The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1838-05-30

Was lusihed hy his actions. HeTOd snIl-
ed maliciously. and saluiing me with
irOnicsl respect. he departed.
The great feast II abe Jews was sppro-
aching; and their intention was 10 avail
themselves ofIhe experimentation which
aluays manifesIs itself a. The solemnilies
Of The passover. The city was overflow
ing with iumulluous pnpuIace. rlsmnr-
ing for The death Of The Nszarene. Ms
emisssrirs inlnrmed ne that The treasure
oi the Temple had been employed in
brihing the people. The danger vas
pressing. A Roman cenlurisn had been
Insuiled.
/ IwroIe In the Preferi Of Syria. request.
| ing hundred fnOt soldiers and the same
number II cavalry. lie declined. Isaw
myself alone with handful Of veterans
in The midst of rebelIious cily--lo0
weak 10 suppress disorder. and having no
other choice left than 10 tolerate il.
They had seized upon Jesus: and the
sediiious rsbble. although they knew they
had nothing To lear from The Prturinm,
believing AN the faith oftheir leaders. that
! winked at their selliiion. continued WI
cileraling--" Cruelty him! cruelty him!''
Three powerful parties al that lime had
combined.IOgeIher against Jesus. FIRST.
tie HerodIans aud the Ssdducees. whose
sedilious conduct appeared 10 have pro-
ceeded from a double motive; they hated
tie Nszarene, and were impatient Of The
Roman yoke. They could never iorgive
me Tor having entered llieir holy city with
banners that bore the image ofihe Roman
emperor; and although, in this instance,
had committed fatal error. yet the
sarriiege did moi appear less heinOus in
their eyes. Another grievance also ran
kled in their busoms. | had proposed TO
employ part Of The treasure ol the temple
10 erecting edi6ces Of public utility. My
proposal was scoffed AZ. The Pharisees
were The svowed enemies Of Jesus.
They cared not for The Governor; but
J they bore with bitterness the severe rppri-
msnds which the Nazsrene had, during
three years, been continually throwing
Oui against them wherever he went. Too
weak and too pusilIanimous to act By
themselves. they had eagerly embraced
The quarrel Of the Herodians and Satda-
rees. Besides these three parties, had
To contend against the reckless and pro-
tliga,e populace. always ready to join in
a srdiIinn, and to profit by the disorder
aud confusion that resul, therefrom.
Jesus was dragged before the Council
Of the Priests. aud condemned To death.
twas then that The high priest, Csiaphas,
performed Jerisory act Of submission
lie sent his prisoner To me to pronounce
his condemnation. ard secure his execu.
lion. answered lin that, as Jesus was
a Gsllilean, The affair came in llernj's
jurisdiction, and ordered Jesus 10 be sent
,hiIher. Tie willy tetrarrh pretended
humility, and protesting lis Difference
10 the lieutenant Of Cesar. he committed
the fate Of the man 10 my hands.
Soon my palace assumed the aspect oi
a besieged citadel; every moment increas-
ed the number Of The scdi,ious. Jerusa-
lem was inundated with crowds from the
mountains of Nazareth. All Judea sp-
peared TO be pouring into that devoted
city.
| had taken TO wife a girl from among
the GauIs, who pretended 10 see into fuln-
riIy. Weeping and throwing herself at
my feet, " Beware" said she to me,
" beware and touch no, that man, for he
is holy. Las. night saw him in a
vision; he was walking on The wafer; he
was flying on the wings Of the wind. He
spoke 10 the tempests. 10 the pal I'm trees,
to the fishes Of The lake; all we're obedient
10 him. Behold! the torrent Of Mount
Ce;!ron flows with blood; the statues of
Cesar are soiled with the filth of the
gem0nin; the columns Of the Pretorium
have given way, and the sun is yelled in
mourning like veslal in the tomb! o.
PLATE! evil awaits thee. II thou wilt no,
listen to The words Of Thy vile, dread The
lfrouns Of Cmsar!'
By This time my marble stairs graoneJ
under the weight Of The multitude. The
INazarene was brought back I" mr, pro-
ceetled,o the Hall nf Justice, followed By
my guards. aud asked,he people in Sc
we're tone. what they demanded. "Tlie
death of Tire Nazarene," was their reply.
For what crime! Tie has bfasphemed; he
has prophecird The ruin of The temple;
he calls himself the Son Of God--ihe
Messiah--ihe King Of The Jews. Roman
| Ips,ice saii nnnisie,h moi Such ofIeucps
with death. "Crurifv him! crucliy him!"
shnuiet forth the relentless rabble.
The notifications IL the iniuria,ed mul.
ii,ude shook The palace To is foundation.
One man alone appeared calm in the mids.
of the lumult. He was like unto the
statue of innocence placed in the ,emples
uf the Euminides. twas the Nazarene.
After many frui,less attempts to protect
him from the fury Of his merclless perse-
cutOrs. had the baseness TO adopt mea-
sure which, at tina, moment. appeared to