Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-09-01

SCaiOIl 10 SUibpfain; tl'at ihs OCSuASuN@ W
it has been even temporal tacrihce.
have found, ca The eoatrary, the road to
profperi,y and wealth; and l fhsil point
it OUT as iueh to ny children"
The independence exhibited by our ad-
voca,e on every location, threw upon him
the defences otperfons p,o!ecuted tor ie-
ditionor libel BY government. Noreaion-
Ing can be more uncansid, than to inter
tina, his Political opinions had any real
;ympa,hy with thole entertained by the
numerous race Of libellers who reiorted to
him for legal protection. They know
but i;,t!e of the duty of council who
zeafon in this manner. AS a fsryant ct the
public, he is, Bound by the obligations ct
urofeGional honor, TO atford his ailiiJarrce
TO ,E.oie who engage him in their behalf.
1t Is the privilege Of the accafei, IN Tree
country 10 be heard imPartialIy and eGu,-
.4b,y, and to be tried BY the fair interpre-
rarion of the laws to which be is amenaole.
They who imagine that the advocate
identifies with his own, the opinions and
IS of The parry he IS rspreienting, are
carried away by erroneous sraioaings, tend.
ing, In ,hcir corieouences, to deprive The
innocent of yrc,eaicn, by denying far
suearirc Of juice 20 the guilty. This
feaGlt o. duty Mr.. Erisine has carried to
an honorable extreme, not having beende-
tered t,o-n ]; by the malignant refrefen-
tasions ). party caiunny, not tempted to
abandon i, by the hopes aod pfoml'es OF
Or ie!;..ona, promotion. His defence, hcw
ever, o. Pane, occahonei his iadden diff
milton iiou, the Office he held as attorney
geDeralta TIE Prince Of Wales. Il is an
ne, .":~y - inquire who were fhe sdvi'eSs
at Lartonnouta upon this cccs.iot f.; It is
rhnc;cat 10 .ay, that the A,csfnre was die
,ased ~ mind, of too weak a texture, and
600 contracted fze, TO comprehend Ell
the. ,hc duties of an Ersi.ih advocate, or
the rig s,; of an Ena.ith uhjec2s. in jut-
tee, however, to the prince, there is no
reafon 10 believe that ne approved OF the
meafnr,, II willingly accedsd TO it. ln
ehoie moments ofpolitical phrenzy, ii was
forced upon him by ,hofe who could no'
feel the enlarged and liberal ten''ments OF
that great perienage on iach an location,
ara who were not a!hsmrd to make u!e OF
ehe mott unworthy inarurnents otpolueai
artihce and intrigue, having no other pol :
sical f,ience than that Of purifying objects
MOT familiar to their minds, ~. 49, 10
,a,,,ol -. .l,ei- IcritandlngS.
IKE n,oG brilliant event IN Mr.. Err
kites Ercienlonal iif- the part Gait up
on him II conjunaion with MIR. Gibbs,
IN the Ra,e trials, in the year 1894. Til
accafcd gentlemen looked to Mr.. Erlkine
as their irarunent of iafety. Re under
took their Etveral Ge!:uces with al cnthuii-
atm rhas re, i1red him iniendbie TO tie ia
tieas, OF 4 long and continued exertion ::
nothing w2s omitted that could eiucid2te
their innoreuct; nothing overlooked that
een!e! 20 yealsen the force of the cafe tta-
ted asaias them by the crown lawyers.
Theft trials lated teveral days: the pub
lie expectation hung upon them with melt
inconceitahle anxiety, and the feelings O;
COCO n>en and vtrsuo4s, citizens accompa-
nied the aScuted TO their trial, with hopes
not uor; d with apprehension, that, from
their acqwr:ai, the liberty OF the fubject
woI.d rece;vesddisional ttrength and COR
tr,naticu.
One Of Mr.. Erkine's lateit fpeeches
was upon th> protecution OF Paine's Age of
Sea{on. 1t is dgnal b!eliing, io ar age
when the {entiment is openly underyslued
and dei,a;;>d, that men OF great Talents
ihould d,iplay lively fenibili'y to the OBJ
l,sa,iors OF religion, as the belt auxiiiant
OF mora,ity ans. confidence, and that they
should employ their eioQaence and their
-reafan, the hca gin Of God to man, in
impreifing on the general mind the COMO
lations derived irem the truths it has inn
parted.
The character of this great nan is re-
nettsd by the attions Of a life { ent in the