The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1833-06-19

nocent when the strong mass ofeyidence
issues from hundred points, till brought
TO focus on that .man-ihe Rec. T.. X
AyERY,-and on him alone when jury
found him guilty in ratio of ninety y-nin.
to one.-Aod that too, when members
of that jury were placed in tho jury-boS
under peculiar circumstances but more
anon
Whose life shall he safe in such state
of things, when powerful combination
Of hypocrites and fanatics shall thus be
able to thwart the ends of Justice
Whose life shall he safe if an assassin
chance to belong to powerful religious
denomination, which may thus "pluck'
him from the hands ofjustice "as brand
from the burning ?"-leaving him to
range at large DER the face of creation
--tainting the very air he breathes lry
his foul and loathsome infamy land
when even the very earth shall recoi
from the pollution Of his footsteps!
Hark a voice !--still it crieth from the
earth
And now It's slifled by phrenzed clan
Now bursting forth with more than primal
birth,
And claiming justice at the hands of man
Shall we be still-and falsehood take the
van
'Gainsl Light and Truth though vice shall
do its worst
Let!brimstone zealots curse US in their plan
Ofholy damning In Truth We put our
trust!
Nor heed the bigots wrath whose soul is
slime and dust
We also learn that On MIR. Avery's ar
rival at Bristol from this place, he was
received by his congregation with open
arms-tha: they could scarce restrain
their joy-that there was great gather
ing to his hoase till quite late at night,
to congratulate him on his escape from
justice that number of half frantic
women were desirous OF "kissing the
hem of his garment !" What are we to
think of such conduct in the 10Th GEN.
tury :? Has it come to this =! A man, who
finds it impossible to wash his heart
clean ofthe foul stain thar rests upon it,
Who finds it impossible to disperse, in
the least degree, the black cloud of cvi-
hanging over him.-Who can give no
account Of himself of the
night of the Goth of ofDecember-and who
in the account he has given, has been
proved a liar This man, on his arrival
at Bristol was received with ms much do
Of joy, as II he had render
ed the country some splendid service!
Tell us no more of Pagan and Catho-
lie superstition Tell us no more oftheir
blind fanaticism Let us look at home /!
Match me ye distant climes for case
more revolving than this.-A man be-
cause he weareth religion, who putteth
il on as befteth the craft, for the loaves
and fishes of this sOo' M!-this man is be-
|ieved by fanatics and fools TO be the rem
resentative of God.--and is literally wor-
shipped by his dupes, while his charac-
ter is buried in blood, and his seered con
science is reckless Of the deed.
We had proceeded thus far when we
learnt that the jury to whom Mr.. Ayery's
case was submitted had been burnt in
effigy about three miles from this place
on the hanging rocks in Middletown.--
Mr.. Ayery's effigy was hung and still
hangs there in a gib5et marked with a
label, "Rsv. Ephraim. X. Auery, minis.
ter Of the gospel" He is, also, on the
beach near by, in the attitude of prayer
with rope round his neck.
Now speaking for ur individual self
we must say that this procedure finds
no response from our fe eelings. We are
willing to make every allowance that
the nature Of the case will admit. We
are willing to admit that a powerful COM
bination are rccklessly determined to
hold him guiltless who is guilty in the
minds of nineteen-twentieths of those
out ofthe pale ofthat combination. We
are willing 20 admit that it is very diff.
cult to conceive that reasonable mind
can believe Mr.. Avery innocent. We