The New York Herald Newspaper, November 22, 1859, Page 9

THE HARPER'S FERRY INVASION. GREAT PANIC IN VIRGINIA, Excitement at Richmond and Throughout the State. Anxiety to Learn the Latest News from Charlestown. MOVEMENT OF TROOPS. EMBARGO ON TRADE AND BUSINESS. he Danger of Having a Massachu- setts Bank Bill. ‘County Mass Meetings and their Resolutions. Evidence as to Brown's Character Given by a Virginia Senator. THE IRREPRESSIBLE CONFLICT IN BOSTON, Meeting of Brown Sympathizers at Tremont Temple, &e., &., &. THE EXCITEMENT IN RICHMOND. OUR RICHMOND CORRESPONDENCE. Rucuaonp, Nov. 18, 1859. The Military in Readiness to Start for Charlestown—State of ‘Things in the South—How Strangers Travelling are Incon- venienced—Scruples of « Pious Brooklyn Lady—Continued ‘Threats Against Governor Wise—A Compulsory Militia System, de. Richmona was in as great astate of excitement last night ‘a8 wiien the first news of the invasion of Harper's Ferry by Brown reached here, This was occasioned by a rumor that Governor Wise was telegraphed by Colonel Davis to send in more troops to Charlestown to repel an apprehend- ed attack fromthe abolitionists, who were said to be mus- tered in hundreds somewhpre on the Pennsylvania or Ma- ryland frontier. The fact of the Governor having order- ed the First regiment of Virginia volunteers to be in rea- diness for fur:ber orders, and the appearance of several members of the regiment on the streets at a late hour last night, hurrying to and fro, gave some color of truth to this report. But this was not the worst. Exaggerated ru-" ‘mors of all kinds spread through the city. At one time it ‘was said that Brown had been rescued, and that the ob-. Ject of the Governor in ordering the military to be in rea- diness was to recapture him. Thew again it was said that there were nine hundred men somewhere in the region of Harper’s Ferry, preparing to attack the State troops, and that half of Charlestown was burned by the abolitionists. ‘These rumors necessarily caused considerable excitement, ‘and so certain were the military of being ordered off to Charlestown by the morning train, that many members of the several companies paraded the streets all night, awaiting the hour of departure. ‘The Governor's house was beset up to a lato hhour at night by persons making inquiries as to the real State of aflairs at Charlestown, and it was uot until this morning that the public mind recovered from the excite- Ment caused by the exaggerated rumors set afloat during ‘the night. I sent you by last mail the true state of things as reported to the Governor from Charlestown. As you ‘will have perceived the facts as transinitted by Col. Davis ‘were of themselves insignificant, but there was enough in them to form the basis of exazgvrated rumors and to ex- cite a community already exasperated by the eveuts which forme: the origin of this whole diflicuity. From all J have seen, as well as from the:prospects now visible, I judge that the lovers of peace and quiet can hardly relis: such a life of excitement, apprehension and ‘uncertainty us present events foreshadow in this country. ‘The general fecliog is such as would be supposed to per- vade a peopic actually engaged in civil war, and the ex- citement is little less intense than is characteristic of such acrisis. Business intercourse and trade are materially affected by doubts and suspicions in reference tostcangers travelling South. There is a species of embargo upon trade frem this cause; and this influence, I apprehend, is ‘only in its incipiency, tor, no doubt, it will increase as the feeling of hostility between the two sections of the Union Srows more intense. A gentleman from Baltimore, who ‘was on his way South upon a tour for the benetit of his health, informed me last evening, that however great might be the advantage of tho trip, he would furogo it sooner than submit to the suspicions and scru- tinies of which he was the object at various points upon his passage through Virginia. He travelled through some portions of the interior of the Commonwealth before reaching here. I know an instance in which the presentation Of @ Massachusetts bank note at a tavern in the conntry, by a mnwho resides in Virginia, and is as sound upon the Slavery question as any man within or without the Stale, was nearly ‘subjecting to serious indignities and incon- wentences, ” by a Cigar “ i ped Jocality, as he emerged from the tavern, was the only thing that saved lilm froma disagreeable overhauling. ‘The gen: gentleman assured me that he was well armed, and de- termined that the first man who laid hands upon him should die. I bave had myself some little experience in this Bort of treatment, and I can therefore appreciate its dis- advantages. While standing in the hall of a hotel in North Carolina, some year or two ago, awaiting the meeting of an assembly whose proceedings I had gone to report for the ‘Hxraww, I was rudely se! by two rufflans, who planted ‘themselves, one on each side of me, and carried me into the street, there to ascertain what my purpose in coming to the town was, and to administer due punishment if it ‘was not in keeping with their views. By this time we ‘were approached by several persons, amongst whom, most fortunately for me, doubtless, was a distinguished gontle- man of that State, who instantly recognized me. The ob- servance of this recognition by these rufflans caused them immediately to release me. Being then without any means of defence, I was forced to submit to this indignity; but I pledged myself to the two that ifever I caught either of them beyond the State line, North or South, I would pay them back with compound interest. That pledge remains still unfulfilled. But I have the counte- nances of these fellows 80 indellibly ddguerreotyped in my memory that I cannot failto recognise them at our next meeting. That meeting, I am determined, shall be some- what warmer than was our first, and recognition by any one whomsecver of cither of them shall avail them noth- ing. And ict me say to every man who travels South ‘upon proper and legitimate business to go prepared to de- fend himse!f against indignity or insult Let him do nothing that will subject him to improper suspicions, and he is sure, unless he moets some superserviceable rowdy, to be respectfully dealt by. Among Southern gontiomen he js safe. But there is a class of fellows who have no earthly interest in the institution of slavery, from whom insults may be apprehended; and it is with reference to these that I would suggest the safeguards which many even in the South deem it prudent to possess when they Bet out from their homes. When this state of things exists it is time that the con- Bervative people of both sections should reflect. and apply themsolves to a remedy, if, indeed, a remedy is now prac- ticable. In u social point of view the Union is now virtu- ally dissolved, and the existing mutual hate may well be deemed the forerunner of a more substantial dissolution. The relations of the two sections as they now exist are totally incompatible with even a hope of a continuance of the Union for any long period. ‘The suspicions, doubts und consequent inconveniences to business men and the operations of trade growing out of these relations, will in time, as they increase with the ombittering elements of alienation and distrust which are rapidly arising, operate as an embargo as detrimental in its consequences as would be any legitimate commercial restraint enjoined by the necessities of international warfare, Tam informed that a Brooklyn lady, the daughter of a clergyman, sent to Governor Wise, by Adams and Co.'s Express, a letter enveloped in a quire of brown Post office Paper, asking parden for Old Brown. The whole pack- formed a bulk of considerable size, and the reason, as understand, given by the lady for ‘this atrange and expensive mode of transmitting tho letter was, that she ‘would not send it through the New York Post Office be- eause the Post Office building was once a church. ‘This is, indeed, a strange hallucination, and may be deemed a r index of the fanatical mood of mind of the abo- of the North. Tam informed that letters pour in upon Governor Wise, threatening his life in the event of Brown’s execution. Be- Bides these threats, they teem with vulgar epithets which fully indicate the ‘base and corrupt sources from which they emanate. Some threaten that he must die on the game day that Brown is executed; others assure him of Buch a fate as soon after that event as an opportunity shall offer; others still not only threaten him with death, but with “h—1)” afterwards—‘“the soul driving s— ofa b—b.”” Such, I understand, is the character of most of these threatening letters, ‘many of which are over the sigua- tures of ‘Brown,’ and dated from every Northern State in the Union. Icannot say what postmarks they ‘bear. Brown insinuates that they come from Charlestown and Harpet’s Fei ‘The Governor is said to contemplate ahese threats with perfect complacency. He is rather amused by them than otherwise. It is said to be the Intention of the Governor to recom: end ® compulsory mi system, so far as rogar Fe men from eighteen to twenty-five. All overgthat ‘and under forty-five may volunteer or not as they chooso; ‘but this latter class will be subjected to a 4 of one dol- Jar a year commutation money; the fund thus raised— ‘which, it is estimated, will amount to about $150,000 a year—to be applied to the equipping of the active force and the pay t of certain staff oflicers. Ihave very little tout a ‘view of the present state of things, thatthe ‘Legislature will adopt this system. MASS MEETING AT MARTINSBURG. NO ODALITION BETWEEN BLACK REPUBLICANISM AND SOUTH AMERICANISM—A REPUBLICAN ADMINIS- TRATION NOT TO BE TOLERATED—GOV. WISES'S TRRASONADLE PROJECT ON HARPER'S FERRY— PROPOSITION FOR EXCHANGE OF ¥PRISONERS— RESOLUTIONS, ETC. ‘A mase tneeting of the democracy of Berkely connty, Va., was hold at thy Court Houge In Martinsburg oy pion day, 14th inst, Mr. Chas. J. Faulkner, ex-member o Congress, presided, and made the principal specch of the ‘occasion. NO COALITION BETWEEN DLACK REPUBLICANISM AND SOUTH AMERICANTSM, Four months ago, said he, nay, one month ago, l- nent Li beer politicians and editors in the were ir friends tomake common cause with black re) ribficaniom tocrush the democracy; that di which bad for the last fifty-nine years pores pon Kp, Ra- aided shoulders the burdens and the glories of this vast government; that democracy which the last twenty- one years had stood as a m ghty. breakwater to roll back the surging waves of abolitionism and free sollism as they dashea against the sacred edifice of the constitation, was to be crushed by this unholy coalition between black republicanism and, ith Americanism. But one month had unsealed a new cbapter to the indignant and astonish- ed visions of the American people, and a Cony of has come over the spirit of their bape Where is —_ now who would dare to insult party of tl South by a proposition m abhorrent to thetr loyalty and. ‘patriotism ‘THY SOUTH WILL NOT TOLERATE A REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT, He had looked with the most intense interest to the re- cent Northern elections, and to the effect which would be produced on the Northern tind by the Harper's Ferry developement. That result had not come up to his expec- tations, Still he was not without hope, and in the di- minished yote cast he though he saw the workings of a spirit of regeneration. The conservative men of the orth have it in their power to gave the country from the disastrous consequences which in the present justly ex- cited temper of the Southern mind, must result trom the triumph of the black repubjican party. Since the recant developements, the South will not submit to the federal tri- umph of any party that bases its orgartization wpon an ac- Inowledged warfare upon the institution of slavery. The triumph of any such party will be deemed by the South- om , cause at once for a separation from the federal Union. This-is now wevitable. The Union loving men of the North should, therefore, be made to learn at once that the duty of saving this precious innerituxce of our fathers has devolved upon them, and that the Southern mind is fully made up not to remain in a confederacy that tolerates and encourages & spirit so hostile to the ob- Jects for which thatconfederacy was formed. If the oo- position party of the South did not come up to this stan- dard of Southern feeling, he was sure the democratic party would, Hence ho desired to see a thorough organi- zation of that party, and an effective canvuss, for the Southern mind for the next twelve monthe should be trained und educated to look at this subject fearlessly, and to be prepared to meet the consequences of a dis- union black republican triumph. GOV. WISE'S TREASONAPLE PROJECT ON HARPER'S FERRY. When thet ncble and gallant son of Virginia, Henry A. Wise, declared, as was said he did in October, 1856, that yf Fremont should be elected he would seize the National Ar- mory at Harper's Ferry, how few would at that time have Justified id and decided a measure? It is the fortune ‘of some ‘at and gifted minds to gee far in advance of their cotemporaries. Should Wm. H. Seward be elecled in 1860, where és the man now in our midst who would not call Sor the mprachment of a Governur uf Virginia who would silently sufiix that armory to pass under the control of such an Kzccutive head? If w foray like that which we have re- cently witnessed be attempted under a democratie Presi- dent, who it was well known would be prompt to bring the whole power of the federal government to execute the law, what might uot be anticipated from the election of a man like Seward, who could bear trom the lips of Col. Forbee the details of thiijate treasonuble conspiracy, and only regret that he shou have communicated such start- Iing intedigence to one in his position? As Senator he had Sworn to support the constitution of the United States, and if that oath could not guard him from this act ol misprision of tresson, what better could be expected from his outh as President of the United States? PROVOSITION FOR EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS. It was idle for the sectional party of the North now to deny that it is not warring aguius! ts institaticn of slavery in the States. Slavery docs not exist in the North, and why then this never ceasing agitation of it it it is not to act upon it in the States where it does exist? Do such men as Seward, Smith, Phillips and Giddings expect to be continually inflaming ‘the passions of their hearers and readers by the most false and distorted pictures of that institution and not be responsible for the madness and treason which is excited and stimulated by their own thoughts? The murderous and treasonable foray of Brown and his associates was the natural and inevitable fruit of the doctrines and teachings of the republican party. Brown has but practiced what they preached. ir moral guilt is greater than his, and if justice had its course their ni should be in the haller with'his, if not % stead of his. Upon such an exchange would Virgsnia alone consent to any modification of his sentence. THE RESOLUTIONS. The mecting adopted a long string of resolutions, from which we extract the following:— Resolved, That the democrats of Berkeley are deeply at- tached to the principles of their party, and realousle dooce to its organization, nauonal and State, thefonly mode by which those paneipies, can be made effective in the administration of oe nits of ee. nan pe ne solved, That umong those principles which we expecta’) cherish are the foliowing, we 5 if ‘That the federal fapomrsrped is one of limited power, de- rived solely from conetiiution; and the granta of power made therein ought to be strictly construed by all the depart ments and agenis of we government; and that it is inéxpedient and dangerous to exercise doubtful constitutional powers. ‘That justice and sound pilicy forbid the federal government to foster one branch of industry to the detriment ‘apy other, or to cherish the interests of oue portion vo the fojury of ano- r portion of our common country; that every’ citizen and every section of the country has a to demand and insist pei: ap eq aay ee rights Cos pie A ae complete and ample protection of ‘person and property from domeaue. vio- lence and foreign aggression. tna VIRGINIA THE LAND OF tanERTY. ‘That the Itberal principles embodied by. Jefferson in the De- claration of Independence and eanctioned in the constitution, which makes ours the land of liberty and the asylum of the op- presed of every nation, have eer, been eurdinial peina a mograte faith, abd every. w ‘abridge a Geo neratip of soll among us ought “ of reas Soon rs ‘> resisted with tbe same. spirit wiich fallen ond sedition laws from our statute books. pay SECTIONAL PARTING AND PLATFORMS REPUDIATED. ‘That, claiming fellowship with and desiring the co-operation of all who regard the preservation of the Union under the con- suitution as the paramount fasue, and repudiating all sectional parties and platforms concerning domestic slavery, which seek 10 embroli the States and incite to treason and armed resistance to Jaw in the Territories, and whose avowed purposes, if con- summated, must end fn civil war and disunion, tbe American democracy recognize and adovt the principles contained 1m the organic laws establishing the Territories of Kansas and Ne- bra embodying the only sound and safe solution of the “slavery question” upon which the great national idea of the people of this whole country ean repose in its determined con servatism of the Unloo—non-interference by Congress with slavery in State and Territory or in the District of Columbia. RESPONSIBILITY FOR HARPER'S PERRY INVASION, Resolved, That the recent invasion. of our terriiory, and the of Virginia blood upon Virginia, soll, bys band of ra dhovequrd ortaoonyioce Cone ‘prinetp tehich const, ia daregurd of those oe les wohich const. Gite the creed of the nutlonal oil tint tie cartesrend its allllation with the democracy, al basis of the republican party, Bist incendiary abolifionism, and the 'treasonable Yeachings Incuicated by lis most prominent leaders, justify usin regard- ing this outrage as but a bloody illustrauon of the true churac- ter of tat party, and 1 foreshadowing disastrous conse- quenees to the’ Union which must hile, therefore, we would avoid faege and indiscrimination of censure,” we trust est, Union loving people of the North will the warnings éerived from recent atrocious doctrines promulgated by ibose who have assumed to speak for them—be awakened 10. the necessity of ussertin, the power of that conservatism which we still bope influences Jarge majority tn their midst—and be admonished that ageres- sion upen our honor apd rights must inevitably lead to the strongest meas«res of retaliation, and in the end to a severance of the bonds which now unite us as one people. THE VOLUNTEERS. Resolved, That we view with pleasure the formation of vol- unter companies in oar midst; and, in the promptness and zeal with which tney have been organized, and the liberal contribu- tions of our entire community to their equipment, we have the sssurance tbat we possess within olireelves the means of pro- tection against any assailant. THE ADMINISTRATION ENDORSED. Resolved, That the present administration, by ite wise, patri- otic aud conservative policy; its prompt vindication of the honor of the country, at home and’ abroad; its strict adherence to the letter and spirit of the federal compact; fts support of the con- stitutional rights of every portion of our common country; its Prompt suppression of weusonsble outrage and violence, wherever manitested witbin the scope of ils authority, as evine- ed especially at Harper's Perry; and its strict devotion to the dest interests and general welfire of the country, eminently entitle it to the gratitude of our whole peopte. COMPLIMENT TO GOY. WISE. Resolved, That the ardent and patriotic zeal with which Henry A. Wise, Governor of Virginia, repaired to Harper's Ferry; the determination he evinced to vindicate the outra dignity of the commonwealth, and the encouragement he has extended to the organization and equipment of volunteer companies in our border countes entitle lim to our warmest thanks. And, inasmuch xs his constitutional term as chief magistrate of the commonwealth will expire before another meeting of the democrats of Berkeley, we desire to bear testi- mony here to the lofty and chivalric honor which marks him as 8 man; to the energy, zeal, {dustry and ability with which he has discharged ail the high’ duties of that office; and especially {o the single hearted loyalty to the honor, integrity and best interesta of the State which, to so marked'a degree, hag dis- tingu bis administration. STATE AND DISTRICT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTIONS. Resolved, That, with a view to the organization of the demo- cratic party of Virginia, for the Presidential contest of 1860, it Ja, In the judgment ot this meeting, expedient to hold a State democratic convention in the city’ of Hichmond, some time during the month of February next, and that ten delegates from each magisterial district be ‘appointed by the Chairman to represent the county of Berkeley In inat convention. olved, That it is also expedient to hold at Winchester, some time during the winter, a district convention to select legates to the National Convention at Charleston, and it is ngisterial dis- of the sie tye political Opes “intemperance of lan- that the del hereby recommended to the democrats of each m trict to assemble on the Satarday in January next, and Appoint ten delegates to the said Convention. BERKELEY WILL SUPVORT ANY CONSERVATIVE DEMOCRAT FOR ‘THE PRESIDENCY, Resolved, That the democracy of Berkeley decline to indi- cate any ‘of a candidate for the next Presidency, belicr ing that the democratic party of the Union, acting thrdugh its representatives at Charleston, will consider neither seeconst [dented bor personal ambitions in making , its sel yat be okra by ard for the best: count anc inal which have been shown b; somsoee eons te @ to be moet our national advancement, This mecting, therefore: presses the willingness of ibe of Berkel ‘with cordiality and zeal whomsoever ma; Charleston Convention, be he from the ‘West, provided he be a sound national and conservative demo. Sout COMPLIMENT TO GOVERNOR PACKER. sp Zctolved, Tint ae cizens of s border county, pecullarty tn. rested in the right uses crisis, ind no less de- voted ithe maintenanee ofthe Gonedttion sid the Uninn, we rejoice to recognize any rompt ai action of Packer, of Peansylvanta, ih ie trying, sition in which it placed him. If the ‘which him eball assert its power throughout the Northern States. it vail alley the and confirm the bopes of honest patriots it our still united country. MARYLARD RETURNS TO THE PATHS OF HONESTY AND VIRTUE. Resolved, That we hall with patriotic and hearty gra- of to the patha gallant democraoy from the foul domination of ber litical traitors and social anarchists who have made per logel citizens the unwilling instraments of their base revolt ak The secre Ny bik ‘aa , looks democratic Legislatt Testo! — her borders the reign of public peace and private INDIGNATION MEETING AT PHILIPPI. A large meoting of the citizens of Barbour and adjoin- ing counties, waa held at the Court House in Philippi, on tho 7th inst., the same being court day for said county, to express a public sentiment concerning the Jate insurrec- qiow at Marper’s Fyrry. The meeting was presided over t have adopted:— the South . its of rod. by Mr. Jas. Dilworth, and the following resolutions were Se Ba anl by fe. te color: AROLIONNT TO. TAKE UP STAKE duly t hed be to nally al persons in sur soci een oe o abolsit 1 eave thao of Barbour ia’ asiy “daye, if ‘The chairman then proceeded to the gentlemen to act as auch committee, viz: A. G. Roger ie A. Barron, J. W. McGuffin, J. N, B, Wazusl Sturm, '¥. ©. Blot Ho DeRavit, 9° Wood, Jee de. Woodford, J. Maxwell, A. Digman and B. T. Talboti. a After an absence of half an hour the former returned, and Spencer Dayton, their chairman, submitted the following preamble and resolution, which were unanimously adopted: — VIRGINIANS 70 BEAR ARMS AS ONE MAX, ‘Whereas, we contemplate — and Gateniation the late deadly affray of Harper's Ferry, wi it appears ‘ust a wreasonabte scheme baa been Yor some ame in ure tion by certain ‘and emissaries of * ‘con: ict,” “higher law, ‘doctrines, ond aad elm is ap assault and warfare upon the constitutional Frey't ana wherese. by this aiack on sh arson th Uateod raey ; and wi by this attack on an } in the beart of , and on the soll of our ‘Virginia, encouraged by advices and counsels in various of tid sores of arias an ursiatel by seosasarion a 6 this treacherous scheme of plunder and murder, it is evidenced to our belief that no more riot of fanatics was intended, but that a great: blood Ks of civil war w tempiaicd, io which our servants and citizens, in oo operation with their Ne of this re- bellion were eh fe. thelr masters and CONFIDENCE IN NORTHRKMN CONSERVATION & ba ag yh = deprecate bck of Harper's ferry aw the ebu) prided fanaliciene,. wl has resulted in the loss Hees ot valuable Gre Sa and country, we, noterithstand iy, ve element and of the mass of the Nortbera ead that our brethren will unite with us in auret the bounds of government — the preservation of lnw aud. order, aud in suppressing the Iu- cendiary movemerts and purposes of an infuriated aod mis: guided por ion of their population, who blindly plot the destruc- on of the Union. COMPLIMENTS TO STATE. AND NATIONAL EXECUTIVES. Resolved, That we iender to the Caief Executive of Virginis our high esleem, regard aud thanks for his prompt and perso: nal attendence st the scene of the Iste riot, aad culprits; to the President of the United states for his eminent services in the suppression of this neturious scheme of invasion, insurrection ana bioodsbed; and to the Inw of our State who have prosecuted to sumunary justice the treasonable and guilty parucipants in this infamous rebeVioa. Resolved, That while we thank the Executive of Pennsylva: nia for the prompt manner in which he surrendered the iasur- gent Cook, at the requisition of the Govervor of Virginis, we shall firm y adhere to our rights to have a prompt ootapliance With simudr requisitions upon our sister States for the velivery of uccessories to the constituted authorities; end that any one parilclpating in the Iale wttack upon Harper's Perry «bill be surrendered, to unewer the laws of the State they have s0 waniou'y violated, even if it shall result that the Sewards, Jid- Gin, es, Sumners apd Wilsons, or their coequal or inferior co adjutors, have participated, and by their counsel or other acts and aid, have become abettors and parties to a moat infamous, wanton and murderous outrage, OLD BROWN A COMMON THIEF. STATEMENT OF A VIRGINIA SENATOR. Jno. D. Pennybucker, the member elect of the Virgina Senate from the Rockingham district, furnishes the Har- risonburg Register with an account af his experience with Ossawatomie Brown in Kansas, which proves the abolition martyr to. be a robber if the lowest acceptation of the term. Mr, Pennybackcr was United States Survey iéx- amiver in the Terrgory, aud was with Capt. Pate’s party when it was captured by artifice at Black Jack. He says Brown would not have spared his prisoners’ lives then, but that his own two sons were in prison at Lecompton. The statement continues :— While in his hands, I heard Brown’s son boast of the horses they bad stolen from Missouri and elsewhere. I also saw a party start out for the purpose of robbing an Indian trading post (Joseph Bernard’s),and saw them return loaded with the goods (some $8,000 worth), Old Brown exclaiming as they came in, “Well done, my boys!” Brown told me himself tbat his hand was against every man, free State or pro-slavery, who was not willing to join bis band, and that he would kill one as soon as the other. His son Frederick was killed at Ossawatomio by Martin White, a free State man, who had refused to join Brown’s company, and was thereupon robbed and or- dered to leave the Territory. wh was atterwards whipped at Ossawatomie, he then left the Territory. Of his subse- quent operations there I know nothing. That he, without provocation, inhumanly murdered men in their beds, I know. That he committed robbery and thefts of goods and horses I heard from bis son and his own men, and saw with my own eyes; but that be ever gave as an ex- cue that he was attempting to run off siayes while doing this “ Kansas work” I never beard from him or any one else. There was not a slave within forty miles of Potta- wattomie Creek, where he committed the murders, and not one of the murdered men had ever raised an’arm against him. ‘Thus much for the religions fanaticism and humanity of Brown, “the martyr.” His boldness, daring and unscru- Paloumnses pointed him out asa fit instrument for carry- ing out the hellish designs of men too cowardly to execute their own base schemes. THE IRREPRESSIBLE CONFLICT IN BOSTON. MASS MEETING OF THE JOHN BROWN SYMPATHIZERS IN BOSTON—THE HARPER'S FERRY INVASION DE- CLARED TO BE A DIVINE MISSION—SPEECHES OF JOHN A. ANDREW, REV. J. M. MANNING, RALPH WALDO EMERSON AND WENDELL PHILLIPS—FIFTY DOLLARS CONTRIBUTED, AND A FINANCIAL COMMIT- TEE APPOINTED, ETU., ETC. The meeting in Tremont Temple on Saturday evening, gathered in response to the invitation addressed to those sympathizing with the family of John Brown iu their po- verty and distress, was large and quite enthusiastic. ‘The wpeakers announced to address the meeting were Mr. Jobn A. Andrew, Rev. George H. Hepworth, Mr. Ralph ‘Waldo Emerson, Rev. Jacob M. Manning and Mr. Wendell Phillips. They Were present, with the exception of Rev. George H: Hepworth, whose ‘absence was explained by the following card, which appeared in tho Zranscript on Satnrday afternoon, and subsequently in the Gazetle:— A Carp.—I wish to correct a slight error concerning the speech I was to have made at the Temple to-night. The ad- Verlisement does me great Injustice. 1 laid great when 1 was invited to speak on. the fact that my opinions Would contradict the spirit of the meeting. I supposed there would be speeches on both sides of the sutject, and it was un- derstood nat I would assume the negative. The advertise. ment, however, conveys to the public no such impression. I deem this suflicient reason for iiatna 99) yeak at all. Saturvay, Nov. 19, 1869. }. H. HEPWORTH. Mr. Jobn A. Andrew, who was chosen to preside at the meeting, came on the platform at half seven o'clock, accompanied by the v. Rollin H. Neale, Rev. J. M. Manning and Mr. Wendell Phillips. At the conclusion of the prayer by Rey, R. H. Neale, Mr. Ralph Waldo Emer- gon ascended the platform, leaning on the arm of Mr. Charles W. Slack, and was received with immense ap- plause. A carefully prepared verbatim report of the ‘Speeches made on this occasion will be found below:— Mr. Jonn A. ANDREW opened the meeting with the fol- lowing remarks:—Before proceeding to the other exercises and offices of the meeting, I doubt not that it Will be en- tirely accordant with the feelings of you all, as it certain- ly is with the proprieties and solemnitics of an occasion hke this, that the audience should first unite in a solemn act of rcligious worship. To that end I invite you to join in prayer with the Rev. Dr. Neale. DR. NEALR'S PRAYER. Dr. Neale then said—Let us unite in prayer. 5 we rejoice that thou art ever high, that though eternal, immortal, invisible, dwelling in Nght which no man can approach unto, thou art yet not far from every one of us, that we may aek counsel of Him whose bret is in- fidite, who is ready to guide us in the path of duty and to prepare us to meet every responsibility that rests upon ug, We rejoice that in our weakness we may lean upon divine strength, and out of thy fullness receive even grace for grace. We rejoice that thou art ever present with all those that call upon thy name in sincerity and in truth; thnt thou art present to guide by thy counsel, to Jead by thy care, and supply abundantly all our needs, according to the riches of thy glory,in Christ Jesus. We pray, oh God, that fhou wilt be with us on the present occasion ; guide us in the proceedings of the present meet- ing. We pray eepecialy for him who has so extensively excited the public sympathy and approbation- We render thanks to thee for the noble spirit of generosi- ty and of fidelity and of bravery which he has mani- fested, and his deep sympathy with the oppressed. We thank thee that he is sustained in the present trying hour by a consciousness of having acted in accordance with his sense of obligation to God; and we pray that he may be Sustained to the last. May he enjoy the light of thy pre- sence and thy sustaining power, and a hope full of im- tality, looking forward to a world where there is no fin, Bo Suffering, no oppression of any kind. We pray for his family, oh, God! We rejoice to feel that thou art with them, that in this hour of their suffering and sorrow they may have communion with thee, and we pray that they may have rich experience of thy’ goodness, of thy love, of the consolation of thy grace. We pray that thou wilt ‘be with them especially in the scenes of intense suffering which they now anticipate, Oh, be thou their guide, be thou their consolation, thou their support. And we ro- Joice, oh, God! that the circumstances which are occur- Ting, all the trying scene of life, are in thy control. The events which’ have recently occurred we know are capable of subserving the wisest and most omniscient urposes. The Lord reigneth, and we will ever rejoice. Bo with us in the proceedings of the present meetiug, and prepare us for all the duties of life and for the enjoyment of life hereafter; and to thy great and glorious name shall be the praise forevermore. ‘SPEECH OF MR. ANDREW. At the conclusion of Dr. Neale’s prayer, Mr. Andrew said:—Ladies and Gentlemen—Obeiient to the commands of the gentlemen who arranged the meeting on this occa- sion, Iam here present to occupy the simple and inardu- duous duties of man. They do not impose upon me the office of speech, and I hardly deem it consistent with the proprioties of the position I hold. It is simply incam- ‘bent upon me to say a single word by way of explanation, of the order and arrangement, and principles of this meeting, and to present to you the distinguished and elo- quent friends who have complied with the inyitatiou of the committee, and are here present to address this au- dience, Many hearts were touched by the words of John Brown, in a recent letter to Lydia Maria Child:— Thaye at home a wife and three young daughters, the young- eat but little over five years old, the oldest nearly sixteen. have also two daughtersinlaw, whose busbands have both fallen near me here. There fs also another widow, Mrs. ‘Thompson, whose husband fell . she is a mother ornot Tcannot say. I have a middle aged son, who has been, Oh God, in some degree, a cripple from his child! who would have much as he could well do to earn a living, He bas not ugh to clothe himself for the winter ly. John Brown and his companions in the conflict at Har- Pper’s Ferry, those who fell there and those who are to suffer upon the scaffold, are victims of martyrs to an idea. ‘There is an irrepressible pt RL jemon applause)—be- tween freedom and slavery, as old as immortal as the irrepressible conflict between right and wrong. They are among the martyrs of that conflict. I pause not now to consider, because it is wholly outside of the duty or the tht of this assembly to-night, whether the enterprize of John Brown and his associntes in Virginia was wise or foolish, right or wrong, I only know that whether the et torprise itself was the one or the other, John Brown him- self is right. (Applause.) I sympathize with the man, I sympathise with the idea, because I sympathize with and Velieve in the eternal right. They who are dependent upon bim and his sons and his associates, in the battle at Harper's Ferry, have a right’ to. call upon vs who have protested to holieve, or who ¢ OF iMeUsuTE Wang dootriue in the'r fathers t or wrong. (. >) Upreavement, whether left them bereft ot. ‘The committee for po ger it pag oe . aon, ‘ Phillipe,’ Added to these gentiomen was the Reverond Gone H. Hepworth. Mr. Manning, Mr. Emerson, and Mr. Phillips are hear to speak for themselves. Mr. Hep- worth has addressed toa member of the committee the following note:— Drar Bie- T hall not be with you omer io sgvals and pt ea that ‘of prime imporiate does ‘tell wl i both tides of the question were ve sigrued. ergeg deol ad movement, whereas Tam severely optoved | : opposed (wre GEORGE igpwor 14, ‘The gentleman who invited Mr. !lepworth nd the other gentlemen who are present ton ,..:, to occupy | 3 plat form, uttempted to m: selves explicitly under- stood, and it is quilosm. une either to them or Mr. Hepworth, or to all, that they did not succeed in that in- stance. This platform isentirely free from. the expres: sion of any sentiment on i pesechaniaeny who occupy it, touching the subject matter of the meeting. It was not suspected by anybody that there were two sides to the question whether JobpBrown, wife and children should be left to starve or not. (Long and continued p On that issne I expect 10 considerable acrimony of debate ‘between the gentlemen of extreme orthodoxy and of ex- treme heter ‘y when shall have the honor hereafter to present upon this pla'form. entire respect ch an pew a each present such of this cause of this most touching and pathetic case as occurs to them. It will mot compromise Mr, Phillips that he sits upon a platform consecrated by the prayer of the Rey. Dr. Neale, and it will not compromise the Reverend Mr. that he works to-bight side by side and hand in hand with Ralph Waldo Emerson, in the cause of God and humanity. (Applause. ) the valley of the shadow of death, looking, each man, from himself toward that infinite and eternal centre of life and love and power, the Indnite Father, all differences between us mortals and men, become dwarfed into infinite littlencss. We are to-night in the presence of @ great and awful sorrow, which has fallen like a pall upon many families whose hearts fail, whose affections are lacerated, and whose hopes are crushed—all of ho} left on earth Pi ge by an event which, under the Providence of God, I pry will be overruled for that good which was contemplated and intended by John Brown himself, But thisis not my occasion for words, Ihave ouly-to invite you, friends, to listen with affection- ate imoregt and feeling hearts to what youshall bear from hence to-hight, and by practical sympathy and material aid, help to assauge those sufferings and those griefs. Among the other instrumentalities for the aid of the family of Mr. Brown and those of his ediate associates, in addition to the col- Je which may be realized by the saie of tickets atMhe coor, there will be a committee appointed this evening, for ‘the purpose of receiving subscriptions and donations, of whatever amount, from whatever friends choose to contribute of their substance; and this commit- tee, having a central position here in Boston, will receive contributions from any part of the neighboring country. Tam requested also to call attention to the project of Mr. Hyatt, of New York, by which photographic likenesses of Captain Brown are to placed on gale in short time—the profits of which will go for the benefit of Mr. Brown's fa- mily. Iam also requested, by a gentleman of this city, to say that he has caused the address of Captain Brown to the Virginia court, upon the reception of his death sen- tenge, to be printed in this neat form for preservation. (The speaker here exhibited a large illuminated card, on which the document was printed.) It has the additional atraction of a facsimile of the signature of Captain Brown. This will be for sale‘at the door at the low price of ten cents each. A thousand copies have been struck off, and the whole proceeds will go into the treasury of the committee hereafter to be appointed, the gentleman pay- ing the expense of printing himself. '(Applause.) I have now, ladies and gentlemen, the pleasure of introducing to you ihe Rev. Mr. Manning, ’of Boston. OF RRV. J. M. MANNING. I feel greatly indebted to the gentleman who presides over this meeting, for the explanation he has made in re- gra to the objects which have called us together; for if had understood the objects of the meeting as they seem to have been understood by the gentleman whose no has just been read, I should have been inclined to stay away. ‘The gentleman who called on me and invited me to speak here this evening, told me, and if I have read the notice right in the paper, that also tells us, that this is a moct- ing in which we are to express 8 ympathy for the family of Jown Brown. (Applause.) And I suppose that if there were a destitute family in Boston, and I should take my little basket of provisions and go to relieve that family, and should there meet the distinguished gen- tlemen who are on the stage this evening, and who are to speak to you, or if I should meet others of adverse religious sentiments who may be in the audience— I suppose we could each leave tbe little gift we had brought and go away without quarrelling. I cannot see any negative to the question. It seems to me it is all affir- mative £0 far as this is concerned—and if there is a nega- tive, there és not an instinct of my humanity, which cries out and tells me not to be on that side. I suppose that of those who may address you this evening, from what I have heard, so far as mere religious sentiment is concern- ed, Iam more in sympathy with that prisoner in Charles- town jail, Virginia, than perhaps others who may address you this evening, and in this ‘ may number with Myself that honored minister of Chriat, who has led.us in eur devotions this‘ evening. You have expressed your sympathy with the family of John Brown by purchasing tickets; we express our sympathies by declaring our opi- nions—and it is rather difficult for me to speak without alluding to that outbreak at Harper’s Ferry and gi my judgment upon it; and though in some particulars may differ from many who are prosent, probably from some who will speak, I think that in the main we shall agree. The act of John Brown was not one to which I could have advised him. If he had come to me while he was meditat that undertaking, and asked me whether he ehould go forward or not, Tehould have toid him to refrain. Ishould have said to him, “you will be performing an unlawful, a fool-bardy, and suicidal act.” And yet, when I make this remark Iremember that we have filibusters who go to Central America to liberate those living weaiy Bpeniah tyranny as they call it; and it seems to me Al ir mg gov- ernment winks at their iniquity, Bo right to ce upon John Brown for what he has done because he is a ‘weak man, alone, and because he has meddled with some- thing which affects the relations of political parties. I could not have advised him to it, and yet, now lhat the event has taken I fore it wondering and ad- miring—(applaise)—rememberlug that it is something which he has been revolving in his mind for years until his soul has become possessed with this idea. He says he is not insane, " good man, and has been doing that which he thought was right; and the only explana- tion J can give now is that he has been the 11 ‘pro- vidence in this. The distinguished speaker who is to fol- low me would call it destiny; I should prefer to call tt God, ‘my heavenly Father, who has used this man, John Brown, as his sword to inylict a wound on the slave power. What. ever we may say of it he bas been by some power higher than man’s power. A8 I view it, he is God’s finger going forth in the halls of the mo- dern Belshazzar, and writing over against mysterious and ‘appalling words, at which the monarch trembles and turns pale on his throne. While we are here this evening, knowing that our wives—if not pre- sent—and our little ones sleep safely in our homes, there are mothers jn the Southern States, whom the Providence of God has made the wives of slaveholders, and they are innocent of this great sin of slavery—I wish to believe that they are. They do not mean to be guilty of it; they fay that Providence forced them into these circumstances; and these mothers, to-night, as they gather their children around them, offer the prayer that they may be protected from the invader; and they go to bed’ to-night with wea- pons under their ‘pillows, knowing that their streets are patrolled by an arme@ police. This is the condition of the Southern States ‘ily the tyrant trembles and turns pale in the midst of his revels, (Applause.) It has seemed to me hegge might, perhaps, get a juster view of this tran: by comparing it with a pa- rallel case, lying back two or three generations in history—the Boston Massacre of March 5, 1770. Then’ it was a black man sacrificing his life in ochalf of oppressed white men. Here it is a white man sacri- ficing his life in behalf of enslaved black men. Crispus Attucks, nota citizen of Boston, but of Worcester county, came to this city when the inhabitants were full of terror, greatly excited by the presence of two regiments oI Fritish soldiers, and on the evening of March the Sth, there was an outbreak in Kings street, now State strect, headed by Crispus Attucks, this negro from Worcester, which resulted in his own death and the death of several of his comrades, at the hands of the British soldiery. Now if I had been living at that time, and Crispus Attucks had come to me and asked my advice in regard to tho - matter, I could not have advised him to undertake it. (laughter) Ishould have sard to him, refrain, restrain your feelings. I think that Samuel Adams and John Adoms and Jobn Hancock and Joseph Warren, one of the euloyists afterwards would have given him same advice, had he eome to them for itbeforenand; and I believe that few if any historians have commended that outbreak in King street. Ihave never seen a full and thorough en- dorsement of it in ftself considered; but after the event they had a funeral, and the citizens of Boston marched six abreast through the streets, the carriages following, and they carried Crispus Attucks and his fellow victims to the middle burying ground, now overlooked by our Athenwum, and so” depo: them, and over their re- mains erected @ stone, and on it fs this inscription:-— Long as in freedom’s cause the wise contend, Deer to your country, shall your fame extent; While to the world the lettered stone shail tell How Caldwell, Attucks, Gray and Maverick fell. And when the anniversary of that tragedy came round— the 5th of March—thry observed it in the old South church, still standing—(applange)—and there was an ora- tion, and the wounded survivors of the massacre was there on the stage, in that sanctuary of freedom, and a collection was taken in their bebail. And go it grew to a custom; And the last public address that Joseph Warren ever macde—a few before the battle of Bunker Hill— ‘was on that occasion, when he was surrounded by British soldiery, some of them standing in the pulpit with him, telling Him to desist, but he spoke on like # man—(ap- Plause)—and teey did not dare to touch a hair of his head. And when the Declaration of Independence was promulgated, they changed that celebration in honor of the event from the 5th of March to the Fourth of July. (Applause.) Thus’ it is that we have come to have our annual oration on the Fourth of July, which bas given us so many excellent orations—Union saving— which of latter years have made our city fathers ga much pleasant work, (laughter) all growing out of that same Boston massacre, to which I could not have ad- vised the leader # he had come to me beforehand. Caneeier) And Daniel Webster has said that “from that moment, the moment when the blood of those men stained the pavement of King street, we may date the severance of tho British Empire.” And so 1 say in re- gard to my brother Jobn Brown, if he dies, as it seems he must—for the Virginians are between two fears—they have an immediate fear that a volcano will explode un- der them, and they have a more distant fear that they shall not reap the spoils of political parties, and Tam atiand dia wall those she tamedt ‘interested the nation in him. What Ary AS is Bpl to Oe IRe GaSe, 4 ¢.cn of dnd ite AH 1 fi E| ry E' at ful rad E e HELL i 3 ami to read those in the interest of the year 1770, and to see the ¢ i the give of. the break in King They say that it was attributable to the influence of cer- to hot-head: and others in Boston, and some them are named—names that we love and honor now. It was uid that they had produced an excitement in the day, € tions country, and encour: & fanatical spirit, which had re- sulted in this mob and massacre. what said the peo- le of Boston? The Selectmen a town ‘and p they went to Faneuil Hall. It was not large enougn to hold them; and again they went to the old South church, and they appointed a committee, of which, if I mistake not, Samuel Adams was the chrirman, and interceded with the Governor that those two ri of British soldiers might be removed from the city; for sald they, im substance, we deplore the outbreak, we regret it has place; we fear’ that there will be other outrages of the same kind if the incitement is not taken out of the ray} our peels are very much excited, said they and their are awake in thie matter; and if you would not seo this repeated mauy times you must remove the And after a great deal of chaffering and hesitating the Governor complied with the ;and thus the inhabi- tants Dad rage Now we re that located ‘the responsibility whore it belonged. We that it was the presence of those of and not a few hot headed ministers, who were charged with that outbreak in King street. And now just so we say with regard to this affair of Harper’s Ferry. The Journals in the interest of the slave power ascribe it toa few Northern fanatics, who have roused up the baser passions of men, and they say that we are respousible for the bl acts of John Brown an1 his associates. we Ba) ¢ regiments are to blame. The slave power it- self standing up there in all its deformity aud wickedness in the sight of Northern consciences—that is the cause (ap- Plause), and there the responsibility belongs. yy the wise man Solomon, what does he gay of oppression?” He Says that it ‘‘makes a wise man mad.” It 3a Tig EEE iM ga 7 eG i f 1 if # F le the formal instructions Indepen whe knows that laws are for the inca of citizens against kidnappers, is worth a court! full of law; 80 ide- latrous of forms.as to let go the substance. maa im Massachusetts so simple a8 to belicve United States Court in Vinginia, now, in ita presen of terror, sends to Connecticut, or New York, or chusetts, for a witness, it wants him for a witness? it wants bim for to slaughter and i right reliance on himself, and the natural ‘mau mad, and it will make others like John Brown until it | his friends and fellow citizens, by offering him a form t: taken out of the way. It stands there a continual provoca- We cannot resist such temptations while we the ‘instincts of conscience within us. We shnll become men of distinction, like John Brown of Ossawttomie, and Provi- dence will use us to rwrtte other inscriptions in the pretence of this tyrant. And now it occurs to me, before I sit down to give way to those whom I know you are waiting to hear, masmuch as I have alluded to the removal of the great primal cause of these outbreaks, to spealk of the spirit in which we should endeavor to remove this evil of Ame- rican slavery out of the land. Ido not wish to speak un- kindly of any who have labored in this glorious cause of freedom, and I will not, But is there not room to sap- pose, my friends, that we haye not manifested enough of that Spirit of love which is so powerful in ail reformatory undertakings? I would not take back my words; T would not bave any man less faithful and plain spoken, but more so in holding up the wickedness and violence of this system, But capnot we be loving at the same time that we are manful? Let us be careful that the element of malignity does net mingle too much in our phi- lantbropy ; but if we love our fellow men we must hate some things; but let us guard that feeling of hatred. My friends, you know how it is with the mother when she corrects her wayward child. You can see the tear in her eye, and her face is filled with passionate emotion when she is faithful to correct that child’s whims. So with the father when he rebukes his son—yet he weeps and la- ments in his heart. Let us remember the story of Eva and Topsy. The abuse which that strange little baing, Topsy, received from her owners before she came into the hands of St. Clair, did not make her any better, but worse; nor did the lecturing of Miss Ophelia accomplish the result, but it was Eva, going to her and saying— “Topsy, you say nobody cates for you—I care for you— why will yon be so naughty.” Faithfulness mingled with love, generosiiy and kindly Interest breathe through her efforts to liberate that little one from her wicked ways. And I remember that when our Saviour uttered his anathemas over the city of Jerusalem, he wept, say- ing, “Oh! that thou hadst known, but it is hid from thine eyes;’ and when was pouring forth those maledictions upon the heads of the Pharisees and saying, ‘Woe unto thee, Chorazin, unto thee, othealda,”” inthe midat of that’ storm when his words fell like thunderbolts upon their devoted beads, in the midst of it all we hear the voice of love and passion, musical as the tones of an Aolian “ Come unto me all ye that labor and are beavily ladon, and I will give you rest.’’ Itseems to me, pom that we have an opportunity now to exercise this generosity to- wards our fellow citizens of the South. They are in dan- ger; they tremble; they fear for their homes, their fire- sides, their families, woe which now separates us from them may be bri ‘not wish to see your families my ir lives, and now is the time for ‘us to endeavor to devise some means by which this chasm ‘idged over, #0 that we may go to them and gay, “I lovo you—I do I—I do not wish to 1 destroy your property, but you are engaged ina great | which is a piece of paper. But I'am detaining the moet- ing on et which others understand better. 7 hope, then, that in administering relief to John Brown’s ly, we shall remember all those whom his fate concerns, who are in sympathy with him, and not forget to aid bim ip the best way, by securing freedom and independence in Massachusetts, MI. EMERSON CONTRIBUTES $50. Mr. Anprew—Added to the words which concord has sent hither to-night, also keeping in min@ its reputation for deeds, Mr. Emerson was the bearer of fifty dollars ($50) to add to the treasury of the evening. ferent plause.) Ithit:, therefore, ladies and gentlemen, t time has arrived to appoint @ financial committee to re- ceive this, the firet offering. I will take the fiberty to ap- point Messrs. Samuel FE. Sewall, George F. Bigelow, Johm . Manly, John L. Simmons ‘and Humphrey Jameson. Contracts and comparisons (said Mr. Andrew) are always Uisagreeable, at least to one side. Without a single word yf remark I proceed at once to present to the audience one whom it can be truly said, none but himself can be his parallel—Mr. Wendell Phillips. (Great applause.) SPEECH OF MR. WENDELI PRILLIPS. Mr. Pmuurs said, I do not know, ladies and gentlemen, hardly what there {s loft me to say, in regard to the cause which has called us together to-night. Certainly the speakers who have addressed us have covered with won- derful eloquent sympathy almost all the points whick would be spoken of naturally in a meeting like this.’ It is hard to say anything gleaning after them. And I believe it is an unwonted pleasure, at least to me, to know that a clergyman of the Old South pulpit has robbed me of the choicest morsel of the speech I was about to make. Laughter.) No man could come here to this meeting, on born, without that parallel in his mind which he has go eloquently presented to us of the massacre of the 5th of March. ‘Then, as now; full fed conservatism said it was “‘madness—a few insane men fighting themselves against an empire.” Then, as now, the question was be- fore the courts, and the courts pronounced the law to be jainst the martyrs of the Sth of March. acq! the men who shot Attucks. And a eloquent friend hrs omitted only one point of Then, as now, the citizens flocked to the South Church as the aj ‘jate place to express their indigna- tion; and to-day, we do not go tothe Old South Church, bat’ thank God, the Old South church comes to us. (Applause. I like this “South side view” of slavery. (ay owl applause.) It smacks of the Revolutionary flavor. If there is truth in spiritualism the man who stands in the ulpit of the Old South church is a medium betwixt Jc arren and John Hanceck; tor truly the sentiments which the started up the patriotism of the town of Boston LS are identical with the doctrine which he to us to-night. (Applause.) True, as he the qpict history of modern times has in the brave scenes of that March night, but well, or { do, that in John Hancock's oration, and Joseph War- "s, the men who felt thé full flow of revolutionary fer- ren sin—American slavery—it is asin; we must lift up our | vor in their veins, and who felt what, standing at the voices like a trumpet to al you; itis a national sin, its roots are in Northern soil (ap- ‘us reason to- gether over this matter; help us to it, and let us Work together in endeavoring, 40 remove, from our le wo plause) as much as in Southern soil, and country this great evil and curse.” labor in this spirit, manfully, truthfully, ly, to justiee and to the right, yet remaining fraterna all te while, if we can ‘unit these two elements tn ou effort to remove slavery from the tand, then it seems to me that we shall use influences which shall result ulti mately in the accomplishment of that for which we pray though it should not be be gathered to the and for which we labor; and, done in our timo, though we sho fathers, and thovgh we should fait and our enterprises should seem to be frustrated, yet whon we lay our low we can ro cell may reflect, anid as his widow, we fear, that is to bo and his children and friends, they can ‘all feed thoir courage—we can feed our courage—with the reflection that this man failed who died in a sacred cause:— oa hoes sony anti taste pore thete heote Ss ae - 2 But still ‘their spirit walks abroad, Years elapse and others share As dark’a doom, they but augment ae deep Caen age ne oe or wer a! TS Lue The world at last to freedom. At the conclusion of Mr. Manning’s remarks, Mr. Andrew said:—I think the interior of the Old South Church has been extensively remodelled, and I believe the pulpit placed by a new one; yet I think the spirit of Joseph Warren some- sacred to liberty; in which Warren speke was removed and re times at least revisits thoso ancient wal and that we have heard an echo of his voice to-night. (Applauge.) From the Old South Church we will turn our eyes to the battie ground of Concord. When the monu- ment was inaugurated which marks the spot consecrated by blood shed in the cause of American liberty, a Concord poet flung a garland from his muse upon its shaft, and the iirst stanzas may not be inappropriate as his introdyc- tion:— Ba “Ry the rude bridge that arched the flood, < flag to April's breeze unfuri “ty Here once the em! ra stood i ‘And fired a shot heard round the world.” ‘That poet and that writer needs no introduction by one s0 humble as I to a Boston assembly. I now introduce to you Mr. Ralph Waldo Emerson. SPERCH MR. RALPH WALDO EMERSON. Mr. Chairman and Fellow Citizens: Ishare the sympa- thy and the sorrow which has brought us together. Gen- tlemen who have preceded me, have well said that no wall of separation could here’ exist. This commanding event which bas brought us together,—the sequel of which bas brought us together—eclipses’ all others which have occurred for a long time in our history, and I am very glad to see that this sudden interest in the hero of Harper's Ferry, has provoked an extreme curiosity in all parts of the Republic, in regard to the details of his his- tory. Every anecdote is eagerly sought, and I do not wonder tbat gentlemen find traits of ‘relation in the church, another in the profession, another in the place of his birth. He was happily a'representative of the American public. Captain John Brown is a farmer, the itth in desceut from Veter Brown, who came to Plymouth inthe Mayflower in 1620. All the’sig have been farmers, His grandfather, of Simsbury, in O@@necticut, was a cap tain in the Revolution. His father, largely interested as araiser of stock, became a contractor to supply the army with beef, in the war of 1842, and our Captain John Brown, then a boy, with his father, was present and witnessed the surrender of General Hall. a great respect tor his father as a main of strong character, and his respect is probably just. For himself, he is 80 trang idealist. with no by-ends of his own. Many of you have seen him, and everyone who has heard him speak has been impressed alike by his simple artless goodness, joined with his sublime cour: ‘He joins that perfect Pu- ritan faith which brought his his fifth ancester to Plymouth Rock, with his grandfather's ardor in the Revolution. Ho believes in two articles—two instruments, shall I say— the Golden Rule and tho Declaration of independence (applanse); and he used this expression in conversation here “Better that a whole generation of men, women and children should pass away by a violent death, than that one word of either should be violated in this ‘country.”” There is a Unionist—there is a striet_ constructionist ror you. (Applause and laughter.) He believes in the union of the United States, he believes in the union of America, and he conceiyes that the only obstruction tothe Union is slavery, and for that reason, as a patriot, he works for its abolition, The Governor of Virginia has pronounced his eulogy in a manner that discredits the moderation of our timaid parties. His own speeches to the Court have animity, and ‘ou remember what innocent pleading, a8 of childhood. his words: If I had interfered in bebalf of 5 intelligent, the so-called gres Id ‘dg ich, the powerf "at, oF any of thelr friends, parents, wivesor children, it would all bave been right. No man ti Pepys ai — aera But i eee me to ve interfered asi have done, deepieed e done no wrong, but right. Pam ere wie It is easy to Bee what a favorite he will be with histo.y, which plays mad pranks with home wing reputations. / Nothing can resist the sympathy which all elevated minds must feel with Brown, and through them the whole | civilized world; and, if he must suffer, be must drag | official, gentlemen iutoan immortality fost undesirable, and of which they havo already some disagreeable forebodings. (Applause.) Indeed, it is the reductio ad atsurdum of slavery when the Governor of Virginia is forced to hang a man wnom he deciares to be a man of the most. integrity, truthfulness anc courage he has ever met. Is that Kind of man the gallows is built for? It It were bold to affirm that these is within that broad com- monwentth, at this moment, another citizen as worthy to live, and as deserving of all public and privatc honor, as this’ poor prisoner. But. we are here to think of relief for tho family of Jorn Brown. 1 my ayes thal fay Woks very large and verg needy of relief. It comprases his brave fellow sufferers in the Cho: jal; the fugitives still hunted in the mountains of Virginia and Pennsylania; the sympathizers with him in all the States; anil, Imay say, almost om an nha ss the go vile and the teclara. eads as John Brown to night in his lonely show that it is a sin, but we love | bead ot the Revolution, they owed the martyrs of the 5th of March—in none of these bears ca judgments is there one word of adverse criticism. On the contrary, there is the fullest and most complete endorsement. £ know modern has picked many flaws in the character of the men of the Sth of March, lator down. One of the most beautiful and touching elements in this event is that as far as we can sce, if we had asked God to make us ‘a man that should stand before the pation as the representative of the American idea, un- spotted, dignified, modest, resolute, morciful and Chris- tian, it would seem as if & more perfect representative could not have been given us than the martyr of 's Ferry. (Applause.) In every word that he has spoken, in every act that he has done, in the whole history of the conflict and of everything that has followed it, in the long life upon which the blaze of this event throws back- ward its light, there does yot seem to have been a trait that we eannot with a whole heart honor. (Applause.) ‘We have no apologies to make; we have no cxcuses to frame; we bave no incidents to hide; we have no words te take back. It isthe old Mayflower cropping out, and He cherished | rent that ail men see him through. He isa man | to make friends wherever on earth courage and integrity | are esteemed (applause); the rarest of heroes, a pure | every eon of the Pilgrims is able truthfully to that whai we imagined Plymouth Rock, John Bown’ (ap: plause.) Read that simple recital in the the lips of his wife; honest, truthful, kneeling daily at his family altar, bringing up his children with recogni- tion of their allegiance to God, banishing from his mili- tury troops even in the tumult of Kansas, every maa whose lips wore familiar with @ profane word, allowing neither intemperance nor anything that could be called sensuality, drawing to himself the v model of the Puritans, passing his life in that guise, wil one star before him from his very boyhood; for you know he says that the first thought that ever turned bis herat toward the black race was when, on a Pennsyl- vania farm, a boy of ten, be found himself yoke fellow with a negro of the same age—a smarter boy than him- self, says the old man, more capable, brighter, and yet he was half starved, snubbed, oppressed, turned out to- the elements, treaied like a beast, and he said to himselt (this thoughtful boy of ten years old), ‘Why should a black skin make that difference between me and him? and he has never been able to answer this question tilt to-day. His whole life has been an effort to answer it, and if Virginia sends hint to his audit, we may believe that the Supreme Judge will hold that he has answered it at last. Look at him there in that Armory—not an unne- cessary act of violence, not one moment provoked into into intemperate action—neither by the death of kindred. nor by the rudeness of assailants provoked into a forget- ful moment, What scene can history paint for us more impressive? Thank God, it is an American scone. that old poor man, brought up at his mother’s. knees, and taught ‘in the language of inspiration, that “he that loveth father or mother more tham me is not worthy of me”’—leaves wife and children, poor, {riendless, stands behind that armory wall, one hand holding the musket, and the other trying tha pulse of his dying son—match it in the sublime moments of humam patience, human disinterestedness, and human daring. Applause.) What a contrast to the State of Virginia— what a revelation of national character. The man whe inflicted three wounds upon his body testifies with, shame- less pride, bearing a military title, that he entered that Armory, saw an unarmed, defenceless man, who had ac- knowlecged his surrender, and was pointed out to him as Jobn Brown, advances toward him with his sword, and wounds him through the body; the old man, folding his arms, bares his head, and the wretch repeats the blow on his uncovered head.’ (“Shame!”? “Shame!”) Tho man was asked, “Could you have the heart to strike the blow?” “I would have cut his head off with another,” said the chivalry of Virginia. Well, is not that, with the folded arms and quiet demeanor, a ‘proper tative of what the Northern idea should be? Could weask a bet- ter symbol for history? Do you say that the world forgets himy I tell you that such instances are not alone. ey symbolize a universal feeling. Virginia has seen the only noble heart that this event has manifested within her borders—a girl noha | herself between the muskets and the defenceless breast of one of the victims, clinging to hia head and neck to shield him from bayonet and bullet— Miss Foulkes. She symbolized the heart of Christendom, throwing itself between Virginia and that infirm old man; and Virginia will yet wake up to the thing and see herself in the ruffian, and Christianity in that humane girl. So much for the man. We come here to remember hig children, his wife. He looks back on the world he is quit- ting, and says to us who owe him the example of such vir~ tue:’‘‘T leave to you my wifeand children.” Let us prove worthy of the legacy. Let us send hima message to-nigh& from : “We lay your wife and children in the Se corner of our hearts; they shal! be sheltered; be sure of Defore you die.”” Men say this enterprise was hopeless. It ‘was an imprudent enterprise. Goothe says there are pra- dent virtues and there are higher virtues—virtues that never remind usof prudence. This is one of the latter. (Ap- plause.) To be sure, it was an imprudent virtue, but wo | ce lived many years and we have heard of agreat many | ave vearimpradent virtue. Ihave lived twenty years im | Beste viaydower Dlood—God be praised that it sends oue | its veins East and West to bubble up wherever it is | needed, for wherever there is a fierce battle to be he | for en idea, you can trace its lineage back to old he 1 can remember a Western clergyman of this mouth Rock—they talk of building a large monument of granite, and the question down there is where to fix its foundations; well, I will tell you, they may lay one corner stone at Harper's Ferry and tho other at Alton, where Lovejoy fling his life away in the foolish attempt, so Boston said, to vindicate a free press. An Attorney’ ral said in Faneuil Hall, ‘he died as the fool dieth;” and a Boston pulpit said, “the guiit of the murder was not om. the mobocrats, but on the man that died.” press said, “whata fool—what a what good bas he done?’ _If yon will go to Alton you will find that the repentant city has taken up ashes and made him a more honorable monument to the only name that Somo night, ten years plot- form so empty; ‘all Boston ‘will have found out that John Brown’s enterprise was not a failure. When did man ever do more? Can rixty years long, an the American people half as much in seventy yoars of public life as this Litchfield schoolmaster has taught the ne~ The Boston atic—what afailare— ives @ moral interest to Alton. nee, you won't find this ‘ou point me to a life even if it was statues raisod to it, that taught American people in a week. ing lives, this man, j Tt scems to mo that in judg- ad of being a failure, has done pe v hurry forward the more to HA the 9 seg WY biger’s | sclemient oi & gieab quested, Wo Wael Dewrts, w iewela