Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1833-05-20

SUUSH Ut CU0tS VI u
Get money from the pockets Of the people? Mr..
E. J. Stanley, in reply. said that as Inc non.
member had once condemned Paine as a b'asphe.
mer. and vet afterwards assisted at his aPotheosis
il was to be hoped that he (Mr. e. would ex'
hibit a similar change Of opinion win regard 70
the Jews.
Mr. Cobbett denied that he had eUer held up
Mr.. Paine as a 6lasphemer. He had always
however, drawn a distinction between Mr.. Fame $
political and religious opinions. With respect
to his bringing Mr.. Paine's bones to England, all
he should say was, that in doing so he consider
ed he was only doing his duty, out OF the re-
spect to his writings on the subject OF paper mo.
ney; which, il they had been attended to-. and
his advice followed, would have prevented the
present difficulty Of dealing with the currency
Mr. E. J. Stanley said, that after what had
fallen from the hon member for Oldham, he must
be allowed 10 Justify himself by reading the
very words of the publication Of the hon: mem
Der himself: "In no part of the Hge OF reason
does Paine speak in terms of impiOus irreverence
of God; he praises God, and calls upon his name,
and that too, in a strain Of eloquence the equal
of which [ have never heard in any sermon -
Vol. e5, r. 725. 1.-The .age Of Reason is as
despicable as its author. The wretch has all his
life been employed in leading fools astray from
their duty. His religion is Of q piece with his
politics, the one inculcates the right OF revolving
against God" Vol 8. p. 5S9. Though Tho
mas Paine was no Christian, he was no blasphe-
mer. He offers no ~indignity to God himself"
Vol. IS, 2. 735. "Palne was a cruel, treache-
rous and blaspheming %ruAian; he was a traitor,
and a traitor is the foulest fiend on earth" Vol. a.
This little expose IS so Characteristic OF Cobbett
that we have transcribed it, although we have
repeatedly published these and a hundred other
equally palpabIe contradictions. There isl lit
tie book called the beauties OF Cobbett, or
blowing hot and cold," entirely filled with his
assertions and contradictions. as palpable as that
here exposed. respecting Thomas Paine.
The speaker, concluded, we presume. that
Cobbett had received a regular %foorer. and in
terfered to prevent Mr.. Stanley pummelling a
fallen man. The right hon. member. he said, bad
now answered the hon. member for Oldham, and
it would be quite out OF order for him to proceed.
State Prison Conuicts. -The prisoners who
were sentenced by the Court of Sessions, on
Monday, to an Imprisonment in the State Pri-
son at Sing Sing, were safely conveyed by the
Sheriff to that. institution the following day
George Fosdick, who was convicted of the at.
tempt to rob the brokers Office OF MIR. Wood. was
among the number. The daring manner by
which ne sought to effect that robbery induced the
Court to sentence him to the longest term Of i'm
which they were authorized by law
to award, and he was consequently sentenced tor
the term Of ten years at hard labour. Fosdick,
who is vet comparatively q young man, was convlc.
led in this city ia 1912 by the name OF Gideon
Gardner, of : grand larceny, and sentenced tor
the offence TO an Imprisonment IN the old state pri.
com n !, Elaap, trh for inir yparc In March nj
the following year he effected his escape over the
wall of the prison yard by means of a rope, at one
end of which he tied piece Of iron, which thrown
over the wall caught on the opposite side, by
which he drew himself up. TINS was effected in
the middle Of the day, in the lace of several sen.
tinels who were stationed at various points of
look gu. upon the wall, one OF whom he must
have passed within three or four feet. He went
from here to Bristol, IN the State of Rhode Isl.
and, where he shipped on board the priva'eer
Bramble. After a short cruise he was taken and
carried into Sierra Leone, where be remained a
prisoner Of war for about four months, and was
then sent nome in a cartel.
Upon his arrival here, he Immediately shipped
in the President, and was absent on a cruise with
Commodore Rogers about four months. Suisse
quentiy he shipped to go to lake Ontario under
Commodore Chauncey: and while waiting at the
navy yard for orders, was recognized as a runa'
way convict, and returned TO the State Prison. -
Here he served out the unexpired part OF his
term, and frequently renewed his attempts to es-
cape. He was never considered, however, to be
vicious, aud his attempts to escape were always
BY climbing. So expert was he att that he o.
tanned the nick name of the cat. On one occa.
sion he clambered up to the cupola by mean OF
lightning rod, and on two or three Others very
nearly escaped by climbing up to the leaders con-
,eying off the water from the roof. After his
Iteration from our State Prison, he proceeded
to Baltimore. where he was imprisoned Tor q con-
siderable time. and thence to Philadelphia. tie
was sentenced in the latter place to an imprison.
ment in the State Prison for six years, the whole
of which time he served out, and was Unly libe.
rated about three months ago. lie IS now lated
to serve another term, and should he out]lve his
Imprisonment. will come out at the age OF about
fort weight, full one half Of his life having been
spent as a felon within the walls of a prison. If
his former Imprisonment produced no reforma-
ton, none can be expected from the present.
1t is to be hoped, however. that the example will
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