Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1842-08-19

We know not the author of the following
terrible deIincation of the mordiS Of lang
ing. 1t is worth more than whole treatise
of dry ethics on the subjcct.-Locomotire.
TIE HANGMAN AND TIE JUDGE.
Did your lordship ever attend a kWiRe
time at the Old Bailey! / not, pray favor
me with your company hot on the gal
lows, but staying in the street, amid crowd
that always assemble when am "A, work for
you and the sheriff. Perhaps it will add to
the zcst, if you come when have young
woman to s,illrn, supplied by YOURSELF
Will the ilutierng of the pctticoats as she
swings in the wind ,producc pleasant sound
in your ears, my learned master! Fail not
TO watch the people: men women and chill
drcn-eood, bad and indllercn,-who have
gathered to behold the sacred ajcstv fthc
law. You will see such flashing of the ewes
and grinding Of tcctli-you will hear slgls
and groans, and words of rage, and hatred,
with fierce curses on yourself and me and
then laughter, such as it is, of an unnatural
kind, that they will make you sick. You
will tccl-no-why should yOu feel any
more than your faithful journeymcn We
shall 90 to our breakfasts with good appc-
tites, and with firm conviction that every
hanging bout changes many sncaking pilier-
crs into savgc robbers, fit for murder.
"a few years ago | was called out Of
town to hang little boy who had been con-
victed of killing with malice oforetho~gM
If guilty he must have been in the habit Of
going to executions. Ten thousand came
to dabblc in the poor young creatures blood
That was the youngest fellow creature | ev.
err handled in the way Of business and ;
beautiful child he was too, as you have scel
by the papers, with straight nose, large
| blue eyes, and golden hair-l have no heart
no feeling; who has in our calling! Blu
those who came to see me stranglc that ten
der youngstcr, have hearts and feelings as
, we once had. Udrc-no, had for villa
they saw was fit to make them as hard a
your servant OF his master.
They saw tina. STRIPPING lifted, fainting o
, to the gallows, his smooth check of the colo
of wood ashes, his little limbs trembling, an
9 his bosom hcaving sigh after sigh as if tn
0 body and soul were parting without my hclI
g This was downright murder, for ther
Y was scarcely any life to take out of him.
i When began to pull the cap over his bah
: face, he pressed his small hands togc,he
fl his arms, you know, were corded fast to hi
t body, and he gave me besccching ool
II Just as a calf will lick the butchers hand
e But cattle do not speak the creature mu
|, tered pray, sir, don't hurt me- My dear
O answered |, you should have spoken to NJ
Il master, Pm only the ourneyman, and mu
l. do as Pm bid This made him cry, whic
y seemed to relieve him, and | do think
re should have cried myself, if had not hcal
lie shouts from the crowd 'Poor lamb !-sham
l. murder Up Quick said the Sheri
D. Ready said |. The Reverend gentcm5
US gave me the wink, the drop fell A.; one kicl
C. and he swayed 10 and fro, dead as the fec
ings Of the Christian people Of England.
al The crowd dispersed, some swearin
or some swearing as if hell had broken loos
O. and some laughing while they cracked blac
n guard Jokes on you and me and the pars,
and the dangling corpse. They had cor
ii. for the sight they would have come to S
". an angel murdered. They came to G
a. drunk with strong excitement they We
he back reeling and filthy with the hot debauc
Of They had come to riot in the passions Of &c
and pity they went back, some in a ie,
49,, of rage, some burning with hate, some III
;or dened in heart like me, or you; all su
10 down in their own respect, ready to ma
; me light of pain and blood, corrupted by the
MI decent show, and more fit than ever to ma
Inc work for the judge and the hangman."
~ O, wise law makers! who think 10 sof
md '"o 'iearts Oh me people; TO make Them y,
of tie and good to give them feeling of r
pect Tor themselves and others, by show
rit- them sight like this.
bv \, he sea serpent, not having appeared
I Nahani on the 18th INST, is supposed TO III