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Baltimore, Md. (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 2.43
Mr. V. Who was the secretary? Capt. B. That I would not tell if I recollected; but I do not remember. I think the officers were elected in May, 1858. I may answer incorrectly, but not intentionally. My head is a little confused by wounds, and my memory of dates and such like is somewhat confused. Dr. Biggs. Were you in the party at Dr. Kennedy's house? Capt. B. I was the head of that party. I occupied the house to mature my plans. I would state here that I have not been in Baltimore to purchase percussion caps. Dr. B. What was the number of men at Kennedy's? Capt. B. I decline to answer that. Dr. B. Who lanced that woman's neck on the hill? Capt. B. I did. I have sometimes practised in surgery, when I thought it a matter of humanity or of necessity — when there was no one else to do it; but I have not studied surgery. Dr. B. (To the persons around.) It was done very well and scientifically. These men have been very clever to the neighbors, I have been told
Venice (Ohio, United States) (search for this): chapter 2.43
sional military force? Capt. B. I was chosen, agreeably to the ordinance of a certain document, commander-in-chief of that force. Senator M. What wages did you offer? Capt. B. None. Lieut. S. The wages of sin is death. Capt. B. I would not have made such a remark to you, if you had been a prisoner and wounded, in my hands. Bystander. Did you not promise a negro in Gettysburg twenty dollars a month? Capt. B. I did not. Bystander. He says you did. Mr. V. Were you ever in Dayton, Ohio? Capt. B. Yes, I must have been. Mr. V. This summer? Capt. B. No; a year or two since. Senator 1. Does this talking annoy you at all? Capt. B. Not in the least. Mr. V. Have you lived long in Ohio? Capt. B. I went there in 1805. I lived in Summit County, which was then Trumbull County. My native place is York State. Mr. V. Do you recollect a man in Ohio named Brown, a noted counterfeiter? Capt. B. I do. I knew him from a boy. His father was Henry Brown, of I
Cleveland (Ohio, United States) (search for this): chapter 2.43
ed counterfeiter? Capt. B. I do. I knew him from a boy. His father was Henry Brown, of Irish or Scotch descent. The family was very low. Mr. V. Have you ever been in Portage County? Capt. B. I was there in June last. Mr. V. When in Cleveland, did you attend the Fugitive Slave Law Convention there? Capt. B. No. I was there about the time of the sitting of the court to try the Oberlin rescuers. I spoke there, publicly, on that subject. I spoke on the fugitive slave law, and my uence at all, I was disposed to justify the Oberlin people for rescuing the slave, because I have myself forcibly taken slaves from bondage. I was concerned in taking eleven slaves from Missouri to Canada, last winter. I think that I spoke in Cleveland before the Convention. I do not know that I had any conversation with any of the Oberlin rescuers. I was sick part of the time I was in Ohio. I had the ague. I was part of the 41me in Ashtabula county. Mr. V. Did you see any thing of Jo
Concord, N. H. (New Hampshire, United States) (search for this): chapter 2.43
peech-a rifle of far straighter sight and longer range. It is seldom that men of views so opposite meet together, either in the events themselves, or in their subsequent views of those events, as met at Harper's Ferry, when Captain John Brown and Senator Mason -the abolitionist and the extraditionist — the slave liberator in virtue of the higher law, and the slave-holding author of the fugitive slave law — gazed at each other face to face; or when the Baltimore American and the hermit of Concord united to do honor to the venerable invader of Virginia! The reader will notice, also, how the two earnest men respected each other; how Mason, the fanatic, unlike his compromising compeer, was courteous to the old man, fearless and almost reverential in his questionings. The conversation. Senator Mason. Can you tell us, at least, who furnished money for your expedition? Capt. Brown. I furnished most of it myself. I cannot implicate others. It is by my own folly that I have been
Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 2.43
to gain their liberty. Lieutenant Stuart. But you don't believe in the Bible? Capt. B. Certainly I do. Mr. V. Where did your men come from? Did some of them come from Ohio? Capt. B. Some of them. Mr. V. From the Western Reserve, of course! None came from Southern Ohio? Capt. B. O, yes. I believe one came from Steubenville, down not far from Wheeling. Mr. V. Have you been in Ohio this summer? Capt. B. Yes, sir. Mr. V. How lately? Capt. B. I passed through to Pittsburg on my way, in June. Mr. V. Were you at any county or state fair there? Capt. B. I was not there since June. Senator M. Did you consider this a military organization in this paper? (Showing a copy of John Brown's constitution and ordinance.) I have not yet read it. Capt. B. I did in some measure. I wish you would give that paper your close attention. Senator M. You considered yourself the commander-in-chief of this provisional military force? Capt. B. I was chosen, agre
Providence, R. I. (Rhode Island, United States) (search for this): chapter 2.43
nial of it I would not make; and to make an affidavit of it, I should be a great dunce. Mr. V. Have you had any correspondence with parties at the North on the subject of this movement? Capt. B. I have had no correspondence. One report reads thus: the other omits the word no. Bystander. Do you consider this a religious movement? Capt. B. It is, in my opinion, the greatest service a man can render to his God. Bystander. Do you consider yourself an instrument in the hands of Providence? Capt. B. I do. Bystander. Upon what principle do you justify your acts? Capt. B. Upon the golden rule. I pity the poor in bondage that have none to help them. That is why I am here; it is not to gratify any personal animosity, or feeling of revenge, or vindictive spirit. It s my sympathy with the oppressed and the wronged, that are as good as you, and as precious in the sight of God. Bystander. Certainly. But why take the slaves against their will? Capt. B. I never did. Byst
Washington (United States) (search for this): chapter 2.43
his movement? Capt. B. I cannot answer that. I have numerous sympathizers throughout the entire North. Mr. V. In Northern Ohio? Capt. B. No more there than any where else-in all the Free States. Mr. V. But are you not personally acquainted in Southern Ohio? Capt. B. Not very much. Mr. V. (To Stevens.) Were you at the convention last June? Stevens. I was. Mr. V. (To Capt. Brown.) You made a speech there? Capt. B. I did, sir. Bystander. Did you ever live in ~Washington city? Capt. B. I did not. I want you to understand, gentlemen, that 1 respect the rights of the poorest and weakest of the colored people, oppressed by the slave system, just as much as I do those of the most wealthy and powerful. That is the idea that has moved me, and that alone. We expected no reward except the satisfaction of endeavoring to do for those in distress — the greatly oppressed — as we would be done by. The cry of distress, of the oppressed, is my reason, and the only thi
Wheeling, W. Va. (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 2.43
mes. I hold that the golden rule--Do unto others as you would that others should do unto you --applies to all who would help others to gain their liberty. Lieutenant Stuart. But you don't believe in the Bible? Capt. B. Certainly I do. Mr. V. Where did your men come from? Did some of them come from Ohio? Capt. B. Some of them. Mr. V. From the Western Reserve, of course! None came from Southern Ohio? Capt. B. O, yes. I believe one came from Steubenville, down not far from Wheeling. Mr. V. Have you been in Ohio this summer? Capt. B. Yes, sir. Mr. V. How lately? Capt. B. I passed through to Pittsburg on my way, in June. Mr. V. Were you at any county or state fair there? Capt. B. I was not there since June. Senator M. Did you consider this a military organization in this paper? (Showing a copy of John Brown's constitution and ordinance.) I have not yet read it. Capt. B. I did in some measure. I wish you would give that paper your close attenti
Harper's Ferry (West Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 2.43
s. Who, then, were his constituents? Read his words, understandingly, and you will find out. In his case there is no idle eloquence. Truth is the inspirer and earnestness the polisher of his sentences. He could afford the loss of his Sharpe's rifles while he retained the faculty of speech-a rifle of far straighter sight and longer range. It is seldom that men of views so opposite meet together, either in the events themselves, or in their subsequent views of those events, as met at Harper's Ferry, when Captain John Brown and Senator Mason -the abolitionist and the extraditionist — the slave liberator in virtue of the higher law, and the slave-holding author of the fugitive slave law — gazed at each other face to face; or when the Baltimore American and the hermit of Concord united to do honor to the venerable invader of Virginia! The reader will notice, also, how the two earnest men respected each other; how Mason, the fanatic, unlike his compromising compeer, was courteous to t
Vallandingham (search for this): chapter 2.43
friends of the Republican party. From the South came Governor Wise and Senator Mason of Virginia; from the North, a United States Marshal named Johnson, and Mr. Vallandingham, a member of Congress from Ohio. The result of these visits was one of John Brown's greatest victories. From the three published reports of it, carefullyf some value. Capt. B. I will answer freely and faithfully about what concerns myself — I will answer any thing I can with honor, but not about others. Mr. Vallandingham, (member of Congress from Ohio, who had just entered.) Mr. Brown, who sent you here? Capt. B. No man sent me here; it was my own prompting and that of my xposure to the smoke of powder. His manner and conversation were courteous and affable, and he appeared to make a favorable impression upon his auditory. Mr. Vallandingham, not ashamed of having attempted to extort political capital from the lips of a dying man-- or having inquired if he knew one Brown, a noted counterfeiter, o
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