Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-08-31

iHCu.o, IN great Eaeaiure, nave exnauKcd
his fore of exp:sdion ard OF thinking on
,hsie fub;eds: this is cot poverty, bot ex-
hauaed wealth-,he ;ndigerce arifng from
too lavih prodigaIity of his opolence-
He who looks for perfect mode Of the
fyle Of MIR. Erikine, NUT examine his
!peech on tie trial Of Stockdale. When
the charges sgaina Mr. Hsaings we're pub
liihed By The hoSfe Of Gonna MS, Mr.
Logic, a.riergymanof rhe chursh OF Scot
land, ard a friend of the governor gene
raj, wrote tract, in which thoie charges
were Investigated witt, lome aerimory bat
witt, comfortable warmth, and vigor: the
pamphler being confdered as IibeIious, by
4 refolurion Of the hcu!e, criminal IN
formation was fled by the attorney gene
raj againa StockGale, who was the pub
line, fer libel.
In the coufe Of his defence Of Stock
dale, Mr.. Erfkine urged many collateral
topics in favor Of Mr. Haalngs, in fyle
of fervid and ornamented eloquence. Adj
verting to the charges preferred againe
Mr.. Haitings, he expatiates on the obvicu;
ablurdity exhibited by power, guilty O:
rspine and opprelhoa, in prefup,ng 10 Ct
in judgment upon thoie to whom its au,ho-
rity had been delegated, and by whom its
own tyranny had been exercifed. He
dwells upon the ridiculous conduct of
nation, proceeding in its inqu.tsus career
ofplunder and rapacity, in laying to the
(ubordinate intruments Of its ufurpasion,
80 Thus farfhalt thou go, and no farther -
that great empire was to be preferyed bv
Mr.. Hatings, and that it was only TO be
,relerved by the means which were ufedt to
acquire it :; by acts of rigorous and fevere
then takes notice OF the
,;aI..:4. ,3 ssg' h.In,an hazrines. for wh;eh
he nation was reiponhble, in the exerci!e
II her eaAern dominion concluding the
opic in the following Grain Of energetic
,tatory -
Gentlemen, you are touched by this
way of con6dering the iubjed and l can
!ccount for it. / have been talking OF
nan and his nature, not as they are iecn
through the cold medium of books, bu, as
have mytelt feen them in climes re!uc-
an,]y labmitting to our authority. lhavc
cen an indignant favage chief iusrounded
~ his lubjetts, and holding in his hand a
bundle Of Clicks, the notes OF his unIetter~
d eioouence. Who is it., faid the jca-
Gus ruler Of foree, encro.ched upon by
he realeis foot of Engliih adventure,
Who is i. that cauies tl,efe mountains to
lift Up their lofty head Who RATES. the
winds of the winter, and Gains them again
N the tunmer: The fame Being who
gave TO you country on your ide OF the
water, and ou:s to US o~ this
This is, perhaps, a fpecies of rhetorical
ornament, more Operative than our natl
,nal eloquence, which does not tolerate
the boIdnefs f,he prefopopeia, Teens ifritt-
y to admit; yet it is impeiiible not to be
truck with the fublimity OF the Paaage-
The exersions of Mr.. ErAine procured the
scuuit,ai of the defendant.
OF this fpeech the faults and the beau
ties are equally obvious: it isroo elaborate
and artificial in its texture its ientences
are too much burshenrd with epithets, and
it wants the charm and the ornament Of
under fome refrittions, it may
be faid a5anast dsAeibus U;tHs In the
Of this harange, he has diiplay-
ed a regard for his own profeaio" truly ho-
norable to his feelings; and it is not the
leaf praife which is due to his Prolefhcnal
character, that he is never known to omit
Any opportunity Of paying tribute OF re-
fpef 10 the bar, of which he IS the mott
filming ornament and example.
Mr.. Erkine was elected member of par
Iiamen, for Portfnouth in the year 1853;
an honor which he probably derived from
the reputation he had acquired at the court
martial which Cat there on the trial OF ad-
m mav BE- extra extracted from hi. ipeeehs. in
courts Of iuRice, as well as from ms VIII
form conjue in parliament: whether ts<