American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1822-11-01

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50 {" After the ranks of the patriotic
Wings we're broken by overwhelming forces; and
while Dalzell and Cavers swept the South and
West of Scotland like the blast of the desert, breath
ing pestilence and death--the individual wanderers
betook themselves to the caves and Businesses oil
their rugged country. This was their situation,
chiefly from A. ID. 1850, TO the Reyolitlon The
Laird spent his days in seclusion: but still he fear
lessy attended the weekly assemblies, 10 the fields,
for the worship Of Almighty God. What had he to
fear? What more could he lose! His estate had been
confscaled. Ills wife and babes sript, by the Lille
guards, of the last remnant of earthly comfort,
which they could take away: and himself doomed,
rs an outlaw, to be executed by The military assas-
sins, when taken. He became reckless OF the world.
g have lived said he 10 anguish " to prince
twce, of MS own choice take the oath of the cove
nants to support religion, and the fundamental laws
of the land. | haze lived TO see that prince tu
traitor to his country: and with unblushng impiety,
order these covenants to be burnt by the hands OF
the executuner. have seen him suhvert the ber
ty OF my country, both civil and religious have
seen hin erect bloody inqusltlon. The prize SITS,
imposed on US by tyranny instead oil wooing us
over by the loneliness of religion. have thrown off
the bowels of mercy. They occupy seats in the
bloody council. They stimulate the bloody cruees
Of Lauderdale Ml'Kenzie and York. Their hands
are dipt in blood to the wrists This Council viii
not permit US TO live in peace Our property they
con6scae. Our houses they convert into barra ks
They drag reemen into chains. They bring no
witnesses OF our guit. They invent new oitures to
convert us They employ the thumbscrsws and
buolkint. If We are silent, they condemn Us. II we
confess our Christian creed. they doom US % the
gibbct. II We offer defence, Judge rises from
the benrh and with his naked sword wound, us.'
Not only our sentence, but the manner Of our exc
r Are 6xpl l,rlOr Fri Al In 0ur lac
men,s they command the kettle drum to beat one
Continued roll And when strong sense oil inius-
tce eSto!ts complaint against our barbarous treat
ment, military servant OF the council, strikes the
dying man IN his last moments.t And as this san
gunary process were 100 slow in exttt pating us
] hare Seen Charles Stewart lei loose brutal sol
diery on us who res allied him from exile:
and who placed the crown on his head. He has
murdered our men, our wives, and our Children
We have md ed formally renowned This iyrant BY
declaring wa against him. But we have hithe rto
failed in the attempt to rouse the energies Of our
sleeping country. 1t is sunk into deadly slumbsr
II has hitherto permitted the tyrant to keep US un
der martial law. Clavers is our Judge. His dfa
gouns are the executoners And these sayages dnl
still continue TO employ the Sagacity eff blood
hounds , huM a. doicR.-Niy soul turns away from
these oaihsome spectacles.-They have cut mi
pieces The friends and companions OF my youth.
NJ kd and Kid, and King, are no more Came
rem fell bleeding at my side. blackstone they have
cruelty butchered. My father Cargil-they couldl
not spare even thee. Nor thee, dear Young Rem
wick. Brown fell by the bloody Clavers. at the fee
OF his wife and crying ba5es.-l have seen myl
friends ana those in whose veins my blood runs, tall
in The ranks on bloody Bothwe as the golden flow
ers OF the meadow beneath the mowers hand ri
have seen the greedy ak Of the inhuman execution.
e. mang'e the llmbs cf my dearest friends have
seen the minons OF tyranny perform their disgust
ing service OF transporting and suspending. as on
shambes the bleeding limbs Oft the martyrs. have
seen the hammer of the bsrbarilus hx the heads Of
my companions on thy walls. 0 bloody Edinburgh
And Oh. disgusting spe>tacle have seen these
sorms. once Gear to my sou as the light Of heaven
be; me- naked and bleached bones, under the rainl
and sun have lived 10 see the dreadful effects oil
civil war. The frequent butchery in the fields andl
o. the scafolds has rendered men calinus rbei
ghastiy heads, and mangled quarters are set Up be
tore the mob. Mothers and children daily feast
their eyes with the spectacle Even delicate temsesl
roli their ey S over them without shudder Our
suffeilngs are not felt Fol- the human bosom h.,
lost It's feelings 2 d Of my fathers bend in
mercy thine eyes On my bleeding country. and
on thy weeping Kirk Shall these men spread la
voc without bounds shall our BIZ o1 stream in tor
rents shall The Sewarts and their slaves bind these
chains on the neck OF our country, and OF thy Kirk
to- ever:
The Laird while he was u;teriag these words.
had thrown himself on his knees. His arms were
stretched forward and upward. HIS long hair. gray.
not BY age but BY labors and sorrow descended
on his shoulders. His eyes, lighted up by hone. in
the midst OF dependency, were fixed on heaven.
And the tears streaming his sunburned cheeks.
fsll, In large drops from his beard on his grdle.
AZ this moment his brother John entered with
looks which betrayed unusual anxiety. Z" Nv bro
Their, SAID he " you must resume these weapons
which your studlous ha5its have thrown into the
corner. Praying must give way to fighting now
a trooper advances at full speed. And he is fol-
l9wsd by dark column. We have not even time
to ny. The mind Of the Laird, like those of the
rest OF the wanderers, ALWAYS Frightened M Al the