The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-02-25

lhis rigorous sentence was vigorously exc
cu'ed On The day on which Oates was pill.
loried in Palace Yard, he was mercilessIy
pehed, and ran some risk of being pulled in
pieces; but in the city his partisans mus,ere d
IN great force, raised riot, and upse, the
piory. They were, however, unable TO res.
cue their favori,e. 1t was supposed that be
would try TO escape the horrible doom which
awaited him by swallowing poison. All tba,
he ate and drank was therefore carefully y in.
speced. On the following morning he vas
brought forth 10 undergo his first aoggine
At an early hour an innumerable multitude
filled all the streets from AIdgate 10 the Old
Bailey The hangman laid on the lash with
such unusual severity as show cd that he had
received special instructions The blood ran
down in rivulets. For time the criminal
showed strange consistency; but at last his
stubborn ior,ude gave way. HIS bellowinns
were irighiiul 10 hear. He swooned several
times; but the scourge continued 10 descend.
When he was unbound, it seemed that he
mad borne as much as the human frame can
pear without diss olution. James was en-
treated 10 remit tho second nooGirg. His
answer was short and clear. Gle ehall 60
through IT If he has breath in his bodv.n An
attempt was made 10 obtain the Queens in.
tercession, bu she indignantly refused TO say
word i'll favor of such n wretch After an
interval OF only torty-eshl hours, Oates was
again brought out Of his dungeon. He was
unable 10 stand and it was necessary 10 drag
him 10 Tybum on sledgs. he seemed
quite inseusIbIe, and the Tories reported that
he had s,upefied himself with strong drink.
A person who had counted the stripes on the
second day says that they were seventeen
hundred The bad man escaped with lifc,
but 20 narrowly that his ignoran, and bigoled
admirers thought his recovery miraculous,
and appealed 10 ii as n proof of his inno-
ceace. The doors OF the PRISON closed upon
him. During many months he remained
lroned i'll the darkest hole OF Ncwgate. Ii
was sOld that in his cell he gave himself up
10 melancholy, and sat whole days uttering
deep grcans, his arms folded, and his hal
pulled over his eyes. 1t was not in England
alone that these events excited strong inter-
est. Millions OF Roman Catholics, who knew
nothing OF our institutions or OF our factions,
had heard that persecution OF Singular bar
barty had ragged in our island against the
professors ot The true faith, that many pious
men had suffered mal'ytdom, and that Titus
-.,..-s ...s.. N,iIU' ..'',u~.SI. Inere
was, therefore, great Joy in distant countries
when it was known that The divine Justice
had overaken him. Engravings OF him
looking out from the pillory, and wrilhng a
the carts tail, were circulated all over Eu
rope and epigrammists, liz many languages
made merry with the doctoral title which he
pretended 10 have received from the Univer.
sily of Salamanca, and remarked since his
forehead could not be made to blush, il was
but reasonable that his back should do so.
Horrible as were the sufeungs of Gates,
they did moi equal his crimes. The old law
of England which had been suffered TO be-
come obsolete, treated the false witness, who
had caused death by means Of perjury, as a
murderer. This was wise and righteous
for such witness is, in truth, the worst OF
murderers. To the guilt of shedding inno.
cent blood he has added the guilt Of viola
ting the most solemn engagement into which
man can enter with his fellow-mcn, and OF
making Institutions 10 which i: is desirable
tha, The public should look with respoc, and
confidence instruments of trightful wrong
and objects of general dstrust. The pain
produced by an ordinary assassination bears
no.proporon TO the pam produced BY assas-
sinaiion Of which the courts of Justice are
made the agents. The mere extinction oil
life is very small part of what makes an
execution horrible. The prolonged mental
agony Of the sufferer, the shame and misery
of all connected with him, the stain abiding
even 10 the third and fourth generation, are
things far more dreadful than death itself. In
general, it may be safely affirmed that the
father of large family would rather be be.
reaved of al! his children by accident or b.
disease than lose one of them by The hands
Of the hangman. Murder by false testimony
is therefore ,he most aggravated species ot
murder and Oates had been guilty of many
such murders. Nevertheless, the punish.
ment which was inflicted upon him cannot
be justified.