Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-06-16


which she was about 10 enter; and in this
well-disposed condition was turned of, and
died a martyr Of Christ, being twice led to
death, which the first time she expected with
undaunted courage, and now suffered with
Christian fortitude.' 'She hangs as a flag for
others TO take example by said a member
Of the court, as the ~lifeless body hung sus-
pended from the gallows."
Instead Of being a warning, her death was
only an encouragement. Another Quaker,
named William Leddra, soon made his APP
pearance, and after a tedious imprisonment,
during which he was chained TO a lou of
wood, he was brought to trial on the usual
charge of returning from Punishment. There
was a dash of the ludicrous in the proceed
ings. One Of the charges against him was
that he refused TO take off his hat in court,
and another was, that he persevered in saying
- thee" and " thou" will you put me TO
death" he asked, "for speaking good Eng
lish, and for not putting oil my clothes ? -
- man may speak treason N good English
was the reply. "Is it treason, to say thee
and thou to a single person ~ No good
reioinder could here be made by the Judges,
AMI while they were trying to stop his mouth
by a few more questions, to their exceeding
dlsmay, another Quaker, named Winlock
Chrislison, who had also returned from BAN
ishment. entered the court and placed him
self beside the prisoner. The case of Leddra
was first despatched, by condemning him to
be executed, and this atrociiy was committed
on the 18th of March. Christison, at a Sc
cond appearance before the court, received a
like sentence, but leaving him the choice of
d voluntary Punishment, and this latter alter
native he appears to have embraced. The
next ~culpfits of the same class were Judah
Browne and Peter Pierson, who, for no Of
fence that we can perceive but that of being
Quakers, were CONDEMNED TO be tied 10 n carts
tail and whipped through several towns in
the colony. Immediately after, appears from
the records of the court, a day of thanksgiv-
ing was appointed to be kept in acknow-
~ledgnent OF the many mercics enjoyed for
years past d" in this remote wilderness! !"
According to Mr.. Chandler,# from whose
interesting work we have derived these mel
ancholy details, the persecution in Massa-
chusetts gave offence TO Charles H., who
had other reasons to be dissatisfied with the
colonists. He therefore e%njoined all the gov
ernors of New England TO proceed no farth-
er with coporal punishment against Quakers,
but to send them to England, with the res
p%ective crimes specifically set forth, in order
that they might be disposed of according to
law. ''The Quakers in London Immediate
" chartered a vessel, and the Mandamus be-
ing committed to Samuel Shattock, who had
been bauished from Massachusetts on pain of
death, he arrived in the harbor Of Boston in
six weeks. The kings messenger and the
commander of the ship landed on the day aE-
ter their arrival and proceeded directly 10 the
governors house. Admitted to his presence
he ordered Shaltock's hat to be removed, but
after perusing the letters, restored it and took
off his own. After consultation with the de-
puty-governor, he informed the messenger
thai they should obey the kings command
In the evening the passengers of the ship
came on shore, and with their friends in the
town, held a meeting, where they returned
praise to God for his mercy, manifested in
their wonderful deliverance.'"
The colonial laws against Quakers were
now abolished, and there We're no more exc.
c%utions Of this unhappy class of persons
but the magistracy where hostile 10 the sect,
and for years afterwards they contrived to
whip and otherwise maltreat any Quakers
who fell into their hands; it would indeed
seem doubtful whether the tOrtures and in.
dignities they occasionally inflicted p%articu.
larly on the persons Of females, were not
worse than death. The authority to which
we have referred observes with Justice that
the Quakers who exposed themselves to
such seventies were not by any means blame
less. Unlike the orderly society of Friends
in the present day they appear to have taken
a delight in annoying the constituted author
tiles, and disturbing the public peace. Much
of this however was produced by their suf.
ferings in the first instance; and the more
violent amongst them, from a variety of eau.
SEES, were evidently wrought up to a State Of
religious insanity. Allowing them 10 have
been as troublesome as their worst enemies
can possibly represent them, there can now
be but one sentiment respecting their treat,
meut-unqualiied condemnation OF their op-
pressors. 1t is true there were laws equally
severe against Quakers in Virginia and else,
where but this does not lesson the crime Of
the magislracy Of Massachusetts. Descend.
ants of Pilgrim Fathers who fled to the will.
derness from persecution, if not themselves
refugees, they ought TO have sympathized il
the eccentricities or convictions of other.
when placed in similar circumstances. How
true is the remark of our author, that ssReli
glous Intolerance was the mistake of tht
age!"
*American Criminal Trials, by P. W
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