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SENTENCE or FA,EEANK.-The following is the
sentence pronounced by Judge Buckner, upon Rev.
Calvin Failbank:


You have been convicted by an impartial Jury Of
your countrvmen, upon three indictments Tor the
abduction OF slaves from this commonwealth
The crime of which you have been guilty. Is
grave and demons one; il is crime whlct mol
oaly iniuriously affects the persons whose property
YOU have stolen, but one which affects, IN . hish
degree, this whole community; which strikes al
lis peace and tranquility, nay, at lis very existence
The law under which you stand convicted Is
mercul one tor 10 my mlnd death lise!t Gees not
ap3ear TOO severe q punishment for the commission
OF crime, the consequences OF which are OF so
deep and momentous character 10 us all. You
have placed us in danger of cur lives: you have
endangered the very existence oi our community
as a community, by the efforts OF yourself and Your
fanatic co-laborerS 10 sow discomfort among our
slaves; to incite them TO nsurreclionary move
snen,s IN order 10 regain their liberty say again,
| therefore, the law whose sentence you await Is
mercltnl one. To the Jury you are indebted lor
that they have inflicted on you SO slight punish
i1en,, "a they might have imprisoned rou Tor Sixty
| wears was pleased 10 hear you express resrettor
the course you have pursued. II what you said 10
the Jury were Your real sentiments and yon sill
retain them, II may be tha, the Executive will see
IT. IN the exercise OF his high prerosaiive TO remit
some portion OF your punishment As YOU have
profeSSed your penltence, hope he Will. Ii re.
mains for me only 10 pronounce the sentence of the
law which is, that YOU be taken hence to the ail
there 10 remain at hard labor for the term OF FIVE
wears upon each one OF The indictments against vou
making the iu term ol titieeA years. Prisoner re-
r,an1ed to iail