Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1859-04-01


the infant saint and martyr? anl halt I
inclined to believe that my learned friend
who onenea ard tried the case 50 ably and {
50 we'll, had worked himself up TO the +
faith that this small citizen had the al /
ready s2routing wings of a eherub un-
der his waistcoat. He was saint in en-
brvo.-a small sized martyr in jacket and
trowsers. | confess that / could not but
sympathize with my friends, when all the
poetry, all the picturesque charm and
color Of this picture was banished so
rndely, on the last day Of the trial. What
a shocking blow was given to our sensi-
bilities; what ludicrous behind the
scenes appeared when we heard that this
small saint, who was willing to he kilt
for his conscienee,-who vowed with inf
mite pathos that he would never be cow
ard TO his religion but when we heard
that this very small and somewhat dirty
little martyr was out on the stree.s where
the boys were playing marbles, declaring
with the true fervor of pious Catholic,
Faith and I warn't agoin to repate Thin
damned Yankee prayers What very
abominable and altogether absurd little
cherub to be sure. would have given
money for one peep into the breasts of my
/ friends on the other side, at that precise
moment I wonder if, as they heard the
poetry of their case, the glory and the
seanty Of their dream, vanish forever in
the irrepressible litter which no one in
the Court House could resist, when that
evidence was given. | wonder if they
did not say to each other, that Father
Wigei's bogus bread and butter saint and
martyr ought 10 have been whipped once
more aud more thoroughly. This, may
II please your Homer, is the delicate, the
tender, the more than feminine purity Of
conscience, which cannot submit to say
'hallowed,' instead Of sanctifed, which
does not revolt from the words of our
. Ten Commandments which accept;
them all, acknowledges them all; bu
flies as from impurity, which shuns a:
: sacrilege the repeating those very words
2 unless they are divided according to the
5 holy dictation Of Father Wiget. VIVA
: volume of the benignant teaching of the
: Jesuit, what touching pathos, wha
: sweet infantine love of God, wha
0 tender delieacy of conscience, spokt
: in these words, Faith and I warn't agoil
E to repate thin damned Yankee prayers
{ Was it for that pious ejaculation that Fa
+ Their Wiget gave the boy that symbols
II medal of brass, whitewashed with silver
i in that very memorable interview at tn
IT Jesuit's house, ofwhich the oy,althoug
4 it took place but the night before he wa
; called as a witness, was really unable I
remember a single word excepting tn
: important, the sanity, the pious instruc
: ton 10 go home to his supper?'
= I remember, sir, that l was assaile
= some'shat rulely by the able and ell,
= quent senior counsel, who told Us thu
= after my terrible cross-examination
: his rather blasphemous and very profar
little saint in jacket and trousers,
nearly or perhaps quite tainted away
= Perhaps it was the attempt to find o.
" and confess what that very suggesti'
and significant and quite symbolic whit
washed medal was given to him fo
which weakened little Saint Toms ten
: er frame. l remember that it was
, question very general, very ofted ask,
never answered. question which b
been asked a great many times since !
persons who lake an interest in this tri
" what the priest did give that med
:. for the night before the boy was witne.
-, This was on the first day Of the trial
- May l ask nay eloquent friend. if tn
70. very interesting and quite painfully hn
=. est little martyr tainted away after ii
other very striking scene in Court,
A. the last day Of the trial, of which
has not yet spoken? ] desire to rec
IN that scene, with somewhat Of form a
So precision, TO the mind Of the Court,
n. lood Of light IS thrown from it ali oy
a. the case-all over the manner in viii
,st religious persecution question: gu
"A ton Of suffering for conscience sake
!, has been gotten up On very bunglir
e.r not to say stupid manner, must be
ind lowed to suggest by the pious Jesuit
-, 81. Mary's. Il cannot be forgotten Il
ia We have proved by the testimony Of
-. respected principal Of the Eliot School
Sir. Masonry the young lady assist
no, N his room-AIiss Marsh-whose in.
ed ligence and candor spoke in every /
ere Of her fair face-that the father Of
mr. boy. when he had haep disro:.sad