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Brown Corpus
Although Rhode Islanders were preparing for the state elections, they watched John Brown's trial with extreme interest.
On Wednesday morning, November 2, 1859, the Providence Daily Journal stated that although Brown justly deserved the extreme penalty, no man, however criminal, ought to suffer the penalty without a fair trial.
The editor's main criticism of the trial was the haste with which it was conducted.
The readers of the Providence Daily Post, however, learned that it was generally conceded that `` Old Brown '' had a fair trial.
Concerning the sentence the editor asked, `` What else can Virginia do than to hang the men who have defied her laws, organized treason, and butchered her citizens ''.
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