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Dutton (search for this): chapter 3.53
letter to the Sheriff, requesting his body to be given to his wife after execution. At this stage of the dialogue a Presbyterian clergyman of this town, named Dutton, entered the jailer's dwelling, and requested to have his name reported to Mr. Brown, with a request for an interview if convenient. The message was delivered, but Mr. Brown declined an interview, on the ground that he was then too busy. Mr. Dutton then left. Reporter. What is it keeps him busy? Official. He is engaged in reading about two dozen letters, sent to him this morning. In declining an interview with Mr. Dutton, he desired that he (Mr. D.) be informed of his (Brown's) wiMr. Dutton, he desired that he (Mr. D.) be informed of his (Brown's) willingness to see him in the course of the day, and argue with him on the subject of religion. Reporter. What is generally the character of the letters sent to him? Official. They are generally letters of sympathy and condolence. Reporter. Does he receive any assuring him of a purpose to rescue him? Official. Yes; several
Wendell Phillips (search for this): chapter 3.53
end to retire for the purpose of letting her and Brown talk of old times alone, looked in through the window. But the wit of the woman got rid of him; for, having finished her needlework, she turned round and said, Young man, get me a brush to clean this coat with; but the chivalry of the old State was so livid hot with rage at being asked to do any thing useful, that he went off, and was not seen again for half an hour, Now, that is a specimen of this white race in working. Speech of Wendell Phillips, New York, December 15. arrived in Charlestown, and had an interview with John Brown. The Judge spoke of the charge preferred by an administration journalist in Kansas against the Captain, which charged him with having killed the ruffians of Pottawattomie. The old ran declared that he did not, in any way, participate in their execution ; but thought here, in jail, as he had believed in Kansas, that the act was just and necessary. A reliable writer, who was admitted to the cell on the
Aaron C. Stevens (search for this): chapter 3.53
ss. The sheriff was frightened, and called the jailer, so that I had only a moment to speak to Stevens, and to say farewell to Mr. Brown, who stood up to take leave of us, saying, The Lord will blewife, and a note to me. He looked better, and brighter, and happier than at my first visit, and Stevens also looked better. The old man said little except about his family, whom he commended to the r in flocks, and gape, and stare, and follow the jailer in and out. He is in the same cell with Stevens, at whose bedside he is constantly found sitting, with the Bible (just closed as the visitor en every one who approaches him, and while he talks he reigns. The other prisoners venerate him. Stevens sits in his bed, usually with his face away from the window, and listens all day to the Captainintercourse with the rest of his confederates now in jail? Official. He has not, except with Stevens, who occupies the same cell with him. Reporter. Did he seem pleased when he was informed tha
Jesus Christ (search for this): chapter 3.53
orious thoughts come to me, entertaining my mind. Presently he added, The sentence they have pronounced against me did not disturb me in the least; it is not the first time that I have looked death in the face. It is not the hardest thing for a brave man to die, I answered; but how will it be in the long days before you, shut up here? If you can be true to yourself in all this, how glad we shall be! I cannot say, he responded, but I do not believe I shall deny my Lord and Master, Jesus Christ; and I should be if I denied my principles against slavery. Why, I preach against it all the time--Captain Avis knows I do. The jailer smiled, and said, Yes. We spoke of those who, in times of trial, forgot themselves, and he said, There seems to be just that difference in people; some can bear more than others, and not suffer so much. He had been through all kinds of hardships, and did not mind them. My son remarked it was a great thing to have confidence in one's own strength. I
James H. March (search for this): chapter 3.53
ctive. He refuses to receive any ministers who countenance slavery, telling them to go home and read their Bibles. Rev. Alfred Griffith had an interview with him a few days since, which lasted for nearly an hour, principally on the subject of slavery. They quoted Scripture to sustain their views, and had quite a clashing time of it; but neither was able to convince the other of the correctness of their peculiar doctrines. Another writer says: Brown was visited yesterday by Rev. James H. March, of the M. E. Church. The reverend gentleman having advanced an argument in favor of the institution of slavery as it now exists, Brown replied to him, saying, My dear sir, you know nothing about Christianity; you will have to learn the A B C's in the lesson of Christianity, as I find you entirely ignorant of the meaning of the word. I, of course, respect you as a gentleman; but it is as a heathen gentleman. The reverend gentleman here thought it best to draw such a discussion to
John Brown (search for this): chapter 3.53
he interview : I have just seen Old Captain Brown. I inquired after his health and conditioJudge, who went with us to the prison door. Mr. Brown was sitting at the table, where he had just ousness that he was surrounded by his enemies, Brown frequently indulged in irascible remarks, feelhe sure characteristic of a brave man. What Brown was most anxious to establish in the eves of tovember 16, says the New York Tribune, John Brown, by counsel, made his last appeal to a Virgi testimony to John Brown's fidelity: Captain Brown has also recovered, and is getting quite auliar doctrines. Another writer says: Brown was visited yesterday by Rev. James H. March, f the institution of slavery as it now exists, Brown replied to him, saying, My dear sir, you knowt the conversation that took place between Captain Brown and these gentlemen, and I give you, word f religion? Jail Official. Yes, he did; but Brown said he did not recognize any slaveholder, lay[53 more...]
Alfred Griffith (search for this): chapter 3.53
from his cell; that his prayers would be an abomination to his God. To another clergyman he said that he would not insult his God by bowing down with any one who had the blood of the slave upon his skirts. A correspondent of the Baltimore American gives this additional testimony to John Brown's fidelity: Captain Brown has also recovered, and is getting quite active. He refuses to receive any ministers who countenance slavery, telling them to go home and read their Bibles. Rev. Alfred Griffith had an interview with him a few days since, which lasted for nearly an hour, principally on the subject of slavery. They quoted Scripture to sustain their views, and had quite a clashing time of it; but neither was able to convince the other of the correctness of their peculiar doctrines. Another writer says: Brown was visited yesterday by Rev. James H. March, of the M. E. Church. The reverend gentleman having advanced an argument in favor of the institution of slavery as i
Shields Green (search for this): chapter 3.53
ry one who approaches him, and while he talks he reigns. The other prisoners venerate him. Stevens sits in his bed, usually with his face away from the window, and listens all day to the Captain's words, seldom offering a syllable except when called upon. Sometimes he gets a little excited, and springs forward to make clear some point about which I the Captaina is in doubt; but his five bullets, in head and breast, weigh him down, and he is soon exhausted. As for the other men,--Copeland, Green, and Coppic,they are always sending messages to the Captain, assuring him that it was not they who confessed, and he mustn't growl at them, but at Cook. I cannot forget hearing Brown express himself on the subject of the threatening anonymous letters that have been received by (Gov. Wise relating to his case. Well, gentlemen, he said, I tell you what I think of them. They come from no friends of mine. I have nothing to do with such friends. Why, gentlemen, of all the things in the wor
Gerritt Smith (search for this): chapter 3.53
ceding his sublime victory over death, is from the pen of a very prejudiced authority, but bears, nevertherless, internal evidences of its truthfulness: Colonel Smith, of the Virginia Military Institute, paid a visit to John Brown to-day, in company with Mr. O. Jennings Wise, son of Governor Wise, who is attached to Company e conversation that took place between Captain Brown and these gentlemen, and I give you, word for word, what transpired during our interview: Reporter. Did Colonel Smith question Brown as to whether he had my desire to have a clergyman to administer to him the consolations of religion? Jail Official. Yes, he did; but Brown sg him as a martyr to the anti-slavery cause, he carefully files away. Referring to his execution this morning, during his conversation with Mr. O. J. Wise and Colonel Smith, he said he was not to be executed, but publicly murdered. Reporter. Does he profess any religion? Official. Yes; he says he is a member of the Congregat
Foulke (search for this): chapter 3.53
wn to nurse John Brown; and, on the following day, was admitted to his cell. From her account of this interview, all that has not hitherto been published is subjoined: On our way we spent a night at Harper's Ferry. In the parlor we heard a young lady describing to a gentleman the horrors of the night of terror. I wished, she said, I could shoot them all. She told the story of poor Thompson, brought wounded into the hotel, followed by the infuriated people, protected for a time by Mr. Foulke's sister, at last dragged out and killed on the bridge. She said, It was dreadful to drag him out so; but they did right to kill him. I would. Between Mr. Brown and his jailer there has grown up a most friendly feeling. Captain Avis, who is too brave to be afraid to be kind, has done all he could for the prisoners, and been cursed accordingly. Still their condition was very cheerless, and Mr. Brown was in the same clothes in which he was taken. A cloth under his head was much staine
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