The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1819-02-24

.-.a.s .4a.-l Two AIDS, mounted.
AT the time appointed by the Marshal,
quarter past eleven o'clock, the procession
moved from the Court House 10 The place oi
execution, where, after prayer and religious
conversation ontits near one o'clock, at that
hour the prisoners wero executed. The day
was cold, but fair. a very large concoorse
of spectators were assembled, 10 behold tbs
swfui ceremony. Mr. Bell, who assisted the
Marshal in his duties, called upon The spec
tators, and read the following address :--
"Gly Friends-- The Execution Of the pains
end penalties annexed 10 tho violation Of the
laws of Goc and our couot'y, is a ecenc
awful, that Il nus, at once Danish every ap.
pearance Of Ievily, and command our bighes,
attention and con sitersiion.
"As the organ Of the Marshal, whose I'M
portant duties require his uninterrupted at.
teniion, expect from this numerous ASSEM-
biy that silence and decorum, which this So
lemnity requires
Need ask for your quiet attention, while,
ss the Minister Of Justice, he reads the war
rant, in which no is compelled to consgn TO
the World of Spi,its, the trembling, hoping,
dying, penitent Malefactors.
= "Need solicit your silence while their
Reverend Pastor addresses tho Throne Of
Ctace for their Pardon and Peace.
"No-.your sense Of proprie,y will ersure
the one, aud your best feelings will be engag-
Z cd in the other. gt
/" When the curtain drops which separates
the consicts from terrestrial objects, may
every expiration be prayer TO the Thronc OF
Grace for mercy on the suifsrers.
" Arer this sddI css, tho Marshal read the
Death Warrant, and concluded with the fol-
lowing remarks:
IL have now read 10 you, fellow citizcns,
the prccept, which, while It authorizes, re.
quires I shopd deprive these fou' uniortu-
nato meu Of their earthly existence, and
= transport their immortal spirits into the
E ernal World. Il con6des to me solemn
au, hority and imposes an awful duly. And,
fe,,ow ci,ixcns, u their crimes, since their
fatai commission, or their sentence, may
havs IN, de their beds, beds OF thornss the
delegation of this high su,horitys and the re-
\ cui,ement Of o discharge Of this pai0lui duty,
has not placed mo on pillow of roses.
But sta,d the multitude 81 thoughts
which have sncon passed mo, have derived
corsoation from reflection, that the COM
mend of Society 10 in exact accordance. with
thai high order Of Heavea, which directs
shat "whosocver sncdde,h uan's blood, by
man shall his blood BE- shcd."
'sA- " Whatever may 5e the motives which
have brought many Of you TO witness This sad
sscene OF doalh, sure I.am, that II cannot but
awaL.n Ia every br east, those pious aud SOL
smn feelings so Justly due to the occasion;
and that, while, az eiti9eus, you rally round
the Officers instrustcd with tho execution
\ r. the laws, YOU will not hesitate TO look,
oih pie,y and rcverencs to Him who IS
n above ell, aod to i,in with fcrvoncy and true
'6cvotioo, the Minister Of our Holy Religion,
81 In Nm ploriog the God Of all gface and sup
{, vlication, in behalf Of these unfortuna,o men,
\ low about to DO ushe u into the eternal
\ Aoeid, and tao immediate presence Of their
God, and TO enter on the morning OF eternity.
~ They arc Indeed strangers among Us,
las from kindred friends or affectionate reia-
(ives, and IN a foreign land but Il must 90
wratifyine to you to know, that though tho
stcrn hand of Justice hath overtaken them,
! he corrections have .beon admiaistered With
| miidasss and sympathy; as II 10 a consoia-
lei ~ alse to believe that from every region
| snere isa pathway TO Immortality, and that
! she spirit which Religion has purified and
4 ss6oed, will, when freed from the body,
4 and i,s native country 5" for Christianity has
kas assured us, that God 10 90 rcspector OF
Sse>pns---out Of every nation, acct and peo.
~. they who fear him and pcnitentiy con-
lossand rcpeu, Of their sins and rey on his
mercy shall 6ad grace 10 help them in time
~ need"
49, A The termination Of this Address, the
!. 49,. sfSthss LarraseY addressed tho Throne
~ Grace In servent and holy prayer, and
che &sne was closed.
h6put teu minutes after they were execut.
7 oa(Sks Marshal read that part Of the warrant
Nhich crdere6 thei' bodies to be delivered t.
shs sasgeops, u they were called for.--Sev
ersl susgsoos appeared 70 take them.
a PuS,,c executions are not frequent among
o.. AID whom they do Decor considerable ex
e;tem~nt is visible. Oor people ere Taught
{.om their earliest childhood, TO eommisser.
.s,s ,be wiescbeho has eommiieda crime,