A sadly misguided effort. But a more honest, brave, disinterested man than John Brown does not exist. And by the same logic and the same principles, every slaveholder has forfeited his right to live, if that is what it takes to break the yoke.
Original passage & context
"As to Capt. Brown, all who know him personally are united in the conviction that a more honest, conscientious, truthful, brave, disinterested man, (however misguided or unfortunate,) does not exist [...] And by the same logic and the same principles, every slave-holder has forfeited his right to live, if his destruction be necessary to enable his victims to break the yoke of bondage."
Garrison was a pacifist; the editorial condemns the method ('sadly misguided effort', 'wild and futile') while defending Brown's character. Fragments joined with [...].