Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1838-02-03
VOL. 3.--No. S.

: Wh'ch Inc Nazarene had, during three
} years, been continually throwing out n.
, galnst them wherever he went Too weak
and too pusllanimous to act by them.
selves, they had eagerly embraced the
quarrel of the Herodians and Sadducees.
, Besides these three parties, had to CON
tend agaRst the reckless and proAigate
popuIace, always ready TO Join in sedi-
} ton, and to profit by the disorder and con.
fusion that result thcrefrom.
Jesus was dragged before the Council
OF the Priests and condemned to death.---
It was then that the High Priest, Caiaphas,
performed derisory act OF submission.--
Tie sent his prisoner to me to pronounce
his condemnation and secure his execu.
ton. | answered him that, as Jesus
was Galilean, the affair came within
Herods Jurisdiction, and ordered Jesus to
be sent thithor. The willy Tetrarch pro.
tesseG humility, and protesting his defer.
ence to the lieutenant of Caesar, he com.
mitted the fate Of the man TO my hands
Soon my palace assumed the aspect Of
a beseged citadel; every moment increas.
cd the number of the 8odtious. Jorusa-
lem was inundated with crowds from the
mountains of Nazareth, the towns of Gal-V
lice, and the plains OF Esdrelon. All Ju-
dra appeared to be pouring into that dcyo.
ted city.
had taken to wife girl from among
the GauIs, who pretended to see into iutu-
rlty. Weeping, and throwing hersclfat
my feet, "Bewaro," said she 10 me, "be.
ware, and touch not that man, for he is
holy. Last night, saw him in a vision.
He was walking on the waters--he was
flying on the wings Of the wind lie spoke
to the tempests, to the palm trees, TO the
! fishes Of the lake--all were oBadent to
him. Behold! the torrent Of Mount &C.
dron flows with blood; the statues Of Caesar
arc soiled with the filth of the gen,onim--
the columns of the pretorium have given
way, and the sun IS yelled in mourning
like ycstal in the tomb! y, PLATE! evil
awaits thee. If thou wilt not listen to the
words OF thy wife, dread the curses of n
Roman Sonatc-dread the frowns Of CO
sarn
BY this time my marble stairs groanod
under the weight Of the multitude. The
Nt2arcno was brought back to me. pro.
ceeded 10 the Hall Of Justice, followed by
my guards, and asked The people in a Sc
we're tone, what they demanded? "The
death of the Na2arene," was their reply
For what crime? ale has blasphemed;
he has prophecicd the ruin ofthc Temple;
; he calls himself the Son Of God--the Mes
= siah--tho King of the Jews" Roman
: justice, said |, punishcth not such offences
with death. "Cruciry him, cruelty him"
> shouted forth the relentless rabble.
: The yociicrations Of the inluriate null
titude shook the palace to is foundation
One man alone appeared calm in the midst
ofthe tumult. He was like unto the Stat
} "a Of Innocence placed in the temples OF
/ the EuminIaca, l, WAS the r1uAu1ur,e.
) After many fruitless attempts TO protect
him from the fury of his mercilcss perse.
, cutors, had the business 10 adopt meas
= ure which, al that moment appeared to
= me TO be the only one that could save his
: life. ordered him to be scourged; then,
calling for ever, washed my hands in
presence ofthc camorous multitude, there
| by sgnifying 10 them my disapprobatlon
Of the decd.
But in vain 1t was his life that these
I wrctches thirsted after. Often, in our CT
, vii cosnmotlons, have witnessed the iurl-
. Gus animosity Of the multitude; but noth-
: ing could ever be compared TO what De-
] held in the present instance. 1t might
j. have been truly said that, on this occasion,
r all the phantoms OF the internal regions
had assembled together at Jerusalem--
: The crowd appeared not to walk they
9 were borne off and whirled as u vortex,
' rolling along ike living waves, from the
4 portal of the Protorium even unto Mount
0 Zion. with howlings, screams, shrleks and
r yocitera'ions, such as were never heard
either in the seditons of Panonia, or III
!. the tumults oflhe Forum.
y BY degrees the day darkencd like a
/, winter twilight, such as had been seen OF
;, the death Of the great Julius Cesar. 1t
|. was likewise towards the ides Of March.
Y |, the condemned governor Of q rebeIIious
province, was leaning against column
d of my basilick, contemplating othwar tho
/, ldreary ploom, this Theory OF Tararus
/. DRAGGING TO execution the innocent NaZa-
d rene. IN around me was desert. Jeru.
@ salem had vomted forth her indwelers
}. through the funeral gate that loads to the
@ Gemonim An air Of desoatlon and sad
h ness enveloped me. My guard had Joined
n the cavalry, and the Centurion, 10 display
| a shadow of power, was endeavortng to
l. maintain order. was left alone, and my
n breaking heart admonished me, that what
n was passing at that moment appertained
Y rather to tho history Of the gods tam to
n that of man. Loud clamors we're heard
Y proceeding from Golgotha, which borne
Is on the winds appeared to announce an agN
y ony such as mover Ind been heard By nor