The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, June 30, 1922, Image 6
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STORY OF JOHN BROWN
Career of .Man Who Tried to Fred
Southern Slave* In Recalled.
Tin* wbool kkiff nlng at>out "Tl^y
liiing John Brown o? a Sour
Tree." Hut how many know the de^
tails of the trial, ? r?nvi? l Ion ami hang
lug of John Brown 1n Ohartc# Town?
Sixty three years ago the nation was
root, with dtssi'nslon ov<sr fclavery." It
had become the groat oh t issue sineo
the Itevolutloni. While Horace <?ree
ley wrote stirring editorials to free the
siavM. John Brown tMfc"Tnrw<*n mow.
violent course. Ho tried to frco the
slaves t>.v foive. It was a national Is
sue..
(Jeorge l>. Moore, a formor proMH-ut
ing attorney In Charles Town, W. Va.,
writing In a looul |*uper. ?ay# In part:
"During tin* early summer of ISf>0 a
(party of strangers arrived near Hur
ler's Ferry, then a part of Virginia
Wltih them was an old man of venera
ble appea m nee , who ? 1 1 eil himself
Issue Smith. They represented them
selves a* prosixvt iug for minerals ami
took long ami fnspient rambles, over
various parts of the Hlue lHdgc moun
tains wear by. A ft or a few weeks they
remftved to what is known as tbc Ken
nedy Fa rm, about five miles from
JlanuM'* Forry. on the Maryland side
of the Potomac river. and established
headquarters. 'I*hey were amiable
IH'oph* and soon made a number of
friends. In Uie meantime a largo quan
tity of arms and ammunition was
smuggled into them.
''Twenty men descended upon Har
jwiN Ferry on the night of Sunday
Oetoihor Id. 1KT?0. They shot men in the
street* and took possession of the town.
Nolwdy seetmsl to know what it was
all about. loiter one of the attackers
rteffljiTod they had i-ome to free the Vir
ginia s la vi vs. M'hev wald tbey had Uie
moans to accomplish this plan.
"News of the attack on Hanger's For
ty was flashed throughout t-he nation.
Tho Virginia militia enrae^ and (iovor
nor Wise of Virginia took personal
charge. After a three-day fight the lit
tle army was captured. It? load?*r was
r<*?ogniz?il as J<*hn Brown.
"Ilrown and his followers were tak
en to Charles Town, whore the grand
jurv was Ui Mission. Virginia and what |
Is now known as West Virginia were
then one state.
"Tho oltl Virginia law required fhe
days' lap*o between the prelminary ex- (
aininatiou and the sutomixsion of the
?<ase to the .grand jury.
"A whole nation was wrought up to
the I'-itsest iplt<1) during those five day< ;
of ?>u??|?enM\ It was rumored every-*
where and particularly through the J
South. tlia| John Hrowu's little army;
of t/WWty men waa but the forerunner
(?f a mighty army from the North to
<<owo down and free the slaved and that
a j i' >vv4* rf til Mcr0| organization wn
planning revolt by riot and murder and
the Brown gang was to be released fr<>m
Jifl..
"The^u junior* grow; t|jey tjra.voled
fast. Jt was argued that John Brown
would no* have dared attempt #ueh ?*
bold thing an t h?? capture of 'Harpers
Ferry unless lie knew he bad ample
backlog. ?
"On October 20 I h<? pro) 1 miliary hear
ing opened, with the courthouse hcav.
where the town was jammed with
Ktrauger*. Thore was n little army of
newspapermen,
"Brown, U l* ?believed, fully realized
what was to come. The courthouse
wa<s across the ' street from the jail.
Brown was ma rolled out from the front
door of the jail, grim , awl determined
A double Hie of soldiers guarded him.
Me presented a remarkable picture.
"Whether he was (legally right or not.
he believed his en use Just. lie was .six
feet tall, stoop shouldered! old. bare
headed and wore j\ long, .shaggy grey
beard. But thlfc piercing ,old eyes
showed no ?sign." of fear. He had faith
In CJod and his cause. His condition Is
described ns feeble and bystanders
gaped In silence as he moved shmly
along, mcnaclcd.
"The courtroom was Jammed with
five or six hundred people. Kight Jus
tlees of the peace conducted the pre
liminary hearing. They constituted the
court.' of first resort ; ripon their say
would depend "whether John Brown,
a vowed Abolitionist, should l>e set free
with hi* comrades or whether they I
should 1k? held for the grand jury.
"Charles Harding was the district
nttorney-fiovernor Wise of Virginia, a p
polnted Andrew Hunter ns assistant
prosecutor. Hunter was a great law
yer. a wonderful pleader and a man of
imtposlng Appearance.
"Prosecutor Harding demanded to
know whether the prisoners were rep.
resented by counsel .-or -w^ethe^ they
wished the court to assign counsel.
"Then came one of the great drama
tic" episodes of American legal history.
"<>kl Khaggy-halrod John Brown,
fe<ible arvd stooped, apparently ready to
totter ui>on the floor, did not like the
tone in which the question was asked.
He might he old, he might be feeble,
but he was a man withal. And the
haggard old man slowly and feebly
arose from bis chair. His steely eyes
swept the breatlrtjess crowd with scorn
as he ex (Helmed :
"Nl-rglnJans ! I did not a*k At quarter
:it the time 1 was taken. (He was bad
ly wounded i. 1 do .not ask for quarter
now. I do not a.sk to haye my life
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"Then John Krmvn sat down. He,
in that short speech not only atjdresscd
the court. bvU he flung a challenge at
the pride of old Virginia.
'-'lliw uuiUtui* wine tlmilU*i aud amaz
ed. They even respected the daring old
man.
"When the siM-ond day's court opened
an attorney for Drown informed the
<*OUrt that he had received a telegram
from an Akron, Ohio, man who detflar
<sl that there was a good deaJ of Inan
ity in Brown's family, and he dwdred
to Investigate the statement.
"While the defense <<oun?fl wits mak
ing this pica John Brown Interrupted
him. The old man struggled forward,
hiij eye* Mazing wittfi wrath and his
?\xdeO shaking with cwotdon, In un
mistakable language ho repudiated hH
attorney's plea and deniml there was
any Insanity in his father's family,
though b'ome <?f hLs mother*^ j?eoj>le had
l>een mentally afflicted. He refused
any such subterfuge of defense in his
behalf. He was out in the open ; he
had u<?tJiir^ to hide, nothing to excuse
and no a|X)logles to make, The court
ruJe<l that there was no testimony sup
porting the statement, -the Insanity end
would be disregarded <and it he trial (pro
ceeded.
"Rove nil witnesses described how the j
armed band came across the bridge at
midnight ami took possession of the
Vnlted Slate* arsenal at Hnttpers her
rv They described in detail the stir
ring event* of Ootol>or ltt. 17 and IS.
The raiders took posxossi?n of one of
the nerctjy phi wtaWon* and made tho
slaves and plantation owners prisoners
of war. The night express train was |
held np on the bridge and the porter
shot. Mou were shot down in the
streets, the witnesses said, ami the
mayor kUfled. Militia companies were
hastily sutnmouied from Martimtourg.
Shepherd st own and Chartes Town.
"Finally the remnants of the Brown
party barrieated themselves in the
municipal fire engine house of Harpers
Kerry. It later was kznown a* John
Brown's fort.
I "There they were surrounded by
J troops and escape shirt off. Kfforts to
negotiate were fnUle. Flag of t.nnv
hearers from Brown's barricade were
j shot down or cwptured. (Mi. the night
,.f the seooml day after he entered the
1 town a company of V. S. Marines from
j Washington arrive<l. They were under
i command of Colonel R<A?ert K. Ivce and
Ui.ntennnt .1. 1-. B. Stuart, who later
Ixx-iimc the two great generals of the
S Confederacy.
"Brown refund to surrender and the
| next morning his fort was carried by
I storm. Brown find his surviving com
i paii ions were captured. Hrown wa^ bad
j 1 y wounded in several So wi*r>
j if his companions.
: "Among the town's citizens who w?'iv?
, taken prisoner by Brown was Colonel
i l.ewis W. Washington, grand nephew of
i < Jeorge Washington.
] "Tne disunities of John Browns
Harper* I-Vrry raid were twelve killed.
tw<? woinuled. one escaped. Two of
! Brown'* s(>n> were killed. Of the at
tacker- (" \ e were Killed ami nine were
wonndi.d
"Sn.-iVed (l.itiii-iiig literature intro
dmvd as evi.lenee at the Brown trial
were o.pios of die Constitution and or
dinam e- drawn up by Brown for tlie
! re*-on*l rn-ilon of the Constitution of
the 1'nit'd st;i(. through amendment
and r.i-vil. I .otters from Joshua U.
< ridding", member of congress from
Ohio and Abolitionist . were a l-art of
the evidence, '
"On Hi.- sixth diiv of < lie trial argu
?ient w ;i 1-egu:. ; the court delivered Its
charge, and the jury retired. SOon n
\erdiet of guilty was returned. There
?was no demonstration In thr court
room.
"The u. Nt day. r,r?o\n ? brought
Into court for "sentence. He was a sk -
ed if he b nl nnytblnc to <ny as to why
sentcjH*- *hould not be imposed. Ills
reply !-? the court w is* another land
mark in o-unfrv's history lie said ?
"'I have, may it pl-a^o the court, a
few words say In the first plaee I
deny , ver.v thing but what I have al
, ,*hm v joTinit''^ t.l'.e di-Jgn on my part
t.. fro '!.(? 'Di.it was all I In
* . nd?-d N'..\r if i- ;? necessary Uwit T
f, ,rf, "j 71l% ;if.? f..r rhe furtherance of
the < . U - f tin 1 mingle my blood
\\ ith tl.e nidi. ?i.s of s'.aves in this rinvn
. . i :,t r > tights are disregarded
v eric-i and w ju-f c nnctnKT.ts.
I -iil.mit . ' !? be done! T et n.o say
? re v*" "? r ? ! farther. I feet entirely sa'.ls
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c^nrtstanoes It been more generou*
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?'n?en the court imposed *)?e sen
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"Then, on December 2, John Brown
was taken five IWoeks away to a field
where a acaffuhl had been erected. He
was unperturbed and looked with in
terest nix>n the many soldiers about.
He walked upon the gallows, the black
cap was adjusted, and soon he hegan
the greut adventure.
"On Pecenfher 1G four Brown fol
lowers, named Cooke, (Jreen. Coppee,
and Copeland were executed in Charles
Town."
But what of Charles Town? It has
figured In history since colonial days.
It was the scene of hot figfhting in ear
ly Indian warfare and in the CHvffl war.
It knew well the activities of General
Stonewall Jackson <?f the Confederacy
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States army. The 'town nin lived in
honor of Charles Washington, brother
of George Washington. Many descen
dants of the Washington family still
live there.
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