Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-12-17
Miscellany.
Old Paners.

NifScellanN.
Old Papers.
We continue, this week. extract. from
sOmc Of the old papers leaned us by A.G.I
hi'irclt. E>q, Of Johnson. Ia the
Montpelier Wa,eLn,an. dated, FRIDAY
October 2S,h, 1905. We 6ud a lis, Of
county officers for Caledonia aud Orleans
counties, with justices Of the towns therein:
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
Hon. Cyrus Ware, Esq, Chisf Judys.
'' f.siah f9da IfIs''P; Fi.s, f:q., Side Judges
Israel Z. Dana. Esq, High Sheriff
William A. Griswold. Esq, States .fiiorney.
Nathan Doty, Esq, High BiiH.
John W. Chandler, Judge Of Probate.
Justices Of The Peace
Hdrdtoiek-Thomas Fuller. Samuel French,
Mark Norris, John Bridgrman, Horace Hissett.
ORLEANS COUNTY.
Hon Timothy Hinman, Esq, Chid Judge.
'" TiaoISy TS%i' !; Stanley. S5h,',' r.o. Side Jly"
Joseph Scott, ESQ HieL Sheriff.
Gamalial Taylor, Esq High B1ag.
William Baxter, Esq, Statess .fitoraey.
Royal Corbiu, ESQ.,. Jdge Of Probate.
Justices Of he Peace.
UOicoit-lhomas Taylor.
.MorrisiOlcH-Snmuel Cook, Eli,ha Board
man.
Hydepark--Jobn E'Daniel, Nathaniel p.
Sawyer
Edcn-Jeduthan Stone, Moses Wentworth. q.
The lpatchman of March 1, 1908, is
chiefly interesting because Of the sentence
by Chief Justice Tyler Of the Supreme
Court of man who had been found
guilty Of bIasphcmy," which is given cn-
tire, aud is NJ follows:
FROM THE VERMONT cEN1INKL.
Mr.. Editor,
During the recent term Of the Hon. SUI
prcmc Court iu this town, one Eli Ham.
ilton. OF Jericho, was indicted for bias.
phemy. The indictment was founded ON
the common law; the Petit Jury found
him guilty. In prouOunciug the sentence
of the law, the Hon. Chief Justice Tyler,
made the following clegent aud appropri-
ate remarks. The Gentlcmea OF the Bar
present, believing they would be of use
to community, requested to his Honour
copy Tor the press, which he politely fur
nIshcd, and you are requested 10 give
them publicity in your paper.
Darlington, Jan. -, 1908.
Ell HAMILTON,
YOU have been indicted by the Grand
Jurors of the County for the crime of
s'asphcmy ; to which Indictment you have
plead hcl guilty, and put yourself on the
jury of your country Tor trial After
long, and impartial hearing as well Of
the testimony oil the part OF the state, as
the arguments advanced by your courcl,
the Jury lave found you Guilty.
You now stand convicted Of crime,
seldom perpetrated in this christian Com
muuity, attended with such aggravated
circumstances as arc not paralleled IN the
histery Of our jurisprudence.
la proceeding to the sentence of the law
against you, the Court deemed it neses-
sary to make some remarks. for Jour own
benefit, if you are wise, aud for the ad-
vantage of this numerous assembly; both
to rec,liy some errors ano to obviate some
principles pdvaHcod by your learned aud
respectable Couuci', which this Court
would charitabIy impute, rather to the
zeal of faithtus advocate, than to any
conviction in his own mind OF their truth; /;
which errors the Court are led to appre-
hend have been to hastily adopted by
numbers of our unreflecling citizens.
| In the first place, we observe that we
have 10 doubt that the offence of which
you are convinced is crime of awful
magnitude against the Majesty of Heaven.
and a most uugraieful return 70: the sui
tcriug and oxplatory sacrifice Of the Lord
of Life and Grace. Yet, we sit not here
to avcngc by human punishment, the in
dignity offered to the Supreme Being
no--as creatures Of his power, ard be-
levers in his revealed word, we can
only refer you for punishment to the tre-
meudsus day of his final Judgement or
for pardon through the ihtercesslon OF
that benevolent Saviour, whom you have
so contumelioasly reproached.
In the second place, we observe that
we Let not here to sentence you for any
religious tencts you may hold, and creed
you may profess, or any opinions you may
entertain. however hetercdox, absurd or
bold. The benign letter Of your bill OF
rights, secures to all the citizens. the
rights Of confidence, of private opinion
and the liberty to worship their creator
in the mode consonant to Individual faith;
and even these rights have been literally
extended by constitution; for the same
constitution which secures TO the pious
worshpper, the uncontrolled exercise OF
his religion, has by general consent pro-
teced the impious-the delst aud even
atheist. if such q monster exists. IN the
full enjoyment of their particular tenets
10 our excellent aud free government.
we have no Religious test to disquality
the Infdel for office, no Court OF lnqusl J.
ifcatien 10 cccrce the citizens into Hp-
pocrisy or Martyrdom; hut the correction
of error in matters Of faith. is left ex-
clusively 10 the influence of the Pious'
and the arguments and active zeal OF
Gospel Ministry. Aud it is to be hoped,
that without the aid of government,
,bo,,,bt nocossary nv Europcap States