The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1850-08-22

| fuuest oostfNer, Marked MIN as one or the princes
of the earth and in his face beaped majesty
! which belongs only to the free
After a short and simple prayer, that added
still more to the establishment Of the audience
and a hymn, in which few joined the minister
rose and said "'He that observeth the winds
shall not SOW and be that regsrdstk the clouds,
shall not reap My friends, these we're the words
OF Solomon, the wsest man that erer lived and
they were intended to show the folly Of under
taking TO foretell Gods future providence With
simple language but strong arguments, he en-
deavored to convince his audience that IL was
given to no man TO know the future, except by
the o~st' Nr2 he deuouneod az nn.d.aer erS -,
posters those who went about alarming the peo-
Die with their evil nrAdintions syAs . be
nnueo, "mey are sometimes worse than mad
men they are vile instruments ia the hands OF
tyrants, assuming the most holy functions for the
most diabolical purposes. Ii is their object he
said, turn your attention from the corruptions
and the evil practices OF those in power TO cause
| you 70 wear meekly aud patiently the yoke of op-
preston, while with fear aud trembling you arc
looking for terrible visitations from on High
Thus he went on, assuring the people that they
need not fear any judgments from Heaven; and
depicting with real eloquence the wictedness, ex-
tortions, and corruptions of the officers of the
Province. Even the King did not escape with
I
by him with masters power, and, finally, coming
down to the clerk Of the county, his eloquence
began to move his hearers because it was the elo-
quence of facts and figures, the narration of acts
with which most of his audience were familiar
And then" continued he, startling his con-
gregation, at there stands the man Of whom
speak, and when point him out il is not TO sub
ject his person to violence or insult ] invite
him to a free discussion invite You, Colonel
Edmund Tanning, to come up here beside me,
and answer me if you can"
The person alluded to had started up one of
I the middle aises but so intent we're the congre-
cation, that they had not observed him All
eyes were now directed on him; and he stood
Nth his arms folded, and his -well-marked and
aristocratic features flushed with indignation and
embarrassment.
"Do you know that vain man ~ said he TO an
elderly gentleman at his side, without seeming Ia
pay the slightest regard to the preachers ques.
ton. His friend was ignorant of the strangers
name; and the question, "Who is heln began
to be buzzed through the congregation, when the
speaker resumed:
"Colonel Tanning" said he, "you viii not
you cannot, you dare not, meet me on the field OF
free discussion but willingly, aye, most anxious
| ly, do you desire to confront me in corrupt
court before an unprincipled judge. know you
| Ncli Il uuucinbuuu yOu iVu ecSm INV, dii
indifference and contempt and yet, at this very
moment you are endeavoring to find out my
name that you may pursue me with the vengeance
Of the law. am responsible, sir, for what say
have no aliases, and my name is Council Red
woodn
The whole assemblage, electrified by this an
nouncement, rose to their feet A.; and one young
man, in the midst of the general excitement,
rushed upon the stand and grasped the speakers
| hand
"Your father and | mere intimate, Carey,n re-
piled Redwood, to remark of his new acquaint-
anoe cor, rather, should say, he was o father
to me. My father and he had stood together in
difficulties on Albermarle, many years ago they
fled together, and, though they settled many
miles apart, used regularly to see each othe,
twice year. Ny father died when was young
and following his profession Of horse -drover,
often saw your father, you being generally of al
school. never saw you but once, and then yor
were boy about ten; I believe they called 20,
A--h----s -s4ss var fa'he.n - -.e,ss -
THAT is my name,n answered the young man
"and now that have finished my educatiou
would be glad to see you at my fathers old plac
t All are dead but myself but you will find m
bachelor entertainment not altogether rude. Conn
you must 90 with me Immediately it will be dar
gerous to stay here"
"Why dangerous, young man ~ asked Red
: wood; care the people here not my friends2 ar
they not the friends of Liberty2"
"a majority of them may be, bat Colonel Fan
ming is here, and he has tools and friends
"And what brought that man herel How
: could he have known Of my coming2"
g He did not come to hear you said Carey
"the scoundrel has fixed his eyes on beautiful
lady of this neighborhood," he continued, in
whisper sand she and her guardian are both in
fatuated by him.
While this conversation was going on, tn,
crowd were gathering together in knots, som,
talking violently, some dispensing, and others ca
gery crowding round the pulpit To a gres
number of these latter, Redwood was introduced
and TO them he formally and publicly announced
his determination to speak there again on tn,
following Saturday.
CHAPTERIV w.
A heavy two-horse coach, considered in that
day, a very splendid one divided with Council
Redwood the attention Of the people at Haw
Fields Church
The latter, and the owner Of the former were
equally notorious the enc as greet leader of
opposition TO the Government, the other as a cor
rupt and naughty officer; and now that both were
present the public curiosity was unbounded
The clerk Of Orange was unusually polite and
affable, bowling kindly to all who passed him but
without appearing to be at all uneasy or intimi-
dated, he soon left the ground, carrying with him
in his carriage plain old gentleman of the neigh.
borhood, and his niece and ward Abraham
White was one of the fathers Of the settlement
a respectable but poor planter; be was timid
| old man. fond Of show, and immensely tickled by
| the attentions Of flaming TO himself and Miss
| Mary White his niece.
This latter lust then budding into womanhood
WAS fairer even than the comeliest beauties of the
Hsw Fields was q meek and playful child Of
nature, with soft brown eyes, In whose orbs lay
| shadow
"Lks the dusk In evening skes"
She had been carefully raised and educated by
her uncle, her parents dying when she was a
child; but old White, unlike his neighbors gen.
orally, was fond Of the society Of the town of
| Marlborough, and endeavored TO model his niece
after the gay bellies Of that ancient borough In.
| deed she had spent much Of her time In that
place and though the traditions of the neigh.
borhood represent her az having been much be-
loved at home she seems TO have had littls relish
for the rural sports and spiritual exercises Of the
| country. She soon attracted the attention Of
| Tanning and his marked respect for the Whites
made IL fashionable for the gentry Of Hillsborough
to treat with kind regard these poor and obscure
people A close and panied observer Of this
course Of things WAS Ambrose Carey and when
at his house with his new guest, whenever the
conversation turned on Fsnning, he was sure to
make some allusion to tho Whites Council Red.
wood, keen observer, soon OWNED the most
sacred wishes Of bis young friends heart and
managed In the course Of the evening" TO obtain
| from him full confession.
They had been children together; and from an
early period the beauty and conhding simplicity
OF "the Lily Of Hsw Fields,n had won the manly
heart Of Carey. He was much above her In rank
and wealth and ut the time now alluded to wac,
In education and position, one Of the leading
men Of Orange, though still very young Mere
rank and wealth, however, hsd no charms for
him. and though educated abroad, Mary White