Democratic banner., 1846-04-18
THE QUAKER'S DAUGHTER.

THE QUAKER'S DAUGHTER.
The annals of the year 1853 will ever pre-.
scnta blot on the historical pages of New
England, for the period d,SclOses a fury OF
Religious intolerance, and a violence cfpcr
secution, which darby stains the charac.
ter of those who, in other respects, Beri
our highest ~encomiulns.
1t was during the popular fury in New
England against the Quakers, that the oc.
laurence which | am now about to relate
took place.
Before asmail, unpain.e ed house in Salem
on a beautiful summer evening sat an Ole
man ard a far girl lis daughter. I'heil
faces but lily conceded TIE anxiety oftilcil
hearts, and a listener might easily have
seen that their fearful forybodings were
vet UHtounded.
"Ec.tl,, said the old man, ,.tter 4 pause
liz conversation, during which ne had ap-
pearrd to 80 engaged i'll inward PRAYER,
,"vc.rly, tie hand OF persecution is uPoa us.
Surely it was the fear oil the tender mercies
Ct tt" wicked in this place that caused my
own wife, Rebecca. to go down TO the grave.
ere vet the Grass-hopper had become a
burden to her as it has to ne. And now.
peer William, what will become of him?-
twice has he suffered the cruel sentence
If an unriehtcous law for visiting thee, nv
daughter. pray God lie may not have the
,tcmcrity 90 RETURN
":-tmcn," with blaHchcd checks. and tear
ifnl cyc;. calculated the maiden. Her anx-
iou$ attituIc-hcr ciaspcd bands all told a
tale OF deep affection. TO William Horse
ley had her youthful raith been pligEtcd,
Will" vet she was in n r native England.
and the cXtcnto Of liS affection may be im-
aimed wi.cn il is remembered that twice.
- the reader already has been informed.
had he been publicly whipped for venturing
within tie precincts of that town, from
which he Lad been banishcd. The penalty
Tor the thir,l ~oif,Ecc WAS death. and vet, in
spite If the LANCER he had dared, week af-
ter week 10 visit her whom he loved; and
her aiicrti,natc rcmonStranCcS only served
to heiGlhtcn his passion for one who, in her
love frr another. thought not Of herself.
Lon" and anxious did the daughter and
converse ontIeir future prospects,
They could ~na'surposc that, known as they
were 10 bc Quakcrs, they could long live.
unmnlcstcd. but there was in the breast Of
each a carefully nourished hope that their
perfectly quiet life might, at least avert for.
n time the storm which they felt to be gath
ring.
But these hopes were vain. As the two
arcs" TO retreat to their dwelling from the
air and dew, their attention was ARES
ted by a loud voice, and the tread ofheavv
feet. Soon a party of rough, ill-favored
men stopped at the door of the humble cot
.aGc, freely entered and seated themselves
and began to pass their usual rough
cStS, which the presence of unprotected
will always excite in the minds of
le brutal and wnfcclinc.
The visit filled the beautiful Quaker, IS
With undiSguiscd alarm: she wholly unpro-
cct"d, for her father appeared stuTilied,
With this before unhcard of liberty with his;
property. and said not I word; but by the
occasional flash Of lis eye at some new out
age, it was easy toscc that in his younger
.ayS Il much smaller insult would have cal t
ed forth somrthirg besides angry looks. |
Tie Object of their corning was soon made
manifest. L
'o"uN"I I d4ioh JOu, CIu lCIiOW, |
aid tie leader Vi the gang, H'to cumbcr this a
any longer. So stir Your stumps +
n! be oil. Ii you're here 81 six O'Clock
morning, by the MINISTER'S of a
igsin, you shan't have q reef - covert
d
II ohrr.' SAID the old man mceklv. u
'-Ent as ior Ills little sparrow" continu~, b
1 ,hc r~uiIian, III she can fancy ne. she Il
90 home and live within ne. What say h
q II my dear?:" il
The girl replied with an indignant ges- lc
ire.
'-Ah! ! know how the wind lies. / have e.
zen that ~llorSely around here before ROW; el
ii, bark We, you know his fate as well as ! p;
if he ventures into these parts again W
warn him; | an on the hook out" to
The distress and alarm depicted Ct the II
ri s countenance was so evident that the Ia
How storpedand after rcitcrating bis in til
to the old man, the band took al
leave. n,
\ short tim" was consumed i'll making o.