New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-07-30

was publicly whipped. After visit TO the
| West Indies. she made her way to Turkey. and was
admitted 70 an interview with the Sultan at Adri-
anople. She was kindly received by him. and was
everywhere we'll treated in the East On coming
| into Boston harbOr, the 1.-TWO pestilent women
were not permitted to land. Their baggage was
searched and all their books confiscaed They were
then transferred to the Boston JAIL closely con-
| fined under lock and key, deprived of writing ma
terials and the window of their cell was boarded up
to prevent intercourse with the inhabitants Their
persons were stripped and examined for signs OF
witchcraft, but not mole nor spot was dlscoV-
cred. Not only the jaier but the citizens, were
cautioned not TO supply them with food. After flve
| weeks imprisonment they were returned to Barba-
does the jailer Selling their beds and their Bibles
for his fees and the master of the vessel in when
| they had sailed was held responsible 1or
! their transportation and their expenses III
Jail. They were soon followed by more Quakers
from England who were treated in the same
way. Women were stripped for whipping;
one of them with a new born babe at her breast;
and every refinement of cruelty became the order
| of the day. The spirit of the sufferers
meek, prayerful, forgiving, apparently beyond the
| reach of pain, vet resolved to endure 10
| the end-made' profound impression on
the minds of the people But the magistrates
though secretly alarmed, gave no sign OF relentlng'
but rather sought to crush the popular sympathy Dy
increased severity law was at length passed to
| punish with death such Quakers as refused tosuD-
NIT to Punishment. The children of the recusants
were to be transported to remote parts, and sofa
ms slaves The first person who sentenced under
| the law was Mary Dyer. " Her superb tran
ouity at the trial seemed to touch the hearts
of the obdurate Puritan magistrates. On coming TO
Boston Common the place of execution, her voice
rose above the drums which beat fuTously III order
to drown her words: This is TO me an hour of the
greatest 10Y ever had in the world No ear can
hear no tongue can utter, and no heart can under
stand the sweet incomes and the refreshings OF the
Spirit of the Lord which now feel" Mary Dyer
was reprieved at the last moment, but so lofty
was the strain Of her SOUL" that she seemed reuct-
ant to accept the fresh gift of life. Her reprieye
was changed to Punishment and she returned to her
abode in Rhode Island, but only for short time In
little more than six months she came back to Boston,
as she said "to finish her SAD and heavy experience
in that bloody town." Her husband, who was not
a Quaker, in vain implOred her life of the magis-
trates II only say this" he tells them III his APP
peal to their pity and favor" "yOu yourselves
have been, or are, or may be, husbands to wives
so am YEA to one most dearly beloved. Oh, do not
deprive me of her, but pray you give her to Inc
once again. Pity me beg it with tears, and rest
YOUR humble supphant." But all to no purpose.
The Governor again pronounced the sentence of
death upon her before the General Court. She was
taken once more to Boston Common, where " she re-
fused to purchase her life at fhe expense of not per-
forming her present mission from the Lord" Some
one tainted her with having said that she had been
in Paradise. "Yea, have been in Paradise several
DAYS" All was soon over. and she did hang as a
flag" said of her judges scofingly for others to
take example by" Such was Boston Town not
much more than two hundred years ago.
The cases OF these prosecutions too numerous TO
mention sngly ana they all have revolving sameness
They lasted years, aud did not come 10 an end until
the King, offended by the prohibition fepscopacy and0i
tine reading OF the liturgy issued sharp i1unCons To
Massachusetts, he said, It's very scandalous that any
person should be deDarred the exercise OF his religion ac
cordpg TO the laws and customs OF England by those
INDUCED with the liberty Of being OF what pro
sent All persons OF civil lives might freely enjoy the
tbst Ta W which they think best So It came to pass
that Quakerism conquered lfe 10 New-Engand.
1--WE own" wrote Penn from mis- cell In Newgate-" we
own evil government or Inaglstraey as Gods
for the punishment OF eydoers Hno the praise OF them
laws that prohibit us 20 worship God according TO
eonsciences believing It TO be His alone prerogatiye
10 preside in matters of faith and worship, yet both
own and ready to yield obedience TO every ordinance
Of relating TO human affairs and that for conscience
sake" Through long years OF suffering and ribulatiOn
this the unvaryng rule OF the Friends 80 even aud
sefpOSsessed their temper that IL was only In rare
instances that outrage and hardship provoked some i'll
balanced disciple TO extravaganza ana fanaticism TO
Iopdon. that men must form their faith of things
prooer 10 another world by prescriptions OF mortal
men, they have right TO eat drink, sleep,
walk. trade be at liberty or live in this TO Inc seems
both Tdiculons aud dangerous Eminent common sense
power of endurance which nothing could overcome
lieved TO the Divine law, taking the consequences with
resistance. Prisons, loss OF worldly estate, sc0urg
ngs mutIlaOns, the rage OF mObs ruin and persecution
i'm every fOI1n were visited upon them In the blindness
intOerant But was only by the Purltans Oh
Massachusetts that they were hanged
The primitive and peaceful condition Of society in
n nufp haS
been favorite theme with historical WRITER'S but
il has never been described with more impressive
effect than in the chapters IN this volume devoted
TO New-Netherland, and its steady-going Dutch in
habitants. The arrival of Peter Stuyvesant IN
1647 was the signal for universal rejoicing The
new Governor, it was thoughtwould remedy all the
evils of the previous administration. Then, as now,
the illusion was cherished that change of rulers
would insure increase of prosperity TO the people.
There was tremendous shouting on every side, and
nearly all the powder in the town was burned in
salutes. But the popular enthusiasm soon cooled
down. Stuyvesant was a man of naughty and
violent temper imperiOus IN manner; and when he
landed he marched into the town, like peacock
with great pomp and state" The subsequent de-
tails of his administration related at length,
until it was brought to sudden close by the Eng
lish occupation of the colony. The change Of pos
session made little change in the condition
of the people. The sturdy burghers re-
tanned their placidity; the rule Of the
new masters was lightly felt; there was no
plundering, no disorder; the Connecticut Yankees
kept to their own side of the river private prop
erty was everywhere respected the course Of trade
was scarcely interrupted, and in short time the
ordinary affairs of life moved on in their usual
channel At this period, the little seaport exhibited
characteristics that not possessed by any other
rWo cent n
York had picturesque quaintness in sharp contrast
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