Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1865-11-17
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c1fnpletclv routed them, their chief lead
ers being executed by martial law, an
the Vicar Of st. Thomas, one Of the prir
cipal insurgents, being hanged trom th
b. top Of his own steeple.
A rebellion I'm Norfolk broke out tn
same year, and raised an army twent
thousand strong, which being defeate
by the Earl Of Warwick, in a great bat
tie, he Offered the rebels a free pardon
which was accepted, eleven, only, of tn
leaders being reserved for execution
Another rising i'm Yorkshire was pre-
vented by this timely Facfication, and I.
general pardon was now publishe,
1 throughout the kingdom, for ali that haC
been done, with some few exceptions
This leuiency was much denounced BY
/ the Council, who would have had more
/ punishments meted out; but the Protec-
tor who represented the King, thought
/ that fear was a greater cause Of disorder
than impunity could he.
These wereall rebeIli0ns againsta Prot
{ estant dynasty. In the next reign, that
of Queen Mary, occurred the insWrec-
/. ton led by Sir Thomas Wyatt, against a
] Catholic dynasty. This scheme mis-
: carried without coming 10 q battle, but
] from one hundred 10 four hundred lives
I Ivariously estimated by different histO-
rians'. were taken on the scahold, and
I four hundred more Of the insurgents were
| led through the city with ropes about
! their necks, 10 Westminster, and there
pardoned by Queen Mary in person
On the restoration Of the Protestant
religion, az the accession Of Queen Eliza
/ beth acts We're passed incapacitating all
who refused to take an oath acknOwl-
edging the Queens supremacy, from
holding office and whoever denied the
supremacy forfeited all his goods and
chatteIs. and a repetition Of the ofiansa
was declared treason, which was capi-
tai crime
The first rebellion in her reign was
fomented ia the interest Of the Cath
olic religion. The Earls Of N0rthum-
berland and WestmOreland were its
chiefs, and on the IN success Of
their cause, fed into Scotland,
while the greatest severity was used
against al who had taken part in it. No
less than eight hundred persons suffered
by the hands Of the executi0ner.
The famous conspiracy Of the Earl of
Essex, against Elizabeth although par
ticipated in by less than two hundred
m8icOnteuts. w6s severely punished by
tine execution of Essex and six Of his con
fsderates. Yet no overt act Of treason
had been committed, the schemes Of the
having been crushed in the
embryo. Although Elizabeth SO greatly
affected popularity and the praise
of clemenCy, she carried IL with a high
hand in all cases Of insurrectiOu Orpublic
disorder. She ordered martial law to be
exercised, not only over the soldiers but
over the whole people. Lord Bacon eN-
pressly says that the trial Ut common
law granted to the Earl Of Essex and his
accOmpliceS, was a favor, for that case I
would have justified the severity Of mar
tial law. Yet no blow was struck by the
c0nspirat0fs. This Queen ordered mar
tiaI law to be used against even the iHl-
porters Of Popish books from abroad, and
the iails, during her reign, were full Of
prisoners Of State, who were Oftentimes
loaded with irons, ard treated In the
most cruel manner without being able
10 secure trial OF redress
The rebellion ofthe Duke OfSiOnmOuthJ .
in sixteen hundred and eighty-five, .
involved an amount and severity
If punishment 20 the defeated rebels, 4
such SIS has not been paralleied In I'm F.
glish history, however it may have been /
eoualed or surpassed ia the annals ofIre- I
land. Monmouth appears TO have been
a weak aud irresoiute character, unable T.
10 take adyant5gQOr tine Ere7tuupopular-
ity Of King james IT, and his utter de-
feat and overthrow b. rhe forces Of the
latter, at the battle Of Sedgem0uF, was
followed by his own execution, aud the
hanging. sbs0lutely without trial, of forty
of his sdherauJs Then followed the ig-
dicial murder of Jehrey-, forever infa-
NOUS la history. He proved that the
cruelty and rigor OF law could a4ual if
mot suTpass, the horrors of military ty-
r8nDv. ID was his familiar boast that he
had hanged more traitors than all the
Judges Uf England -inc5 tie conquest. /
Tine nUmber whom he executed la one
month exceeded the whole number ofpo-
Htical offenders who have since been eA-
e,uted in an England. The victims Ofhis
8. bloody assizas reached the number of
three hundred and twenty On @ single
cifguiL an of whom We're beheaded or
hanged. aHd the number convicted and
transported was eight hundred aud forty
one. These human cargOes were slowed
closely ia the holds Of small vessels,
never suffered 10 60 on dech, and the
among them was nearly
twenty-five pat cent Of the whole NUM-
ber- The survivors were mere skeletons
when they reached their place of
Here they were actually sold as slaves
for ten wears. such were the tender
nercies Of the British Government
towards rebels less than two centuries
ago. The property If All PERSONS con-
victed was forfeited absolutely 10 the
greedy inf0rmers who betrayed them,
and that no ingredient Of villainy might
bs wanting, the Chief Justice himself
drove a large ard lucrative trade in par
dons. No wonder that such atrocities
led. shortly after, t0the revolution which
drove james H. from the throne which
he had disgraced and placed "a milder
and more benevolent dynasty i'm power.
II was more than a year after the ac-
cessiOn Of William and Mary % the
throne Of England, before an act Of gem
eral indemnity was passed. This was
owing. not to the Kings aversion to
clemeacy, fyT William repeatedly rep0m-
mended 10 his Parliament the pas
sage of such a bill, that the minds Of
his subjects uf all parties might be
duieted, and that they might unani-
mously concur IN promoting the honor
and welfare Of the kingdom. But
the Whig party was violently OPP
posed to any indemnity Wilcn should
Give to the tory paTtisans OF the late de-
tested King James any share OF power
Al length, ia tie year sixteen hundred
and ninety, the act Of fun indemnity was
passed. although the act Of aPiuraLlonr
recurring an oath Of special hdelity TO
William in opposition to James, was lost
such was still the strength Of the tory
causa i'm Parliament, that thirty persons
were excepted, by name, nom the benefit
Of the amnesty, being such lords, bishops
and gentlemen as had been most obnoX-
IONS to the cause of the revolution.