The Peril of the Republic of the United States of America - Percy T. Magan

the fleshy parts of the arm above the elbow, two
below the elbow, two on the thighs, and two on the
legs. Sometimes also his face was covered with a
thin piece of linen, through which seven pints of
water ran into his mouth and nostrils, preventing
him from breathing.
But the torture by fire was the most revolting of
all. The prisoner was placed with his legs naked in
the stocks, the soles of his feet well greased with
lard, and a blazing chafing-dish applied to them, by
the heat of which they became perfectly fried.[11]
Now all of these tortures and inhuman
barbarities were committed in defense of those two
theories that there should not be freedom of
conscience, and that men are not equal before the
law. They were committed for the purpose of
wringing money from the inferior race (if inferior it
can be termed) for the support of the superior. I can
not believe that originally the Spaniards were more
cruel or inhuman than the rest of mankind. It is
certain that we are all of one blood, and all born in
sin. But the manifestation of such awful cruelties
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