...Lincoln's own calm, common sense opinion of the Harper's Ferry episode, "John Brown's effort was peculiar. It was not a slave insurrection. It was an attempt...ignorance, saw plainly enough it could not succeed. Some, however, claim that the real turningpoint in the history of the New World rested with John Brown...

...one does not know to be true, is simply 5 malicious slander. . . . John Brown's effort was peculiar. It was not a slave insurrection. It was an attempt...In fact, it was so absurd that the slaves, with all 10 their ignorance, saw plainly enough it could not succeed. That affair, in its philosophy, corresponds...

...shall never occur on any American soil which is now free from slavery. Brown's effort was peculiar. It was not a slave insurrection. It was an attempt...all their ignorance, saw plainly enough it could not sueceed. That affair, in its philosophy, corresponds with the many attempts, related in history, at...

...never occur on any American soil which is now free from slavery. John Brown's effort was peculiar. It was not a slave insurrection. It was an attempt...all their ignorance, saw plainly enough it could not sueceed. That affair, in its philosophy, corresponds with the many attempts, related in history, at...

...implicate a single Republican in this Harper's Ferry enterprise. . . . "John Brown's effort was peculiar. It was not a slave insurrection. It was an attempt...slaves with all their ignorance saw plainly enough that it could not succeed. That affair in its philosophy corresponds with the many attempts related...

...participate. In fact, it was so absurd that the slaves with all their ignorance saw plainly enough that it could not succeed. That affair in its philosophy...emperors. An enthusiast broods over the oppression of the people until he fancies himself commissioned by heaven to liberate them. He ventures the attempt...

...that town. President Lincoln summed up the affair when he said: "John Brown's effort was peculiar. It was not a slave insurrection. It was an attempt by white men to get up a revolt among slaves. In fact, it was so absurd that the slaves with all their ignorance, saw plainly enough it could not succeed."...

...written and stated in his Cooper-Union address a few weeks later: John Brown's effort was peculiar. It was not a slave insurrection. It was an attempt...emperors. An enthusiast broods over the oppression of the people till he fancies himself commissioned by Heaven to liberate them. He ventures the attempt,...

...implicate a single Republican in his Harper's Ferry enterprise. . . . "John Brown's effort was peculiar. It was not a slave insurrection. It was an attempt...corresponds with the many attempts related in history, of the assassination of kings and emperors. An enthusiast broods over the oppression of a people till...

...any connection with it or sanction of it on the part of the Republican party and its members, saying: "That affair, in its philosophy, corresponds with...kings and emperors. An enthusiast broods over the Y,iew of *!l? John • • .,, Brown raid, sioned by Heaven to liberate them. He ventures the attempt,...