, 1859-11-01

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER !, 1859
THE JEFFnEYs DEMOCRACY.
Since "Col' Forbes pretended revelations,
concerning The raid of 0sawatouic Brown
upon tue Hasper's Ferry, are TO be used Tor
tue condemnation in the public mind, Of halfa
dozen Of the purest and best men in the na-
tiou, it is misfortune for tho Pro-slavery par
ty that they have not the power to put them
on trial before somo cxtemporizcd JetIreys,
ind n,akc them pay the forfeit Of their lives
for the crime of being wrongfu1ly suspected and
c1iminalIy accused. Tho Ecw.~York Herald
and Times might find in the faction for which
they do service some Lecon'pte who would
worthily I'll JetIreys' Shoes; and fur the rest,
there are hundred incidents in the judicial
career Of that model otlce-holdcr which would
seres as presidents for hanging every Kepub-
lican Senator and Governor upon whom hands
COLD be laid. For instance, when the Judge
went down to Dorchester, alter the Monmouth
rebellion, for the September assize, he did that
which would now servo tbs Democracy to
turn. There was certain constable in the
psighboshood who had aome money in his
lands for the use Of the Kings militia, which
the Duke seized for his own expenses The
evidence against him was only that Of an
abandoned woman. but he was ordered 10 be
hanged at once. onc Mathew Bagg, IN at
torney. had the misfortune to have his horse
stolen by the Dukes men, aud one John Law
renee, vl,o managed an estate near Dorches-
tes, suffered tile loss Of three horses in the
same way; bu. On his remonstrance, one horse
was eiren up. According to the Judge, these
men were guilty Of treason, and he hullied and
badgcred tue jury until they brought in YER
dict, when both Bagg and Lawrence were
sentenced to be hung up by the neck The
latter got off by paying f40o, and Of the
former Jef'rey's remarked II any lawyer
OF parson comes in my way he shall
not escape the rope!'-a Judicial avo~a]
that with slight alteration, the Democracy
will do well to remember.
But the case which would serve Mr.. Buchan-
an-the James Of our day-best is this: Lady
Alicia Lisle, the widow Of a notorious dissent
Or aud Cromwellian-a Republican Of those
days-eutertained at her hospitable mansion 8
couple Of strangers Of whose quality she was
ignorant. One Of them, before leaving, avow-
ed that he WIS one Of MonEnouth'a men, and
hnd fed from Weston Moor. Lady Alicia was
loyal, and sent to the nearest magistrate
message announcing the presence Of the rebels;
but before be returned, they were surprised in
her house. Wien Sue was tried, the jury dis
liked to lang lady Of her good reputation aud
great age (she was seventy upon testimony
like that which VIC hare related. But tile
Judge said, "If were among you, and the
prisoner were my own mother, l should find
her guilty" She was led to execution with
the others. At that famous sitting many
hundred were condemned 10 death, while
thousands, the greater part Of whom were in
nocent, were transported, imprisoned, whip
ped, branded or sold for slaves. 4 quaint old
writer Of The period says that 'Jef1rcys made
tall the West an Aceldama; some places
"quite depopulatcd, and nothing to be seen in
"'en hut lorsaleu walls. unlucky gib'ets and
"ghostly caTkases. Tho trees were loaded
"with quarters us thick as leaves: tho houses
"aud slecples covered with l.eads rs ut other
"times frequently in that country with crows
"or ravens Nothing could be lker he'll than
sal those parts; nothing SO like the deril as
she. Ca1drous lizzing, carkascs boyling,
"pitch and tar sparkling and glowing: blood
"and limbs boyling and tearing, and he tile
"great director Of all: and in word, dis
"charsing his place who sent lim--the best
"dcserving n be the Kings Chief Justice
",tbere md Chancellor afler, Of any man that
"broath'd since Gin or Judas!"
The Democrats lava got their Titus Oates
IN the person Of the redoub,able "Col' Forbes
They hare got the caspet-bag Of Brown, and
# they do not find there all they wish, can tue
men who 10 Lot hesitate moment in the Eorg-
ing Of election returns to suit any emergency
in my district, inquire what to do? They
have in fact nil the machinery for prosccu-
ton in their own hands. saving always, the
Jefreys for the Bench: hut wc doubt not that
out o. the abundant material in their party,
one might bc manufactured, WHO would, for q
foreign mission or an army contract, do for our
James, What Jedreys, for the Chancellorship Of
England, did for the James Of his day. We
have pointed out to them the precedeuts upon
which they may net; but as their foul LAM
guage and unsupported accusations Of trca-
non agains. the leading men Of OUT party, show
that they tnvo not been unfamiliar with the
leading events Of Jenlcys lifo We will say only
this: Let them remember that that faitldu1
Office holder and Infamous judge die1 misera-
BY in prison, just in time to escape tie gibbet
to which lie had sentenced 20 many righteous
msu; and that the party which aided and sns-
timed him in the iniquities which he prac.
hced, was driven from power never 10 pos.
sess it again.