’翰’布’
(JOHN BROWN)

’’’’’最’陳’
Last Statement to the Court

我’’’’我’’’做’那樣’’爲那’’’鄙視’’’’’憐’’’們’’’’’不’錯’而’正’’’

’翰’布’(1800－1859)’’’’熱’’奴’’’’’’’’’選擇’’’毀’’’奴隸’’’’生’’’’’’’托’’’布’’’’’’’(’’’’個’’’’親)’’’’’’找職’’’們’’’亥’’麻塞諸塞’’’’賓’’尼’’’’不’’期’’當’’民’羊毛商’’革’’’’投機商’1855’布’移’’堪薩斯’’’’個’’團’’’們’’’那塊’’’而不’’寧’’’’立’標’有’’’那’堪薩斯正’’’由’’’’邦還’’奴隸’’’’邦’問’’’’’’’論’“’由’論’”’“邊境’棍”(’’’們對贊成奴隸’’幫夥’稱’)之間’’裝衝’産生’“’’’堪薩斯”’種說’’

1856’’當布’獲’贊成奴隸’’’’’’堪薩斯’勞’斯’’’’’憤’’布’’’’’’’五個贊成奴隸’’殖民’’’們’中’’’’’’’’爲對’們’報’’’個’件’稱爲’塔’托米’’殺’它導’’’暴’’件’生’’’’百’’喪生’’’’’布’’’蘇裏’’揮’’次襲擊’’那’’’殺’’個奴隸’’解’’’個奴隸’’’奴隸’’’’’’’’’

1859’10月’’翰’布’’領’’維’尼’(’爲’維’尼’)’潑斯渡’’國’’’’布’’’襲隊伍’由五個黑’’’’個白’組成’’中’’’’’個’’’布’’’裝當’’奴隸’’’’們’’參’’’’’’’’們中’有’個’麽做’’’’及’邦’隊’’場’戰中’’’襲擊’’’’’’次襲擊’戰’’講’失敗’’’’布’’’’目標而言’’’’’輝煌’勝’’它引’’國’’’’ ’’’’區間’緊’’’’導’最’’衝’’’戰’’

布’’’’國’’謀殺’’煽動’亂’’’’五個’夥’’’’’’’’’’’襲擊中’打’’’’’絞’’布’’1859’11月2日’’’’12月2日’絞’’布’’’’’’對’’’’’對’’’’’陳’’第’天’’’’’’’報’’’’’’’’’’’那’天’整個’方把’當’’’’’雄’’’’’

’’’’允’’我’說’’話’

首’’除’我’’’’’’’’我解’奴隸’’劃之’’我’’’切’我’’’把’情辦’乾’’落’正’我’’’天’’那樣’當’我’’’蘇裏’’那裏雙方’有’’’’’走奴隸’’’’個國’’最’’’們’’’’’’我’劃’’’’’模’做’樣’’’’’’我’做’’切’我’’’’’’’’謀殺’’國’’’’’’’産’’’’’鼓動奴隸反’’’’’暴動’

我還有’項抗議’那’’’我’’’樣’’’’不公平’’’’我’’我’’’’方式’’’’’’而’我’’我’採’’方式’’’公正’’實’’’’爲我欽’爲本’’證’’部分證’’’誠’’’’’’’’我’爲’’’’有’勢’’有’智’’’謂’’’’’’’爲’’們’任’’友’’論’’’母’’’’’’’’’’’’’任’’個’類’’’而’’’樣’’’’’’’’種’’中’’’’’犧’’我’有’’’’那’’’’’本’’’’個’’’’爲’’’個值’嘉獎’’動’而不’’給予’’’’

我’本’’’’’’’’’’’有’’’我’’’們’’本’’我’’本’’’’’’’’’少’’本’’’’’’’它教導我’我’望’們’樣’我’我’’’樣’’’它還教導我說’’’’那’’奴’’’們’’像’’’們’’奴’’樣’我’’’照’’教誨’動’我說’我還’太’輕’’’’解’’’’’有’’我’’’’我’’’做’那樣’’’我’’’’’’’我’’’’爲那’’’鄙視’’’’’憐’’’們’’’’’不’錯’而’正’’’’’’’’’爲有必’’爲’推’正’’目標’我必須’’生’’必須把我’’’’我’’們’’’’及’’個奴隸’國’裏’’’’邪’’’殘’不’’’’’ ’摒棄’’百’’’’’’’’’’我說’那’’麽辦’!

讓我’說’’’對’我’’’中’’’’對’’我’’完’滿’’考’’’方面’情’’它比我’’’’’’宏’’’’我’不覺’’’有’’我’’’’陳’’什麽’我’’圖’什麽不’’我’未圖謀反對任’’’’由’’未有’’國’’圖’’未鼓動奴隸反’’’’’暴動’我’未鼓’任’’’麽做’我’’’’’們打’’類’’’’

對’那’’我有關’’’’’陳’’我’’’’說’’’我聽說’們中有’’說我誘’’們’夥’’’實正’反’我說’話不’爲’傷’’們’而’對’們’’’’’遺憾’’們中’有’個’不’’’’’’’我’隊伍’而’’部分’還’’’擔’用’’’’’’們’找我之’’我’未見’’們’’’未’’們談’話’而’們’找我’’爲’我’說’那個目’’

’’’我說完’’

Last Statement to the Court

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: of a design on my part to free slaves. I intended certainly to have made a clean thing of that matter, as I did last winter, when I went into Missouri and there took slaves without the snapping of a gun on either side, moving them through the country, and finally leaving them in Canada. I designed to have done the same thing again on a larger scale. That was all I intended. I never did intend murder, or treason, or the destruction of property, or to exercise or incite slaves to rebellion, or to make insurrection.

    I have another objection, and that is that it is unjust that I should suffer such a penalty. Had I interfered in the manner which I admit, and which I admit has been fairly proved--for I admire the truthfulness and candor of the greater portion of the witnesses who have testified in this case--Had I so interfered in behalf of the rich, the powerful, the intelligent, the so-called great, or in behalf of any of their friends, either father, mother, brother, sister, wife or children, or any of that class, and suffered and sacrificed what I have in this interference, it would have been all right. Every man in this Court would have deemed it an act worthy of reward rather than punishment.

    This Court acknowledges, too, as I suppose, the validity of the law of God. I see a book kissed, which I suppose to be the Bible, or at least the New Testament, which teaches me that all things whatsoever I would that men should do to me, I should do even so to them. It teaches me, further, to remember them that are in bonds as bound with them. I endeavored to act up to that instruction. I say I am yet too young to understand that God is any respecter of persons. 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, I did no 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 with the blood of my children and with the blood of millions in this slave country whose rights are disregarded by wicked, 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. Considering all the circumstances, it has been more generous than I expected. But I feel no consciousness of guilt. I have stated from the first what was my intention, and what was not. I never had any design against the liberty of any person, nor any disposition to commit treason or incite slaves to rebel or make any general insurrection. I never encouraged any man to do so, but always discouraged any idea of that kind.

    Let me say, also, in regard to the statements made by some of those who were connected with me, I hear it has been stated by some of them that I have induced them to join me. But the contrary is true. I do not say this to injure them, but as regretting their weakness. Not one but joined me of his own accord, and the greater part at their own expense. A number of them I never saw, and never had a word of conversation with, till the day they came to me, and that was for the purpose I have stated.

    Now, I have done.

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