. The Pennsylvania-German Society : [Publications]. o shield the guilty frompunishment and extenuate the crime. The insurgents, says Gordon, were not the ignorantand vulgar of the border counties—persons more likely toyield to their passions than to respect the laws of theircountry and of humanity. They were of such consideration The Paxtang Boys, 559 that, whilst the public voice and the press execrated thecruelty and illegality of their conduct, they forbore toname the guilty individuals. Nor did the latter remainsilent, and shrink from reproach without an attempt atself-defence. They urged
. The Pennsylvania-German Society : [Publications]. o shield the guilty frompunishment and extenuate the crime. The insurgents, says Gordon, were not the ignorantand vulgar of the border counties—persons more likely toyield to their passions than to respect the laws of theircountry and of humanity. They were of such consideration The Paxtang Boys, 559 that, whilst the public voice and the press execrated thecruelty and illegality of their conduct, they forbore toname the guilty individuals. Nor did the latter remainsilent, and shrink from reproach without an attempt atself-defence. They urged the repeated murders perpe-trated by the Indians, and their convictions of the unionof the neutral with the belligerent tribes. It must certainly be admitted that the border-men hadgood cause to be enraged against the Indians, yet, afterreading all the evidence, which The Paxtang Boys havecollected and adduced in extenuation of their action, theconviction still remains that it was an outrage deservingof all condemnation. • .fe^/S^aAW. 4 t^v.
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