Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1844-10-11

which the ESCAPE of Paul was justified when he was
let down from the wall in basket. Let those who
Judge otherwise, give their reasOns-l will try to
give them due weight. But 50 long as see slave
ry to be eaUen-daring crime, and all the laws
that maintain it,and all persons who enforce them,
to he obnoxious to the divine displeaSure, | am
afraid | shall not be convinced of my Sln.
Fourthly But the other prisoners: have you
no scrupIes as to escape of men, guilty of what
you and all men justly deem crime" hare. /.
The case Of Dryer, the cuunterfeiter, troubled my
conscience not little: not The less so, because he
was an old slavetrader Perhaps that is the rea-
son why the press Of Baltimore has treated him
with so much tenderness! 2. There was a boy
named Davis, charged with stealing rem, worth
twenty-five or thirty cents, not guilty, as
believe, though not good boy, by any means. g.
A man, named Murphy. who, contrary to law, had
already been confined twenty tour days on suSpi-
cion only since discharged. a. An Irshman,
charged with petty theft, Committed while so
drunk as not to know what he was about The
poor man, chained HIMSELF has since that time,
waited on me in my severe illness, with the pa
thence and kindness of brother, without fee or
reward. 5. man charged with aiding in cutting
down wing pole, while drunk; not very helm
Gus Sn when sober, though deed Of folly. 6. A
man called SOuthmade, charged with stealing n
horse and sIcgh-charged falsely-a merchant and
ship-owner in New York, native of Falmouth,
Mass, man of unbemlshed character, and of
! large property. Such were my rOOnl-mates. Casu-
lists may settle for themselves, how much guilt |
ought to feel for rsking the escape of these per-
sons. So far as my myself was concerned, | be-
lievt it would please God if escaped with no inju-
ry to others, ust certainly as belive his frown
rests on all who keep me in prison, on such pleas
as those alleged against me, viz: mercy and com
passion to the poor of the land.
Filthy. But those bullets, that powder, and
hal bnu EpiSt IL nd IUhat how
do you account for that?' have to say, am not
ashamed of the contents of that letter. have Of
tered Mr.. Pinkney, the deputy attorney, and also
the board of visitors, exact copies for publication
(names only, omitted,) or for any other they
please to make of them. The powder and balls
were sent me by mistake We had no weapons to
use hem and did not intend to have any in OF
near the prison. Some of the company insisted or
being armed after we left the prison. | commend
them to all who believe in the right of sef-defence
, do not.
THE RESULT. Betrayed, all the parte.
save Dryer and the wing pole man, were heavily
J lroned and placed in damp, low arched cells, anc
, treated worse than tho we were murderers. Two
or three murderers now in Jail have never beer
ironed; the third for few hours only The frs
2 "a hours was loaded with irons weighing,l Judge
y % pounds, so twisted that | could neither
+ stand up lie down, or sleep. We had the dirty
damp floor, and one back-ess chair to sit or seeI
B on. Lighter irons were then placed on me, ant
r kept on twelve days; during all of which, aside
from the effects Of the irons, | was unable to ST
? up, and most Of the time, to get up without help
| 1t would have touched any heart not wholly deat
to human feeling, to see poor John Ste Wart hold
ing up his irons with one hand, and with the 9th
v err raising up the chained aud emacIaed SIGH man
, ana tenderly mlnlSterng to his wants and weak
O ness. III live, and have the means, LESLIE shall
II perpeluate it, Instead Of reproaches, John con
J. stantly cheered me; but for him, should not bav
e lived to tell it, May God bless him! Durn
It these twelve days, my bed lay on the hard dam
k floor. My licen became loathsome from filth
The air of the cell was constantly like a confne
h prlvy vault. They were cleansing large vaul
s. that for twelve years had been undisurbed 4 Th
a air Is less impure now. Seven of these lively
nights, slept none, from pain and the utter pros
= traton of the nervous system. The renainin
! nights, save one slept from one to four hours.
am still nearly deprived of sleep, and am unabl
% to sit up. With pain sagger across thd floor G
o the cell, when obliged to go, yet | am much BET
J ter
'. On Monday, the eleventh of these days Of hol
id ror, Mr.. Pinckncy, The acting district attorne,
: learning my situation from my physician, came
s. see me, and ordered the removal of the irons an
N the restoration of the comforts and decencies {
?, life, such as my condition required.-Tho human
IS warden, Mr.. Steener, assented: but his subord
w
is stead that day land the he was able en(orc
>, obedience, and the irons were removed from al
1t The circulation gradually returned TO my sleep,
It paralYzed limbs; and am now so much better,
l. to Indicate that six months careful nursing migI
@ restore my health as ii was last June am ver
ID weak, much emaciated, and my nervous system
a the same state in which was in 1885, when W;
i compelled to leave Andover seminary, and devo
e. nearly year to the sole business of regainir
ne my health.
I'd Do | complain? God forbid. Shall recei,
,d good at the hand the Lord, and shall not r
ct ceive evil?' Whatever may deserve al the ham
" of my fellow men, (and think it is not chains al
t. prison,) desire humbIy to confess my sins in
v sight am in the power of the wicked but the
he triumph is short. My God, even the living Go
he is my trust in prison. my hope in sickness, and
" strength in the day of weakness. deemed it DIT
lie, to him, to my family, to myself, to try to esca
he from my foes. Having failed, shall submit chez
wv fully to his will, and strive to overcome evil
Is, suffering, which is the next duty Such is my ju
hi titication, written my bed, with feeble han
iCe aud aching brain. believe it will commend
n self to my friends. If not to that, also God W
IRE help me to submit cheerfuIIy. He is my streng
oh and my shield CHARLES Il. ToRREY.
II Baltimore JAIL Cell No g.
re- Sept %, 1914.