The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1849-01-19

tlous condIc appeared to have proceed.
ed from double motive; they hated the
Nazarene, and were impatient of the
Roman yoke. They could never forgive
me for having entered their holy city
with banners that bore the image Of the
Roman Emperor; and although, in this
instance, had committed fatal er.
ror, yet the sacrilego did not appear less
heinous in their eyes. The Pharisees
were the avowed enemies of jesus. They
cared not for the Governor; but they bore
with bitterness the severe reprimands
which the Nazarene, had, during three
years, been continually throwing ou; a.
gainst them wherever he went. Too
weak and too pusillanimous TO act by
themselves, they had eagerly embraced
me quarrel of tho Herodians and Sad
ducees. Besides these three parties, !
had to contend against the reckless and
Iprohigate populace, always ready to join
in Sodition, and to profit by the disor-
der and confusion that result therefrom.
Jesus was dragged before the Council
of the Priests and condemned to death.
1t was then that the High Priest. Gaia
phas, performed derisory act Of submis-
sion. He sent his prisoner to me to pro.
nounce his condemnation and secure his
execution. answered him that asJesus
was Galliean,t the affair came withinHer.
od's jurisdiction, and ordered Jesus to
be sent thither. The willy Tetrarch pro-
fessed humility, and protesting his def
erence to the lieutenant of Caesar, he
committed the fate of the man to my
hands.
Soon my palace assumed the aspect of
a besieged citadel; every moment in
creased the number of the seditous. Je.
rusalem was inundated with crowds from
the mountains of Nazareth, the towns OF
Galilee, and the plains of Esdrelon. All
Judea appeared to be pouring into that
devoted city.
had to wife girl from among the
Gauls, who pretended to see into futurity
Weeping and throwing herself at my feel
5 "Beware, said she to me, "beware, and
. touch not that man. for he is holy. Las
, night, saw him in a vision. He was
walking on the waters-he was flying or
the wings of the wind. He spoke to the
: tempests, to the palm trees. TO the fishes
r of the lake-all were obedient to him
Behold the torrent of Mount Cedror
: flows with blood-ihe statues of Cesa
are snilej with the filth Of the Gemonia
r the columns of the Pre;orium have Civ
= en- way and the sun is yelled in mourning
9 like vestal in the tomb o, Plate! evi
. awaits thee. If thou will not listen Il
j. the words of thy wife, dread the curse
o of Roman Senate--dread the frowns O
j Casar!"
BY this time my marble stairs groanet
i under the weight of the multitude. TIL,
Nazarene was brought back to me.
9 proceeded to the Hall of Justice, fol
/. lowed by my guards, and asked the peo
/. pie in severe tone, what they deman
g dedl "The death of the Nazarene,
n was the reply. For what crime!-"H
: has blasphemed; he has prophesie'
the ruin of the Temple; he calls him
:, eelfthe son of God-the Messiah
o King of the Jews" Roman justice, sal
g |, Furnishes not such offences with death
= Cruelty him, cruelty him!" shouted fort
/. the relentless rabble. ....
/. The vociferations of the infuriate mut
y tude shook the palace to its foundation
One man alone appeared calm in tn
:, midst of the tumult. He was like tn
|, Statue of Innocence, placed in the Ten
n pie ofthe Euminides. 1t was tine Naz a
IS rene.
: After many fruitless attempts to pre-
it tect him from the fury of his mercies
g prosecutors, had the baseness to adop
n a measure which, at that moment, appear
r ed to me to be the only one to save hi
,. life. | ordered him to be scourged; ther
e calling for sewer, | washed my hand
in presence of the clamorous multitude
1t thereby signifying to them my disappro
:, baton ofthe deed
d But in vain. 1t was his life that thes
" wretches thirsted after. Often in ou
D, civil commotions, have l witnessed tn
n furious animosity of the multitude, bl
e nothing could ever be compared to wht
S, | beheld in the present instance.
g. might have been truly said that on this OF
a. casion, all the phantoms of the inferno
l. regions had assembled together at Jerl
Of salem. The crowd appeared not TO wal
of they were borne off and whirled as
is avortex, rolling along like living wave
from the portals of the Pretorium eve
10 unto Mount Zion, with howlings, scream
g, shrieks and vociferations, such as wer
le never heard esther in the seditions
\. Panonia, or the Tumults Of the Forum
By degrees the day darkened like
,e winter twilight, such as had been seen
at the death of Julius Caesar. 1t was lik,
c. wise towards the Ides of March. /, tn
I'd condemned Governor of rebellious pro-
I'd ince, was leaning against column of m
s. basilick. contemplating, athwartthe DIRE
It, ry gloom, this Theory of Tararus, dral
ging to execution the innocent Nazaren
D. Allaround me was desert. Jerusalem hO
a. vomited forth her indwelIers through Il
n, funeral gate that leads to the Ger monit
o. An air of dessolation and sadness enve
as oped me. My guard had joined the ca
q, airy, and the Centurion,to display sha'
@. ow of power was endeavoring to mai
!s- tain order [ was left alone, and m
ID breaking heart admonished me, that VIII
as was passing at that moment appertaiDe
On rather to the history of the gods than tn