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 _ I ~ Fr, On the night of October 16th, 1859, John vainlyflattered myself that without very muchblood.
‘ i   Br°wn· selrstylcd ‘IC°mmand°r`in'Chi€f Of shIi§eff>reniiig4i1;>ti)rccliIcsiI¢;ps stood an ope w o ‘
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Q ‘ ` J the People pf the U·S·· led tW€ntY'°rt€ armed the fine oak coiiin he had chosen for himself. Now,
_ I I . men in·a rautl on the arsenal at Harpers Ferry, completely surrounded by guards, he descended the
Virg1rua_ HIS purpgsg (backed Hnanglglly by steps, climbed onto the wagon, In front_three com-
§ Gerrit Smith and such potent New Englanders g?“‘°; 9% ‘“fa““Y drew ‘“r° l‘“°· On °‘th°F S‘d° a
· , Frank B Sanborn G L Stearns T W Hi _ e o ri emen formed. The rest of the soldiery de-
_ i   as · » · · » · · g ployed, filled in gaps, lest rumored attempts at rescue
  ,     gmson, Theodore Parker and S. G. Howe): to become fact.
i ,§ ‘ , establish and fortify a stronghold in the moun— _ Thus escorted. J¤h¤ Bf0W¤, Sitting rm his coffin,
 _ V: _ - mins Where fugitive Slaves might take I.efug€_ his arms pinioned, rode through the streets, out to
· , . the open fields where stood the gallows. Said john
g A The raid was Successful. but ¤¤ thc 18th C¤1- Brown, farmer; ··Tme is a beaaiirui marry- ·....
Robert E. Lee, with a company of marines, Then, climbing the grim platform, he asked: "Why I
K _, Y overpowered him, wounding Brown, killing arc ¤0¤;_b¤t military allowed in the inclosure? 1 am
Qi two of his sons. On October 31st, he was con- s°gY cmzcns havc b°°" k°Pr °E‘r ····
. . efore they put the cap on his head and the rope
` 4 Vrcred cf high rr€_aS0n and murder, arrd on De" around his neck under the long beard, john Brown
* ~ , ,. cember Znd (despite seventeen aliidavits swear- shook hands with Jailer Avis and Sheriff Campbell. I
g   ing to his insanity) was prepared for execution Ti?¢¤ iaid J0h¤ Bf0W¤. martyr: "I am worth inconj
’· 4 . at Ch¤f*€S*¤W¤- °°¥iE2é ,2`§’§2 33’a£“‘J?i2‘?f`?¤$11.2“¥vr3i‘2°ii:§°`§2i§?i°;,
  V AS TIME would have reported it, had TIME marched, counter—marched to their prearranged forma-  I
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  ‘ ‘ ..., To the jail porch at last came john ("Old grasping and twitching. ,Then all was quiet. For 35 ·I
j ; Osawatomie") Brown, scuffling in carpet slippers minutes he hung there until the doctor was satisfied
ii · _ and an ill-fitting black suit. Suddenly silent, 1500 sol- that the pulse had stopped beating, the silence broken -
il * diers stared, wondered how this patriarchal, white- only by Colonel Preston’s calm, solemn declaration: .
`   i bearded old man could have been guilty of the cold- "So perish all such enemies of the Nation, all such
‘ _ blooded massacres in Kansas, of the bloody raid at enemies of Virginia, all such foes of the human racc."
, . I Harper’s Ferry. Those nearest him, guards and oiii- There were no exultations, no tears as the body
,   cers, saw the bright, fanatic, almost insane light in was cut down, placed in the coffin and conveyed un-
I 5 his eyes as he stood there, and wondered less. With der military escort to the railroad station. Mean-
i . no word, he handed out a written statement, curiously while in far-off Albany, one hundred guns boomcd a
, ¤ ' punctuated: "I john Brown am now quite certain martyr’s dirge, and in Utica, Gerrit Smith, chigi  a
· ` that the crimes of this guilty land: will never be backer of john Brown’s raid, lay helpless in a lunatic
r- V , . purged away; but with Blood. I had as I now think: asylum ....
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  in the sense that they report ,what they see, serve no masters, fear no groups.
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