The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1822-02-06


t6Ys chsrsctef sboiS1d apply TO 90 sublime a
nenios % Lofd Bacon
The proceeding in the case Of Peaeham show
ina NO. Deve, Wa more deliberate enemy
% .he libe, ties oi his County, nor slaneheI
sjppotie' ef iyfsony,e even TO its extreme
vergeS1 his unsouu unatS. msn was put to tho
toru ore, uied; convicted, and eonde mned as
q Aitor, for cerlain passages. said TO be rea.
sopsbie IN o ssin,vn wAiCh was never preach
cd, nor Intended 10 bs. so, but only found in
Writing in his study. Tns minute made up
on ihc oecasion>ot his tortore isfstiii preserv.
cd. IL is IN. tho hsud writing oi Secretary
Wood, sod states ,hst no had bcos examined
"bei,e lodurs, io torture, ,ibetveen torture,
and altar 10 ture, Land /" that noihing could
DO dawn from him, no: Atiii 'peIsistiog IN his
obstinate aud ln..nsioIe denisi,!" This mon.
nn M Of Iy'snoy is aisned, among Others, by
Bacon and as II ht ass ,cIa,e 10 SO batbarous
procedure, also " Sir jarvis Eiwis, Lieu.
tensa! Of the Tower wno wa. eoade n,ned
end execu,ed Two years attef"ards foi being
an s:ces,a,y 10 the detc,lsb,e< and treache.
rous murder Of Sir Thoma, Ove'bury. =.
Tho case of Wrsynbsm, Who was punished
by.,he -Sr.t Chsmsef for sanderihg Lord Ba.
Con, oy sccus,6g him of injustice, is still
more melancholy end ips.rueuse. He had a
Cause 10 Sbsncery Oh wh. N his oil depended,
sg.ias,. Sir Edward Fishsrt spd, after cx.
pending hi, whole gouyqe, and that Of seve-.
raj compas > ,io0ste friends who assisted him,
As had at iast obtained from Lo' d Bacon.
PREDECESSORS IN tho c6snce7y . favorable
Judgment which Lord Bacon thought pro
PEE, withou, any Cause assigned, 10 reverse.
w synbsW applied for justice to the Eing,
p,escrtio. him With s,s,e ment OF his case,
eonv tyed IN language which, il reprehonsible,
wac :, least psrdonablo in man in his on.
bsppy situation. The klng handed over tho
Imp odent soppliuOt 10 tho Star Chamber.
The Lords asked him how he. dared to speak
N b. -n,nner which no bad dons of SO puro
And vp ,ght character as the Lord Cbsnccl.
. To- ! Wraynhsm replied by tho following
sin.pi, aud sfectinR statement.
In making this appeal, Il mustered to-
ee,her all my n'isefies,i Issw my land taken
oway which had been befote established unto
me and Utter six and forty orders, and twelve
reports made in THE cause nay, after mo.
tions, hearings, and re. hesfings, fourscore in
,number, bcbsid all overthrow in moment,
and All overthrowa without . new bill prefer,
ned | discofned tho represen, alton Of q
prison gapiug for pc, in which must fro m
hsncefoah spend al the days Of my lifo With
out release for in Ibis suit I have spent ol-
mos 3oooI. and many Of my friends were en-.
gagged Tor me, some injured, others undone !;
and wth This did accompany many sminent
miseHcs likcly 10 ensuc' u.'on me, my wifo
snd tou- child,en, the eldest Of which being
: out i've years old 10 that We, thnE did every
Say give b -end ID oihersy ndst nov beg bread
Nt o,hers, Or sise starVe, which IL the mise.
.rablest of oil Deaths /; and there being no
means to move his najesly to hear the cause,
Not to sccu's his L'rdship Of injustice; this
snd and oil these moved me to be sharp and
ht'ter, apdto use words, though danserou,
'o.ths mselves, yet, hope, patdonabIe in such
ea o mites"
NJ, S:reeant Crow, on the part Of the
Cows, by way Of assravniny NJ Wrayn-
ham guilt, pronounced . NEST splendid Gu.
log um on tho Lord Chancellor, whose tai.
sats and inrsg'Iy - {. Judge weroT such, no
seid, d,ihN X vas a,' foul o6sDcc' 70 ,raducc
Mm.-rhc lca,oed Sergeant further observ.
ed, Ihai a, oil events, The prisoner could not
eccuso ,hc Lord Chancellor Of corruption:
fsr thank, b, to O., 4, he has always despis.
cd riches. end got honor aod justice before
bis eyes; and whore the magistrate is bribed,
Il j. siso Of q coerup,ed State"
Tao 'esult OF tho blNness vs., that tho
ChAmosr imposed q fi,e On " ,ynaa N,
whicA. com,'e,eiy ruined him.
Now marh the sequel Two years after
The. &C ''fiec Of tins uaiaruuns,e man and his
family 20 Inc par'ty OF Lord Chancellor Bs.
con, MS Lordship was accused and convicted
BY his own confession Of ofprIbery and eortup.
,ion, and gave in 10 P9lpnem, under his
own hand, Alist Of the beibcs which he had
rece 'ved during tho period of his filling the
officc OF Lord Chancellor. In that H., h,w
reSc'une it 10 to pc fcsive q bribc received in
shis pery case, from the uii-ersbie Wrayn.
mm's oppsasot 10 aha suit which reduced III,
SAm,y 10 bcygary, md condemned hims elf To-
spend she rerainde Of MS days in u js,i
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