JOHN BROWN.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1501, 25 January 1916, Page 4

JOHN BROWN.

WHY IIIS SOIT, MAIM‘I IKS <>N. .mill, Brow 11 ' ’ >i.,,1 111:11. ine", oil. “.-HI,I iu A.Mm Brown 'll. l 11,1 1 .1,.' In vine. HI, Kill.'l 1 'livell lee. nol lii'M eg '■ Ih,. r.i-ili-h \V.- I.K, ,w liicli ri. Ml . interesting sa> ings "I *h * ‘ hnn.ui- ineinl ilie >l.-i \ <•>. . . “ Horn ill iW.'O. In- iinMe op In- tmeil ,e 137/1 that -lave, v uni t Ipel .1.. wn, eeM lli.it it mill.l ii"i h" pel 'l"wg "ill."el a I i. r i 1 1, lie studied thill end mihtaiv w.ir!.. 1,7 preparo hilll.-i'if he- the -ling".le which ii,, foresaw. and would nut eiieene- in m>> business which e"iild n.il‘ he v.ennd np liimomahlv on -dml'l nolle". I lore.-avv that hi. -1 work would destroy him and Infamily, hid tin's did not move him. "1 BKLIKVK IN TIIK LObOKN kl 1 ,i:. "lie ,-el,nuked. -1 lii-llrve llmie'M'e Rule, .ir, and 1 tie I n-eia rat n m o. Hid, pen (lenee, 1 think lhe\ li'-lli mean aim llnii-; and it, is hell. I that a v.lmle jo-ne'-a M,01.1,1 I'ase oil the l.ea oi tin- eallli men, worn.'., and e,„1d..-„ hv a w-1.-in dealh than that, one p.l >.l enlie, - in tail in the nmntn. I m, an e\aetl> m, M "Towar,ls the mid ol hi--. tliiily van' conlcnlion, dniiin; ;sliieii he nail home the yoke of tlie oppre.-md as if up..n In-, own ilei-k, lie hail a vnrioiK revival oi hope, (hi Sumlav. Oeloher If). Itlb'.k he mil.-red with a -mall paflv the small low n ol lia rpm s K,.rn. a plai-e ol stioo inhalidants emitaiii ill"- a fiovenimeiii ai-enal, and hel.i it. tor nearly tl.ree dav.-, I I'' lint- head aeainsl the slave owner... He tail'd, and Vfi lie did not. tail. "He said in a letter written jn-i hetom his exei-ni ion for hiyli treason, T ian ane Co.I will, the lime and manner of m.v death, helievine. as I do, that for me at nos time lo sea] inv testimony lor Cod and immaiuiy with my blood will'd., va-lly nane P.wamailvancine the cause I have .aiiicilp en ileuvomvd to pi'oniole than alt I nav done ill mv life hefole,' "Kiv-e vv'eeks |Kissed lielvveen the f eldenee of deal'll and its exerution. lie m vei in- 1 lemper or heart, nor cave wav to i-eineiiii; or iioasline. 1’• 11 1. to evv i'.v vi-hm in- tune the same witness: Aon had.latter ail von people ~l -tin' Son: In - prepa i-e yoin .-elve- lor a seft.li.'ini'iil of this i|iies(ioii. it nm-l <vmnup for selilemi'ill sooner than von are piepared for it, ami the sooner von commenee that preparation the heller lor von. Von may dispose of me verv easily. I am nearlv disposed ot now ; hid this ijin'-dion p- sidi to he settled lid,- neyro ipie.-i ion, ! mean.' “lie sternly refused to s. ,• any elm mall who approved of slavery, and none ol he'olfered themselves, lo any who ire,; p, force on him an ,n he .-aid. ‘M> dear sir. yon know nelhmy ahonl I hri-.iian. it \. Of course, 1 resj leei von as a ';enl le man, hut it- is a heathen uenllemaii.’ lll'i KItSSKI) Till': (I l!ld>. “Uii ia c, i.inei- d la- was ien om ..,r .-v----<•111 ion. .Near ine door ol 1 lie pi lon -t'".-u a Olael; woman will, a mint in tier mm-, alnt 1m sloppeil anil Kis-eo me mnii lei.m i ■ Ivsaid one of tlm-e wim rod., in jin- uayeon Willi torn. A i's, he said, 'I wa- -> iim.eo up; il vv as ~ne of Ine lessons ot m\ moin.r: Uni it. IS hard to part Irnm means. Ihoiiyh' nevvlv made.' 'lns i- a I i; 11111 it conn.i.v - in- .-aid, a- t imv a.-emoed i lie hm on w !,n I, Hie ealiovv's sli.nd. ’I have not cast, nr. .yi ■ "There was not a mini-ler of reiieion in that, whole reyioii to -av t.hal John Itiovm -Uoilid live. .Mid v’.-i vv iI i ■ 11 1 a lew. monthiln- -lorm lieyan to imilier .-mil hn-ak. Am.ii Ilie mil am was invoiv-n in Hie lav d \\ ai which ended in the desl filer ion, of slavery. .Slavery wa- doona-il when John Crown sP.ope.'l down In Id- lied, ihiek lipped child. ’