Galileo, Copernicus, Newton, and John Brown have to wait the calmer judgments of future generations. These men believed that God sent them to do a certain work--to reveal a hidden truth; to pour light into the minds of benighted and superstitious men. They completed their work; they did nobly and well, then bowed to rest-- "With patriarchs of the infant world--with kings, The powerful of the earth," while generation after generation studies their handwriting on the wall of time and interprets their thoughts. Despised, persecuted, and unappreciated while in the flesh, they are honored after death, and enrolled among earth's good and great, her wise and brave. The shock Brown gave the walls of the slave institution was felt from its centre to its utmost limits. It was the entering wedge; it laid bare the accursed institution, and taught good men everywhere to hate it with a perfect hatred. Slavery received its death wound at the hands of a "lonely old man." When he smote Virginia, the non-resistants, the anti-slavery men, learned a lesson. They saw what was necessary to the accomplishment of their work, and were now ready for the "worst." He rebuked the conservatism of the North, and gave an example of adherence to duty, devotion to truth, and fealty to God and man that make the mere "professor" to tremble with shame. "John Brown's body lies mouldering in the clay," but his immortal name will be pronounced with blessings in all lands and by all people till the end of time. FOOTNOTES: [66] This was in the last days of 1856. [67] The committee also authorized him to draw on their treasurer, Patrick L. Jackson, for $500. [68] Samuel Johnson, the accomplished Oriental scholar and devoted friend of the slave. [69] The italics are his. [70] The above account of Capt. Brown was prepared for us by the widow of the late Major Geo. L. Stearns. It is printed as written, and breathes a beautiful spirit of love and tender remembrance for the two heroes mentioned. [71] This letter is printed for the first time, with Mrs. Stearns's consent. PART 7. _THE NEGRO IN THE WAR FOR THE UNION._ CHAPTER XIV. DEFINITION OF THE WAR ISSUE. INCREASE OF SLAVE POPULATION IN SLAVE-HOLDING STATES FROM 1850-1860.--PRODUCTS OF SLAVE LABOR.--BASIS OF SOUTHERN REPRESENTATION.--SIX SECEDING STATES ORGANIZE A NEW GOVERNMENT.--CONSTITUTION OF THE CONFEDERATE GOVERNMENT.--SPEECH BY ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS.--MR. LINCOLN IN FAVOR OF GRADUAL EMANCIPATION.--HE IS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.--THE ISSUE OF THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES.