Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1855-08-29
BY Fl. BUCHER SWOOPE1..


Atbeiiisnsfelt for Thesus, and The Romans 70,
Quirlnts. The respectable Society of wliiol
he was member houors him AZ an apostle
By apious men of other persuasi5ns he is gen
orally regarded as a bright pattern Of Christia.
virtue. Meanwhile admirers Of a very differ
eni sort have souuded bis praises. Tile French
1 philosophers Of the 18Th century Tardo1ed What
tthey regarded IS his supers.itious faacies in
consideration Of his contempt for priests, and
F0f hiss cosmopolitan benevolence. inipartially
extended 70 all races and crerds His namc
has thus beccfnc, tlrous hout all civilized coGn-
tries asynonyne forpolity and philanthropy =
t This general verdict Mr.. Macaulay chaIeng-
es lie admits that his attempt ssrequires SOM,
ceufagc;e think the reader will agree with
/ him, when.the evidence IS adduced on which
I his challenge is supported. The evidence
consists of FIVE assertions LIST. That his con
nection with the court in lG8f, while he lived
lat Kensingteu, caused his own sect to look
tcoIdly.on hin and cTeafrsat l1iHl witli e5l9qBy.
! 2d That he s,extoEe lgauey'' from the girls
! at Taunton for the. n1tiis of honor. 3d That
he allowed himself 10 BE employed in the
work of sejac5ae knlE into a c94tipi rance
with court designs. 4th. That he endeavered
Ito gain William s assent to the promulgated
tedict suspenaing the penal laws. 9th. That
he Ssrlid his best to ssduce'' the Magician col
iegians 'sfrom the path Of right, > and was "a
broker in simony Of peculiarly tiscreditatle
+ i5fnd.s'lLa aaz Ho eeri e-a Ha
These allegations shall examine in the or
der in which they occur.d gat = a.iai z.i1
&
was soon. surrounded By ,fatterers and suppli-
ants. His house at Kensingtonavas sometimes
throngetl at his hour OF rising by more than
two hundred suitors. IIepaid dear, however,
+ for this seeming prosperity. Even his own
sect looked coldIy on him and requitad his
services with obfoquy.''a bis only authority
for this Statement is 8 erard Cr0ese tIIist. Qua.
l5b ii. 1880, a Dutchman, who never was IN
England in his life, and whose work tire Soci-
ETY. Of Friends has never eeognized. Croese
could have no trustworthy BaowIedge Of the
opinions Of the Quakerss snaI no right 70 rep
resent tbeir opinions The statements not,
however, merely unsupported; but is posi-
lively conifaflicted by she DevoHshire ioHSe
Beoords. These prove at this time Penn was
In regular attendance at the monthly ndet-
iEgs, .and' was elected to the highest offices IL
tho body
II. Thot the reader may understand the
Taunton affair, I must poirt ont the features,
with more extctress than Mr. Mac3ulay mas
done, which relate 70 his ciafge against Penn.
When Monmouth arrived al Taun.on, Ire found
that the town had pledged itself to the rebell-
ion, By tho signal act of having had wrought
at the public expense, a set Of royal standlfds
foF Hin and his army, by the daughters OF the
principal families. The ceremony Of present
iBE tHese standards WIS one Of the most i'm.
portant acts Of the rebellion at the head Of
her procession- the schoolmistrcss carried the
,,nlb'ems Of royal I,owerLelic Bible and the
sword;-and the royal banner was pres sntcdto
the duke as to their sovereign. Thereupon he
assumed the nine Of King-set d price 5nshfs
uncle 5 headZand proclaimgd tae Parliament
then sitting. trcason5rle conventions - be
pursued With war 8ad' des! !ructior. TINS insan-
ty cost Boiim6ttl, lis head, ana won 4 +i6bet
for hundredSof his followers. The case of
the maidcns was not dfG'5Fentto that Of lpaay
others. They had taken with their parents
knowledge, a prominent part in The Febelli2nR
and when the day Of venseance. came, they
stood before the law guilty Of q crime. for
which the sentence was-death The idea Of
sending thea TO the scafiold for fauits which
were tfeir parents more fhan fiIeir own, was
Of course not thought ofi but that the parents
might not escape punishment, the power to
pardon them vas given by the King to. the
maids Of hoRor,-lnot likely must suppose
H. ,1,c ,.,ost I,xo,ti,, az craditors os q
sort Of fee or bounty. is to be remembered
the sale Of pardons WAS in that age regular
profession: from the King--at least in Charles
time-to the linl5-boy or tie porter at his j
CAFES, almost every man and woman connected
with the court regularly sold his or her niH-
cnce. The yonng girls about tho Queen,
daughters,.Be it remembered. of the first fiim-
lies iii. the land, had no proper conception of
he.horrid wicSedness OF this .bro1erage;. and
they requested the Duke of Sonersetotes get
the affair arranged for them on the best terms.
Somerset wuote to Sir Francis Ware, the
member for Bridggwater, asking him as IA
vor to see the parents, as. being a neighbor and
likely to be known to them or to name some
proper agent. to arrange the business Warfe
had evidently nowish to be mixed mp with an
affair of this kind !; and he replied that it was
already in proper hands, those of one Biri.the
town clerk. For some unknown reason the
maids of honor forbade this agent TO proceed Z
in their behalf, and Warrc was again applied
to; but he refused to name a broker on the
spot, excusing himself on the pleas that the
schoolmistress was a woman of mean birth,
and the young ladies were acting at the time