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Pollexfen was at one and the same time right and wrong a condition
much more common than is generally supposed.He was right in his
indifferently expressed thought that a man whose mien and words
could daunt such a lord of terror as Jeffreys, should by the
dominance of his nature be able to fashion himself a considerable
destiny. He was wrong though justifiably so in his assumption that
Peter Blood must hang.I have said that the tribulations with which
he was visited as a result of his errand of mercy to Oglethorpes
Farm contained although as yet he did not perceive it, perhaps two
sources of thankfulness one that he was tried at all the other that
his trial took place on the 19th of September. Until the 18th, the
sentences passed by the court of the Lords Commissioners had been
carried out literally and expeditiously. But on the morning of the
19th there arrived at Taunton a courier from Lord Sunderland, the
Secretary of State, with a letter for Lord Jeffreys wherein he was
informed that His Majesty had been graciously pleased to command
that eleven hundred rebels should be furnished for transportation
to some of His Majestys southern plantations, Jamaica, Barbados, or
any of the Leeward Islands.You are not to suppose that this command
was dictated by any sense of mercy. Lord Churchill was no more than
just when he spoke of the Kings heart as being as insensible as
marble. It had been realized that in these wholesale hangings there
was taking place a reckless waste of valuable material. Slaves were
urgently required in the plantations, and a healthy, vigorous man
could be reckoned worth at least from ten to fifteen pounds. Then,
there were at court many gentlemen who had some claim or other upon
His Majestys bounty. Here was a cheap and ready way to discharge
these claims. From amongst the convicted rebels a certain number
might be set aside to be bestowed upon those gentlemen, so that
they might dispose of them to their own profit.
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