Republican Steam Printing'ince,
In Hawley L Lathrop& Building,
.np;i4ies
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trANT FACitliEßSlllllleasilaraCartings add XladaStorea
it ond t•thert Iron Rare. Acricultund luanirautnat, and Drab
urooda tinworks. Cnakory, ..
xl.nio;so, Pa.. Oetober;t3:o. - •
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JOIIN, (11:1017S, •
T.mon.. Sbop efix "ilk; "RcrOlcui" strut'
tn, ,
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DR. C..C. LIAMY s.;
11) II YSICUIC AND SCRllF.O.N.,'Aerillert I,IX pirf0.610,.9.1 servkr9
1„ tams of 11 /9914. v",. and visaidtr. Cllllec owf ...I.4ra• J.- I,v.
!Wards at Mr, Eilleridget,',)l,,tron, OctplK+ 19, 1949..:if
F. REYNOLDS,-
iy.tStiIONABLE - rAn.on. Rhein luentait ociewle . . 5
od - ner mom, Montrose., - ra. •
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31 , :Aro... tkuber,2o, .
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DR. W. C.
• 7),TITSICIAN AND liallne located Rlinself In An.
I horn Centro. to reatly to attend to all the calla of•lns profeasion.
a:to:U.lo%l , n In the tn.:noir., of Chronic anionser
co-tro,l•ing. Co- In Sot. 1.18:4. 7 .fan0
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• Ihts.IBLABESLEE 1C BRUSEi , '
rING ormattats,l tbeir.seloca underilleabotenahinfor theprbee
ecuth,r, of the dune", df their Path-m.lcm. rupee:fully offer thelr
n•taharal nen ♦tortt•to Inrathl.pallo.:;•Offleo al tile trrAlcnce of
ithiesice. midway lotwoen the rtilacos of ti,nrlngvAlf klntoock.
.• at...arm:on. • - • . - r- , t. nntinti.
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' .. J.. DUBOIS, * Z'• - • •••
TUSTICE OF TIIP PE . ACEaatleirdaF,SlON Mt OF DEEDS
e P f. 11) e :AO te of l'faa - York, at Great lier,d, Sam.To.,'Pa - .
i;. ,at lk•ud. A ug: t.. ,4, 1839.-ly • • . . i
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A. A . •BALL, •
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ArANT'FACTURIR and Dealer In all kindsof
.;..,1_ F.URNITCHX.and CoFFINS. t
New Milford. 1.3.', iv:N.1859.4r - •
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BACON - & WEEKS,' r
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rtr,Ai.xns ID an icinda' - of Gmentielc PcnNinnAnd.Totheitte
I/ rrulte. OrAngo , unit Lcftiona, .Ntzt.nt nil kift,l,tl..rlol reach.
~..1111,!es, Iltmles. Prtmcft, Plait,. Prewrres. '.oltre%l Worcester:
pi:ire tPance, Flol9. FIA,L , arS2. 'fallow; Fork. ectli,,t tf... Sc. .
ie. n/kCJN ;.:li. L. wrna.
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Nlontrn.‘c, Aug ht 4.,15:41....tt' . .
F._LINES, ' . l" ' , .
I.istuoNAnix. tAitOR, Brick 13;erek, over iteFxd 4:
tw. Stare. Monter,se, Pa. . ~
Stosatroee, July e 7. I&b.-zt . -Li i 1
HENRY C. 'TYLER,
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Tit - Jo-ER 111 M7 Gon 6 . Groc-Zrlem, iTmbrAln - s, Tiinkee ?Jailor s,
jtj 13", d, and Sham. :3.!..t0rt‘1. and Fqrkoi, Sknic Wiliv, Wooden
'Ware and ltronm,. Head .4 NAlution, welt Avdjoie. .
NI untrr6r, ra., June = 151.2.-)y
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WILLIAM IL COOPER A: CC) •
J3ANY: SAS.' Sueconsors to rosy, courEn montrose,
l'n. Office one doot east from - I'l'os Stnre, Turafake - Street.
• lith t Unt3KE.l.
Montrose, Jane 9, It't39.-$. •7,
GARRATT ij •
IpL PALER 4 in
Will keep oaustnntly oow n
hand the tot brands f " .I lour. by the
Sort Cr handrail I orreit at the lowestt. nairket prtotnptdso
• S'alt by
rintrrl Land. AI I. orderattoni MerchnOtn and Dealers
Pro.nt4 , ' nffen.od iner - 05..,h puid for Grath: dVool.lhdts.
I P-te.s• nod all iinds ofFannon. produce to Ilielrecaibu.
Neu-Milford , Pa., Niue& 'JO, - •. '
G.. F. sFPRDHAM, " !;
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ArA•7I7FACTUFLER i)t SADDLES;'ITAIiESS,4
.I.TI. TIILIN KS. & CARRI AGE TICIIIMIXOn 1.11111
brauches. Shop one door bthi Kreler .4. Stoddard%
If oatroee, Scorch 1 , ISSY. , -
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• J.ll. SMITH, . ' "
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.ricir-PACTREGIi 5111ARYESS'...S'ADbLEF,Arid TRUNKS,
iR. New !ISM& busquebanns Connty, rm. .
w 111iford, Jannzry 1859:1y,
KEELER ,fti, STODDARD, ;
TT EA LE RS In BOOTS , 51i0a,..; Lestherand,FlnglnL
j st
on Main ..,11sst daai• below Searle': !Iota& Ighb.
G-1"064L XISL.I:I4 0' N. stow:. izr.
XL CI tn .. .., Pe, Jan. 1, 1-%E.-1-2nl _ _
E. 11. ROGERS, •
C TILL conthotes the ItIA:ZUrACTUTIE of el de.
1.7 waiptons of SLEIGHS. CARRIAGES,
S'S„ &a.. Le, the nest style of Workman:l,l4l.mi of the
•M..:materials, at the well known stand, n few rods ensfuf Sesrle's
II el, In IlL•ntr.we, where he will be 1.:11.P.Y to receltepe calls of
I.] who 'want anything In his floe.,
Montrose, September
11. D. BENNDTT t I
BOOK BriTtEll,'S.rnlley.Sulquellsnna -
ty, Ps, respect-fatly tntorms 110 peopit ofSa, _g
krt..bsuns and neighhoring comities tl9t he is pm , : - •
• ;..tredto bind Perk/Wogs' and BOols, and Itc• ' 1 75.:`-Y_
old Books. K. W. Pr.sztr.si will ?owlet P .11=17 dsoeks,..kc
.4, D. Bennett,. , GKaon,
ta:s_tf
WILLI.I3I IL -SIMPSON; , _
NtrATCJIKEPAIF.ER,-hating :iorked for the 7,e i et
T nine scare Neat the most sklilfnl workmen, he feels
cc :trident that ht ndo the moot dletentt jobs en-sinief.
All wort: warranted to glee sath4ction. Jewe l.
repslred neztly,aud mnsetatlae terms.
• ..Shop ir.B.ryil..i Webster's Loy : 4 :ore, eornercl laifp.and tam
s.I ke Street.<, bdu!k• ttearlesllotel. Sloutrof.e. 2'.k. ' -; .
nekkass To Wm2"Elirell. E. W. Iktlrd: E. I). Ilotitayn'fi E. 0
0,4 , 111c.b. B. Eltrat.cry,T.mar.da s 13.5_ J.Sati,ley, L. Nark, C. IL.
Lkthrop..l. Wittetiberg. Montrone. I
Mut:rusk;'Sksk. 13. La9.-t1 I
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wm.. w. ilirre &-c,7 4 ., -•
111:1111CASTNET AND CHAIR SIARRTAC-
turent. Roo yp conftant! y on hand all kind,
..pf emusir Ft - r-strrzt, cl i furnl4l44l at i
elo , rt notipe: Snot. and Aare Rocans.fuot of II a ntrt:o.y. I
Ilmtnaae,Ta, May St, 1ii.59.-tf , " i - ._ ". - I . .
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le w LE fS
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lu4tl Z . in&Ped 3viop. l n ; i,
ellalfunisl larssupllrdi -ri• lo;kJJ.lnP Prces
t IV !!Ilford , 164-lp
WILLIAM. .L• WILLIAM. IL ' .
TTOIT.NEY:t AT LAW; 3! us-rtne..c.,rx. Practioe eta Sumpe
hams. lirsulf9rd Wayne, Wycnning and Luzertie Onnt km.
WIL - LIAli JESCUP . '
A `TTORX.F.T'AT LAW..NOTART PrraAr, AXI),C(I3I.7.ifTS
/.1. SloN Ell OF Lti:EIR., for t1..5!,;1, oT Sc:. r4,17:114 attend
01.101,4. oLl.ll.l.ett to 11m I.romptama us4lldillty.
'Oltce ou Public Squat., occujAud`by llun. Wlllbasi,JFsaup.
'BENTLEY ,51 FITCU,•
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A TTORNETS AT LAW, A:,!4)I3OE7SiT LAND , ,AGtAIs.
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ufßct , west u. the Court Itourei•Moutr,nc, Pa
B. IL IMSTIXT,
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ALBERT CHAMBERLIN, 'j , . • '
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A TTORNEY AT LAW, AND .71.:STICiE OF 'flit fiEACC—
.I4. Wilco orerl.L. rug .Ir.. Co.'n :acme, Mur_vrtnEr., rit„i
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. A. 'BUSHNELL,.
; k TTORNET k coulisEiloß AT LAW. 10 - ver B.
.11. West's Drag stole, Scsa - slussk Urn); Pa,-11;1'
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WILLIAM N. GRQVER, •
TTOILNET AT LAU"- Sr Louts. Mtedvmr.t: Prit't leesoalt•
A the-ems.(lortvs of itrecam, and devotes- Ittnottlf plilety to
t'etntructst. CASES. • linslatx 7, from almoad svill reett.vdqmortdd at-
NO? FICE 44 Citesdunt Street.
St Louis, I.l...medd.mt tf2, 3 ,
tiOYD & WEBSTER,
EALERS n Stores, Stare Yipe. Tim eoppur, arid ;Sheet Iron
1 .1 NV-at uLeu. Window Suph, Panel I),Cry
Lumber, mann kinds of Building 31.uterlals. t,hop.Sou.ll
St-urle*.e4loteLluld Carpeuter Sbop uuar Methodist:V./Awl, •
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DR. , JOHN .W. COBB, - I,
BEIN d now prephred to practice arricixEazi:srEGEßr.
has ins•at.sl.4lmssilf litlfoutrrise, Pe.; hod will Strictly attend
t , l the c.lll. wah Arltlch be hay .be havorsdi OFI . I y Z 'co er Z.
COBB'S Store. opprolity• SearlWllutel.
Nos:moss, Susq. Co, Pa„ March 2, I.6;;D:'-tf;
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Die. G. Z. 1.k1110:GK,
T ir i - ET. " , e l i‘tul -D- u si M E° J;;;o h t " T. e 7 a all•ity:l- 31 4 - 71:0 " n
& Sons l More. Lodgthp at !Senile!' Ilut:1
ai man.. „II szch 10. 7 Wk.
Da. .F. WILMOT,
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rj . E.ADIpE of the Allopathic and flow el:Talkie rellege of
k.lll - Medle ne. to new permintanstly located le Gaeta Bead, Pa. Of.
flee, corner of )Lathe and rdthabetli St ft heady nepceatei the M. E.
Cburth.kay. lls l,.Van.-IT
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Da. H. SMITH, '
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srrazoN DENTIST.. 41.c.;likticri. and , office.
' u s 111. a . orvoalk the natainthurd4(Datttlt 111,31ntat
• ,--•••••• raft. Particular atterotioh will he gh2a.l to Insert.
Sae teeth on Gott" and NELVZI plate, and to 1111Ing d...ltretb.
Stontrtst,Jautiary 113.11358.4.1
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. E.' 4 11)E.V.1 - ANTIFT T SiONTIO.E, PA. a
ce at the },raalcliu How.. fCnom
••• lasertLar_tacth cm OW or Slicer plaidduat La the
Lial.eft of the Art. All joba warmded. "
Mow:lmm Aped - • • -
!Ts: - R. 7121 A !!. , !
PrrYslciert AID 817.1WEOli; McarnichMa Pa.ifddEte tba
nuinerastore,: !" v2n2.8 •
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• s ABEL TA:MR - ELL ; ,
TiaziLEE - IN DILUGS. XERICLIES.
S p / d o m, Oil Dyww/affn. Varadabin. Window MMus; Idq-
Lona Groseria. Glarware. Wall Paper, JeWelry„
Fancy 4.,Moda, Perfumery. Surgical Imtnnuennal 'Prawn.
(*.Melo, Brumes . ar..—and Agent fur all of the most pi4tu.Lar Patent .
Medinints..ll.outrone., Pa. ~
CfIiNOLER • JFASUi',. 11
DEAJLER.S OICY W . /Of/S.lloy Made elntlanit Gr4e.ric,
13.kautal Statlonern Aralut.* ( 4Ts?s, 2 . P.
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POST BROTHERS; I-7-,
DWA'N4.l ) "ete °" U
"' 4 9 '71;: . cl".`tit•PltTlicwAavre
L.l' If uSraoss, ra: --
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.I. , ,LYONS'I SON"
DEALERS IN DRY GOODS, GrOoeries. Ilalrirt, C/ockerr.
Tinware. Books, Stelodwus. sl'ud She“. Musk.. &V.. o , also, cam
Co the Wok Itamso blikness—pAthac A reoue,')loarpzost, .1.16
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a. LT4?),$
READ it CO., '• ' f; —t-i--
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nEALF.RS IS .DRY GOODS. Dnts; 31cctIcIns4b_ tralnts, 011 s
1.1 , Grocirrivi, Iluthrere. Crcockerr, Irtin, U/ircks. wap.ba, Jow.
Cry sliver spoons, Perfumery . Sm. Thick Block, Mcial.rktoc. ' - ' •
.F. IV:11414r, with - i...lea• azikt. ,
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BALDWIN k! AL - Mi, .- -
W I I. ° 4 I ,:iI E .S; A- rrA. ° „: a st et ,Al,! ) ,Vl e (gr i ln ° 7l' r e v a t4, 11 ,1 ; . ;'FAU.1!O
( , R0 , _ • ;1ar..5..-Ittch *Ur" 81.04•91 , [1. Syru . TeikOutr, ce„ de.
W.vt i,de of PutaleAveoue, one du9r below J. Etlif
• lioNntost, Oct. EU, 1858.-tf
, • Z. COBB,
it E.I).ER catocptris, tlie stint re4t.ty oettillenl
Air I, y Craze Y Ilorcrg. Mootrust, Pa. - 1" •
11 01., eues„ March .17.1549,tr . • - •
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;kw ail who tuay War her Wlth - theireurmh. • • 1.
litoutrwe. hot. 1 / 4 31.4.! •
rer Patrouisi ewe t.bsithrerti4
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PUBLISHED EVERT THURSDA T , AT DOETEGSE, 13L'SQUE.
HANNA: CC/6M PENN'A BY
11. H. FR AZIER,
• AT V . ,t50 A TZAR, 1N AnT r Ascr.
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Rates et - Advertising.
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BrACL . 1 'fair 12 wr mr — m
1 agna t e ,: SO 5010 15 1 0(1 125 9.25 3 tlO #soolsB 00
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2 siinares 1 (*)11 50 ' 1 00 60 400 500 90(1115 00
3 squares,/ 1 51112 2518 00110518 001'1.50 )2110i20 00
4 squaread 2 (./,8 00i31614 , 5018 csop 50 15 00 24 00,
Half a . z;. - 18 On 30 00
•One ' ' 30 00 5000
'welve lines{of this size_cirpeq make a sciart.:
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,cht llncei Of tole site rSi‘b.—Allear. •
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Truly Ads-criteria X7ll pare the rilege al tee e,7. or cl4nglog
b zoireitteem r mmionallt- tbont adaitlorod thine.. •
ilaideent emir nOt eremite' ere bars Inserted at iS par annum.
Advcrtiscr4ent...,;ip !arum. Vpsatlynottosl be Landed in by Tuele
Jay nieratric. • • •
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' Job. 11Vp*k.—The officeef the Isncessrprse
P.M,'DUCA:S . laprcirldrd :with ;taw Klntlng preac,. .i 1 sTr.m.l
POWER PRI...CS,a large ITKA'D PRTh.qa • and a CARD PREtzs,
tr;rether with a rood - 1.1,1r; co (11Cof Jobbln; materials ; and all kiwi.
of Job Work. such as Canis. Circulars, Porter,. flandbllla, Labels,
Pamphlets. Cc., will be done nratlp and promptly.
Blanka.r-Justices l and Constables' Blanks',
School TharkA, Note& Drcda.treara. Land Vontractn..tc.,"kept on
hand and for sahratheJarDlFL, - D=l. Rirraucas office. •
The KhielhVsteap - at Itteao.hr.
"So the feet , an has fired the gate; men-of mine,
Apd the water is spent 'and done ; •
Then bring are a cup of red Atm wine ; • .
I never shall drink but this one. .
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And fetch ma.my harness,:saddle.my horse,
And lead la`ta round to the door; . • ...
Ile must takesuch lap tonight, perforce,
As horse never took before.
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I have lived I ly the saddle mr years o score, ••
And - I ma., die coi the tree,
The old saddlotree, Whieh has borne me of yore,_
Is the proprest timber for me. , • , ...
.i I hate - lived My life,
I have fought ; y fight,
, I have drunk my share lof wine; • .
Frog Trier tol Coln there Was never a knight '''..- •
- Lived amebic! life than mine. •
.So now to she v bishop, and burgher, and priest,
How -the A tenahr hawk can die.- . '
If they smoke k the old falcon out of his`nest, -
! Be must take ttalals wings and fly.' .
-A Ile halmess edillimelf by the clear' m ' in;
And he wonted his- horse at the d ' -
And hi bibtrrach aintil it the
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As never rum took before. '
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Ile spurretl - hil old horse, and he held him tight,
And he leacil him'over the wall;
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. Out over the oatf'irito the night,
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Three hund eil feet of fall. -
Theo found hi ( ' next.nnorning below in the glen,
And never a bone In him whole;
But Bearen an!ayget have more mercy than men
On such a bluld•rider's soul. • - •
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REI on .31oltliatrolvn.,
EDITIESDF "RXPI;DLICAN" AND THE
" DEMOCRAT" a.vjote of the meeting which lis, -
tened to the fo4iving. Defence of Capt. John Brown,
I am requested to hand .it over "for publication in
your several papers. . . •
Ify lime will tot warrant me hr furnishing you
each witlia separate cOpy of the manuscript, and' I
trust in your mu4al generosity, to accominodate each
other with the 'op . e. • • •
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In submittingrit,. petinif me to adttthat - 1 • had no
expectation of the call 'Which is made for it; • andl
can now consent to its publication only . as an ex
pressicni`of my own se4iinlents, for which no man
besides rim'i.t , lf,; pd no party or sect is responsible:—
As t'M potitieal.pirties, tstand ontside•of them
None of them cone up'to my standard of right
duty, although, bccasionally, they may have -men in.
Mar A ninntion, for bac; for whom I can vote. . I say'
this much, in juittice tMall parties concerned. :Let
therefore none hut the author be held responSiblefo'r
the sentiments, at least until they 'shall have'read or
heard, acid endOrsed. them. •
Betpeetfuily yo;rs,
Montrose,-Ta.!, Dec-, 1.85%
EMCEE!
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A DEFBNOR OF CAPT. JOHN BROWN.
Delivered at Mel Bardiii Meeting Mare in Mont
rose, on the I.(rening'after his Exert:lion
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The dark deed, probably, is done.. The Moloch:
and minions of sluvery arejubilant over. theatrangu
lation of another, the•noblest of all its victims. The
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drop or a Vitgitlia gallows, in hot haste, has fallen,
and the spirit oft 'mother martyr in the cause of hu.l
.man freedom, hits taken its flight to that better land,
"where the wicked epee from troubling and the wea
ry are tit rest." I Peape to his •remaitts, and honor to
his memory. ~Now that Capt. JOl/17 Brown has been'
executed, on cbnviction by a 'Virginia Court, of
Trion,/tiurd4, stood Insurrection, it-may be hoped,
by many, that a I the excitement occasioned by his
dillinterested an noble, dating, may die out;. and
tilthat his name ay be forgotten . ; or rementhered only,
as connected with the Sad fate Of those ~ .Who have
suffered the extieme penalty of violated laW. Vaia
hope! As to: tlie excitement, we haie had but the
beginning - of the end;: and as to the. memory of
Brown, it. is imrtosaible that it shall.not be cherished.
It must L'e wrea l thed inia i lieres crown, and embalm.
ed in the incens'r of a martyr's glory. Maybe this
generation will of do hint the anticipated 'honor.--
Maybe that ltaittfor prerogative and poWer has . so
corrupted the h of the nation, and the wisdom
h
which an inrpi 4.51 ap ostle. denominates, "earthly,
rt
sensual, devilish," Vas co blinded its coneeptions t of
law, juStice,,int true.glory, that - his name may be
handed to the lext generation; with the tarnish -of
Infamy, or apol gi for, madness.. But that, or; an-
Other, shall surely wipe off•the , stain. - Truth and
'justice will,.soMehow; keep a clean and' - sufficient
record. .gt?lne bl iMary ti-Lydia Maria Child will go
with spires to is newly-made sepulchre ; and if
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"many noble o wise . men;" at least some ;few men
who base reputation neither to, gain nor to lose, with
honest hearts atni . truttiful words, will vindicate lila
bonds, and the, ustice4f that cause id which he bail
fallen. - IloweS r malignant-and threatening maybe
the cry of ' trekson,' stilL they will - do, it., But I ea,
pect more and otter things even of this generation.
It is icupessible,that Brown's.heroic deeds, followeil,,
if possible, by inore noble utterances, and 'an sm.!'
daunted christi i nCaltn; s while in prison, can be lost,'
or prove destitute'of power in arousing the nation,
even now. 9olv: Wise may take and give to South
ein. bataihouncis the so much desired snuff of 'Alio
lidon blOild, tin i that will only madden to destroy.-
Ire may bccondi aafainons, among theihousands who..
hise.urged him,on, as ! PerskuS of 010;1 who- Myth - -
610 p tells us oft MT the bead- of Medusa; -but he
marhave'reasou to fear that ,the mythic drops of
bfooti which feli from that head, and produCed !nom
Merable serpents, may have a Mote substantial coati
terpart in the blood of;l3rosiit. But the better-hope
is,'‘that the martyr's blOod may cleamte the Church
611111
and ballot-b3x;
dieate juitiar,
I liberty piraugh
thereof," 'and g
Yee, maybe th
LEI
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.nlleNT LICA
A, L rosT,
ad ree)pre . to them the power to yin
:4stabllsh human " proChtim
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all the lendi:o all the inbal?itants
.e " whom honor due."
will- do John BrOwn's
1 11 4 1 / 1 4 16 the WO*, Peaetibiiiff
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MONTROSE, PA., tHIT.It
can, which he attemptird. - ..Almlng,. at ,ao desirable
• results, thus early, on this day of. his execution,
. bring my offering. Iliwever feeble, oe in the light
of the Present, presuniptuoas, it Is honest.' Take it
for what It-is worth. • ' • ,
do not intend tti gd into. the 'details of the old
; hero's life; nor the.ltilnutlas of Circumstances con
nected with. his death.: I s From my stand point. there
is no need, in the vindication' of :Ids character and
conduct, to'make apoltigies for wkat is called-hislast
raid" "foray," at Harper's Ferry; and therefore
,no necessity that I shoidd recount those, scenes of
Slavery ruffianism and outrage In Kansas, - whicb' are
supposed to hire , midi, him a monconaniad„or mad
man, bent on revenge, i Enough feral,. present pur
pose, that Capt i rohn .11rown; - who to-day expired
upon Virgir4: - fgalleWs," inherited 4 thir name and
spirit of a lineite, traceable directly back through
Capt. Johnl3rdirni one of the heroes of our Revidu
,tien,-icsEeterlitortn„ One of the Pilgrim Fathers,
who, in 1n9.0, after a lonkand perilous ocean voy
age, iccpursuit of 3m a_ from the.oppressiontrof,
the Old:-World t ranth place of fiedom to worship
God, stepped gem - A . 14 Mayflower irpon Plymouth.
Rock. • EnoughthritThls conduct and conversation,
while - holdine the ikenal at Harper's Ferry, :while
lying inangled and titeeping, surrounded by official
dignitariesoire bristling bayonets And cutlasses of
die soldiery, while chaijied in a Charltrirrn prison,
and confronting the inOckery of s' Court, .and 'the
gallows, he honored ihrit lineage, and established the
right and justice of, bi lnitn Let Col. Washington
and his fellow prisono;whnesi to his bravery ha
manity„and selklerifieing generosity. Let Brown's
• Own indignant repudiation of the advantage which
might have been gained by a ! plett . of insanity, 'and
- his prison letters, humble, unequivocal, frank, truth.'
fill, and sublime, vindicate him from the charges of
enemies, and Misjudged apologies of friends. Vir
ginia's officials,- from tht Governerdonvto Consta
ble, or up tejailor--for,he, Capt. Avis, seems nob
lest'Of them all—though thirsting for the- poor re
mains of his blood, beOred every word the old hero •I
said ; and were forced by their own convictions; to.
pronounce him the 6r:rick man and the noblest old
Roman thdy ever saw. i'On- the conviction of Vir
ginia and the whole nation-that brown tells the tint!),
I.pot in for.him the Plea of justification. In 'the
light of these facts, Mdeicipal Law, as interpreted •
tirthe world!s elyilizatinn, and christian morality, as
expounded by the Christendorn of. the age, both •
alike, must acquit him Of crime. •
Now to the proof. kiret the-fact, and then the
moral and civil law, as applied to t h em, .
IMMIEESZI
The facts Include lirOwn's object, anti the means
of accomplishing it, His object with wits the liberation of
•slaves, and the abolition of SlaVery. ,jt was net the
creature of momentary; impulse, but of a sober, long
cherished scnse of duty to God and' the- millions of
his enslaved fellow etiuhtryteen—an object worthy of
his life and death. • In-pursuance of this object, hi
fought the battleb of Freedom in Kansas; became
the terror 'of Border- ituffions and the minions of
andiecomplisbed r'ealiy more than any oth
er man in,preparinglCansaiflo come-into the„ Union
as a Free State. , Ire tinlshed•uP his - labors tliere'hy"
running off A cornpany of - slaves-from Missouri, and
taking them in triumph to Canada.. With a reputa
tion-thus-established, lie enteredtkvoti - the work of
emancipation on a gratider scale: lie-Jollied - ce few
brat-c and trod. men around him, and organized a
Provisional , Gorernafent, under a Constitution which
clearly sets-forth his ohject, and the means by widen,
that Object was to be accomplished. The_ Preamble'
-to that Constitution is sufficiently definite. upon this
subject.. It reads as follows:—'•Pixsunts— Where
as, .Slavery through ita'entire existencein the United
States, is none other thOn the most barbarous, un
provoked; and unjustifilible war, of a ,portion of its
citizens against tinothei'', portion; the only conditions
of which fir,:ope - rpetuall imprisonment and hopeless
servitude,..or obsolete extermination, in utter , clitoris
gard and violation of those eternal and self-evident
truthS set forth in our tieclaration. of Independence :•
Therefore, We, the citizens of the -United States,
and the'oppressed people, who by a recent decision
the'Suprerne Court, fire declared to have no rights
which the white man i'lltound to respect, together
with all other people, degraded by the laws thereof,
do for the time being-ordain and •establish. for. our
selves the following Provisional Government and or-'
&ponces, the better to protect our people, property,
lives, 'and libertieS, and to govern otir action."
organized, with twentl-two men-. - --tseventeen'White
find five colored—he pfoceeded to Maryland:. After
maturing plans, he tooti thetown of Harper's Ferry,
containing two thousand or more inhabitants, the
United States Arseindpand - a number of men prison
eri;-without the shedding of blood. The State and
United States troops, iii large numbers, urged on by
Gov. Wise of Virginit4 in person, made mr attack
upon him shot down and butchered thirteen of his
men—disregarding, by tlae way, the flag of truce
held sacred at least amnply all civilized nations—and
after two days of turmoil and conflict, • succeeded in
capturing hint hnd the temainder" of his men, left in.
.the Arsenal. Six orhiS combatants are reported to
have been killed, and several wounded Triala be-.
fore a Virginia Court, iii hot, indecent haste, hay'
' followed, resulting in - the condemnation of Brown
and four of his associates for treason, (exceptingone
• colored man on this count,) 'Murder, and insurreezion,
under'the penalty of death. To-day, between 11 and
12 o'cloCk, Brown weeks. have been, and probably
-has been executed. ' ••
. .
Such is a brief, but Plain itateinent of the facts. -
Doefilaw, applied to this state. of facts,, condemn
Brown as a criminal, and justify the judiciary and
executive of Virginia In the. examination of this
question, let us *direst imcsefees, as far aa'possible,of
all•prejudices, partleanipredifectiorut, - and - especially
of the influence of thqe forms -nf law, which have
eitherlosfibeir substance,-or been perverted to the
service of injustice; wing, and Outrage; and, with
the full expectation that our'conclusiono will pas/ in
review, at the judgment Of-the Great Day, honestly .
inquire after truth. • What is tight ?. What is jug-
In other, words. what,in its truelsentle, IS
as applicable to this cafe? . •
VIZ L.IIT
Mlackstone, the 'world renowned Commentator on
Law, defines It as folloys:
"Civil or Municipal Law is a rule of civil conduct,
prescribed by the supreme power , in a State, coin
manding what la . right, and prohibiting' what' is
I am aware that.castlis ta; and those'Who have en
deavored to make it appear that laws are valid, right
or wrong, have &lend fault with thbktle6nition ;
yet it must be admitted 'as the true. The delft. and
unmistakable inferene4ldrate from it is—that which
does not command 'Whit is: right, or prathit that
which is wrong, is not taw, and as such, can have no:
binding - force. '
..lustiniati, the great Ilomen i lawyer, in his Insti
tutes, (according to Biackstone,) reduces the doc
trine of law - to three nt4htilples; " We should
live honestly, ehould'hhrt nobody, and should render
to every one his due."i These, Blackstone includes
among " the,etertial, immutable lawn -of,good And
91;ili to which the Cried*, 'himself, In all hls Open.
salmi conforms., ' ".
HWT
DAY,,
.D
Rutherfoith,t In his nstitetea. of Natural La
page 10, says, "As has ..• en shown already, theta
of nature enjoins all thode actions whith aremOrall
good, and lorbida all thoie width - are bad. By. thi
means, the former becorre dudes and the latter he
come crimes." • . !-
With these testitnonle, we can hardly mistake th
nature of Jai, or thedis inction.between duties an.
crimes. ..,If l'am met here-by a cbsiling lawyer wit
the declaration that theli are Important.' distinction
between municipal and_natural law, my tep17 . 19, ad
matting that, yet still inal oonflietsbetvieen the two
the municipal must give way toll° natural. The for
mer is null and void if it' encroaches . upon. the an
thority of the latter. Let him . turn to his Blackstone
Vol. I, pages 41, 42, 43,iand he read as follows
"The, law of nature beidg coeval with mankind, an.
dictated by God himielf,ils of course superior in o.
ligation to any other. It la binding over all the globe
in all countries and at allltimes. No laws ar.
.of spy validity if eoltrary to Uric! and such o
them as are-valid derive all their . orce and all thei
with - 41V mediately or l mediatelifrom this origin
al." Further, " Thoselt mail , laws that l annez pun
ishment to murder, d o not at all increase its mo
guilt, or spperadtl any fresh obligation in the forum .
of conscience to abstain nom its perpetration. • Nay,
ifinf human law should illow or enjein- us, to .com
mit it, ire are hound to transgress that hi:man law; o
else we must offend..both the naturaland divine."—
Still Further, " Those rihts then which God and
nature have established, i
nd thereltithare callednat-
Ural rights, suchaiere lire and liberty, need not the
aid of =man laws to be More effectually Invested in
every Tan than they are. Neither do they receive
any additional strength, -fhen declared by the mu
nicipal laws to be inviolable. On the . contrary no
human legislature has pOwer to abridge or dettroyi
'them, nnleis the owner salbcommlf some act that
amounts to a forfeiture.' What act, by - the, way,?
has the American slave committed that amounts to a
forfeiture of his natural r ghts, as "Hosted liberty ?"
But to . pnx.eed. " Thelaw 'Of nature," says Johir
Quincy Adams, and be is goixt authority, " is prece
dent and paramount to al .human go - vernments. Ev
ery individual of the he an race comes into the)
world with rights, which, if the whole ; aggregate o f
human power were cane trated in, one inn, it could
nettake away. The Declaration ot Independence,
recognizes no despotism, monarchiCal, aristocratic, or
democratic. It declares hat individual man is pos
sessed of rights, of •whic no goverranent cans de
priye him. .
.
But, letthe Declaration of Independence - speak MI
its own language :—" W hold-these truths to be
self-evident, that all m ' are created , equal; that
they-are. endowed by their Creator with certain ut
alienable rights ; that amlong these are life, liberty,
and the.pursuit of happiLess--that to secure these
rights, governments are iirstituted among men, de
riving their just powers im the consent of the - goy -I
erned : that whenever In form of government' be-I
comes destructive of the ends it is the right of 'thel
People in :titer or abolish it, and to , institute a new'
lit
o
government laying its fonndation on,such principles,l
-and organizing their powlas in such form as to theml
.12;11 'feints niitliklikoly toglut ttiair safety and. hap-1
Pinefts. " • ":" Butwh a long train of abuses and
ex : .
usurpations, pursui4 -- ie iably the Kahn- tztiectj
evinces a design. to reduc lN thom under absolute tfea f j
potisni,. it is their. right; i Is thesr.krty "to 'throw o 1
such government, and .. provide new guards fort
their future security."
'llene doctrines, once t leaat„ had, the an
.n'tyl
of law: On the strength of their vitalizing poWer,
our-nation sprang into ex stece, and gained an
lthowledged sovereignty. True, their authority . . Mt:
come to- , be denied. harnecrats, assuming th
name-of DeinOcrat and R publican, haye publicly, in
--...
many cases, denominated' hem "nonsensical abitras- -
'dons," a " mere rhetoriear flourish." Yet it is equal 4
ly true that the Fathers of our, Revolution wrote)
them upon the World's stute book with' a pen of
steel dipped in the intleli le-iiik of their lives ; and
" sacred honor." Can it e Possible that half a cer
ti:.
si
turf , has Changed the na tire' of "self-evident • and
eternal truths," and annihilated unalienable human
l
rights? Then 0 . Libert3lLiberty! 'what hope in i
this sin-cursed world' is le thee ? But no, there - isi
still hope. Our Declarati o n of Independence is still )
Law-law for every -con try and clime, for every
kindred and color. • - . • ..-- .
,
• I will conclude these a thorities with a short, but
• sublime passage from theteelebrated English pine,
• flooker,== l Qf law,".b+ys,.." no less can be
,ac-•
-knowiedged, than tharher seat is the bosom of God,,
ber voice is the - harinonylilf the world. All things'
in [leaven and earth do her homage, the Metal
as feeling her - care, and i o greatest as not exemptl .
from ler power,'' - . . •
1
Such then is law, andßs authtwity I would most ' t..a
humbly bow. If Brown . n not, be justified. on' the;
doctrines of law, as defirled and promulged ' by thel
antlitrifties given, then 1' him :be condemned, an di
the speakerwith him. ' Fiat 'frtstitia rime ealyuil
—"let justice-be done, ()ugh the heavens shag
; I
fall." If they do not codemn him now - that be is
~ .lead'ott least let his hisy be acquitted of. crime'
Whatever may be your d ision; Whatever" may
tof c
the decision of the nation.now so long staggering an '
reeling under the load mid curse of Milian slavery
I must say, however mud h may. subject . = to th
'charge ofAresson, that a l far as the authorities giv
en go, (and. they, go to the fall eitent of acquittal,)
. that.Johnßrownlied in ent of the charges pre"
kited against him .; and ore, if. treason , and Merl
Fe
der, and insurrection ha l e been committed , it hai
been done by the.Coart'and Executive of Virginia i
and that too against God and Captain jehn Brown. I
But .1 may be fold that hive been dealing in the
.abstract generalities of law and justree ; that "car,
cuntstances.alter cases," &these May so vary the
c ui
iand.application, -if not elan-the principles of strict law
justiot, as to make hem condemn' what the) ,
g
seem to justify , -
and acqu t what they iseito „to con y
down.. • I'
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CI CRC Jiff... :WES. . .
•
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To this I reply:. that However circumstances ma'
change things whlck have no inherent mare l charac
ter, they cannot make Jaw valid against kuilienabl
natural rights, " such as," in the language of Black
stone; " are Life and Lib rt,y." These ate the righ
involved In the Case andr consideration . It is th
lawof Slavery; that, dire tly or indirectly , condemn
Brairnand his associa 'Zit asked, What is th
law of Slavery ? I anew r; it is the law or migh
tele
_
against right. It taken , he Inalienable rights of life
liberty, and She-pursuit f happiness from one c '
of niemand hands them cove!, in perpetuity, to, iamb
ercliss. It makes riteriliUndise of, the bodies au
souls of beings made in ?to -image of God. It he
*four millions of Amerier with cattle; and . teak
the
the other- twenty or. me millions Of Ameriam
blood iroUnds, to run af ar tlicet ,11 they run sway
h is a law of warman, and to say nothing
God, - the fatness and
' lity of a free ear th .. . Or, 1
agslig
the more expressive - page of the preamble
Brown's Conetitutims, i Is . " the most
unprovoked, and unjusti able war of a Oortioo of .
citizens against another , r o rtion, the only coadi
of ahichare perpetual ' priaanment . sad hopeless
sertitudeor absolute 'esiatialnatkm„ to f tatersikirs
gartittati Ilia** It . • demi sit pelk .
• -,
AvERIF am) %mama."
GERBER 15,-185q.
truths, set forth in our .DetlaratiOn of Indeperi-
Such is the law of filavery. Is 14 can it :be va li d
law ? Can it have fbrce in a Cour t of justice No,
I repeat it; no: Ilia abselatelf TOT; Autd - yet such
is the law thathas condemned Intl xecuted Brown.
He F ullty 'of crime ? no. the iommand of God
ringing in his ears--" Remember those borids as
bound with the*" . "Do unto others as you • would
that they-should do unto yoh,"..he put - on his armor,
ran into the ruthless, barbartn% !snd unprovoked
war, which Slayry„bad Tong
_ago iommenced,"and
was now prosecuting - with . redoubled fury, cruelty,
and:madness. .He went into a_ war of defense and_
rescue; mbre justifiable than the high purpose that
brought the great and honored . Lafayette into our
Revolutiohary strugle ;_ or that which lent Ameri
cans to fight the battles of Greece: 'True, circuit
stanc.ea wonderfully alter cases; but why a change
of_cases without a correspOhding Argo of circum
stances P
_Here is a case.. If . I remember rightly,
in the time of the. Greek Revolution, — the cry was
raised in this comury for bread tied clothing, and
men and munitions fof . war , for Greece . It is report
ed that the renownedjohn - Randoiph pointed :some
benevolent ladies who had beanie deeply interested
in making clothing for Greeks, to alsompany of Vag=
ged slaves, arid' "the Greek! the Greeks!
thereare the :Greeks!" Dr. Rowe,. of .Boston was
honored in being sent wills the nitiet's liberality to
the Greeks of the old .Work!, sind.there covered
himself with glOry fighting- Abell , kettles against
the Turks._ Now-be is said to be a Ihedve in Can
.ada,lwraitse of his connection wlthlJohn Brown, in
freeing, from a thousand fold worse than Turkish
oppression, John Randolphre "Greeks," in the old
Dominion, 0 Coesisteney, Ccmsistiney ! hut thou
fled,.under Slavery's scourge, "to huite beasts!"'
- sanr-DErrscs. I
But I have not done 'With this question of defence.
It is - said - that Brown took life. Ttler l e in no . proof
of this and yet admit it. By all the rules of war
fare,, twirl ha. 4 a right to take lifesin'i self defence.-
took; ii his confession, gives the concluding portion
of 'Brolin's charge to his meii, before taking the
town otHarper's Ferry. Said Brown, " .Now,_gentle
men, lei me press this one thing upon your minds.
You all know how dear life is to yoti, aid how dear
your liiee are to your - friends ; and in remembering
thei, consider that the lives of °Slits are as dear_ to
thein c ris yotirs are to you. Do noti qterefore, take
the life ofany.onei - if you can possibly avoid It ; hut
if it is necessary. to take life, in order to save your
own, then make mire _work of it." I •
' If they " Made sure work of it,"lO‘sOme few cases,
is there any evidence that the aim* orders of 'de
fence were dtsregarded ?. no. But-What is the Law
of Defence?- Rutherforth hands it down from .Grini
us thus: p. We ought not to
take away any . one'r life immediately, .or
- for the sake of preserving our gbodi," but he allows,
however, 'that " we may defend thew till: our life is
in danger ; and then we may justly kill the robber."
If we•may, virtually,: go to the extent of ' taking
life in defence of our gook' certainly: tifejtin be
no doubts about th e
. right of defending persons, to
the extant of taking the.lives,' if lecessary, of the
rbbbers of God's poor:, While I. Alit): the law. of
Civaisaikm and Christianity, as generally . received. .
I give no bpinten Of my own, tipori that subject-4
simply apPly'the law-as I
; find*, and as almost 'uni
versally admitted; 'and apply it to the ease of Brown.
Thii law must acquit bin't of guilt. di Bat
.I am, fold,
,
perhaps, that he resisted the audio ties; r.
es; the -Gofer.
nor and government. Very well; i et- he moat be
justified. , How stands`the lad 4 , - , L is authority upon
this point, I wilt introduce again Butherfoith'is In
stitutesof Natural Law. The authorlsays,.4t. 453-4;1
"Rights of resistance begin when civil sulijection
ceases," then, . after setting forth i that . subjection
ceases where governors abdicate,. be proceeds- T .
"Secondly, civil power or authority, in its highest
degree is limited .by the laws of nature and of - God :
it does not-give, those who -areinv6ted with it, a
right.of commanding what is inconsistent with these
taws; or of compelling obedience to such commands.
in mpecktiterefore of what isinceniistent with these
laws, civil subjection ceases—for, - ;when the civil
government has no. right tii4pconnutnd, or to coutzel,
the people itr!iOnder . no opligation to obey or .suit
min" .
min". . . i .
Our iuthor goes further, even to the :annihilation
of duty to Surer the penalty , of void- law,-when- we
,disobey* commands. "lbougb,r he proceeds,
"the people are at liberty to submit patiently if they
•wiU. it will 'be uf tit conseipience that they are
obliged thus to submit. 'Thotigh ; no law of nature of
,of do& has forbidden passive obedience-.-unless,' per
,haps the law of self-preservation, upon. which I shall
insist-yet you cannot coitcludeTrom hence'that
'such obedience is duty. To huppoit this conclusion
you must produce some kw of.piture or of God
• which enjoins it. In the meantime; it seems self-
Adent that whore civil governors of a society have
. no right to command, they have no right or authort,
ty to make use of force either to. compel obedience,
or to punish disobedience. Zit it is a known prin.
ciple of natural law, that, where there Is no night on
one part,'there is no obligation oil the other-
The people; therefore, are notin subjection to any
kwee*hich Is made .usc of by the civil governors -for
these purposes, or are not obliged passively to sub.
mit - to'such force." -This 'Would have been ,good
grounds for either Brown'S acquittal or his rescue.
Upon this point, let Virginia, when she war! the
aid Dominion of Liberty, inlitead (Alga:very,. as she
now Is, in her history aped, - -
.""On the arrival," ma'am!, history, "of the stamp
ail in Amerire, the smothered feelings of the colo
nias broke forth in one general burst of indignation.
The, House-of Burgesorela Virginia: being at that
time.in session, made. the Bret opposition., In five
resolutions; which' were introduced and supported by
the eloquent and ardenkPitrick Henry, they • assert
ed die rigida and privileges of the *Mists; and de;
cured that they were not bound to !yield obedience
tooany law imposing taxes on them, unless made by
their own Assembly.. It was here that the conduct
of the King wits, for the first time in 'America,' pub
licly arraigned; and Henry was the first inert who
dared publicly assert that the King had acted the
part of a tyrant In taxing the coliinict without their
consent.' 1
. i
As applied to the present case, 'Hi I.have to say is,
that Patrick Henry's name fa tinned to be in the
same category with Brown's; and titat, if justice Is
done, fifty'years will not hare ' passed, - befbre the
daring of Brown will be as highly hdnored *that of
Henry. it should, be more highlY,l for the' reason
that the former ran the greeter Ilium* llenry
bearded.thi Ben three . thousand • miles' off; Brown
ilrrocked out some of his teeth, and i bearded him in
his den. ' '• - * • -1' !,
I. But take smother historical incident,. kr- nearly, If
.4
not exact parallel with the case of t own. .
In t 376, Gov. Gage, of the, H citnetta'6olony,
4 0 from linelOn e force consistipg i f eight htmdred
teen, under the' command of cot Sottit and Brij, Bit
cairn, to dad* a large quat*,ofi' antampitlon and
.storti.at Concord; . Ifilitm 11;.qii arrived'. s at 40 1 . 0 .
•
tont *U3101,4110 ugutut Of the Phic 6l #l o .r.a %Land
ready to seedy* them._ Ott the mlOO 9r. the militia
to lay doom.tbalritnits, dm rag a / 1 16nd . upon ;them,
and Itilltal adiglit r inett.: . Th is Romig up-tbe Heron
immure commonald:tha. , ,lmmicaw ReteilitiM47-
kWarsibtiollidajimilisalli 'oeirkiag et Coiroolo
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aUthoritles of Gresifßritain ? Amnricans, what' sly
you i - Will you dodge a justiflcattori Of the begin.
ning of youipwrrnevOlution, for [the sake of co'n
derailing old John Browh?" ~Shade on such degen
erate cowardice and iNusticel Ypq dare not.
• I conclude, therefore, this part Of my, defence by
saying that it matters not, that Brqtrn and his Iwo
elates were contending against girernors, or: civil
magistrates. Those authorities hai' no right to com
mand his sulaniision, nor to use fe*e to compel . it;
aid frown's 'right Was that of di.'sOpedience and, de=
fence: j i.•
cONSTITUTION/L-REMi t mES. . •
. .
'Me .
But I maybe tolcithat there. " constitutional - 1
remedies foruxisting evils, and HteSe alone should be
resorted lei
There may be more In this, as applied to the case,
than in any other objection; and yet It must be eon-
steuediia the,light of the Declaration of Independ
ence to be, in all cases, valid. It must adMit, that
the Coristitutioriis a Constitution fir Freedom t and
that its forma inV, furnish all needed ilicilities for
the rape4a wrongs. If It, and all legal forms may'
be' put under duress, or, by constriction, be made to
annihilate natural and, utudienabli rights;- and. to
tolerate injustice and outrage, thertlthisobjectioUbe
comes invalid. Hive not petitiona '
and remonstranc
es, for a whole generation,.been urged againir slav
ery with all possible eloquence and; Pathols, only to
betreated with rffilmile, contempt, atid mob violence?
Manor, the ballot bin been adjures to -come to the
rescue, against the peril of insurrection and .general
devastation, and yet, under the . ' terrer ,of a threatened
dissolution of the Union, has- - it poot cowered. and
truckled, spaniel-like, it the "feet cif despots ? Has
it not,been stuffed with illegal voted, by officials, and
&ight - by premises of preferment until 'it has bet
one eo corrupted that even preo good men think
they have dene wielders ip bringing the free States
up, with faltering step, to the stan4 that slavery may
be let alone where it is, but must ? ; tuake no further
aggressions 'Mon free Territory? ißay not : slavery .
'propagandism have half the credit =of even -this
Has notalayeay, all the while,. been krusiing stronger,
more arrogant,' and murderous? tVliat power his
made, for so manyyears, a 11..? oar isresidenta ; coat=
mended our .armies; represented us in . foreign'
Courts ; passeoffiugitive•Slave Billi ; knocked down.
Senators ; destroyed a great Compnimise that - fayored
free Territory : butchered free **lie men, rewarding
that butchery with office ; enconiged fdibesterism
against weak nations ; revive d . the oreigrr commerce_
in the bodimt and souls of Africans; rind so corrupt:
ed the Scipreme Court of the IT4cl States, as to
,force its dictum that " the black iisin has no rigiuti
that the white man. is bound to- respect r What
„ponsertut slavery, and that, ton; tinder a construc
tion of the spirit and forms of th Constitution - 1—
: Slavery has done all this, and more ; and yet twenty
two men, under the neslestCaptai6 of .the age, the
_noblest "
.old Roman" of ill.-mod4p 'Romans, ' m ast
be shot down or hung for "Treason, murder, and
insurrection,". Because, "a Forlilrn Hope," they
dashed into-the confliet to rescue !constitutional lib;
erty, and emancipate the crushed and bleeding slave.
,Slavery is an outlaw, although maliing • war on. God
.and hUmanity, professedly under the , banner of the
Constitution—it is constitutionally oau outlaw; .anil
as has been demonstrated, on eve principle of nat
.ural justice, it is an -outlaw. s
- It Li a modern coin
without God's. mark on him, to shihlol him from ret
ribUtion. So Brown believed, 4 . 0 so, to put - the
worst possible construction upon WS conduct, he Set
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ed.. .
EXPEDIENCY.
As a last resort, fora law by - Which, to condemn
Brown.and his associates,' we are pointed to that of
expediency. '= We are told, in the language of Paul,
that "all things are - lawful, but 011ithingtare not ex
pedient." Well, it is not a small thing that Brown's
.opponents are driven to tids... It atb' quits of. guilt, on
thelgreat principles of justice an _ ilk right.=
But admit.that this law or ride oil- expediency has
been violited—that Brown's conddFt - partakes of the
character of impracticabilities, tbelprild and incohe
rent doings-of a mononnuilae, arid.Wiiit then° Is , a
aura to be hung for inexpedient Then there
should be a gallows in every town 'and hamlet, -and'
angels must needs _turn hangmen. f Is inexpediency
Treason, Murder, and Insurrectiorip What a cote
mingling Of Ideas is this—lawful but inexpedient trea
son! lawful but inexpedient murder! lawful, but in
expedient insurrection I Here is Sued the • solution
of the fact, t4t American liberty, truce so sacred and
int-White, haslecome ineipedient.l; But I take 'issue
with those who introduce this rule "f expediency.,
The rule, if I understand it, is tfilalr. Oppressed na
tioniit or communities Should make ino. attempt to
throw off their Shackles, or tp vindicate their' rights,
until such time as there may be a!' reasonable
‘pros
peet of success. - Against this I put in the following
plea. . i -
11-,There is it maxim, which in it s time and pladc
contains as good and valid law, at'lleast 'as that of
expediency. It is thaesubmissionland forbearance
may cease to be virtees: The time may. and goes
eome, when property and life are of, no' accoune but
to be of f ered on the altar of justira and liberty.—
Patrick Henry Pave utterance to this doctrine when
ho cried, "Give Me liberty or give l me death." The
celeizies responded to it, andrallidd to arms. Con
sidering the-power of England, dig they.run no haz
ard? Were not the probabilities; all against their
ruccessf To all human foresight, was there not red--
sonable ground to anticipate triai l ond execution, on.
the part kthe patriots of theNevdution, for' trea
son, If you say no, their Yon rob 'them of-at least
halpheir glory. The truth is, they toot 'ptltion'ed:
and remonstrated against the burdens of an oppress
ivegoVernment.witheut success, tftail, in their opin
ion, " forbearance had ceased to h i e a 'lithe." They
said death was preferable to sueOpppressive and ig
noble burdens; and resolved to hike that alternative,
if fail,'as rasimably they !night eillpect they. should,
ofliberty. They did not mean trii say simply, "If
therje fa* reasonable prospect of liberty+ we will fight
for it." No. "Give me liberty, d
,give me death"
itad'no.sucti tame and cowardly sOtifiisariee as that.
•But It may be said, a ft er all; that dhe success which
did folloW was their justification. :I Then, bad they.
faired, in truth, as well - u by authority " of tynuarde
edicts, they were traitors,Atubjijet to-a'traitors's
doom. Beautiful doctrine thatiwliich justifies a man
by results which he cannot 'fort:are !•- Hail, then 'to
Acute who With "wicked builds +cited the.Lowl.of.
life and glory!" Ychave brougid. redemption - to a
werld !
.\
t-2 . , But secondly; Temporary Se feat may be !mo
easily to ultimate success. Appintnifailures may be
, real successes. ' True courage is ember-strengthened
than Weakened by defeat. Bastihd coinage ) .rhea,
in the buignake of BroWn, there is but " little• riali,"
pray prove Or/adonis, blip it is cotardiee still; and all
I its apparent successes are Ultimate defeats. The ub
timid() conflict may be _too griti for the present
i,amount of true montage. The ;sacrifice of, a few
t whose noble daring may lead • them in` advance of
their comrades, may be needful 16 educate and,disei
plies the remainder ; for the gooiest and *tory.—
, Leonidas and Ida three hundred OparMns, at Titer
). noopyite, furtiltda. an eremiteln- Point. ;- Aturod•
anerii flare of t*,moy bo fix* in the blowy of
'L'ilko•floopero "Ii0;040.0, Owl ',Dili.
PualiittuOr'w . a cIOrcdPINTSIO4I I 4:I O , I ., the: ) 4 l l3l . a of.;
Anoiriclinii Bullkei)n 9 ;44!oriPai Ciliatit. hid *
host of other places, come < up withL th eir witnesses,
that failires are successes, and. deleate victoria.—
Who in the light:of 'such eiempleti ' can say. surely
- :..,
that thiiaking of Harper's Ferry, at the litiAke lit ,
PrOwnllli,CtOggiujee,.fir not. a defeat; pregnant'
witlath_e - bpi of ; :warns? th afultilnatetesnlal mar'
not pro v t h at the sword descended ftom die gre# "
Washlaln, rightfully and ominously came into tha .
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hands of rown? —
.
Defeats , l again ! stay be needful to show the weak-
•
noses; aswell se the strength of an enemy: Hera
Brown's Miura has alreadf proved a stawass. Why
all this peredd of military, these twiinty-five hundred •
or three thquaand aimed men, :within! the munitions
of war san4ndiiig the gallows of r a wool:tied and:
helpless old ioan, doomed to die? ti Why?_ Because
Browit is the band of God's providence, writing on'
the wall Of the'Old - Baistile of oppression, " Yeab .
tekel upharsin." . The Conectetut guilt•antl cowa4e
of Slavery is out, at last. Trembliuglinees - and cow-,
and bravado, indicate Its doom. Tlyt* ghost of Vii-
ginin'i State Seal pictured with a fred,nutt: standing
with foot \ upon 'the .Tyrant, 'and exclaiming ' 4 Sle
Server Tyrannis," "May this ever be the fate - of
tyrants," has sent terror throughout!, all Slaverytkiic
'What a - contrast•to all this is the Ott, peace, milli
,nation, and sublime faith•of the eititdemned and int"
prisoned old man, Brown.• Bear him; while yet bp-
prisoned and in chains waiting to. I;te led out to gm •
•1 • q
gallows, speak. "As I • believe most firmly that God
reigns, I can not believ e that any tkingllave -suffer
ed or may yet suffer, will be icattbkho cause of Cod -'
and humanity. And before I began' my work at:
Harper's Ferry; I felt assured that la_ the worst event
it would certainly pay; I often exPlesse' d that belief:
and fnow see no.possible ;SUN welter My mind. -,1,
have been a good deal,e6ppointed, as it regardimy ,
self, in cot keeping up , to my own - Ohm; , but I now
feel entirely reconciled to that, even, .for Golfs plan
was 'infinitely better, no doubt. is' to the time and "-
nunitter of my death, Ihave but vet little trcubldon
that store, and am able to boot geed c h eer." _
- Again: "Se far as /am coneeractl, I iCauntit all
joy,' I have `fought the good fight,l, and have as I
trust, 'finished my course" . i
In the olden time, there was,ancither :John Brown - ,
a pious Edinburg carrier, whoihoeghOtto be his
duty - to succor persecuted ministeia of the GotspoL—
He dwelt - in "The Cottage on thi: itutt.“". ,Climsr.
house, with a band of soldiers, cattle .to that cottage •
in plthinit of a good, minister by the name of, Samuel •
Aitkin. He.demanded of Brown ,hla whereabonta,
but Brown would not.tert tlaiertionse commanded .
his soldiers, "Do yoUr duty". 7 -shoot him down. They
hesitated, and during the suspenseithe wife-ofßrown
troke 'the awful silence, with a ".obilAimigilty bless
yOur tender hearts." Chtietbousel drew his pistol
and did what his soldiers -refused to do, and then
turned with insolence to the wifeof the dead min;
and ailed,- " What think ye,:gbod, WOAIAII, of your
bonny man, now ?" She replied, " I alwsysladgood
reason to think heel O' him and I think male o 'him
now than ever." • b
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'"The Ccittage," says.a correspon4ent of the Amer,"
iean Presbyterian; to whom I am-indebted for this,
•'incident, of John Brown has long clisippearedfrom
the Muir;, but the little spot, where the • House 1w
the Muir' stood, it still green, 'amidst , antral:wring.
heath ; and In the very centre of that spot there lies
a-slab, now. almost covered with . griae, upon which,
with a cleaning of the grass from the faded charac
ters; the following rude btit expressive lines may stilt
be read:— -
' (avers might murder Glidly , ,Briiwn,
• But could not rob him of his•Croini.'"
.
The Courts of Virginia and Gor . . Wise may erei
cute John Brown ; but-there will be another monu
ment erected; and another century couplet thereon_
inscribed:
• Altho'. you innnier Godly Brown, ' -•
You Can not rob him of his Crown!'
• I conelndein, perhapi, mire, rude, yet patriotic.
versiOcasion . • ;• .
Tin cery glad, . In realms of fight, - -
A word to_add Where 'all is bright, ,
Of hCinest apProtratioir; To-day have niet together.
Arid give renown,' „ et the b ite :,
To " Godly . Brown," " - „ l ' 47 y e si teedeet ,
In .face of all the nation. And tell t he het e wog
e s d a y,
The two John Browns, Givri' ()Inaba Brown'
With Golden_Crowns, The Martyr's Crown
In spite Of Wise A CliCer! iTo him; the victor's glory.
• . •
HOW A MODERN DF2IOOIO4T
TALKED IN 1850 ! A "
• ;
Slavery, Parties, Congressi onal
Legislation, &c. ..
• [From the ]touttmse DeMocrat of Oct. 3, '11350.j _
• • Liberty Party Yen.
Some twelve yeere ago, we knitted - heie . it little
• Party dime men, who, amid peril and disgrace,' as
serted the doctrine that Congress;, ought to ;abolish
Slavery in the District of Columbia, and ought to es;.
elude it from the Territories 'of the Nation. As
'political party we never claimed their right to inter
fere with slavery in the States.4roordid we'ask such
Interference. We knew if that wicked syittem' could
be henimed within its State limits by impassible bar-
Hers; it would soon wither and perish by force of
that Divine curse, whose desolations imspreading .
crime •cannot endure. • -
We allvemember the trials of that infant struggle,
.how. we "were ridiculed and hated, how the Imirst' of
riot and mO-law raged against; us,how a Grand Jn:
--ry of our County presented is In the Crimilnl "Court.
- Yet that omnipotent truth could live; and. Ana ?
Is Mid imperceptibly•has it spread' until both, the po.
laical parties Of this Congressional District, nowieud
ly assert the sure ddctnnes. Our 'min oman.Wltion;-
having been merged and lost In the Yap Buren move
ment'; we have no - alternative lett -but-to give. up
the great right of suffrage, or to rote with oust or the
other-of those parties, when we.,can do so consistent,-
ly with our principles:. The truth*:. is, a new crisis
has arrived. The old issues that divided the,
are settled and buried ; and the great
ing question, Whether we.shall resist the further ag
gressions of the Slave-power, or whether it Audi !link,
1% fetter on every free spirit in the, land, is now sprung'
so into life,- that the parties omit. divide
Upon-it. ' The issue is, and will belbefiare the Amer-
ican people ; until the doom of Slavery is read -by
every e.re t , -
Tlic Democratic party must take:our principles,and
carry•them on to victory. The- tdrong preitsure. of
the popular will bas notonly. forced That result here;
but.throughout the North. Men ce that they must
takedur principles as their rallying•cry,"or their ptOr-,
er will pass out of - their hands.. -Ilenekirth, as now,
'their dominations will be so controlled by the resist
less And-Slavery sentiment of' our eountry," that In
action at. the polls would be culpable, and to -support
them irouicisbe our duty. ; There may-be isolated ex
ceptions, where we could not do it; but I s doubt not,
the Democintic party of this Country, will be the Lib
erty party;carryingont the great._ reform which we
projected. . • '
-
Whili the Whig party has many good and tme
men, yet we cannot look to it 03 an 'estrum:lX of re
tain: Being in the niinotity„lte. •Policy .has ever
been to oppose_whatever the dominant party may do;
right or wrong,—to seize any pretext that seemed to
prothistt momentary suceess,—and it baswanted that.
stedfly „adherence to a principle J until ii triumphs , '
which has always characterized the other party, and
which alone can secure our trust. .
" There is no room - here to adduce the proofs of the
correctness of 'these geneitl views; but they- stand
out so boldly on the face of the country, that every
intelligent and unprejudiced mind will .regaxd them
.
beyond question. . - . .
Now,. my fellow citizens, with:whom I have stood
,and a cted In tithes of trial, when our truth was both
a disgrace anda danger,—to whom I am endeared
by those ties whichauch a relation' creates, to yoa:1
sulimit, whether we may not son exert' 'an iilfillaLia
at the polls, as adverse to Slavery, MI when we de
posited the Liberty party ballot? In. this'. I see no
abandonment of princiPle, tipt a .unlaa with other•
men• to carry on toe sure triumph, the veil: truth's,
which our once solitMy efforts have keepd them to
adopt. It is but obeying the laws - otrrogresa: If we
do rot tide wo do nothing; ror it Is tiui to improve
ibe partial advantages already gained. : la thin way,
we can so teach Congeal, and so'clotinie legislation,
that the (Time which ravers abisii all other forms' of
gnik.shall no longer daikers and disgrace the Na
tion's -Caintal ; shall no longer runnier thajitio•aoil,
ant of which neyyStalcs are 14 cumc info the . Eiedeo;
and silalt /40 longer lay its enia/ii!ty weight upon the
great heart of niankiNd. Compared with this/ "kir.
ry, all mere party triumphs are senseless venni. Oh,
if ma* would eve in (leery war t a ℧ ; asst
*maid deliver 7 kim front crusity- and &eh as he
mould a near Nan/UM; Aim soon , would .this - jirOatl.•
bog earth he telieved froes•the mait'erashing harden
it had ever bornr,=and her ehihlren noidd lire la the
warmth of riehrr blcsaissis than 'Marrs has ewer(
voisksafed to this ynilly Mod. a unts,
694 so, lase. . .
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