Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-03-16
RICHARn WALnEN

V -hh Aff'ff0.s 'taAN'.t A'''- At'f-
 Cruel, indeed, was this orler: because to whip these three tender women in eleven \ towns. with ten stripes a piece at each ' plaoc. evtenling length of eighty miles. \ in bitter cold weather. was enough to have \ beaten their bone, bare and their live, Ont | of their holieS
 On a ve~v cold dav the deputy " Wal iou." at Dover caused these women to Lp stripped nakel from tho mil3lc upward and tinl to a cart anl then wh'ppel them. while the clergy looked on and langhoI a. ' it: which. some of the friends seoinr. spoke abort, and testified against Wallen',' cruelty, for which he put them into the stocks.
 Such cruel higots are now held up to bo our exempars, if the pictv that has re- ! cenlv manifested itself in councils is uuror- tunatelv suffered to obtain foot-hold. Ont and down upon such christianity as this.- It is q libel upon true christianity. The Puritans having thus inaururatcd the reign of fanaticsm, it renuired but an other step to reach the forlest. blackost. and most unnatural and savage point to which human cruelty can possibly arrive That step ws eagerly and anxiouslv taken
 Blood must he shed; the cursed Qnallers must be eXterminated; an example must bo made of them 10 terrifv all who were not of the Puritan faith intoa submission, even though 1t increased the number of hvpo- critics, already very large, no doubt.
 Marmaduke Stephenson Mary Dyer and William Robinson, were 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 in the afternoon tbo condemned prisoners were led to the oal- lows by the Marshal, Michaelson and Cant Jas. Oliver, with a band of about t,yo hundred armed men, besides many horse men; as If they were afraid that some of inc people would rescue the prisoners. That no actors on the stage might be wantino the Puritan Priest " Wilson, joined inc | company. He 1t was who when the court deliberated how to deal with the Onakors. said, < Hang them;" or else. (drawine his throat) as if he would have said "dis- patch them in this way"
 Now the march begun. and a d,rm,oor going next before the condemned inc dr,,os were beaten especially when any of the Quakers attempted to speak.
 When they had arrived at the raIlows the Puritan pastor, Wilson," said in a taunting manner to Robinson, "shall sucb racks as yon come into the presence of au- i thority with vour hats on?" To which Robinson replied, "mind you. mind van it IS not for putting off our hats that we are put to death'
 | Now. coming to the ladder. the friends took leave of each other with tcndcr om m- braces, and then Robinson went cbeerfnllv up the ladd"r, and being up, said to tbo people that he suffered not as an evil door. and desired the spectators to mind tbe llght that was Tn them, to-wit: the light of Christ of which he testified, and was now going to seal it with his blood.
 This So incensed the clergyman :. 1Vil- son" that he said, 'Hold your tongue. he silent; you are going to die with a ie in your mouth.'
 The rope being around his neck. the hangman bound his hands and leos and ted hls neckcloth about his face; the exc eutloner being abont to turn him off. he said: "I suffer for Christ, in whom live and for whom I diel''
 He being dispatched, Marmaduke Stenh- enson stepped upon the ladder and said
 be It known unto all this day, that we suffer not as evil doers but for conscience sake" and when the hangman was about to turn hlm off he said, "This day shall we be at rest with the Lord!' and so he died
 Mary Dyar seeing her companions hang ing dead before her, also stepped upon the ladder, but after her dress was tied about her feet. the halter put about her neck. and her face covered with handkerchief which l the clergyman Wilson, furnished the