Why did ralph waldo emerson support john brown even though he believed in peaceful resolve over brown's choice of violence?

He knew abolitionists' demands were a righteous cause

Explanation:

Even though he considered himself a pacifist and did not wanted any kind of violence to rise, he believed that the abolitionist's deserved what they wanted and because of that, he started supporting John Brown, even though he was not comfortable with the fact that Brown wanted to resolve things with violence.

d. it was created with the idea that it could be easily revised if it was ineffective