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Show ertnke whn.t you m. t 11 e sccu.n ' t y of your sn.. nc- "liE dared to 1111d II r .1 d. had he succeeded, fifty b ld t preach e J.ttl e ' tums only nrc 0 0 ·.f. d 1 . 5 gruve with the holiness of 11 . . ld have sanct11e 11 . commg yeat s woy u • . gram. te an d mni· ble columns would n sc to Rccond :Mount crnon' . uld dd another to her jubilee dnys · . . nnd the natwn wo n . f lus mcmox y' utter their n oblest sentences m eulogy o whereon her orators woul~ t be- the slave toib on in an ) . Alas ' 1t was not so o ' Old John hro\\n. · · . d . and the Jtc 1 >Ublican . 1 h ro gaS})S m n ungeon ' ' unloosened cham i t 1e e • 1 . c 1 ·ntions and dcnuncia-fi d ough for t 1e1r renun u press cannot n r oom en F e confcHs we love . d ld John J3rown. 'or one, w . . twns of demcntc . o 1 d 1 . n lie his honest in his pnncl-h im - we honor lum, we app au 111 • 1 t to be taught rend- . h · 1•£• ce . and we 1ave ye ' J)les - courageous m t. ClT. c c : n 'e '111 acknowledge. how and wherein in(Y from that llook of msp1ratwn w ' . . '11 1 · 8 ashes oldb J ohn Brown is D Wlth hun as we Wl ' u, . 11 transgressor. o . . . ·n be written will some day be gathered to a hero's tomb. ' 1us nnmc :vl the with th<.: \Vinkclreids, und TellH, und \Vasluli~gttons ~ftl1hmlsot~:~n~l~g~ eye Amt•n. can school bo y s· l1 .a 11 ye t be taught to lS en, Wl, and bcab. ng heart, to t 11 e s t ox. Y of Old John llrown. Winstead (Connecticut) lferald. I. LECTURE BY HENRy D. THOREAU.* I TRUST that you will pardon me for b ing here. I do . not wi ~h to force my thoughts upon you, but I ~ ·el forced my elf. Little as I know of Captain Brown, I would fain do my part to correct the tone and the statements of the ncw.'papers, and of my coun trymen generally, re~pecting his character and actions. It ·osts us 11othing to be just. We can at lc~tst cxpre our ympatlty with, and admirntion of; him and l1i , companions, and that is what I now propose to do. Fir ·t, a · to hif' history. I will endeavor to omit, as much as possible, wlmt you have a.lr ady rcacl. In ed not d ·::;criuc hi · per on to you, for probably mo t of you lmvc seen and will not soon forget him. I am told that his graudf:tthcr, J ohn Brown, was an ofTlccr in the RcYolution; that 110 himS<' lf was born in Connecticut about the beginning of this ceutury, but early went with llis fitthcr to Ohio. I hral'(l him say that hili fath r was a coni ractor who fur11i :-;h ·d bcr·f to the nrrny there, in the war o{' 181:2; that he accompanied hir~ to the camp, and a · ' i ' ted him i11 that <'mploym<'nt, s<•c ing a good deal of military life, more, pc· rh aps, than if he had b ~en a soldier, for he wa of't en pre, <'nt nt the councils of th e oflic rs. E specially, he J 'arn d by experienrc how armies arc supplied and maintai ned in the {jelu- a work which, he obser ved, rc- *A 'PI<•a for Cnpto.in .John llrown ; read to tho citizens of Concord, l\la!ll'., Sunday OV<•n ing, Octol.Jcr :JO, 18.j!) ; nlllO 1\l:j tho Firth Locturo or tho Fmtoruity Courlw, in .llOII· ton, N 0\'omllcr 1. 2~ (17) |
