North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1839-10-23
British Persecution.
MACKENZIE AND THE SHERIFF
or ROCKIES TER.


"a gspr pata ~ DEFY, hbt thry mas then
T.. sbi- T., guess gHrttv Correctly whether
sny late wi4 ae easab.e ior the uexi Eileen
month";.
%~sthcf lals reuark nor the pc ol the
fstm BATTLE are ssed hg rle ~ Incentives
e. vsss8~nsr. Heaven infhid TIE mao
y.ts. ~ ti,iscsaottv. has recourse ta WOO
t4s-s = nav pmrsnv. the enemy al social n.y.
arr ant nj American lnslitul,ons. n"
t.ttsf ntcampng - drstfed 10 oar Cana
sias J~snois ihan Lynch Law here. They
,p;ll ,tst., m Gai, and use this. vast moral
ssaW~r lie has placed in their hands far the
ngras.r. n truth ard juS'acei and If your
rt1rtfg has made this Jail a Basile, the
ballos hax wsil recover il from the secret
rlaaar. whose INSTRUMENT you are, and re-
.,,fr !, 10 the wi%r and Wholesome uses
sr,y a. asch IL YVES built Your pliers vio-
l~n, ss,,oaihy ,othe Irish arises from their
,oJrpendrnl spirit, perhaps his career will
be- brief; he onght rather to be lalee.
A auirt Young Canadian exile brought
nv mrals at Gsst--,he jaiIer one day called
h,,r brute because he went down stairs
hrc,fe htnl--nontbs have elapsed but the
r,oss cid man has never once allowed him
IN sre me since! All this ! bore with pa
,i,ne,. ana without a murmur 10 the iailer
q, any oae else until now. But man so
very harsh, and 80 liltle the master Of his
MISSIONS as Gilbert, is unfit and unworthy
"a he hire, where, 10 reclaim the erring
andmake the dissolute better members OF
society much could he done BY steady firm
sas~ and kind disposition. AT one period
lam mixed with debtors, we sit talk and
stan together--at another II Is $50 fine
To % into the laiIer's apartments is an
rscsne (not To Caswell, J vet ! was once
in the garnet and down below and might
have called nj your Office or taken the
nackel--hut have quietly resolved to 60
~, a, the door entered by, he the period
of mv exit more or less remote.
Recurring once more 10 your pretext for
INV harsh usage. and in order that the
county of Monroe NAV make no mistake
~ IN your tory prnmpters, will give you
an instance Of real escape
A Canadian royalist, common thief
and cheat. was sentenced 10 Sl20 fine and
~ imprisonmrat in the Bastile, as Mr.. |
Slulhwick calls il. and duly placed IN your
cnstodv. | saw yours, Tor II is your duty
IN h- here and see and know what takes
MACE. and your direct control over Gilbert
II given with that salutary view. This
had fellow went abont the country picking
pockets and cheating with cards, one of
The vilest of pests and the most deserving |
or close confinement. But you or your
taller. or both, took great liking TO him
his cell door was opened-he went over |
the building where he pleased, acted as
and while durs; not stir out ot |
nv room, this ruffian, doing Glber's bus
mess. had the range of the jail. Never
were brotkers more kindly than he and
your taller. What came Of IL! Two pri-
s,ners had escaped from a hole in small
rom, which was afterwards, kept locked.
Doe lav the door was opened before noon
and remarked to Gilbert that any one
might escape there. In four hours alter
wards slippery Jack was missng-the jailer
nd turnkey had left the door open-Jack
went aur and has not reappeared. II this
sas not an understood move Of Gilberi's
80 serve a friend, most people will say it
ooke,l s5- pery suspicious.
Bv such conduct a. have described, do
rou not grossly insult the ilustfious metn-
aries III the heroes and statesmen who,
.gere in Congress 1894, and libel the lives
,f their successors oil 1918, when you pro-
rss tn suppose them capable of framing
avs thus capriciously 10 be enforced
What has vanr office 10 d. with Macken-
.ie's Gazette! if that paper offend the |
avs let It's conductors suffer for their act; {
/ has M connexion with the sentence al
ANA ndaicua. When MIR. Barrett was
eni 10 Dublin Jail because he refused to 5
i've OF Daniel O'Conneli'S name. did the !
Daily Pilot stopi When WIN. Cohhe,t
ay two years in London Jail did il inter !
ere with his Register even Tor one week :
Dr. prcvea, thousands Of his friends from I
isiiing him morning, noon and nightf I
Had they to bribe his keepers! Were not !
he English people able 10 pay their turn
eys and haiIifs for acts Of common hn- a
nanityi Did they turn Mr.. Cohbctl into a
Kangaroo or tame Elephani2 Or do I
on hrlieve tina, the bold farmers of Mon
ne seek 50 To starve their servants as that h
heir Jail door must needs he turned into h
showman's ioIlgate? Can an honest n
Mechanic not peep into Ephraim's cave To u
.nk alter his stray Manasseh without d.
e al this now inlet of legaliivi Shame "
non voc. Dariusl Shame upon You'll b
OR namesske of old was fine fellow as "
ser lived, bat you will bring. disrepute on 81
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