Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1817-02-05
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Thou ibat nst XII 10 command OF
the eseflaillng God, taught you in your
carliea infancy. If you were born and
educated in this land. where the pooreh
people have accrls to the fourcc of light
and ru i. of the scriptures Of thcOld and
New reftamcnt and The blood OF him,
who has fhed the blood ola brother, is
required by human juliice, as well as by
divine authority We fet before you the
incidents which attended the commiilion
Of this crime, nor with view TO create
unnccefiry diitrefs. under circumstances
which Of fhemfrlvcs mutt opprets and
overwhc..n you bur in conformity with
humane and pious ufage, that you may
become deeply feniible of the enornni'y
Of your guilt, and employ the time which
the humanity of the Government viii
yet allow you in deep contrition, and IN
iolemn preparation for the awful change
which awaits you. That mercy, which
is thus extended to you, was by you de
MED TO the unhappy young man, who, by
your brutal violence, was in an inltant
deprived of the faculty of imploring the
pardon OF his fms. and was fcnt by your
cruel hand, 10 his great and lalt account
with all his fins and imperfeciions unre-
psnted of, on lis head. And this, with.
our the ilightef provocation or offence,
againa you or any indivldual,at the time
when this fanguinary deed was done. If
you truly, az your council have fuggcf
cd, believed that the harmless young for
eigner concealed knife, for the purpoie
of aaailinating you, or any other perfon,
was it necsilary that you ihould barbar-
ou0y fay him with deadly weapon of
iron, in order that you might be lccurs
Why did not you and your companions,
four al leah in number, feize this Jingle
unarmed man, and frarch him for the
supposed hidden knife, or otherwiie fe-
cure his peiion, 10 thar he could do you
no harm When you had approached
near enough . him to ttrise, and found
his back towaras you, if there had been
no malice in your heart, you would then
have gently confined his arms ; and hav-
ing your frierd Immediately behind YOU,
and others within call, Your sufpicions
might lave been removed without yio-
fence to any one. But no you feized
this opportunity for deftruction, initead
Of defence. Seeing your poor victim in
your powcs-- unarmed, a, his back to
wards you, you lifted the fatal and terri
bic weapon, and with force which fe-
rocious malice alone could jupply,
brought him to the ground and while
there fenieleis at your feet, you repeated
the blow with barbarity unnecefary tor
your tavage purpoie, for the fatal deed
wat aireaoy done /; the 6rit itroke, aim
ed wiki rpaiignant skill and itreDg,h,
having bro~cn the fountain of reafon and
OF lite, and left the fufFsrer lew days
only of pain aid infantry as miserable
remnant of life which, bar for you,
might have been long, yirtuous and hap
Ply, A deed like this can by our laws be
exPiated only by the death of him who
has perpetrsted it that death awaits
You your days are numbered and
they ought to DC employed in ferrous and
devout medltatiops upon your pait life,
and endeavours by prayers and repentance
to appease an offended Deity, into whole
Prefence you are haitening
5sfore this awful tribunal you mutt
aiiufedly appear, and anfwer not only
tor this, bur for all the fins of your life
That God is msroiful as well as iulf, and
you may yet, Aiors as the time is, by
heartfelt repentance, reconcile him to
you, through the merits and intersection
Of Jeius Ihrilt the Saviour.
W hat remains now bur that We lhould
pronounce the lentenoe and Judgment of
the law upon you for your crime 7
There all the judges role.
That judgment is-That you be CARR.
ed from hence to the Prifon, from whence
you were taken, from thence to the place
of Execution, Wbsrs ysu JbaH Be banged
b. fbs neck until yOa are Dead.-And may
the God of infinite grace have mercy OF,
yeur foul
Tbariday the 18Th day of February intact, ha,
beeu appointed by the Governor and Counc for
The execution of the foregoisg fentenee
The trial of McCann has been poapcned by
The Court 10 the Match Term.