Evening journal., 1920-11-29

months he lay a prisoner In the
Tower. The bishop said he mus. re-
cant or die a prisoner, but he had
reckoned without knowing penn's OBJ
stlnacy. During the imprisonment his
hesi-known book was written the
only work which has held It's popu-
larily down 30 the present day-''No
Cross, No Crow" IN which he makes
a strong plea for return 10 early
Christianity. ID shows tho temper OF
the age when we remember that Penn
had no legal charge preferred against
him, was never brought TO trial, and
was not allowed any form OF defense.
TIT habeas corpus act was not pesssd
until 1919. Had he moi been person
OF note, he might have rOtted TO
death IN jail, but powerful friends oh
lalned his liberty on the strength OF
another pamphlet In which he was
evidently more orthodox and, th5re-
fore, less dangerous In the eyes OF
State and Church.
AFT an interval Of Two years,
spent In ireland, we ind h i'm arrested
again, this time for preaching In
Grace Church street. The interesting
feature Of this arrest Il the account
we have OF the trial. The jury was
obstinate and would not bring In the
verdict which the Recorder Of Lon
don desired. Time after time they
came In with n verdict that had little
10 do with the indictment. Penn
pleaded th- rights Of Engllshmen In
a manner that made him a benefactor
10 all who claim Justice. lie refused
10 answer 10 the charge because the
law, which they said he had violated,
was not on the statute books OF the
realm. The Jury sympathized with
him, and II was only after forty-eight
hours OF starvation, when they were
almost too weak to stand. they an
swered Not guilty" II Is a splendid
sight that OF Penn and the jury fight
ing for Anglo-SaXOn liberties, but
they were an fined together for con
tempt Of court" and sent TO the vile
prison Of Newgate They would not
pay The fines and they nigh have
ianguished there indefinitely II Ad-
miral Penn. 10 save further disgrace,
had not come 10 the rescue and.
against their wishes, released them.
But The admiral was near his end. II
was probably his sons conduct that
thWdrled his dearest ambitions. nor
the King would hardly give him an
earldOm VIII ici must inevitably fan 10
such q Quakfr-fanaiic Of son. and
so. in bitterness and sorrow, the head
OF the family sank and died,
This left William Penn with prop
erly and income which classed him
among The very rich, according to lha
standards OF those days. Vet the
change OF fortune in no way affected
his manner OF lifc-hc continued to
debate. publish and preach the Quaker
doctrines, and was soon considered
the head Of the sect Another i'm
nrisonmeni of six months for preach
ing we cannot notice. and a tour in
Holland and Germany with George
Fox and others probably made pos
sihle the subsequent immigration OF
Dutch and Germans 10 the new com
monwealth beyond the seas. We
| hasten forward that we may reach
! that splendid experiment and describe
| 10 before our time Is all spent.
We must pass forward to the yea
i6Si-a memorable year for the New
World. William Penn was % yea
old strong. steady and possessed o
much wisdom. gathered both from
books and experience. His much sur
fering had not lossened his faith II
( the truths Of Quakerlsm and the man,
{ months Of dreary confinement ha,
/ not dulled his imaginaiion For rea
sons that we cannot quite cOmpre
hend, he slill kept his Influence viii
The royal family perhaps for hii
/ fathers sake. perhaps because he ad
v0cated religious liberty. which thl
Stuart kings greatly desired. for the,
l were Roman Catholics and the RO
manisis Of England were sufferinl
almost as much as the Ouakers. Thl
| British Parliament was bent upoi
/ fastening the Church Of Englan,
upon The people. and the only law
/ passed were such as favored that end
Now the British crown was in deb
TO William Penn on account Of hi
father admiral Penn had never re
cciVcd an Of his salary. and had evel
lent money 20 The admiralty. VIII
interest the debt amounted 10 fi6.OOC
a sum altogether too large for an
ono 30 collect from a stuart king an
who was In a state OF chronic bank
rupt, TO boot When Penn suggestc
that the books might be balanced b
a grant Of land in ne now world, Ian
that was utterly worthless and hrinc
I. ing In no revenue. Charles II iumpe
at this easy method Of discharging
b. troublesome obligation and the vas
territory now known as the Common
wealth OF Pennsylvania was turne
I over TO William Penn as prOprieto
and Governor lie already had som
I knowledge Of colonial affairs, havn
3D. acted as one OF the directors Of NeN
p Jersey. But, OF course, there was a
/ Interior motive in pcnn's transaction
Years before, George Fox had traN
\ cled In America and had dreamed {