Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1843-02-01


ing, beyond a reasonable doubt, that erery
one OF those three men were guiug For
what right has he 10 hang ali innocent man
to prevent the guilty from taking life, or
Some Of the crew from attemting rescue?
Ito edo eUH that good may come %
What is the evidence Of the guilt~of Sam
uel Cromwell, and of an attempt 10 rescue
The prisoners? The witnesses all prove
that Cromwell was, naturally, Of warm,
hasty and passionate temperament - easily
vexed, and liable, at the moment, to give
way 10 his feelings = that he scolded the
boys, using prolane language, and perhaps
falsehood towards them-was at times sui
len; and muttered at the officers s. men,
more or less, during the whole voyage. In
this he was TO blame - it seemed TO be, in
him, the creature Of habit, which he ought
TO suppress. Blu; if this conferred on him
a title to be hung, then many emminent
men, in this professed free counlry,-includ-
ing a large share of the members Of both
! Houses Of, Congress and of the State Lee
/ gisIatures may well claim this honorable
distinction Yet they could not naonopo-
lie the right for floods of men, in every
direction, would be equally entitled! In
fact there would be few left unhung thro'-
out the land unless those deserving it, on
| the foregoing principle, should combine in
4 opposition; and then honest men would
suffer, as intimatedin the following dialogue
between lady Macduf and her sou.
Son. And must they all be hanged thai
swear and lie 49,. I'LL. ..s@
Lady NJ Every one.
Son. W no must hang them?
Lady M. Why, the honest men.
Son. Then the liars and swearers are
! fools: for there are liars & swearers enough
10 beat the honest men and hang up them
am forever opposed to the exercise of
this right by the majority; but Cromwell
and his fellow sufferers were hung by the
minority; for they only called for the vote
Of 8 men out Of 1870!
But, comparison aside, again. repeat,
| where is the evidence that Cromwell was
! guilty of mutiny? Does it rest on the ad-
mission Of Spencer, the confession of Crom-
we'll or The fact that Cromwelrs name was
found in Spencer's secret list of certain
or doubtful? No such thing. Here is
S2encer's secret list found n his razor case,
which is relied on as evidence Of muliny
and disclosure of the plot, with Spencer's
remarks in writing on the same. Look at
ii, and see i: CromweIl's name can be found
=" Certain Spencer, Mckinley, E.
! Andrews, Wales.
oubtful.-Wilson,* McKee+ Warnert
Gteen,f Gedney,f Belson, Sullivan, God
frev, Gallic,* Howard.
l. Nolens Volens.-[ II names under this
head, but not Cromwells.l
" The names marked with can probas
!, bly, be induced to join before the plot is
carried into execution. The remainder IN
der the head Of doubtful, will probably be
induced TO JOIN aftcrward; if notlhey must
be forced. If the others are unwilling TO
join when the project is carried into execu-
ton, The best must be picked out, and the
rest disposed off,
inns is the list sworn to, by midshipman
Henry Rogers. All the persons on the list
: belonged TO the Somers except Andrews,
and Spencer told Mckenzie tina, Andrews
means Small. Now if this list be evidence
: Of guilt, then person may be guilty. with
, out any thought, act, or 1rord Of his own :;
and any man can make a list and manufac-
ture criminals al his pleasure! Then also,
: is Wales the pursers steward, esteemed
> the most faithful, gully. But whether it
!, does, OF does not prove any thing, Cromwelrs
name is not there.
Let US now see whether Spencer or Small
: have duplicated Cromwell. Small Gays
: nothing on this Joint, but hear what Spen-
= Ger says. Mckenzie states, in his report,
{ that "Spencer declared that CRoMwELL
' WAS INNOCENT, and begged that this might
be believed" "This | confess" SAYS Me
: Keazie, " staggered me-" and we'll il might:
/" Determined to sacrifice his victim, McKehzie
:, still thought it would sare appearances if
he could induce Spencer 10 admirhs guilt
and was not very scrupulous Of the means
= he employed 10 accomplish this end. Oh
. serve, in his own account, how arduliy he
u endeaVored 10 move Spencer's pride and
. prejudice agains. Cromwell
Hurled to show him how Cromwell had
T" endeaVored to use him, aud told Spencer he
bad made remarks about him he would MOI
C consider Aaltering. He expressed great anx,
n ietY 10 know what they were. | told him
:, Cromweilhad said Of him and another per,
son that there was " id fool on one side
|. and did knave on the other" aud told
y him that Cromwell would have allowed him
i 10 live only so long as he could have made
him useful 10 himself. This 7oused him,
re and from that time he said 10 more Of Crou :