. Sanbcrn, Cert So
-ete was in part expended +, the
anulacture for the especia! purnoa.
- ,o'V pixies, a weapon with which
p..AH the negroes who should ioin
D-o"h ana which doubtless would
nar superior TO the scythes Nat Tpr-
Lei had employed SO successfniIv
Ihese pixies and other arms wer. 90.
tured with Brown,
MO lpage 524) say VS.. "on, ne
q Httie more han $4,000 in noney
"nieH passed through the hands ~
Ht secret committee in aid OF his
sAsiilla enterprise : 8 = at leas. "a
oeo was gwen with a clear knowledge
- .ne use to which it would be put"
1eiTl1 Smith was a liberal contributors
ana on August 81. 1858. six weeks be-
Loie the attack on Harper's Ferry. he
niote. me feeling among the blacks
mat tney must deliver themselves
sans strength with fearful rapidity
Ihe South would no. represen,
ner own Jefferson's predict on of SER
VIE resurrection. how then can IL De
noped that she will respect a~nother's?
AAo Is II entirely certain that these in
surIectlons Will be put down promptly
aAu oelore they can nave spread far?
WI telegraphs and "a iroads be too
s"iit Tor even the swifest insurrec-
Ions remember, that telegraphs and
railroads. can be rendered useless in
an hour"
Brown himself. according to San
porn tpage 572) said after he was \
prisoner: Il knew of course the me-
5foes would rally to my standard. II
! nao got the thing fairly started, yol
. iS mans would have seen sights
mat "ouid nave opened your eyes and
! tel O that if | were tree this mo-
! mont and h3S EnN o1c-ao- 49,. 49,
| wound put these irons on Wise him.
sell before Saturday night" He also
said. as reported by Realf ipage 1857
mat upon the first intinlation of q
plan formed for the immediate rise
all over the Southern States, and vet
when lace to face with the gallows
Tor his crimes ne said: 81 never did
intend murder, or treason. or the de-
struction OF property, or to excite or
5ncites slaves to rebellion or to make
tnsurrection." It seemed the irony Of
[ate that the first murder these men
committed at Harper's Ferry was the
Killing Of a negro porter who was not
oniy unarmed but was running from
them in fright. If he did not intend
murder, why shoot this man and 9th
eTs? Why take the lives Of five men
n boys in Kansas? II attacking the
United States arsenal was not intended
as treason, what was intended? If lin.
~ 1CCliCl Was not amended Or con-
tenplated, why these pixies and arms
for q seTvlle ace. and what is the sig
n~lf1cance Of the Gerrit Smith ebuIition
above quoted?
What respect will sane Americans
have for the judgment Of q man who
mas read the twentieth chapter @,
Exodus. who has twice taken an cath
to protect and defend the constitu-
ton of the United States" and who
now with all the facts before him es-
says to hold John Provn up as repre-
senting the greatest service ever rem
dered this country. as "a ma OF he
7oic vaIor. grim energy, fierce fidelity
20 high ideals" A Rhapsody seconi
only to that Of F. B.. Sanborn. who
says: From h crucifixion at Jerusa-
lem a light sprang forth shat was re-
Elected back without obstruction from
the ugly gailews OF VireiuLa-John
Brown o up his cross and followed
the Lord, and it was enough for this
servant that He was as his Master"
f"IEfe md Letters OF John Brown
page 118).
JOHN A. WYETH. NJ. D.. LID.
New York.