North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1839-10-16
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nrss, the results Of an imprisonment so bar
bsfoua as to exclude exercise, and ewes
air, except through grated squares, owe
hogpcns, robbed al oil my means, closel'
confined, with the many CARES Of a vefs
large and helpless family Ga my shoulders
and constitution the worse oi The wear
! have yet nerve enough tn treat YOU rs
won merit. III take the cells, II forced TO Il
rather than suffer any more OF yoDr pcrse-
culion quietly, and stop there I'LL indignant
public sentiment cry "shame" upon youf
lpatiisliiy. The benefit YOU may receive
from this publication, (l500 extra eopies)
is al the expense of The Canadian exilrs
you have driven from my prison doors,
who have paid the charges, in order that
when you next appear before the county
OF Monroe you may carry your character
with you. Such letter as this " III cause
thousands TO look more keenly inlo your
conduct, and in the end you will find your
level.
have lived long and seen much, and
can easily conceive that a shrewd, subtle
person dependant on the forbearance OF one
party and the active support Of another,
Tor lucrative and influential Office might
so manage matters as To carry fair weather
with both sides. wrote you but once,
(vesteTday,) | saw you, hui once (months
ago. and a, once marked your real char
acter made no mistake. Wen said
LueaG many hundreds of years before YOU
and were born, that {" Arma ienenti
omnla dat, qui jusia negat,") he who re,
fuses justice 10 and ST, ks 10 trample upon
the weak and delencelcss, will make every
concession TO the proud and powerful.
Last week one Of the Canadian prison
ers, (Mr. Alves, who bravey fought the
royaIists behind Toronto, and when our
people retreated on Tuesday night. and
| offered to head forty or even twenty and
return into the city and rouse our friends
or lose our lives, was the first Of three who
volunteered 10 join in the dangerous
work,) called in the daytime to see me,
with Mr.. Walker another of The prisoners
10 whom even royal cruelty has granted
liberty; they came twice To sine Ameri-
can Bastlle," with the wives Of several of
the prisoners to see me. Not one could |
enter. They waited till Monday, when
some OF them were returning 10 Canada,
and came back in the forenoon. 1t was of
no use. 81 could not be seen by any one"
Had been able to pay better for the turn
of the key, perhaps would have been trea-
ed better. have paid the old mans
hree sons at various times about $40, or
1t least $l2 a month, for allowing my
VIles and children to visit my prison, and ,
ny friends have made the family innumera-
Die presents. An old friend in town got $
up two or three Sundays to spend an hour /
With me in my solitude, when Mr.. Mont
'omery and others were turned away.
Jnly yesterday learnt the secret of his
rt, he had bribed my greedy lormentors
With couple Of boxes of Raisins as the {
rice OF his entrance!!! The rasins sweet r
ned his path when coaxing failed. Even 4
aislns will no longer unbar the bolts, and a
more money to soften their finty hearts | c
annot spare. {
Look at the picture over my letter, Mr., -,
Perrin; look at the picture. Can YOU look .
/ 1t and not blush with shame, that some !
! the men whom bloody England spared,
nd sent back from London free, have been \
hrice turned away from your petty bastiIe j
1hen they came 10 console an old comrade =
"uei youi caie. All American. You
snnot be an American! Ihave sent this I
,tter to London, Dublin, and Paris. !, t
vii be published in these cities. NV name !,
nd the cause suffer for, are well UNDER .
TODD in Europe; but If were TO assert !
hat You are real American, people would q
nnk | never wrote the letter. for the '
american name stands highest Of all in !
nose countries, and so may il ever!
Let the citizens ask those who have from Z
me TO time fallen into your jaier's clutch s.
$, and are now safe out of them. moan a
hose who had no spare SIS to sweeten the /
ath OF duty, and they may then be able o
guess pretty correctly whether my fate a
III be envlable for the next fifteen months. ;,
ITO be Continued.) i
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