Questions About John Brown

[maharba]

As I have said, Northern politicians were openly flaunting the constitution in regard to escaped slaves, and were constantly speaking of Disunion and that the constitution was no good. If John Brown had been tried for Treason, I think that would have shone back directly on: Lincoln, Seward, Phillips, etc. It might not be provable that they also were funding Brown, but that their actions and statements were provoking Disunion and a breakup of the constitution and the Union. The same 'cherished Union' that Lincoln and company brought on the War to reimpose. If the constitution and the Union had not been any good BEFORE the South seceded, why was it suddenly such a treasured item after? Imagine if Pres James Buchanan had sent troops and some sort of Prosecutor into the North (and Canada) seeking Traitors and Disunionists. That might have been the end of the Republican party.