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So frequently have pictures of the bridge appeared in books and in national publications that it vies with the old John Brown Fort at Harpers Ferry as the two nationally best known structures in West Virginia.
The Providence Daily Journal answered the Daily Post by stating that the raid of John Brown was characteristic of Democratic acts of violence and that `` He was acting in direct opposition to the Republican Party, who proclaim as one of their cardinal principles that they do not interfere with slavery in the states ''.
On October 31, 1859, John Brown was found guilty of treason against the state of Virginia, inciting slave rebellion, and murder.
Despite the excitement being caused by the trial and sentence of John Brown, Rhode Islanders turned their attention to the state elections.
During the month of November hardly a day passed when there was not some mention of John Brown in the Rhode Island newspapers.
On November 7, 1859, the Providence Daily Journal reprinted a letter sent to John Brown from `` E. B. '', a Quaker lady in Newport.
`` E. B. '' compared John Brown to Moses in that they were both acting to deliver millions from oppression.
In contrast to `` E. B. '', most Rhode Islanders hardly thought of John Brown as being another Moses.
The Woonsocket Patriot admitted that John Brown might deserve punishment or imprisonment `` but he should no more be hung than Henry A. Wise or James Buchanan ''.
In her letter to John Brown, `` E. B. '', the Quakeress from Newport, had suggested that the American people owed more honor to John Brown for seeking to free the slaves than they did to George Washington.
A week later the Daily Journal had discovered the initial plans of some Providence citizens to hold a meeting honoring John Brown on the day of his execution.
On December 2, 1859, John Brown was hanged at Charles Town, Virginia.
The only public demonstration in honor of John Brown was held at Pratt's Hall in Providence, on the day of his execution.
He spoke of his desire to promote the abolition of slavery by peaceable means and he compared John Brown of Harper's Ferry to the John Brown of Rhode Island's colonial period.
Barstow concluded that as Rhode Island's John Brown became a canonized hero, if not a saint, so would it be with John Brown of Harper's Ferry.
Whereas, John Brown has cheerfully risked his life in endeavoring to deliver those who are denied all rights and is this day doomed to suffer death for his efforts in behalf of those who have no helper: Therefore,

John and Australian
* 1972 John Safran, Australian documentary maker and broadcaster
* 1865 John Radecki, Australian artist ( d. 1955 )
* 1954 John Bowe, Australian race car driver
* 1855 John Hodges, Australian cricketer ( d. 1933 )
* 1941 John Williams, Australian guitarist
* John Gale, Australian journalist
* British Security Policy in Ireland, 1920-1921 Ainsworth, John S. ( 2001 ) Australian Journal of Irish Studies, 1. pp. 176 190
Shannon Burchell, of the Australian folk-rock group The John Butler Trio, makes extensive use of upright basses, performing extended live solos in songs such as Betterman.
* Sir John Monash, General, Australian Army
Downer said that he intended to elaborate further on Australian Prime Minister John Howard's promise of a seven-year extension of the SPARTECA TCF scheme, which assists Fiji's textile, clothing, and footwear industry.
* 1976 John Aloisi, Australian soccer player
In 2003, on his television show John Safran Vs God, Australian comedian John Safran tricked Sheikh Omar Bakri into placing a fatwā on Safran's colleague Rove McManus by showing him falsified evidence seeming to indicate that McManus had been making fun of Islam.
In Britain, the Courage brewing group was acquired in 1986 by Australian businessman John Elliott.
Sir John Kerr resigned in 1977 after accepting the position of Australian Ambassador to UNESCO in Paris, a post which ultimately he did not take up.
The Queen chose not to intervene during the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis, in which Governor-General Sir John Kerr dismissed the Labor government of Gough Whitlam, on the basis that it was a matter " clearly placed within the jurisdiction of the Governor-General ".
* John Devitt: Olympic gold medallist and manager of the Australian Commonwealth Games team grew up in Granville
that may give a head of state or their representative additional powers in unexpected circumstances ( such as the dismissal of Australian prime minister Gough Whitlam by Governor-General Sir John Kerr.
He also established the Australian Council for the Arts ( later the Australia Council ), which began the tradition of federal government support for Australian arts and artists, an initiative that was considerably expanded by Holt's successor John Gorton.
In 1967 the Holt government made the historic decision not to depreciate the Australian dollar in line with Britain's depreciation of the pound sterling, a custom that Australia had previously always followed, but this decision created considerable dissent within the Coalition ; Country Party leader John McEwen was particularly angered by the move — he saw it as a threat to Australia's balance of payments and feared that it would lead to increased production costs for primary industry.
* The Australian Impressionists, including Frederick McCubbin and Tom Roberts who were prominent members of the Heidelberg School and John Peter Russell a friend of Van Gogh, Rodin, Monet and Matisse as well as Rupert Bunny, Agnes Goodsir and Hugh Ramsay.
* Frank John Ford ( born 1949 ), Australian theatre director, playwright and festival administrator, long associated with Adelaide ; Order of Australia 1999 ; Centenary Medal 2001
* John Young ( jurist ) ( 1919 2008 ), Australian jurist
* John Young ( businessman ), Australian entrepreneur

John and politician
* 1665 John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, English politician ( d. 1751 )
* 1955 John E. Sweeney, American politician
* 1961 John Key, New Zealand politician, 38th Prime Minister of New Zealand
* 1939 John W. Snow, American politician, 73rd United States Secretary of the Treasury
* 1878 John Corry Wilson Daly, Canadian politician ( b. 1796 )
* 1840 John Bigham, 1st Viscount Mersey, English jurist and politician ( d. 1929 )
* 1901 John C. Stennis, American politician ( d. 1995 )
* 1831 John Jones Ross, Canadian politician, 7th Premier of Quebec ( d. 1901 )
* 1662 John Leverett the Younger, American lawyer, politician, and academic ( d. 1724 )
* 1901 John Sherman Cooper, American politician ( d. 1991 )
* 1936 John McCain, American politician
* 1839 Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet, English politician ( b. 1758 )
* 1959 John Gormley, Irish politician
* 1810 John Putnam Chapin, American politician ( d. 1864 )
It was addressed by Labour MPs Jon Trickett, Emily Thornberry, John McDonnell ( politician ) | John McDonnell, Michael Meacher, Diane Abbott and Jeremy Corbyn, and Elfyn Llwyd of Plaid Cymru and Angus MacNeil of the Scottish National Party.
* 1908 John A. Volpe, American politician and 2nd United States Secretary of Transportation ( d. 1994 )
* 1760 John Breckinridge, American politician and 5th United States Attorney General ( d. 1806 )
* 1943 John Kerry, American politician
John Hamilton-Gordon, was a Liberal politician and served as Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland in 1886 and from 1905 to 1915 and as Governor General of Canada from 1893 to 1898.
* 2004 Harold Bernard St. John, Barbadian politician, ( b. 1931 )
* 1889 John Gilbert Winant, American politician ( d. 1947 )
* 1940 John Lewis, American politician and civil rights activist
He became embroiled in a lively bisexual love-triangle with the politician John Hervey, and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu .< ref > Rictor Norton, " John, Lord Hervey: The Third Sex ", The Great Queens of History.

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