“ No American citizen can read the account of that shameful violation of the laws, without blushing for the depravity of the human heart. But what stuns the ear still more, is that this persecution did not end here. Lawless marauders always fear justice and tremble at the approach of retribution and to avoid either, this banditti, like a gang of infernals, prosecuted their purpose until TWELVE HUNDRED individuals were deprived of their homes in the inclement season of winter! ”

“ Neither do I suppose that a commendation from my pen will have the effect to alter one hair "from black to white;" but from the knowledge of the persecution and personal abuse which has been heaped upon him, I am prepared to say, that if a man was ever persecuted for righteousness' sake, without casting an anxious look back to the applause of the world and the flattery of the great, it is bishop Partridge. ”

“ Some in one county and some in another—literally scattered to the four winds! but the greatest body have made their escape among a more hospitable community—a community who love the name and essence of liberty, and are willing that all should enjoy it. ”