OF THE REV. AMMI ROGERS A. M. A CLERGYMAN OF THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH, · EDUCATED AT YALE COLLEGE IN CONNECTICUT, ORDAINED IN TRIN- THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT, ON ACCOUNT OF RELI- GION AND POLITICS, FOR ALMOST TWENTY FALSELY ACCUSED AND IMPRISONED in Norwich Jail, for two years, on the charge of crimes said to have been committed in the town of Griswold, in the county of New-London, when he was not within about one hundred miles of the place, and of which he was absolutely as innocent as the judge who pronoun- ▲ CONCISE VIEW OF THE AUTHORITY, DOCTRINE, AND WORSHIP, IN "Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? Behold and see, if there be any sorrow like un "Quis talia fando temperet a lacrymis ? ”—Virgil.—i. c.—"Who can refrain from test COPY RIGHT SECURED BY ACT OF CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES. THE REV. AMMI ROGERS, A. M. was son of Thomas Rogers of Branford in Connecticut, who was the son of Josiah Rogers of said Branford, who was the son of Josiah Rogers of Huntington, Long Island, in the State of New-York, who was the son of John Rogers of Dedham, in England, who was the son of Noah Rogers of Exeter, in England, who was the son of JOHN ROGERS, a clergyman of the church of England, a minister of St. Paul's church in London, burnt by the Roman Catholics in Smithfield, in England, on the 14th day of February, A. D., 1554, old style, first martyr in Queen Mary's reign. The REV. DANIEL ROGERS, of Exeter, N. H., was the son of John Rogers of Ipswich, who was the son of John Rogers, president of Harvard College, in Mass. who was the son of Nathaniel Rogers, and brother of Josiah Rogers of Huntington, on Long Island, sous of John Rogers of Dedham, in England, son of Noah Rogers, son of said John Rogers burnt by the Roman Catholics. say: • Thou martyr'd saint, and all ye holy train, From the FREE PRESS and INDEPENDENT REPORTER, printed in the city of Hartford, in Connecticut, designed to review and give an opinion of every new publication in that state-they "We have just finished reading the Memoirs of Rev. Ammi Rogers, late an Episcopal Clergyman of this state. If we have entertained unfavourable impressions in regard to his innocence, they are now entirely obliterated. We sincerely believe him to be an unfortunate, persecuted man, and hope that every one who has spoken or thought ill of his character, will do their consciences the justice to read his feeling appeal to the public. (See page 52, 53.) The reader is requested to turn to page 262. TO THE READER. WHEN a citizen, by groundless prejudice, by false representations and by palpable perjuries, has been made a victim to eclesiastical denunciations and civil prosecu tions; when the privileges arising from civil liberty and religious freedom have been wrested from him, he still has one privilege left, the privilege of complaining. A statement of his case, and an appeal to the public, is the dernier resort of an injured man; such an appeal supported by satisfactory evidence, secures sentence in favour of the oppressed. To disregard such a sentence would not be just, and even if it were just, it would not be possible. There has been, for years past, much animadversion on the union of Church and State. I have practically felt the operation of this two fold chord which is now happily broken in Connecticut, and which has almost prostrated me in the destruction of it. But I still survive, and amidst the heavy artillery of a departed Bishop, and the artful machinations and cruel batteries of a Connecticut State's Attorney, I have been sustained by a consciousness of my innocence, and by the blessing of that merciful Being" who tempers the wind to the shorn lamb," I live to make this my last effort through the press, which, Heaven be praised, is still untrammelled, to evince my innocence and my integrity. Equal justice is due to all men, and the lovers of truth are so far the lovers of God. I cannot therefore but indulge the hope, that an enlightened and compassionate public will give the following pages an attentive reading, and an impartial consideration. To render railing for railing is no part of my profession, and to expose the real faults of my fellow-citizens is no pleasure to me, and I intend not to do it, any further forth, than a religious regard to duty shall compel me. All human tribunals, whether civil or eclesiastical, may and do err, and that which has been solemnly approved and sanctioned at one time has been no less solemnly disproved and discarded at another But without referring to former examples, those of a recent date will serve my purpose |