New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-11-30
P,lrttanian1 ii the olden Enc.


sution. and landed 1t Plymouth Rock, and there
founded the colony Of Massachusetts,, and at once
tablished according to their notons) wise and
liberal government. 0fcourse as they had suffered per
secution for conscience sake they did not in turn be-
come prosecutors. Let Us examine the reeOrd-let
Us Yindieate the truth Of history.
IN 1865 law was enacted By these precious babes
of grace. SO highly Landed by the Sabbath day de-
Tenders Id Councils, as follows:
That whosoever of the inhabitants shall directly
or indirectly cause any Of the QudkerS to come into
this jurisdiction, be shall forfeit an hundred pounds
TO the country and be committed to prison, there To
remain until the penalty shall have been satisfied.
And YhosOeyeF shall entertain them, knowing them
to be So shall forfeit forty shngs to the country for
every hours entertaining or concealment aud be COM
mitted to prison until the forfeiture shall be fully
paid aud satisfied And further, that MI and every
ot those people that shall arise among Us shall be
dealt withal and suffer the like punishment as the
laws provided for those that come in, viz: That for
the first oense, If male Of his ears shall be cut
ct and he be kept at work in the house of correc-
ton till he be sent away on his own charge, For the
second the other ear, and be kept in the house Of
correction as aforesaid. If woman then to be
severely whipped and kept as aforesaid as the male
for the first and for the second oense to be dealt
with the first. And for the third, be or she shall
have hsir tongues bored through Nth hot iron and
be kept in the house of correction close at work. till
they be sent away on their charge"
of course, these rational, intelligent and enlghtend
Christians took that the law should be faithfully
| eSeGQted. But dlQ. Lley stop Lnefeg History an
! swers, MOI They whipped men, women, and even
children of tender years through every town in the
/ colony, as the following order will show
ITO the constables of Dover, Hampton, Salisbury,
1 Newberry, Rowley, Ipswich, Wennam, Linn, Boston,
Roxbury, Dedham, and until these yagabond Quakers
are carried out Of this jurisdiction:
i "You and every Of you are required, in the Kings
/ biajestys name, to take these yagabond Quakers,
Anne Coleman, Mary Tompkins aud Alice Ambrose,
and make them fast to the carts tail and driving the
cart through your several towns, to whip them upon
their naked backs, not exceeding ten stripes apiece
on each Of them, in each town; and so to convey
them from constable to constable, till they are ont OF
this jurisdiction, Yon will answer it at your peril
and this shall be your warrant
Per me.
at Dover, dated December % 1862
Cruel indeed, was this order; because to whip
these three tender women in eleven towns, with ten
stripes apiece at each place, extending length OF
eighty miles, in bitter cold weather. was enough to
have beaten their bones bare and their lives out Of
their bodies.
On a very cold day the deputy " Walden" at Do
yer, caused these women to be stripped naked from
the middle upward and tied to cart, and then
whipped them, while the clergy looked on and laughed
at it which, some of the friends seeing spoke about
and testified against g Wadens cruelty, for which
he put them into the stocks,
Such cruel bigots are now held up to be our exem-
plars If the pety that has recently manifested itself
in councils is unfortunately suffered to obtain foot
hold. Out and down upon such Christianity as this
1t is a libel uE0n true Christianity.
The Puritans having thus inaugurated the reign
OF fanaticsm, it required but another step to reach
the fouest, blacklist and most unnatural and savage
point to which human cruelty can possibly arrive
That step was eagerly and anx0usly taken.
Blood must be shed; the cursed QnakeTs must be
| exterminated; an example must be made Of them to
terrify allwhO were not Of the Puritan faith into
submission even though it increased the number Of
| hypocrtes, already very large, no doubt.
Marmaduke Stevenson Mary DyaT and William
Robinson, we're arrested and found guilty, on their
own confession, words and actions, Of being Quakers
and were sentenced to be hung.
The day appointed to execute the bloody sentence
arrived, when III the afternoon the condemned pri-
soners were led to the gallows by the Marshal,
Michaeson and Capt. JAS Oliver, with band ofabont
two hundred armed men, besides many horsemen as
if they were afraid that some of the people would
rescue the prisoners. That no actors on the stage
might be wanting, the Puritan priest Wilson Joined
the company. He it was who when the Court DELHI
Grated how to deal with the Quakefs, said Hang
them n or else, drawing his finger athwart his
throat3 as if he would have said, dispatch them in
this way
Now the march began, and a drummer going next
before the condemned, the drums were beaten, espe
cally when any Of the Quakers attempted to speak.
When they had arrived at the gallows, the Puritan,
pastor, Wilson said in taunting manner to Rob
ilson shall such jacks as you come into the presence
OF authority with your hats on Z" To which Robinson
replied, mind you mind you, it is for not putting
off our hats that we are put to DEATH
Now, coming to the ladder, the Friends took leave
went cheerfnlly up the ladder and being up said
to the people, that he suffered not as an evil doer
aud desired the spectators to mind the light that was
10 them toWit the light Of Christ Of which he testi
fed, and was now going to seal it with his blood.
This so incensed the clergyman Wilson, that he
said, q Hold your tongue be silent; you are going
to die with lie in your month";
The rope being around his neck the hangman
bound his hands ana legs, and tied his neckcloth
about his face the executoner being about to turn
him of he said, " suffer for Christ in whom live
and for whom | die Y
He being dispatched, Marmaduke Stephenson
stepped upon the ladder and said " Be 1t known unto
all this day that we suffer not evil doers but for
conscience sake +; and whenthe hangman was about
TO turn him of, he said, " This day shall we be at
rest with the Lord u and so be died.
Mary Dyar, seeing her companions hanging dead
before her also steppedupon the ladder but after her
dress tied about her feet the halterput about her
neck, and her face covered with handkerchief
which the clergyman +" Wilson furnished the hang
man, just as she was about to be turned off cry was
heard, Stop, for she is reprieved Her feet were
then loosed, and she was directed to come down. But
her mind was already, as 1t were, in Heaven. She
stood STILL and said, She was there willing to suffer
as her brethren did, unless they would annul their
wicked laws Little need was given to what she
said but they pulled her down. and the Marshal and
others taking her by the arms, dragged her to prison
again.
barously used None taking hold of them they
were suefedto fall to the ground thereby the skull
of Robinson was broken and their shirts were
ripped OF with knife and their naked bodies cast
into hole and remained uncovered, the Purtans re-
asing their friends the privilege Of providing eoins
for them.
When the people returned from the execution
mony seemed sad and heavy, and coming to the
draWbridge, end Of it fell upon some and several
were hurt, especially woman who had reriled the
two persons at their death bnt she was so bruised
that her flesh rotted from her bones, which made
such noisome smell that her friends could not en-,
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