Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1843-09-26

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said, i want something that is holy. ia
see If il will not shed light upon iniqui-
ltyiI will bear the responsibility took
the candle and proceeded down the
stair. case. | now discovered why the
water revealed 10 Us the passage. Un
der The floor was tight ceiling except al
the trap door, which could mot be rem
dered close-hence the success Of Col,
De Lilies experiment. As we reached
the foot of the stairs, we entered large
square loom, which was called the Hall
Of Judgment. In the centre Of Il was a
large block, and chain fastened to it,
On this they had been accustomed to
place the accused, chained to his seat
On one side Of the room was one ele
vated seat, called the Throne of Judg~
ment. This the Inquisii0r General oc-
cupied, and on either side were seats
less elevated, for the holy fathers when
engaged in the solemn business of the
Holy Inquisilion. From this room we
proceeded 10 the right, and obtained ac-
cess TO small cells, extending the entire
length of the edifce; and here, what a
sight met our eyes! How has the be.
neVolent religion Of Jesus been a.
bused and Slandered by It's prOfessed
friends.
!. The cells were places Of solitary COM
finement, where the wretched objects Of
inquisitorial hate were confined year af.
Ter year, till death released them Of their
suferings, and there I heir bodies were
suffered tor rsmain until they were en-.
tirely decayed, and the rooms had be-
come fit for others TO occupy. To pre-.
vent this practice being offensive TO those
.wIN occupied the Inquisition, there were
flues or tubes extending to the open air
sufficiently capacious to carry off the
odour from those decaying bodies. In
these cells we found the remains Of some
who had paid the debt of naturc; some
Of them had been dead apparently but a
short time, while Of others nothing re.
lnaiued but their bones, still chained to
the floors Of ftheir dungeon. In others we
found the living sufferer Of every age and
Of both sexes, from the young man and
maiden to those of three score and ten
years, oil as naked as when they We q
born into the world. Our soldiers i'm
mediately applied themselves with great
alacrity to releasing these Captives Of
their chains; stripped themselves in part
Of their own clothing to cover these
wretched beings, and were exceedingly
anxious TO bring them up to the light Of
day. But aware Oftheir danger, | insist
ed on their wants being supplied, and be-
ing brought gradually to the light, as
they could bSarlt.
When We had explored these cells and
opened the prison doors Of those who YET
survived, we proceeded 10 explore anoth.
sr room upon the left. Here we found
theinstrumenls Of torture, Of every kind
which the ingenuity Of men or devils
could invent. Al the sight Of them the
fury of our soldiers refused any longer
tobs restrained. They declared that
every inqusitor, monk and soldier Of Tue
establishment deserved to be put TO the
torture. We did not attempt any longer
10 restrain them. They commenced al
once the work Of torture with the Holy
Fathers j remained ill saw four dif,
ferent kinds Of torture applied, and then
retired from the awful scene, which ter,
m,na:ed net while one Individual remain
ed Of the former guilty inmates Of this
snti.chamber Of hell, on whom they could
wreak revenge. As soon as the pool
sufferers from the cells Of the Inquisitior
could with safety bo brought out Of tht
prison to the light Of DAY, (nswS having
been spread far and near that numbers
had been rescued from the inquisition,)
all who had been deprived Of friends By
the holy officers, came TO inquire If theirs
was among the number.
Oh, what a meeting was there! About
hundred, who had been buried alive
for many years. were now restored 10
the active world, and many of them found
here son and there daughter, here q
sister and there q brother, and some, ,alssI
could recognize no friends. The scene
was such as no tongue can describe. :
When this work Oerecoguition was over,
to complete the business in which was
engaged, ! went 10 Madrid and obtained
large quantity ofgun.powdeF, which we
plsced underneath the 0dI6ce, and in ;ts
vaults, and as we apPlied the slow match
there was joyful sight to thousands ot
admitting eyes. Oh!it would have done
your heart good to see il; the walls and
massive turrents Of tha: proud edi'
fee, were raised towards the heavens
and the InquisitiOn Of Madrid was nj
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