The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1810-07-17 00:00:00, page 1

0 JCT Published by Thomas Ritchie, nearly op
P-site thi Globe Tavern, Richmond, Virginia,
if CONDITIONS:—Five dollars a year, to
be paid annually in advance. Those who wish to
be considered a* annual subscribers, must hereafter
designate it at the time oj subscribing, otherwise
their p ipers will be discontinued at the expiration
of the first year.
RICHMOND PRICES CURRENT.
D
C
5
to 8
TOBACCO,
9
00
TUOV R-SUPER FIN B,
8
50
DO. FINE,
3
75
CORN, PER BARREL,
1
67
WHEAT,
9
0
BACON, PER LB.
67
0
WHISKEY, PER GALLON,
110
00
BAR IRON, PER TON,
280
00
HEMP, PER TON,
BY virtue of a deed of trust, executed by J »mes
Hurl, to the subscriber, to sati»fy and pa) a
Bum of money therein mentioned, due to J >nn F
Price: Will be sold, for ready money,’ on the
270i day of tins present month, at the Eagle Ta
vein, the brick HOUsE &■ LOT, belonging to
the said Hurt, lying amt being in die city of Kicl\
xn-md, on the street running parallel with the
north side of the basin of the canal, as particular
ly described in the said dc ed.
Win D WREN, Trustee.
June 19. ids
*.* 1'he sale of the above property is postpo
ned to the 2lst July, when it will positively take
pit* e
June 26 tds
VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR SrvLE.
Tne subscriber is authoris-d to sell the
large St commml'tms BRICK. HUlLDlNCi, on
t"c M lilt Sueet on Sho< kic Hill, at present oc
cupied <y Mr. Kivd.tin—Also, the small hKICK
HOUili.ii' xi. above the one in which Mr. Hi
v..l in |ivi s. and the two WOODEN TENE
MENTS be-w-en th- last mentioned house and
Mi-. B -axion’s—For parth-ul u-s enquire of
THUS TAYLOR.
M.v29 1810 if
BY Vi' J of a decretal order of the Court
of toe U-ihed Mates for the fifth Circuit,
and Vwg nia district, pronounced on the 2lst
day oi J i e, 1309, amended by an order entered
oh the 24' h day of M .y, 1810, in a suit wnerein
j1 Lloyd, executor of the surviving partner
c <J.:; * x Os j i »d Hoibury, was plaintiff", and
H riv Pulton and others were defeiulan'a, 1
si ll, on the li sid iy of August next, sell to the
li •. st bidder, on a credit of one, two and tliree
y s, h~ wlinlv id the Estate called M.-lNS
I ELD, .Subjectto the dower rignts of thee1
d *lr» P ig , and t ' * ten..nr.y, (luringthe pie
s’. ye»r, •» i the balance Tins el g .m and val
u .de property bes within one mile ol Fredericks
b.-jf The houses are among the best in the
Tire situation is extremely Ik,-uthy, and
s ipniicd wit i the best water— I'iie soil issuppo
8 > be ••quid to any on tile Rappahannock Ri
ft - which, inexhaustible quur
■nn>iiig great pi oli t> . nun ol eiiterprize Mrs.
P ge’a dower is ;n l.Old i acres ; the reversion of
w . h alter her intt'fi s' is spent, wnl constitute
oi. Lot The part held b. to - tenants of Ro
b "l C P ig •, consisting oi 6r acres, wdl con
st nie a outer Lot: and tr.r balance, of 1,137
a > s, on which III? irnprmemenis are, will
th k the third L > Oi this last. there are a
bi> “ SJ:J acres of woo l land, and on the others,
* re is till* us-i I p -portion .of wood- If 1
sh .<nd till l th i it would sui' 1 he views of purer a
se. , e ei, the L ns may be m .ilificd on the d,.v
o' e 1
A.', the: s*nv„* time, Si in pursuance ofihe same
or«i ii t »vi.i Mill in different Lots, on die same
%e in.-, about • 1 ven or t nulvi uiincli ii acres on
M > p II .X «!r vised t»y the late Col |» .jye to his
son | "> i l1^ <*- i .ir. s ties w il continence at
1J .• ' *ck before the ii-oin ilimr ot William
H n Ion s I' tvern, in FV< dericksburfj, ami be
a j uiiied, if necessary, Irom day iod*v
1 fie purchase! ot at h Lot must jjive bond,
xvn n appi >v *'.l set urity, tm • ne nurciiase ni ini y,
mi I the i t i I is to r m ini bourn! £i tic re-sold, on
' *nlt i 1 pninent, tor so mu-h tr dv money,
a m.iv b» soli ien> to raise Lite balance dien due,
a the residue, on cr< dit, to m.el tiie future in
s I nent, of ustalrnents j tin-proceeds of which
r > dc is to be in like manner secured; and Ibis
operation o '-e salv is toll- read-* as often as such
c s ve del 'll-;, -li 11 retju.re ; conforming' cacti,
to toe terms prescribed 1 ir tiie ft: si
\ coinpleat map of the l ind w 11 be left with
III *!s ip »it Mansfield, who will show the
premise-. lifcNjAMlN BOl’TS.
May 29_ epuls
1A N I>s FOR S \LE — The Subscriber of
d fi rs fur sale, bis
TRACT OF LAND,
Lying in tun county ot Amherst, on the waters of
L. *w river, adjoining the lands of Janu s Frank.
| -.-1 Franklin's estate, Micuj b C mden,
W tiiam S Crawford and Rarliett C-ish j con
ta ng it • !!• 9l)0 acres Ti:is tract lies extremely
. ; upon it is a considerable <pi.mlUy of mea
do a ground, it is very fertile, well watered, and
vv i ml -.pled to the culture of corn, wheat and
fr o ; upon it is a plantation sufficient to vroi k
tig hinds, a considerable part of it m frebli land,
an ! t b. whole of it is uia high state of Milt iv.ttioti
— w>li enclosed, and divided into fmr fields *
.ft c i field in its turn has been sow d in sm .11
-grain, a part of the grain has been rolled in the
I5, osier ol J'.u is, and the whole, have bben sowed
in tlie.ir turn in red clover, wliicli grows luxuri*
am. on thispl.i li ition ; that, together with the
■white dov>r, which grows naturally upon it,
produces vi < y line pas'urage, tliere is aiso upon
it a very good apple orchard, and there has lately
o. n bu.lt thereon, some use fut and valuable hou
ses A I driller description is deemed mniecess.f
rv. as it is presumed that no person will purchase
without first viewing the lands. The overseer
living Mi ihe plantation, will shew the land to any
parson wishing to purchase.
ALSO-One Ollier iiuct lying in Goochland
county, on h-»th «i'hs of Tuck, dux: creek, on the
north side ot'lie Three Chop road, ad joining the
fands of Her.jim.n Hiii'hes, lleuj min Watkins,
nod £»li*d> i 1-t -k s estate, containing three litin*
dri d and fifty aci -», a considerable part of this
|s..d is cleared, and none of it has been in culliva
ti hi for ■ me yeais past } it is land of good soil,
and is well adapted t » the culture of corn and
wieni, ; il l is ury convenient to market, being
al.ou* twenty three m:ies from the city of Rich
Jiiond.
These Lands will he sold on time, and F e pay
men'll hi id acr unmod .img to purchasers Fm
further pnh.rdir* rtspei l og this last tract ol
t- i'll, apply to G'.J Ito'iert II Saunders, living
O' :• n. iofii iilroonty, ,,t i the sobar rl!>er it.
c >' ■. of Richmond ‘ WILLIAM GALT.
Apr.. 51.
GUN-POWDER !—The proprietors of the
RICHMOND POWDER MILLS, offer
for sale, by the kef* or larger quantity, F and FF
Gun Powder, glazed and ungla?ed ; warranted
equal to any imported, and on reasonable terms
Retailers at liberty to return the powder, if
not approved. Apply to
JAMES BROWN, Jr. Or,
DAVID J BURR
May 25__ 2aw2w&.lawtf
Nathaniel sheppard, Attorney at
Lav, has removed his office to the room o
ver the Arch, opposite the Globe-Tavern, where
the ^heri IPs office of Henrico was formerly kept.
Julv *• _lm
WANTED, a SEAMSTRESS of good clu
lacter anil disposition—for whom, a very
liberal price will be given, in cash. Apply at
this office.
June 26
tf
VX7TLL he offered for sale, on the 15th day of
’ * August next, on the premises, to the highest
bidder, that v du tble Estate, called
SUMMER HILL,
Lately the propei ry of Dr. John H veningham
deceased, situate in Chesterfield cou-.ty, adjoining
Janies River, abou‘ four miles below the t wn < f
Manchester, containing by a late survey 795 acres ;
tne half of which is woodland mostly well tim
bered. <111.183 acres of low ground, including about
30 acres of valuable meadow-;mpi ov- nimts of
various kinds choice Fruit Tr. es ; houses usually a
dapted to a Plantation —a Dwelling H use with 4
rooms- each ajire place, p isstige and closets anil
excellent springs of water, convenient to the duel
ling house. This situation commands a pleasing
view of the river, the adjacent se<its. and great part
of the city of Richmond. The terms of sale will
be S .j5U0 in cash, and the bahmee of the purchase
money payable by two annual instalments with a
deed of trust or. the land to secure the payments —
Ret mission to sow wheat at the usual time, and
possession will be given on the firs- day of January
1811. Those inclined to purchi.se will be shewn the
Land by applying to Mr R Prichard, or to Mr.
IVtn Short who live adjoining.
I hose who have clwms upon the estate of the de
ceased J II are rei/uested to hjtitl them to \lr
B ander oj M .uchrster for adjustment and those
ttuiebtedare requested to makr p i ment to him
THE TRUSTEES
July 13. _ tds
jY/TG. 0. MOHIEN, informs the getilie
men of Kiclmi'-nd. that Ik* will teach, boti<
publicly and privately, the noble aiidus ful art of
/■ i'.NCING, with the small and liroa.l Sword —
If-pledges himself to give perfect satisfaction
to those persons who m^y honor him with the-'
confidence. For his term9 and other particnla s,
apply to hun, for ttie present, at Mr. Peter Te
Ju!y 13 _3tfl
!\/T vHElR \ WINE, liehevetl to be ol theve
•i-’A iy best quality—fur sale by the Fipe or
Hogshead.
GIBSON Cr JEFFERSON
June 19 tf
C'* TEltRELL and L oirvlNSUN, have
✓ • removed their SCHOOL, front the
-* v • - -•—V retired situation on
the lull, tdjoihing Southgate's.
May 29 tf
FROM Til N. T COLUMBIAN.
MR. SAMPSON’S REPLY,
CONTINUED.
There was a monastery, where deadly
.crimes were expiated, called La Traffic:
; when sinners entered it, they made a mr
i nhie vow ol everlasting silence, and from
that awful moment never uttered a word,
and daily with their (mils dug their own
graves. When ihe midnight hell tolitd them
; to prayer, they left their solitary cells,
and moved with noiseless step thro’ gloomy
cloisters and whispering ailes, with duwn.
cast lot k turning their rosaries, but never
spoke. Sucii is the penitence, such the ever
lasting silence that would become the ruih«
less slanderer of woman’s honor. But he
who acts the bully and the bravo, and calls
himself the champion of "high Heav. ii,”
what wotds can paint the horror he inspires?
Then let us leave him.
My dut.y calls me now to rccapitula.e
the testimony of all his witnesses. The
first and pi mcipal is Mr. Carver. He,
with uplifted hand, affirmed, by the ever li_
<■*» ii i»i wnai ne tes ineu-_
a..il what was that ? His letter itilsus all
—that iie anil Fame had a dispute lor mo.
nei , and in tlicir correspondence you may
find ihe crimes and baseness they recipro
caliy ui gcd against each other. Mr Carver,
whose vuigm, scurri ous letter makes the
chief uu cross of this man’s defence, the more
to spite his adversaries, flings out some ca
I ninny against li.e lady Carver himself
j ad nits that when she got asighi ot it, she
threatened to prosecute Inin for that very
letter. Ye , on no belter ground, has this
audacious iibciler detained her reputa _
tton.
I rom the Same source springs the infernal
hint that lilt e Thomas Hour.-/ilie had the
Countenance 6c features of Tom P.,ii** in
jins little nose, no doubt, the historian could
discern, b> learned inspection, the germs
of future h os sums, and germs that, in due
cou> se ot nature, should come to this world’s
light.
Carver gives evidence of what he heard
from Paine ot Mrs Bonneville, winch lie
Uimseli retailed to Chert ham ; and Cheet..
ham, rather than such subime history
should not shine forth to save poor sinners’
souls, becomes historian for the love of (iod,
and gives them to the world its iistokt,
1 Iiis is the history of this historian anu
Ins history •
Now, gentlemen, supported thus, Mr.
Chtetham, the historian, had such faith in
atheists, that he would rather presume their
slanders ti ne, than any woman virtu <u»_
S ill the story of Mrs. Roniieviife’s neve
having been the wife of Mr. Bonneville
which Cat ver writes, that Paine did say in
speaking harshly o! her, and which is evL
deuce before you now of this man’s malice"
being in his history ; this, 1 sav, he could not
have believed, because i, came from Paine
of whom both he and Carver write, that he
did never speak a word or truth. Sec what
a strange dilcnhna he is in, First, he
states that Mr. Paine seduced her from
her husband, and then he <<liows you, in an
o*her page, she never had a husband —
How beautiful and uniform is truth ! H im
multiform and intricate is falsehood ! How
like the spider’s flimsy web! How like lie
coiling of the scaly serpent, the windings
of the guilty !
My eye just glanced upon some words
where there is mention made of Paine’s lost
*viU. That is the keV to tliis mysterious
league of apostolic slanderers, mortified ex
pectants and disappointed speculators.
Perhaps the lady’s greatest crime was
'that which did not come to 1 ght ’till P line
was “ in thedatic and narrow house;” that
in return for the compassion her husband
had bestowed on him in his dav s of tribula
tion he constituted his benefactor’s wife
and children his legatees. Hence too,'the
strong resemblance grew more strong be
tween the god_son and god father It is a
blessed thing, that whensoever wickedness
and anger is most rire, the worsf of slan
derrrs finds at his elbow an historian that
will give body and duration to the troubled
passions of his soul ; who will not even
wait ’till they are brought to him. but g.
about to look for them, like beggars that
pray for broken meat and ofFals at your
kitchen doors
In this Godly history Madame Bonneville
is charged not only with adulterous urosti
tution. but with swindling; and it is said
she uffertd Paine a bond to sign, pretending
it Aias an order for some clothing for her
children. For this, too, Mr. Carver is the
author ; although this day he swears he
never saw that bond, nor is there one in
life that ever did. It is a slanderous tale,
that ought t-* choke the utterer, and stands
at best on what Paine said on the report of
Carver, which Paine (bo'll Carver and
Cheeiham, the historian sav.) never told
truth. But can he be believed who came
this morning to protes', and swagger and
maintain this truth, a d now has no defence,
but that the same is false, though not ina_
licious ? If it be not malicious, tigers are
gentle, and serpents very harmless.
I-cross examined Mr.’Carver, and ask
ed him whether his evidence had not bee t
rejected in courts ot Justice by reason of
his infidelity. I did not this from any cant
ing motive of self arrogated piety, for that
is odious, but to show that the main prop
of all this Godliness and of this proud defeat
of atheists and deists, was himself an at
ist, and perhaps the only one this country
ever saw.
He first evaded. I asked him whether
Mr. Emmet, there before him, had not
made the objection, and if it was allowed?
1 here was, says he, some such objection
made. I was not sworn, and I walked
away,
I U-ked him. then, if Mr. Griffin the de
.tnu.iius present counsel, wuo uns uav be
stowed upon this lady the sharpness of the
bitterest invective tnat tongue could uiter,
but who, not long ago, had g lined the palm
ot eloquence by painting his now client as
the verriest monster that disturbed the walks
ol men; I asked Carver whether he too
had not objected to h»m: Agiin he parlied.
I stated to him the question and his own an.
swer--“ Do you believe in a future state
of rewards and punishments > “I once did
not, but since, 1 have recanted those opi
nions ; for seeing that kings commit soma
ny crimes, and that there is no power to
punish them, and lawyers never think them
selves enough rewarded in ihis life, I came
to the conclusion, that there musi be some
[future state, when kings would meet iheir
punishment and lawyers get their last re.,
ward” Gentlemen, such as Mr. Carver
may seem to you, at best a witty profligate,
yet i would rather trust him still, than the
Attendant, who seeks to throw his crimes
upon his head He that professes open de„
ism, or even atheism, which is a mere equi
vocation and abuse ot words, as that there
is a power greater than man, none ever
truly doubted—he still is less obnoxious in
, my sight, than one who, without any spark
i of faith or charity, professes outwardly to be
| a Christian.
-Mr. Carver adds, it was about two years
and a halt, or three years since, thai, tun/
these meditations upon kings and lawyers,
lie became aconveit; ’till r|len, he swears
with his uplifted hand, he was an atheist ;
but now he is a firm believing deist, and
in such quality can furnish matter to any
Christian book-maker who is disposed to
write down woman, the fairest of God’s
creation for toe love of God.
1 pushed him further, and he stated, that
hr and his ivi/e had often gone to Mr
Purdy’s on the farm to visit Mrs. Bonneville.
1 hen it was, that seeing the toils in which
his honesty and decs icy had fallen, he la.,
pered off by saying, he nev«r had seen the
slightest indication of any meretricious or
illicit commerce between Pa uc and Mrs
Bonneville ; that they never were alone toge
tl-.cr-and that all the three children, the
little god son Tom. and all were alike the
objects of Paine’s care. Yet upon this au
thority did the defendant say, in terrible
menace, to the surrounding and astonished
crowd not that he was mistaken and sorry
for what he had done, but that he w mid
prove it true, and piove much worse, and
ther things more shin king and more cruel
than ever,’till mat hour, had fallen ffo n
the tongue ol honorable counsel, or good
men against a woman
Mrs. Kyder, whom he has dared to vouch
among his comp irgators, damns him deeper
stilh Paine lived with her, and Mrs. B .11
neville often came to visit him. She never
saw but decency with Mr*. Bonneville 1
She never staid there but one night, when
! P*ine wasveiy sick. And when the his
torian came to make inquiries as an hism..
rian, he never asked her any questions,
but inquired only of her husband Why no'
ask ol her f Women, however amiable, are
keen observers of ear 1 o.ber. But he knew,
perhaps, that she would tell him what she
now swears here, that this lady’s character
and demeanor were dec- nt and respectable
aad such accounts would have been in this
historian, even as is the taste of manna and
of bitter herbs ; lor scandal and slander
only could suit his appetite.
But Mrs Kyder often told Mr. Paine, the
child was like him. Did she so? And is
cvetyinnocent saying: of a nierrv wife, who
tries to force a smile upon the furrowed
cheek of tottering age; every playful j 'ke
that tondli g mothers use and gossips prat,
tie, to be distilled in the alembic of the poi.
soncr to m ke up his deadly p >rli >ns ?
Then Mrs. Dean was called to prove the
lying story of the bond. She tells you, on
her r.iih, she never told him of it, as he
states she did. She tells him to his beard,
•hentver saw his lace before, nor spoke to
him of that, or any thing. In this disgrace,
he calls upon his mentor, his DeniLUnd —
Carver, the atheist, (or, if you will hr de
is .) to belie the honest gentlewoman, and
prove, bv t.'.e scrupul us virtue of his uplift
ed hand, that she, the defendant’s other I
witness, was a pei jurer ; adding to the crime ;
of Mrs. Bonneville’s wrongs an insult to !
another virtuous woman.
^ Next came the reverend Mr F >ster —— 1
l.« reverend men great reverence he g'ven.
Hr has a claim against 1* line’s estate for
ttte tuition of the little Uonnevilles. It is ,
dispute. I believe in law He was called
to justify the historian on his own au horny. |
for having written that Air, Paine seduced
her from her husband. What does he sn\ ?
He ssvs that “ M’ s. Bonneville miy/i' /iv». !
aibly have auid an much is that but for P ine
•lit wou d not have come here and that
P tine wa*> unde1 special obligations to pro„ .
vide for her cmldren. In this Mr. Foster
has proved the defendant more gudty than
he was before ; because these words, if,
true, could never warrant him <>r ihe nis '■
turian, unle«s thry both were fools, to say i
that Mr. Paine was Mrs B >nneviilo’s para
mour. Ihe thing was plain cun gh, when
malice did not warp it. Her husband bail
been kind to Paine in Paris. He promised
gratitude and mutual succor, if ever terror
or disastrous fortune should Danish the fa..!
indy ot Air. Bonneville from their native
land. O e child he had adopted, he was his
godson ; ihe orhers he promised to protect.
Who but a fiend w mid have inferred from
this, who but a slanderer have published in
a history, that this old man seduced that
lad> from her husband’s bed ? If such his-i
tor:tins are thus allowed to write downcha
tac»er, ic were better to have that Lion’s
mou h which or.ee belonged to the iuqnisi. .
tonal government of Venice, where every I
yde informer or denouncer might throw
in what he pleased, and rain whom he
chose
D ctor Manley said, she wished Paine
dead, and Mr. Clieeiham had that news
irom him ; hut whether it was from feeling
1 and compassion of his sufferings or other m >
tivts. he could nor tell. Ihese qti:tlificati_
,ons bring m the work, we are contented to.
° . ... '"'""‘i j Mian III.IK.C Ulll
this remark, that it' there was not malice,
it was worse than useless to introduce that
lact into tiie history. And let me just ob
, serve, that Mr. Manly had also a dispute
: touching his bill which was objeced to as
being unreasonable, and reduced
And now i t,- Peter Underhill. A few days
since the defendant pos'p .ned hi. trial l>v '
swearing to the court tlt.it Peter Underhill
was a material witness wi hout the benefit 1
o» whose testimony he cou.d not. as advised J
by counsel, and ts he verdy believed pro.'
ceed to trial. VVuat does this said Pe
ter swear to.dai i* That he (this Peter Un~ !
derhili) one day told M-s Bomuville. that!
her child resembled Paine, and Mrs.
Bonneville said it was Paine’s child It vir.
.ndei lull said this in any oilier way than
innocent mirth, he proves himself untn m
neil> and insolent, tor having so insulted
any lady. It Mrs. Bonneville answered as
he r.ays, it must have been ou. of good nature,
ami that gaiety the characters1 ic oi her coun
try women that plays around them like a
lambent light even in their sorrows, which
none but a sour and ignorant hoor will con
Mrue into guilt. Did Mr Underhill, or the
historian who promulgated his slander for
the love of God, heiieve that any woman,
would 6c apropos of nothing, without induce
inent or motile whatsoever, seriously h >ld
*tp her infant and say to him, I am Paine’s
whore, and this my infant is his bastard —
1 o the character of this material witness
we call two witn- sses. The first was Mr. Pel
ton, who knew something particular of him
that was wrong but scrupled u» declare his
£v/jerr//character ; at the same time told you
that Mrs Bonneville was a modest woman,
ami an acquaintance of his own wile, and
that her children were all alike the objects
ot P.nne s care.
Judge Summerville of Wes'ches'er coun
ty, supplied what was wanting in the testimo
ny ot Mr. Pelton; for he said that in one
single ’"ansaction he could say good of him,
but b „ general character w is bad. But as
to Mrs, Bonneville, judge Summerville sniri,1
’ha. he often saw her, and never heard thp 1
slightest word to her disadvantage ; and '
that Paine afwuy3 spoke of her with rrs :
pact.
Here ends the black conspiracy and rnn ;
juration for the love of G <1. And now the
sickened soul levives, and a bright seen up
pears — \ groupe ot matrons, led by those
hand* which holy wr <11 irk had joined to theirs 1
forever—Heads of families, bt loved, distin., I
guished, full of respect and honor ; in form
so bright, in innocence so lovely ; sopii'-e in
unsuspected truth, so proud in conscious
worth and dignity ; who never rill that hour
had crossed the threshold or a court of jus
tice, or been where discord reigns, whose
I n*ti ne. pr uuerea oiner oaths than those
| which bound them by the wilting ties of con
stnnrv and love; which when the seraph
voice of pify called them down first glided
front their sphere upon the wings „f heaven,
born chariM , and. haviiut done ■ it* mission,
disappeared lint, Oh ! it was a holy sirra
metit when wife and husband twin. 1 iheir j
oaths together with such solemnity, such
beaming truth, as when they to ide before
the altar of their God. that vow so foil at
once of joy and awe that linked their Inturc
■ |*f stinv t< g"ther and made them ever one. [
They would have told yon of the lady’s snr ;
ro vs and her resignation, of her -pot I ess |
conduct, of h<*r merit ; how thev entrusted i
toiler care and tuuil'ige, the jewels of their l
s'>nls, the children of their hearts; with
what ru p roach less triitii, wimt anxious du.y i
site answered tothc trust ; had not the rules
of evidence and technical formalities of law
cut short tbtir stcry. Her general charae-1
'er was all they were allowed to testify_
Their words Were tew, bu» tike so manv mes
sages of grace or high commands from heu
ven *
1 hen, as the day dispels the shades of
nigh:, the ugly goblins fluct. Then the me
uaced and trembling vie im, delivered flora
their spells, came forth arrayed in the white
robe of innocence. Then Lucifer wis for
ced to bow in . image to the truth. Then
all his conjuraitons vanished like frigii* ful
dreams, leaving no vestige'o the vs, king
si uses, but the vague honor that linger*
like sulphurious odors nfier extinguished
fltmes; and the sa ne tongues that wnhm
one short hour had spoken such words as
never honest men before (and honest incn
I still niu>t ihink they are) had launched a
giinst ihe honor * t a woman, then thev t(t>
changed their 'unc; and he who last r.d_
d'es^ed you f with palsied tongue, and elo.
ie c • subdued, too good t > pei severe iti spite
ot Heaven, cried out /tecctivi. T-ue ie
have sinned, sattl lie tine we hr.ve wri'ifii
lit s and calumnies. but wc are innocent;
t w woat we wrote, we are set on *i> w, f.c.
Il'r tvt rr hiatoriona and Carver t( Id it to
us. tt was it* Curve ’s let er, his sconlous
letter to his triend and inmate, and i itch
ing the companion of his wife h w c o'd
we doubt * h iii it was pu>e and fa< •tor J
Carver was both atheist and d«.ist ; what
motive could we then suppose in ' ; n biit
that whh-.h promp'sus to the love ot Christ,
whose militant we are \ ! !
And further soy Ins counsel, the lady
should have brought a civil ac ion : bu if
we brought such an action and sought da
mages, then they wouldhave crietl, see h ivy
this lady prefers her private interest top «b
lic justice, It w she makes mcvcliandii ot
reputation. l’hev say we *h »u d have pn,s •
ecuted Carver, and Mr Cheetham would
have been our wi ness u> p< ove cim gui) v.
I will not answer to such mockery. We
scorn the resti oonv of approvers and par us
in tlie suit, much mote of principals If -.v^
ever bid Carver may be, he is better s’ill
than Cn -chain. II > w^a an atheist, he ia
a deist, but he tells you boldly what he is;
and in that there is more honesty, than if he
did profess himself a Christian and was not
one. A deist may he honest, many are so,
and between tnis publican and pharisee, he
will go justified rut hi i Mian die other.
. «vss will justify on :u» indict
ment chan arivil action, which I d'i i ; the
i cason is written in the taw, which says
th.it no man shall disturb die [leace bv ut
tcring repr >achful. malicious and prnvok-t.g
sayings, however true Audi; i- plain and
s,i,,pi ■*"V have rn n;rn tt il crimes, it is
the duty of others to bring hem »o ji. ..tee
and to tr 1 ; but no man lias the l igr , nut
even an historian, tu usurp, as I have s.i.J,
at mice the pow rs of le-gis'ator, arcu.-r!
prosecutor, judge, and executioner, and umw
dawn all before him. Hut in a civil ac* i in
there may oe mischief don; and i et
tn damages, as in he cise of c<j.nm ,v (
.e^s, who have wolves hertds. and o . p
hostility with all mankind nave no claim foe
that right of private rrp-r t'i m which mey
do not resnect. Engli,n judges hive gone
much farther, and have said, thrgreate' ,i~
truth, the greater s ill me l,b j. J ,{,, ,,o;
J istity tha. saying, although i - w ,s tire say
mg ot tin great lord Mansfield. It was
w.ong, and I have al 'a- s struggled against
it, even a> my peril, and to my 1 i»s
{ have cited E igudi cases.' where it was
hel l that g iod intention would not justify
hec uise n.» man is ill wed t justify himself.
And It 'hat was here to be the justification.
t;'c counsel should have maintained, not <hac
the client was a wise and great historian
>u u ni tniac without a lucid interval or id
lot from his birth. The gu.l y act alone ic
evidence of malice, and die fact of being an
nsionan no more rebuts it, than if a man
should murder, and then say l was told to
murder ; I saw a letter which made me
think • «»e man I murdered guilty ; I murder.,
ed him but not from any malice ; I am ati
assassin, and 1 lice by killing ; I kill none
but those I am told are guilty ; I doit then
t r *»od s sake ; I hav« no malice. I have
shown Ameiican cases that bear on the same
point : but above all the statute of this state
which says, that in such prosecutions as the
present, the truth itself shall never justify,
unless it lie moreover made satisfactorily to
appear in evidence, that the public*: ion wa5
trom go id and justifiable motives. The
truth is now abandoned, the falsehood own.
, ”l,t. 's sa*d. the English case-, are not
. <mu mat tut* statute here does not im
ply. I never liked the English lawoflibels
nor ever understood i.. li seems to me to
have ns roots in the Star Chamber, or to
have shot in st-<rms and convulsions when
the powerful party still shaped and stre ch
ed it to its purpose. I have often defended
prosecuted pnnters against its oppress!,ns.
Iiut never iiil th s day prosecu'ed an*. With
utmost deference I ,ay it no#, I do r.i.t like
lh' law laid d >'vn this dav: and if the right
<n taking an exception ex ended to a crimi
nal c^se, and whv it J no I know no-. J
'Voul 1 liurnbl. ate1 respectful!) do hat. The>
migivr j-idge tint I have mentioned, Lord
Vi air field, erred <>n the sime subject ; and
tile ti idmg of juries agan .t bis charge, who
oy the consti'ii'ioii in «ucli cases are judges
° tlle ! lW an I of t ie fict, were sanctioned
after-yards in R -gUn I bv parliament and
Pf 'P'e* and b rough an out a statutory law in.
c infi .nation of fliett- r g',*. |f any law’bo
‘ U'cd now to yon, to which your understand
mgs or youi consciences cannot assent f
^.voulrl then refer y, u to that paramount satie
n winch is above all human 1 iw The
wives of > our own bosoms are not more nme
tii m this mjiired lady is proved; my mote
oumrted now to op, If they were stig’.
ma:.z-t| by an historian, what would you
sav.of him, that he was innocent or guilty ?
Y u b 'V- heard the wnnes*es for Mrs.
Honne* ille, anil you may judge if this histo
n.'o h id iiiqni d o| 'h<.m, instead of grub
>M,U from every dunghill, how bright a
* The witnesres lo Mrs Bonneville'* rli*rac*
ter, were Mrs. Kdpar, M.-s Ludlow, Mrs Torn*
hull, sort Vj;.,. n-o o'.oo M- K '•■nett, Mr. p
dy Mr Mr f niton, eol. F.w, Mr J ,rvis,
>1r Hitt, and Mr R dtr ; t il of wf.om set-med
C» vie with each other hi tiie coiu.alny ol Uien;
apji'Hlse
f Mr David E o > lee