Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1854-03-10

death, follows. But you, for n night
and part Of the succeeding day, riot
ed in the sufferings and terrors Of the
poor negro, and at length your fero-
cious dogs, set on by you, throttled
and killed him, as they would n wild
beast. Can't you hear his awful
death cry, "Oh, Lord |" If you
cannot hear il, the Lord Of Hosts
heard and answered it. lie demand
ed them, and nop, from you, the
fearful account Of Llood
You have met with the fearful con-
sequences of the Infamous business
in which you were engaged--hunt-
ing runapays aoifh dogs, equally
fierce and ferocious as the Spanish
bloodhounds. With one of you
(Motley) there could have been no
excuse. Your father, young man, is
q man Of wealth, reaped, and gather
ed together by life of toll and pri-
walton that the son Of such n man
should be found, more than hum
bred miles from home, following a
pack Of dogs, in the chase Of negro
slaves, through the swamps Of the
lower country, under summers
sun, shows either love of cruelty or
Of money which is not easily satis6-
ed. To the other prisoner, Black
ledge, il may be that poverty, and
former devotion to this sad business,
might have presented some excuse.
The Scriptures, young men, with
which | fear, you have not been ia
miliar, declare, as the law Of God,
"Thou shalt not kill" THIS Divine
statute, proclaimed TO Gods own
prophet, amid the lightning and
thunder Of Sinai, was predicted, of
the law, previously given to Noah,
after one race OF men had persisted
for in the image God made He man.
In conformity TO these divine com
mands, is the law of the STATE under
which you have been condcnned.--
No longer is the blood Of the slave
10 be paid for with money no long
er is the brutal murderer of the ne
gro TO go free /! "Life for life" is
demanded, and you, poor creatures,
have the forfeit TO pay A long ex-
perience as a lawyer and Judge.
makes il my duty 10 say TO you, and
to the people all around you, nerer
hare I known the guilty murderer
TO go free, If judgment does not
overtake him in the halls of Justice,
still the avengar of blood is in his
pursuit still the eyes which never
slumbers or sleeps, is upon him, I'M
Ill in some unexpected moment the
command goes forth, "cut him
down." and the place which knew
him shall know him no more forever"
Since your trial, one of the witnesses
much censured for his participation
in some sort in your guilty deeds,
has been suddenly cut Off from lite.
] say TO you, young men, "you
must de-" Do not trust in hopes
Of executive clemency. 1t seems to
me, however much the Governors
heart may bleed to say "no" TO your
application, he will have to say it,
Prepare yourselves, therefore, as rea-
sonable, thinking, accountable men,
for your fate. Search the Scriptures
-ob'ain repentance by godIy sor-
row for sin. Struggle night and
day for pardon. Remember Christ
the Savior came to save sinners, the
chief Of sinners. Learn that you are
such, and cast yourselves on his
bleeding bosom for mercy and for
giveness, and he will then declare
to you that, " though your sins be as
scarlet, they shall be white as snow
though they be red like crimson, they
shall be as wool"
The sentence of the Law is, that
you be taken TO the place whence
you last came, thence to the jail ol
Colleton District; that you be close
ly and securely confined until Fri
day, the Bird day Of March next, on
which day, between the hours OF ten
in the forenoon and two in the after.
noon, you and each Of you will be
taken, by the Sheriff OF Colleton Dis.
irict, to the place Of public execution
and there be hanged by the neck, till
your bodies be dead, and may God
have mercy on your souls.