Harriet Beecher Stowe's publication of an imaginative work, "Uncle Tom's Cabin," Hinton Helper's pamphlet called a manifesto, and John Brown's raid in Virginia, to raise an insurrection among the slaves and to kill the whites, like distant thunder, presaged the coming storm. His purposes of _murder_ were well known to many prominent abolitionists of the North, who assisted him by contributions to obtain arms to carry out his murderous designs. The party consisted of the old murderer, his three sons, thirteen white men, and five negroes from the North. They obtained possession of the armory at Harper's Ferry October 16, killing a negro, the mayor of the town, and other citizens. On arrival of the United States troops under Col. R. E. Lee, the armory was captured. Some were killed in the assault, and the remainder taken prisoners. These were tried and hung. This infamous outrage on the State of Virginia, instead of being condemned by the people of the North, won their admiration, sympathy, and love for John Brown, and by some he is compared to our Saviour, and "his soul is still marching on," without peace or rest, like the wandering Jew--on, on--a punishment for his crimes. These events induced an uncalled for and unjust feeling of hatred toward the South, and the intensity of this hatred is most significantly displayed in the _apotheosis_ of this murderer, and the _consecration_ of his crimes. Could this be otherwise than a warning to the Southern people? The statutes made by the Northern States for the _abolition_ of _slavery_ never set _free_ a _living slave_. They emancipated only the unborn. Now you can comprehend the difference between _abolition_ and _emancipation_. After the war began many unusual expedients were resorted to designed to increase the wild frenzy of the people North. Among them was the spectacle of Henry Ward Beecher selling slaves from the pulpit stage of his Plymouth Church, Brooklyn. So noted was this exhibition that it is related as one of the eight notable events of the nineteenth century. I attribute this act of his to _heredity_. CHAPTER X. Canada, Boston, Rye Beach--Antislavery Party Nominates Lincoln for President--His Election Evidence of Hostility to the South--Mississippi Secedes--Gov. Pettus--Appointed Colonel and Chief of Ordnance in the Army of the State of Mississippi--State Had No Arms--Governor Sends an Agent to Europe to Purchase Arms--Laboratory for Making Ammunition--Flannel and Paper to Make Cartridges--Cartridges and Horse Collars--Only Old Flint Muskets--Old Shotguns--Governor Objects to the State Troops Going out of the State--Visit Home--Am Offered the Appointment of Brigadier General, Confederate States of America.