. Golden jubilee of the Republican Party; the celebration in Philadelphia, June 17, 18 and 19, 1906. ers; they elevatedthemselves as well as freed the slaves. John Brown. John Brown ended liis life with a \irginia halter around hisneck, but he has been apotheosized by lovers of liberty in everycivilized country on earth. I have heard Aztec Indians rowing their boats on the Vega canal in oldMexico keep time with their oars,singing John Browns Body. His soul and body have traveledover the earth in every civilizedcountrv to the music of the immortalsong, the authoiship of which is un-known. I kne
. Golden jubilee of the Republican Party; the celebration in Philadelphia, June 17, 18 and 19, 1906. ers; they elevatedthemselves as well as freed the slaves. John Brown. John Brown ended liis life with a \irginia halter around hisneck, but he has been apotheosized by lovers of liberty in everycivilized country on earth. I have heard Aztec Indians rowing their boats on the Vega canal in oldMexico keep time with their oars,singing John Browns Body. His soul and body have traveledover the earth in every civilizedcountrv to the music of the immortalsong, the authoiship of which is un-known. I knew the old man by cor-respondence and personally, and hiseffective work, and that of his family,for freedom in Kansas. He wasactuated by as pure and holy motiv?sas ever pulsated the heart of a humanbeing. The old man was propheticwhen he said that he could serve thecause of Freedom better by dying onthe scaffold than in any other in pace, holy martyr of freedom. The striking likeness of John Brown was taken for me in1857. His dress is all homespun and was of a bluish-grey JOHN BROWNFROM ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH, 1S57 GOLDEN jubilee; OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. 79 Gerrit Smith. One of the most efficient workers for the anti-slavery causeand for freedom in Kansas was Gerrit Smith of Petersboro, N. Y. He subscribed thousands of dollars to our New York StateKansas Committee and to the National Committee to send freeState emigrants to Kansas and for their support when attacked byMissouri border ruffians. He was of tall and commanding figure,a noble specimen of manly beauty. His voice was deep andsonorous, with a magnetic and sympathetic tone that entrancedhis audiences, even in the open air of central New York. His deep bass, rotund, far-reaching enunciation when hepleaded the cause of the slave and of Gods Poor, was veryimpressive and convincing and was an incentive to duty ever after,and excited an ambition to fight always for the Right as againstthe Wrong. After
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