Plymouth and the Pilgrims . beneither conviction nor sentence exceptafter a fair trial, before an impartial jury,177 PLYMOUTH AND THE PH^GRIMS and where the accused shall have full op-portunity to hear the testimony of thewitnesses summoned against him, and toreply? And then the penalty may well be tem-pered with mercy according to the wiseand approved rule of the great Pilgrimpastor in his letter to the Governor, thepunishment to a few and the fear tomany. If for a moment we could lift the veil ofthe centuries and from out the shadowypast summon the form of one of the greatleaders of that imm
Plymouth and the Pilgrims . beneither conviction nor sentence exceptafter a fair trial, before an impartial jury,177 PLYMOUTH AND THE PH^GRIMS and where the accused shall have full op-portunity to hear the testimony of thewitnesses summoned against him, and toreply? And then the penalty may well be tem-pered with mercy according to the wiseand approved rule of the great Pilgrimpastor in his letter to the Governor, thepunishment to a few and the fear tomany. If for a moment we could lift the veil ofthe centuries and from out the shadowypast summon the form of one of the greatleaders of that immortal company tostand forth and be their spokesman to-day,and bid the dumb lips speak again as inthe olden time, this would be the Pil-grims message which would fall on yourattentive and listening ears: The toils we bore Your ease have sowed in tears. In joy you birthright we so dearly bought Here guard, till you with us shall sleep!* CAMBRIDGE . MASSACHUSETTSU . S . A ,•10, ?o^ V* •? -. •^^o^. .•i°x >. .9 .-lOx. .? .0^ .!.••/*> ?#« ^^ ;v/\
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