year of our Lord, 1859, is eet apart by the ene
mies of freedom, Christian philantrophy and hu
manity, for the execution of Capt. John Brown, of]
Norfolk, Litchfield County, Conn., for his zeal and
untiring efforts to free the slaves : And
Whereas, our father of liberty and hero for
the cause of freedom, in his dying testimony re
signs his life in the hands of the spiteful Jews.
Therefore,
Resolved, That we set apart the 2d day of De
cember from this time forth as a day of condolence
for our loss.
Resolved, That the progress of anti-slavery
principles is to us a matter of great joy, and as
we have friends both in the Church and State en
gaged in the cause of humanity, we feel it our,
duty to renew our exertions for the propagation
of these principles, that will, we trust, result in
the entire overthrow of slavery.
Resolved, That in the opmion of this meeting
the hanging of Capt. John Brown to-morrow, will
raise a beacon in Virginia that will be seen
throughout the world.
Resolved, That we will hold in the highest es
teem Capt. John Brown and his associates, who
are to be offered as a sacrifice for the cause o
freedom and humanity, and who, like Moses o
old, rather suffer affliction with the people of God,
than to dwell in the tents of wickednesSb—and that
we contribute pecuniarily all in our power for the
benefit of their bereaved families.
Rosolved, That the proceeding of this meeting
be published in the * Anglo-African,”
The amount of eleven dollars and twen
ty-five cents was tha raised for the bene
fit of the families of the martyrs, and
Messrs. Holly, Washington and Townsend
were appointed a committee to receive all
amounts for the purpose. The meeting
then adjourned.
A. G. BEMAN, Chairman.
Hexry W, Foster, i
WN.RHENRYFI?;;L]:IECK, }Sec r
MEETING IN CINCINNATL
A meeting of those persons sympathiz-§
ing with John Brown was held in Cincin
nati on Sunday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, at
the large hall of the German Institute, on
Vine street.
The hall was overcrowded. The color
ed people marched in in a body, with their
banner. The tribune was decorated with
black and white crape, and in front of it
was the inseription, “In memory of John
Brown.” On the sides of the tribune were
posted the pictures of George Washington
and Thomas Paine, and the American flag,
wrapped in crape, was posted behind the
! tribune.
The meeting was called by the “Social
Working Men’s Association,” and Mr. Si
pel presided. The speakers were Messrs.
August Willich, editor of “The Republi
kaner;” the Rev. M. D. Conway, Peter 11.
Clark, (colored,) Y. Montaldo, a Spaniard,
who spoke in French, and B. Froman.
The speeches were loudly applauded, and
the following resolutions were adopted
unanimously and by acclamation, after
which the meeting adjourned:
Resolved, That the meeting declares its unqnal
el adinis wtivia eud epprovel of the motivos of old
John Brown's act.
Resolved, That these motives do equal honor to
his manhood and his love of freedom, and showed
clearly the sense of duty under which he was ever
ready to live and die.
Resolved, That the institution of slavery, in
counfliet with which John Brown offered up his
life, never had, has not now, and never can have,
any foundation in justice, but is only the result of
force and of fraud, differing in no respect of prin
;’ ciple from the early bondage of Western Europe
- or from the serfdom of Russia, which are con
' demned by the voice of history as crimes against
human nature,
Resolved, That the principle of slaverystandsin
such irreconcilable confliet not only with the prin
ciple of the Republie, but also with the eause fo
which the fathers of the Republic fought, that the
one can only exist through the denial or destruc
tion of the other.
Resolved, That such an interpretation of the
Jonstitution as to acknowledge the rightfulness o
the existence of slavery is an infamy, and an in
sult to the fathers of the Republic in their graves.
Resowved, That through the preservation of the
Union at the expense of the declared principles o
the Republic—which are founded upon human
rights—and at tne expense of the rights guaran
teced by the Constitution, the sanction of slavery
is secured at the enormous sacrifice of human/g
freedom, and at the risk of its entire destruction inj
th,s part of the world.
~ Resolved, That tho act of John Brown has pow
~erfully contributed to bring out the hidden con
sciousness of the majority of the people as to the
principles involved, and compelled the masses
come out of their indecision, and declare them
selves for one or the other side ; only by such a
universal diserimination of parties is the freedom
of the Republic to be secured; and Jthat by his
act John Brown has entitled himself to the appro
val and the reverence of all the freemen of the
Republie.
Resolved, That the genuine greatness and char
acter of John Brownare signalized as well through
the motives of his act as through the actual re
sults of the same, and irf the manly devotion and
tranquil courage which he afterwards confronted
his fate, converting that which was intended to be
a death of shame into an honorable and glorious
martyr's death.
Resolvad, That this asselgblage count him wor
thy to assume a place among the fathers of the
Republic, and to be reckoned among those heroes
who have sacrificed themselves for the wellfare o
mankind.
MEETING IN NEW BEDFORD.
A large number of colored citizens were
assembled on Sunday evening, Deec. 4, at
an early hour.
Rev. Mr. Kelly occupied the chair, and
was assisted by Messrs. J. B. Smith, Rev.
Mr. Leonard, Rev. Mr. Berry. Secretary
Louis A. Bell. The meeting was opened
with reading of 58 chap. Isaiah, by Rev.
Mr. Smith; prayer by Rev. Mr. Leonard
and by singing of the hymn, “ Am I a Sol
dier of the Cross?” In the absence of the
Committee on Business, remarks were made
by Mr. Abner H. Davis and Rev. J. Mit
chell, which were well received. The
_Committee, which consisted of the follow
ing persons, viz: E. R. Johnson, H. John
son, Dr. Bayne, Rev. J. B. Smith, came
in, and the Chairman reported the follow.
ing resolutions, which were received [forld
discussion :— : .
Resolved, That this meeting do fully endorse and
eartily approve of the spirit manifested by Cap
ohn Brown and his associates, but deeply regre
that the plans so well laid-did not succeed. Ye
we believe that under God, the greatest good
cause of our enslaved brethren will result fro
mad eareer of the slave.holder in sacrificin
lives of their vietims, as that act will do m
hasten the downfall of slavery than the libera
ion of a thousand slaves.
Resolved, That we return thanks to the clergy
who have made independence enough to spea
bold words for John Brown, and also those trus
tees that complied with the request to allow th
use of their bell, to be tolled on that mournf
occasion, and we hereby acknowledge our wants|
f belief in the Christian virtues of the trustees o
such churches as refused the application ; as ou
eligion teaches us to do unto others as we woul
hat they should do unto us.
Resolved, That the memory of John Brown shal
be indelibly written upon the table of our hearts,
nd when tyrants cease to oppress the enslaved,
we will teach our children to revere his name, and
transmit it to the last posterity; as being th
eatest man in the 19th century.
Resolved, That the committec appointed at
previous meeting be requested to correspond wit
Japt. Avis, the jailorat Charlestown, Ya., relatin
o the condition of the colored men Green and
Copeland, and to endeavor to obtain whether they
have families, and report the same, at anothe
meoting to be called as soon as information is ob
tained.
Resolved, That the same committee be author
ized to adopt necessary means to inaugurate the
d day of December, and to make arrangements
to celebrate the day inan appropriate manner.
Mr. H. Johnson sympathized with th
sufferers, and admired their noble daring.
Mr. J. S. Bonney supported the resolu
tions, expressed his sympathy for the caus
of the colored people, admired the princi
ples of John Brown, but lamented his fan
aticism.
Mr. E. R. Johnson sustained the reso
lutions in a speech that made a deep im
pression, eulogizing the clergy who had
taken sides with the oppressed, and de
nouncing those whose lips were padlocked.
He said that the same spirit that had ani
mated the martyrs of the Revolution to
strike disfranchisement from the British
yoke, impelled the heroes of Harper’s Fer
ry to deeds of valor. He ignored the ide
that John Brown was a fanatic, and com
pared him with the martyrs, who inancient
times had laid down their lives for Christ’s
sake.
Dr. J. B. Smith read the last letter o
John Brown to his family. He proceeded
t some length to comment on the progress
of slavery, its demands and intention. He
said that oppression had, at all times, and
under all circumstances, demanded a sacri
fice, and that undoubtedly John Brown
and his associates were the men chosen by
(God to become the sacrifice for American
slavery. He believed that if ever there
was a time when colored people should be
come united, that time was now.
Hon. R. French was invited to speak
and made a few remarks, fully endorsing
the resolutions and spirit of the meeting.
He entered heartily into any measure that
would benefit the colored man. He be
lieved that Brown had done more good
than if he had lived to be an hundred
years old.
Hattil Kelly was well acquainted with
the martyr. He justified Mr. Brown in
ths course pursued; invoked his shade to
isturb Gov. Wise in his midnight slum
bers, and to visit the pro-slavery clergy o
this city in their studies. Upon the whole,
he made a very telling speecn.
Remarks were also made by Dr. Bayne,
Messrs. H. O. Remington, J. Freedom and
W. Ferguson.
The resolutions were unanimously
adopted, and at 10 o’clock the meeting ad
journed.
The Theckly Anglo-African,
NEW YORK, DECEMBER 17, 1859.
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THE EXECUTION OF JOHN BROWN.
John Brown, one of the noblest men o
America, having been executed, Virginia,
itmay be, breathes the freer for it. Although
he is dead, we mourn for him not as for one
that is lost, for though dead, he liveth—
liveth in the hearts of a liberty-loving peo
ple.
Yes, John Brown has been executed
and another chapter has been written in
the sad history of poor, attenuated, decay
ing Virginia, and another black page added
to the history of America, but soon to be
followed by a bright and glorious one.
But the history of John Brown—who
hall write that? The point he has indi
ted in the turning of our country’s des
iny—whose vision is sufficienly clear t
e that, and who is far enough remot
rom strong prepossessions and low preju
ices and sordid interests, to point it out
nd guide and direct men to it ?
John Brown, the noble patriot, has been
xecuted by an edict of tyrannical Virgi.
nia. Feebleness and imbecility do not
prohibit tyranny; rather, when having th
wer, they foster it. It is all they have
eft them.
Brown died as he lived—an upright and
oble man. He is dead, and the Virgini
f to-day will die also; but, unlike the n
le martyr, twenty-four hours ofjwhose lift
used her tremble and quake,and -vho
eath made her reel from center to cir
umferance, will be remembered only wi
oathing and sorrow. “Thou art weighed
n the balance and found wanting,” is th
and-writing to-day upon her walls. Le
people hear and beware. RO,
§ We shall not search history to find John
Brown’s model. He found none there him
self, and certainly we shall not; but we
shall point the future citizen, the future
statesman, the future Christian, and the
future historian to him,as a model. In
dealing with the affairs of the world, men
seldom come up to their own convictions of]
right, much less act up to the right itself;
and hence it is that Brown rises infinitely
above all who have gone before or are con
temporaneous with him. Living and act
ing not only up to his own convictions, but
o the convictions of truth, and justice, and
humanity, no matter what may be said to
the contrary, John Brown soared far above
the common feelings, the common weak
nesses, and the common purposes of men,
and stands forth to-day as a patriot, a Chri
tian, and a man—a model for the world.
His execution surely was no ordinarv
event. This is the verdict of the nation.
When led to scaffold, as a sheep before his
shearers, he opened not his mouth; and
yet it required all the civil and military
strength of Virginia, and the proffered aid
of her sister States, to perform the act,
while nearly the other half ot the nation
sat in gloom and in tears, or in solemn,
moody silence.
Pontius Pilate and those who acted with
him thought when they crucified Christ]
they had got rid of his doctrines and prin
ciples; so do those who have murdered
Brown. Delusive thought! Vainly did
fthose of the past reckon, and as vainly do
these modern Pontius Pilates and this mis
gnided people calculate. They cannot
#eradicate the principles of liberty and jus
tice—we mean the living spring that is in
every bosom. No laws, no tyranny, no
sophistry, no chains, no whips, no blood,
no scaffold, no cross can eradicate it. It
is as broad as the earth; it reaches as high}
as heaven, and is as enduring as eternity}
itself!
Brown died for liberty—lliberty in Amer
ca! He refused to calla legign of men to
save him from the death marked out forf
him by his enemies and the enemies of lib-§
erty, preferring rather that his blood should
nurse the seeds thereof. He refused to‘re-§
ceive from the whining, canting priesthoodf
the consolations of an accursed slavehold
ing religion, bidding them rather to seek
first for themselves and those who exer-§
cised authority over them the true and liv-E
ing God—the God of the oppressed, the
God of immutable justice. “Leave my
cell, sir !” was his command on one occa-§
sion to one of these sanctimonious priests.
He refused to be tollowed to thescaffold by
any one of those whose robes are dyed in§
the sin and guilt of slavery. “I would
prefer,” said he—and these are among his§
last words—“l would prefer rather to bef
eceompanied to the scaffold by a dozen
little slave children and a good old slave
mother, with their appeals to God for
blessings on my soul, than all the elo-}
quence of the whole clergy of the Com
monwealth combined.”
With these memorable words, John
Brown firmly but meekly stepped forth tof§
meet his unjust doom, and without agroan, i
without a sigh, without a struggle even,g
but with a thousand thousand prayers, hej
was launched into the presence of his God. 8
There we are well content to leave him. §
Such was the man who suffered martyr-§
dom on a Virginia scaffold on the secondg
ay of December, 1859. He died that
liberty might live and triumph. Let us
who survive him swear by the living God
that from this day forth we will live only
that liberty may live—that it may live not
only here in America, but reign triumph
ant throughout the world! And let us§
swear our children on that same altar to
the same end, and swear them, too, tof
swear their children and their children’s@
children, down to the latest posterity, onf
that same altar, to the same unswerving
purpose ! w.Jw. §
e S D —
A Protesr.—Justice Catron, of the Uni
ted States Supreme Court, has publicly§
and earnestly protested, in Nashville,
Tenn., his residence, against an act now|
pending in the Legislature of his State
which provides that free colored persons
shall be seized and sold, if found in Ten
nessee after the Ist day of May next, if]
they are adults; and that, if children, they
shall be bound out; and the adults to be
allowed to emigrate to Africa, in which
case some slight aid isto be furnished them
by the State to assist in their transporta
tion, or they are to be allowed to seek a
master, and go into slavery.
e > —
Brow~’s Doc.—The Baltimore “Sun’
says that oneof the United States Artillery
Company A, now stationed at Harper's
Ferry, came down yesterday morning on
his way to Fortress Monroe, from whence
the corps was detached, having in charge a
noble specimen of a bull-dog, which John
Brown presented in consideration of an act
of kindness tendered the owner by the re
cipient. The animal answered to the name
of King, and is said to have been with his
late master for the last three years.
B T ——
Burian or Jory E. Cook —The body o
Cook will be brought to Williamsburg by
his relatives, and funeral services will be
held in Rev. Dr. Porter’s Church on Sun
day or Monday next. Application, we are
told, was made to the Consistory of Lee
Avenue Church to have the ceremonies
performed there, Cook having formerly
been Secretary of the flourishing Sabbathjl
school attached to that church; but fo
reasons ,which we have not learned, the
Consistory declined, and Dr. Porter’s
Church was engaged instead. (
5 SOUTHERN AID SOCIETY.
There is a concern in New York City
known as the Southern Aid Society, which
every now and then obtrudes itself upon
he community like the brazen head of &
wounded serpent from behind a briar bush
and then disappears into the region of eter
nal forgetfulness to remain for another sea
son. Some people are disposed to look
upon it as we would upon some fabulous
monster, while with othérs the question is,
oes such a thing really exist at all, and
if so what is its object? Has it really,
head, body, brains, life? Has it any one
ot these essential parts?
We answer, it is a religious monster,
whose sole aim, if we can gather it from
the sayings and doings of their exponents,
is to reconcile the American slave to his
Blot as his religious duty, and enjoin obedi
ence to his master as his highest privilege.
It is a combination of a few—a very few—
cotton-stuffed, Union-saving, slave-loving,
piously-inclined, fat-sleek old gentlemen,
and fewer coat-turning, white-cravated,
worn-out, broken-down priests, for whom
the eommunity have no further especial
use. They and their doctrines and teach
ings are shelved. You may write in the
dust that is upon them their epitaphs. I
these are sufficient to give shape and con
fsistency, then it may be regarded as hav-§
f§ing some signs of vitality, notwithstanding
that last week, after a twelve months’ strug
gle, coupled with all the efforts and anxie
ties of its friends, it could muster not quite
one hundred persons—star and stock ac
tors inclusive—to witness its perform
ances.
§ We bave neither space nor inclination
§to enter into the merits of that performance
nor the capacities of the actors, and hence
jmust content our readers with a brief sy
nopsis of the programme:
§ Scene I —The President looked back
Jupon his connection with the society with
Eoreat satisfaction. It was destined to ex
fert upon politics, and excitements, and out-}
Rbursts, a wholesome influence.
§ After this announcement, the one hun
dred people took a breath.
§ The Treasurer read much about the mo
fney got together in the North to support
the Gospel among the blacks in the South.
A Southern D. D. next made his bow,
and said: “They (the missionaries) preach
ed to the blacks down South with good ef
fect. Collect all the sermons preached in
the South on slavery, and place the Bible
between them and those preached in the
North, and we wilt find that there is more
(Gospel preached in the South than in thef
North. The preaching in the North is
Anti-Christ.”
The audience of one hundred took an-§
other breath. .
Scene 11.—A volunteer Northern gen
tleman made his appearance, and exclaim
ed—“l never saw such interesting people
in the world as the colored people which I
have seen down South—their faith was so
simple !”
The audience of one hundred breathed§
again.
Scene 111.—Summersets and lofty tum.
bling now ruled the hour.
| A Northern D. D. declamied loudly and
strongly on the propriety of sending to the
lunatic asylum, at Utica, where Gerrit
Smith was, all who had not proclivities to
wards slavery and the Southern Aid Socie
ty. He sighed for a black congregation to
preach to. Ile feared, he said, that the
United States would one day forget Wash
ington, even if he should rise from the
dead. He then went off into Latin, Greek,
Hebrew, and sighs for the Union.
A Southern D. D. finally takes the stage,
and exclaims in behalf of his Southern
brother ministers in this Southern Aid So
ciety, “At last there is an anchor in the
vale,” and after reciting a story of a beau
tiful slave-holding widow and her 600 ne
oroes, the curtain falls, and the audience o
one hundred retires.
Such is the Southern Aid Society, and
such its last performance.
THE APPROACHING EXECUTIONS.
A dispatch from Charlestown, dated
Tuesday, the 13th inst., says that exten
sive preparations are making for the ap
proaching executions. Nineteen compa
nies of military are now on duty, and
suards are stationed at every street cornerf§
and cross-road. Picket guards patrol the
surrounding country, and six more com
panies are announced on their way there
T'he citizens find difficulty in passing from
one part of the town to another. They
are brought to a halt, and marched to the
ruard-house if unable to give the counter-§
sign.
Green and Copeland will be hung at@
eleven o'clock in the morning, and Cookil
and Coppic at three in the afternoon. Al
these men are composed, and look calmly
on their approaching doom. Their bodiesg
will be given to their friends, if claimed.
The town is quiet, and unexcited by ru
mors. Military discipline is kept up, how
ever, as if it were encompassed by a be
sieging army. The people look forward
with great pleasure to exemption from mil-§
itary surveillance, and when the civil gov-§
ernment is restored there will be quite a
iubilee. The dispatch further states that]
the people would willingly consent thatl
Stephens and Hazlett should spend the rests§
iO‘ their days in the penitentiary, ratherf
than have another military siege at theirf§
execution. ,
—— O P P ~
Rexovarivg.—We call attention to thel
advertisement of F. L. Jones, in another,
'‘column.
AID FOR THE FAMILIES OF THE
| MARTYRS.
M On last Tuesday evening Shiloh Church
was filled from * pit to dome ” with a high
ly respectable audience, to listen to the
performance of the Oratorio of “ Joseph,’
Bby pupils from the advaneed classes, unde
Bcharge of Miss Fanny Tompkins, of Color
Med Grammar School No. 2. There could
not have been less than one thousand per
Hsons present, brought out by their deep
sympathy with the bereaved families o
Hthe martyrs and the reputation of the per
formers.
The Oratorio was indeed one of the
Worandest performances ever presented to
Mthis community. The completeness of the
fprogramme, as carried out, reflected great
credit upon Miss Tompkins, the zealous
projector of the enterprise. The prinei
pals in the performances were the Misses
Lydia Jenkins, (a young Miss of extreme
ly juvenile appearance, who represented
Joseph with an ability most striking) Har
friet L. Vogelsang, who gracefully repre
sented Reuben ; Helen Anderson, as Judah;
Mary C. Jenkins, Asenath; Kate Stanley,
Angel of the Covenant; and Maria T.
8 Vogelsang, Gabriel. The acceptability o
@the performances of these young la
dies found its expression in the rapturous
gapplause of the audience. Miss Maria T.
Vogelsang as Gabriel, was meritoriously a
particular favorite during the evening.
# 'he charming sweetness of her voice, com
bined with the ease and grace with which
she bore her part, was in keeping with the
character which she represented. Most
Bhappy was the selection. Miss Kate Stan
ley as “ Angel of the Covenant,” put a
Bfinish upon the beautiful display,and more
than interest to the delighted audience,
whose anxiety was great to hear her swee
voiceagain. Messrs. Alex. A. LucaasJacob,
and John W. Luca as Pharoah, performed
their parts well. Prof. Samuel C. Wal
dron presided at the organ, with his usual
ability. In all, the affair was a brilliant
success, pecuniarily and intellectually, and}
the response of the public to so noble an
object elicits our profoundest respect. We
believe that a repetition of the Oratorio
will be gratefully received by hundreds
who are not only willing, but anxious to
encourage this class of performances, mark
ing as it does our progress in the musical
art.
In connection with this subject, we are
happy to state that an association of ladies
have been formed in this city called th
‘New York Liberty Fund,” whose object
Bis to collect “material aid ” for the families
fof the martyrs. They have already in hand
fifty-four dollars. The officers are Mrs.J&
Tulia W. Garnet, President, 52 Laurens
street; Mrs. E. M. Thompson, Treasurer
40 Vandewator street; Mrs. A. M. Grant,
Secretary, 52 East Sixteenth street. Con
tributions are earnestly solicited.
. Do —
THE BURIAL OF JOHN BROWN. §
The mortal remains of the martyred
Brown reached North Elba on Wednesday
evening, the 7th inst., and on the following
(Thursday) afternoon the funeral took
place.
The services were commenced with a
hymn, which had been a great favorite
with Mr. Brown, and with which, it was
said, he had successively sung all his chil
dren to sleep:
“Blow ye the trumpet—blow— |
The gladly solemn sound;
Let all the nations know, ;
To earth’s remotest bound,
The year of jubilee has come, &e. |
It was sung to the good old tune of Len
nox., |
After the hymn followed an impressivel§
prayer by the Rev. Joshua Young, of Bur-§
rington, Vt. !
Then an address by J. Miller McKim, &
after which Wendell Phillips spoke as fol-§@
lows: |
WENDEL[, PHILLIPS’ ADDRESS. :
How feeble words seem here! Howf
can I hope to utter what your hearls aref:
full of 7 I fear to disturb the harmony@:
which his life breathes round this home.J&
One and another of you, his neighbors @&
say: “I have known him five years,” I 8
have known him ten years.” It seems tof:
me as if we had none of us known him. i
How our admiring, loving wonder has
orown, day by day, as he has unfolded(§;
trait after trait of earnest, brave, tende
Christian life ! We see him walking with
radiant, serene face to the scaffold, and—J@
think what an iron heart, what devoted@
faith! We take up his letters, beginning @
‘My dear wife and children, every one offff
them”—see him stoop on his way to thef.
scaffold and kiss that negro child—and@
this iron heart seems all tenderness. Mar-J|
vellous old man! We have hardly saidf§
it, when the loved forms of his sons, in the§
bloom of young devotion, encircle himg&
and we remember be is not alone, only the@
majestic center of a group. Your neigh-B
bor farmer went, surrounded by his house-§
hold, to tell the slaves there were stilll
hearts and right arms ready and nerved@
for their service, from this roof four, from§
a neighboring one two, to make up thatj
score of heroes. Howresolute each looked
into the face of Virginia—how loyally each
stood at his forlorn post, meeting death@
heerfully, till that master-voice said “It isjgh
enough.” And these weeping childrengh
and widow seem so lifted up and con
secrated by long, single-hearted devotion
to his great purpose, that we dare to remind
them how blessed they are in the privilege
of thinking that in the last throbs of thosef§
brave young hearts, which lie buried onl§
the banks of the Shenandoah, thoughts of
them mingled with love to God and hopel§
or the slave. He has abolished Slavery
in Virginia: You may say this is tool
much. Our neighbors are the last men@
we know. The hours that pass us are the
ones we appreciate the least. Men walked
i Boston streets, when night fell upon Bank-}
l"s Hlfl, md pltid “’arren’ saying’ “I"OOL
ish x?anl Thrown away i is life! Why
didn’t he. measure his means hetter?
We see him standing colossal that day on
that blood-stained sod, and severing the ti
Wthat bound Boston to Great Britain. That
night George 111. ceased to rule in New.
ngland. History will date Virgini
emancipation from Harper's Ferry. Tre
Bthe slave is still there. So when the tem.
pest uproots a pine on your hills, it look
Mzreen for months—a year or two. Still
Mit is timber, not a tree. John Brown h
Blooseued the roots of the slave system; it
Bonly breathes—it does not live—hereafter.
Men say, “How coolly brave!” But in
him matchless courage seems the least of
Bhis merits. How gentleness - graced !’j
B When the frightened town wished to bea
Woff the bedy of the Mayor, a man said, “ 1
Wwill go, Miss Fowke, under their rifles, if
Myou stand between them and me.” He
Bknew he could trust their gentle respect!
@for woman. He was right. He went inl
the thick of the fight and bore off the body
in safety. That same girl flang herself
between Virginia rifles and your brave
Mlyoung Thompson. They had no pity.i
The merciless bullet reached him, spite of’
Bwoman’s prayers, though the fight llad;
fllong been over. How God has blessed
Bhim ! How truly he may say, “I havei
fought a good fight, I have finished my|
course” T'ruly he has finished—done hisi
Bwork. God granted him the privilege to
look on his work accomplished. He said,
I will show the South that twenty men can
take possession of a town, hold it twenty-
Bfour hours, and carry away all the slaves
who wish to escape.” Did he not doit?
Cn Monday night he stood master of Har-}
per's Ferry—could have left unchecked
with a score or hundred slaves. "I'he wide§
sympathy and secret approval are shownj
Bby the eager, quiveridg lips of lovers off
slavery, asking, “ Oh, why did he not take 3
his victory and go away !” Who checked}
him at last ? Not startled Virginia. Herg
he had conquered. The Union crushed—¢§
seemed to crush him. In reality God said g
“That work is done; you have proved that§
a slave State is only Fear in a mask ofj
Despotism; come up higher, and baptize
by your martyrdom a million hearts intoj
a holier life.” Surely such a life is no
failure. How vast the change in men’s
Learts! Insurrection was a liarish, horridg
word to millions a month ago. John Brown
went a whole generation beyond it, claim-§
fing the right for white men to help the
slave to freedom by arms. And now men
run up and down, not disputing his princi-§
ple, but trying to frame excuses for Vir
ginia’s hanging of so pure, honest, high-§
hearted, and heroic a man. Virginia
stands at the bar of the civilized world on
trial. Round her victim crowd the apos-8
tles and martyrs, all the brave, high souls§
who have said “ God is God,” and troddeng
wicked laws under their feet. As I stood§
Hlooking on his grandfather’s gravestone @
brought here from Connecticut, telling, asg
it does, of his death in the Revolution, 1§
thought I could hear our hero-saint saying,
‘“ My fathers gave their swords to the op-§
Bpressor—the slave still sinks before thef
Bpledged force of this nation. I give myf
sword to the slave my fathers forgot.” IfE
any swords ever reflected the smile of hea-8
ven, surely it was those drawn at Harper's
Ferry. llf our God is ever the Lord of
Hosts, making one man chase a thousand g
surely that little band might claim him for§
their captain. Harper’s Ferry was no sin-§§
gle hour, standing alone—taken out fromg
a common life—it was the flowering of fif-§
ty years of single-hearted devotion. He§
must have lived wholly for one great idea 8
when these who owe their being to himf@
and these whom love has joined, group sof
harmoniously around him, each acceptingf@
serenely his and her part—l feel honoredf§
to stand under such a roof. Hereafter youl#
will tell children standing at your knees,g,
“I saw John Brown buried—ll sat undergg,
his roof.” Thank God for such a master.|§
Could we have asked a nobler representa
tive of the Christian North putting her foot§@'
on the accursed system of slavery? As@
time passes, and these hours float back in-&,
to history, men will see against the clearfg
December sky that gallows, and round itss
thousands of armed men guarding Virginiafg*
from her slaves. On the other side, thegt
serene face of that calm old man, as hefc
stoops to kiss the child of a forlorn race g
Thank God for our emblem. May he soon
bring Virginia to blot out hers in repentantg .
shame, and cover that hateful gallows and l‘
soldiery with thousands of broken fetters !
What lesson shall those lips teach us 7
Before that still, calm hour let us take af§p
new baptism:- How can we stand here§
without a fresh, and utter conseeration 7H’
These tears | how shall we dare even to of-t
fer consolation? Only lips fresh fromf@l
such a vow have the right to mingle theirf§e
words with your tears. We envy you yourf
nearer place to these noble children of God. |8
I do not believe slavery will go down infd'
bloed. Ours is the age of thought. Heartsfgt
are stronger than swords. That last fort-§
night!| How sublime its lesson ! the Chris-§&
tian one of conscience—of truth. Virginiafg
is weak because each man’s heart said@
amen to John Brown. His words—they§
are stronger than his rifles. These crush-§§!
ed a State. Thes® have changed thejg
thoughts of millions, and will yet crushf
slavery. Men said, “ Would he‘had died§ L
in arms”—God ordered better, and grant
ed to him and the slave those noble prisong'
hours—that single hour of death, grantedgde
him a higher than the soldier’s place, that§
of teacher; the echoes of his rifles haveld
died away in the hills—a million hearts
guard his words. God bless this roof—
make it bless us. We dare not say blessg
ou, children of this home; you stand near
er to one whose lips God touched, and wel,
bend for your blessing. God make us all§
worthier of him whose dust we lay among
these hills he loved. Herehe girded him-&
self and went forth to battle. Fuller suc
ess than his heart ever dreamed Godf
granted him. He sleeps in the blessings of 8;
the crushed and the poor,and men believeld
more firmly in virtue, now that such a |
man has lived. Standing heve, let us
thank God for a firmer faith and fuller§@
hope. ]
Another hymn was then sung, during@
which the coffin was placed on the tabl
before the door, with the face exposed,s
that all could see. It was almost as natu-§&
ral as life—far more so than an ordinary
sorpse. There was a flush on the face
resulting from the peenliar mode of death &
and nothing of the pallor that is usual
when life is extinct. |
4 Mr. Phineas Norton, who acted as the
@friend of the family on the occasion, invited
&all who desired to do so to come and take
a last look, and then make way for the
Siamily. The neighbors went forward as
Binvited, and took their final leave of all
&that remained of their cherished friend, and
then followed the family.
B 8 This scene over, the next that followed
s2Was the short procession from the house to ‘
[Bthe grave. First came Mrs. Brown, sup
ported by Wendell Phillips; then the
fividow of Oliver Brown, leaning on the
farm of Mr. MeKim, who, in his other hand,
g&had that of the little girl Ellen; next came
"Bthe widow of Watson Brown, supported by
sthe Rev. Mr. Young, and after that, and
: though whether next in order I cannot now
Gtell, the widow of William Thompson,
tileaning on the arm of one of the family. i
I@Solomon Brown and his sisters followed,
with Henry Thompson, and Ruth, his
wite, John Brown’s eldest daughter; and
‘Ethen Roswell Thompson and his wife, the
f€aged parents of the two young men of that
I#name who were killed at Harper’s Ferry.
I&@Then followed the friends and neighbors.
‘#As the body was lowered into the graw,‘
h gush of grief, apparently beyond control,
yg@burst from the family, and Mr. Youugji
,&astood forth to comfort them. - Raising his
'@deep and mellow voice, and quoting the
‘Ewords written by Timothy to Paul whvnl
; he was brought before men the second time,
gand just before his death, he said: “1
Shave fought a good fight; I have finished
smy course; I have kept the faith; hence-
Eforth there is laid up for me a crown of
B righteousness which the Lord, the righteous
udge, shall give me; and not to me only,
#but unto all that love is appearing,” which
Bwords he followed with the benediction:—
Bl May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the
Eblessing of God our Father, and the Communion
Bof the Holy Ghost, be and abide with us all, now
B and forever. Amen.”
8 IHe added nothing more. The words
Mseemed to fall like balm on all who heard
Bithem. The sobs were hushed, and soon
Bithe family, with the rest, retired from the
orave, leaving the remains of the loved
gone to their last renose.
Home Correspondence.
A
OUR NEW HAVEN LETTER.
: New Havey, Dee. 12, 1859
B Dear Axcro:—Our city is so immersed
=in Southern trade, and our citizens are
Sisuch money-worshippers, that not a sylla
tble of sympathy has been publicly uttered
gby any number of white people in be
fhalf of John Brown. The only incident
gthat occurred among this class of people,
#@about the time of this martyr’s execution,
gwhich betokened an outward demonstration
of sympathy, was among some right feel
fling students in Yale College. These hu-
Mmane young men secretly draped the col
§llcge chapel and the professors’ chairs in
€the deepest mourning on Friday evening,
fithe 2d inst., unseen by any but God and
ithemselves; and on the following Saturday
morning, when the college assembled for
iprayers, the professors and the rest of the
students were taken quite aback. DBat it
3was too late then to strip the chapel before
going through with the usual religious ex
fercises; and thus they were compelled to
offer up their prayers with a remembrance
of the martyr deeply impressed upon their
minds by the habiliments of mourning dis
played before their eyes. '
§ On the other hand, our Southern con
science-sold citizens are about following in
the wake of Boston, New York, and Phila
elphia, by getting up an Anti-John Brown
invasion meeting, or rather a Southern
sympathy meeting. It is called to assem
ble in Brewster's Hall on Wednesday, the
L4th inst. Of course on that oceasion :
there will be the usual display of dough- §
face speeches, wound up by the adoption |
'of lick-spittle resolutions. Now, to all i
these Union-saving gentlemen, I have on- {,
ly a few plain words to say. I wish to tell
each and every one of them, from Edward
Everett down, that they are the real trai
tors to this age and country. They are
traitors to God and humanity. FEvery one
f them is guilty of the crime of Benedict
Arnold and Judas Iscariot. They sacri- §
fice their patriotism and their Geod for §
gold. Benedict Arnorld, for British gold,
turned traitor to the Revolutionary eause
f America, and these Northern dough
faces betray the principles of the Declara
tion of Independence, which is the founda
tion of the American Revolution, for South
ern gold. Judas Iscariot sold his Savior
for thirty pieces of silver, and these lick
pittle Northerners also permit the images
f Christ, whom he has redeemed with his
ost precious blood, to be bought and sold
or the paltry pelf that the man-stealers put
into their pockets from their diabolical
traffic. Yes, inasmuch as they permit and
cquiesce in the sale of the least of these,
o matter how black and degraded, Jesus
has assured us that he will regard it as be
ing done unto himself. Therefore every
one of these Southern sympathizers is 2
Benedict Arnold, inasmuch as he betrays
the cause of his country as set forth in the
Declaration of Independence, for the base
old that pays for his treachery; and eve
one of them is a veritable Iscariot be
use he is accessory to the sale of his Sa
vior in the person of the humble slave.
his will be the certain judgment of the
ust Judge of all the world upon every
one of them. It is as certain as Gods
Word is true, which has set forth the prin
ciples upon which he will conduct his last