The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1868-05-20
From the Marietta Times.
An AIlegorical STATE Trial

ses were managed in the mother couutr
not quite one hundred years ago. Richar
Baxter, however, was treated with fairnes
and mercy compared with the Lady Alic
Lisle. So atr0cious were the judicial mur
ders of those evil times, that John Bunyan
while composing the RigrizRs Progress
could not resist the temptation to take Of
Scroggs, Jeffries, and their Ininions, in hi
, allegorical trial and execution OF Faithful a
Vanity Fair. To illustrate our meaning
we give an extract, below; ana the reade
will notice that BuDyan understood tn,
"forms of Law" the process of state trials
and the cant about ''loy- atty wonderful!
WELL
| The story is that CHRISTIAN and FAITH
Full while passing through Vanity Fai
would not conform to its customs. They
it seems, were not loyal to the Prince o
tho place, who is Beelzebub.i This raiset
great hubbub. The poor pilgrims wer,
arrested, and then beaten, be.smeared will
Gsiith, and put into cage TO be spectacle
to all around These indignities were born,
| with fortitude. The captiyes even made
favorable impression on some who wer,
more observant and less prsjudiced thar
their neighbors. These tried to expostu'
late with the rabble, but the bAser sort only
grew more violent, and charged the moder
ates with sympaty for well! say trai
tors, It's as handy term as any in the
mouths of the mob. A fghts between the
men OF the Fair was the consequence, but
loyalty prevailed, as it is sure to do, even
where Beelzebub, Apollyon, and Legion are
the potentates to be honored. = Faithful and
Christian Jared worse than ever, after their
sympathizers. the "cnpperheads'' of Van
ity Fair, were put down. They were scourg-
ed, irons were hanged upon them, and they
were led about in chains. Finhnally, it was
resolved to put them to death. We can't
| say precisely what was sthe last feather
that "broke the camels back, though,
if our neighbor Of the Register be consult
ed, he will doubtless afford the necessary
| information, as he detects many things that
we can't see.-The prisoners were again put
in their cage, then set in the stocks until
further order was given concerning them. =
At last they came to be tried FOR capital
ofense. We give the rest in Bunyan's
words
When the time was come, they were
brought before their enemies and arrained
the judges name was Lord. Hate-Good:
their indictment was one and the same in
substance, though somewhat varying in
form; the contents whereof were these:
THAT they were enemies to, and dis
turbers of, the trade: that they had made
commotions and divisions in the town, and
had won party to their own most danger
Gus opinions, in contempt Of the law Of
their prince"
Then Faithful began to answer, that he
had only set himself against that which had
set itself against him that is higher than
the highest And, said he, as for distur-
bance, | make none, being myself man of
peace: the parties that were won to us,
we're won by beholding our truth and inno-
cense, and they are only turned from the
worse to the better. And as to the king
you talk of, since he is Beclzebub, the ene-
my Of our Lord, | defy him and all lis an
gels.
Then proclamation was made, that they
that had aught to say for their lord the
king, against the prisoner at the bar, should
forthwith appear, and give in their evil
dcnce. So there came In three witnesses,
to-wit, Envy Superstition, and Pickthank.
They were then asked, if they knew the
prisoner at the bar, and what they had to
say for their lord the king against him.
Then stood forth Envy, and said to this
ChCc'' hy ioiu, 4 udNo hhoWu eiiio -naH d
long time, and will attest upon my oath be-
JUDGE. Hold, give him his oath. :,
So they sware him. Then he seid My
lord, this man, notwithstanding his plausi~
BILE name, is one Of the eilesr men in our
country; he neither regardeth prince moi
people, law nor custom, but doth all that
he can to possess all men with certain of
his DIS>LOY-AL notions, which he in the
general calls principles of faith and holi-
ness" And, in particular, | heard him
once myself affirm. that Christianity and
the customs Of our town of Vanity were
diametrically opposite, ard could not be
reconciled. By which saying, my 10 d, he
doth at once not only condemn all our laud-
able doings, but us in the doing of them.
Then did the judge say to him, Hast
thou any more to sayI
ENVY. My lord, | could say mich more,
only would not be tedious to the court.
Yet, if need be, when the other gentlemen
have given in their evidence, (rather than
anything shall be wanting that will dispatch
him. will! enlarge my testimony against
him. So he was bid stand by.
Then they called Superstition and bid
him look upon the prisoner; they also ask
ed him what he could say for their lord the
king against him? Then they sware him;
SO he began: ~
SUPER. My lord, I have no great ac-
quaintance with this man, nor do | desire
to have further knowledge of him; however
this know, that he is very pestilent fel-
low, from some discourse that the other
day had with him in this town; for then,
talking with him. hoard him say that our
religion was naught, and such BY which a
man could by nc means please Cod
Which saying of bis, my lord, your lords
ship very well knows what necessarily thence
will follow, to-wit, that we still do worship
in vain, are yet in our sins, and finally shall
be damned: and this is that which have
to say.
Then was Pickthank sworn, and bid say
what he knew in behalf of their Lord the
king, against the prisoner at the bar.
PIcK. My lord, and you gentlemen all,
this fellow l have known of long time,
and have heard speak things that ought
not to be spoken; for he hath rallied on our
noble prince Beelzebub, and hath spoken
contemptibly Of his honorable friends,
whose names are the Lord Old Man, the
Lord Carnal Delight, the Lord Luxurious,
| the Lord Desire of Vain Glory, my old
Lord Lechery, Sir Paving Greedy, with all
the rest Of our nobility: and he hath said
moreover, that il all men were of his mind
| if possible, there is not one of these noble.
men should have any longer q being in thi,
town. Besides, he hath not been afraid tt
rail on you, my lord, who are now appoint
ed to be his judge, calling you and ungodl,
villain, with many other sach-like vilifyinl
terms, with which he hath bespattcret
most Of the gentry Of our town.
| When this Pickthank had told his tale
the judge directed his speech to the prison
er at the bar, saying, Thou runagate, here.
tic, and traitor, hast thou heard what thes,
honest gentlemen have witnessed agains