 I believe that to have interfered as I have done, as I have always freely admitted I have done, in behalf of His despised poor, was not wrong, but right. Now, if it is deemed necessary that I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of justice,...  Echoes of Harper's Ferry ... - Page 140edited by - 1860 - 513 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Northern Oratorical League - 1916 - 366 pages
...done in behalf of God's despised poor was not wrong, but right. And now if it is necessary for me to mingle my blood further with the blood of my children...with the blood of millions in this slave country, I submit." Virginia, trembling with Jefferson at the thought of God's justice, surrounds the scaffold... | |
 | Alfred Maund - 1999 - 216 pages
...wrong, but right. Now, if it is deemed necessary that I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of justice, and mingle my blood further...and unjust enactments, I say — -Let it be done/ This perspective and creed has strong implications for Maund's career as a novelist and as an activist.... | |
 | Lewis Copeland, Lawrence W. Lamm, Stephen J. McKenna - 1999 - 978 pages
...wrong, but right. Now, if it is deemed necessary that I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of justice, and mingle my blood further...wicked, cruel, and unjust enactments, I say, let it he done. Let me say one word further. I feel entirely satisfied with the treatment I have received... | |
 | Charles W. Joyner - 1999 - 398 pages
...wrong, but right. Now, if it is deemed necessary that I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of justice, and mingle my blood further...disregarded by wicked, cruel, and unjust enactments, — I submit; so let it be done!" John Brown had come to perceive that if he would be a winner then he must... | |
 | Gerry Spence - 1999 - 392 pages
...necessary that I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of justice, and mingle my blood with the blood of my children and with the blood of...cruel and unjust enactments, I say, let it be done." And it was done, his body, sprung from the hangman's trap, hanging by the noose, swinging in soft,... | |
 | Diane Ravitch - 2000 - 662 pages
...wrong, but right. Now, if it is deemed necessary that I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of justice, and mingle my blood further...cruel, and unjust enactments, I say, let it be done. Let me say one word further. I feel entirely satisfied with the treatment I have received on my trial.... | |
 | David Brion Davis, Steven Mintz - 1998 - 607 pages
...not wrong but RIGHT. Now if it is deemed necessary that I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of justice and MINGLE MY BLOOD FURTHER...disregarded by wicked, cruel, and unjust enactments — I submit; so LET IT BE DONE. Let me say one word further: I feel entirely satisfied with the treatment... | |
 | David B. Sachsman, S. Kittrell Rushing, Debra Reddin Van Tuyll - 610 pages
...wrong, but right. Now, if it is deemed necessary that l should forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of justice, and mingle my blood further...disregarded by wicked, cruel, and unjust enactments — l submit: so let it be done. ..38 quickly suppressed. Brown, who had remained silent throughout,... | |
 | Jerry Silverman - 2001 - 166 pages
...John Brown's Body "Now, if it is deemed necessary that I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of justice, and mingle my blood further...cruel, and unjust enactments, I say, let it be done." (John Brown addressing the court at his trial) He was hanged on December 2, 1859. Words by anonymous... | |
 | Fran Grace - 2001 - 404 pages
...the cause of justice: "If it is deemed necessary that I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of justice, and mingle my blood further...in this slave country whose rights are disregarded bv wicked, cruel. and unjust enactments, I must submit; so let it be done."" He was executed in December,... | |
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