 | 1859 - 522 Seiten
...he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be pronounced upon him, he immediately rose, and, in a clear, distinct voice, said : " I have,...of a design on my " part to free slaves. I intended cer" tainly to have made a clean thing of " that matter, as I did last winter when " I went into Missouri,... | |
 | John Gregory - 1860 - 102 Seiten
...extort an act of emancipation. Let the following extract from his speech in court speak for itself: "I have, may it please the Court, a few words to say....deny everything but what I have all along admitted, the design on my part to free the slaves. I intended certainly to have made a clean thing of that matter,... | |
 | Richard Davis Webb - 1861 - 480 Seiten
...same time, and hence he had not expected to be sentenced so soon. His address was as follows : — " I have, may it please the court, a few words to say....deny everything but what I have all along, admitted — the design on my part to free the slaves. I intended certainly to have made a clear thing of that... | |
 | John Brown - 1861 - 486 Seiten
...same time, and hence he had not expected to be sentenced so soon. His address was as follows : — " I have, may it please the court, a few words to say....deny everything but what I have all along admitted — the design on my part to free the slaves. I intended certainly to have made a clear thing of that... | |
 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - 1861 - 782 Seiten
...to say why sentence should not be pronounced upon him. BROWN'S SPEECH. Mr. Brown immediately rose, and in a clear, distinct voice, said: 'I have, may...court, a few words to say. In the first place, I deny every thing but what I have all along admitted, of a design on my part to free slaves. I intended,... | |
 | John Warner Barber, Henry Howe - 1861 - 792 Seiten
...BROWN'S IPIBCH. Mr. Brown immediately rose, and in a clear, distinct voice, said : 'I have, may it plea» the court, a few words to say. In the first place, I deny every thing but what I have all along admitted, of a design on my part to free slaves. I intended,... | |
 | James William Massie - 1864 - 134 Seiten
...version as before the bar of the Supreme Judge, and in it the knell of slavery was sounded : — " I have, may it please the court, a few words to say....deny everything but what I have all along admitted, the design on my part to free the slaves. I intended certainly to have made a clear thing of that matter,... | |
 | James William Massie - 1864 - 534 Seiten
...version as before the bar of the Supreme Judge, and in it the knell of slavery was sounded : — " I have, may it please the court, a few words to say. In the first place I deny everything bat what I have all along admitted, the design on my part to free the slaves. I intended certainly... | |
 | Daniel Webster Wilder - 1875 - 692 Seiten
...1859, Captain Brown was brought into Court to receive the sentence of death. Here is his last speech : "I have, may it please the Court, a few words to say....place, I deny everything but what I have all along admitted—the design on my part to free the slaves. I intended certainly to have made a clear thing... | |
 | R. M. DEVENS - 1876 - 1014 Seiten
...hands resting on the table, and, in a voice singularly mild and gentle, said, among other things : "In the first place, I deny everything but what I have all along admitted — the design on my part to free the slaves» intended certainly to have made a clean thing of that... | |
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I have, may it please the Court, a few words to say. In the first place, I deny everything but what I have all along admitted, — the design on my part to free the slaves. I intended certainly to have made a clean... 
