Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1803-01-05
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| Owreaders VIII recolleet, that conform
! ably 70 the decision of the mag istrates outh,
18th uit- Messrs. Calender and Pace were
: rulcdto appear at the Court Of II enrco
OH Monday the Sd OF January 1895; where
the legality Of Mr.. Callender's i,nprison.
ment, and the surety demanded Of Mr..
Pace, ior their good behaviour, were TO be
! decided.
Monday last, being the com meneement
lof the court, and day assigned for this
} purpose, was exclusively engrossed by a
lengthy and eloquent discourse, delivered
, by NE, Hay, 10 The court, on the propsje,
i ~ OF demanding surety for the good beha-
viour OF the Defendants.
! Tuesday, Messrs. MarshaI and Rina
replied IN u manner truly Characteristic of
talents and profound knowledge OF the
law. Evening Of same day, Mr.. AicRae,
IN behal. OF the plainuf, delivered his o.
pmion, TO Che court IN mastery ana Gle.
giant order; bus all proved Intellectual
the court, pronounced their opinion IN IA
ycur of the defendants. Mr.. Calender is
therefore liberated from prison, aid, Mr.
Pace from his recognizance, relstive 70
the presert alton Of the peace.
To have published tn arguments or
the counsel Tor both parties, a;tho;r eig-
ms the language verbatim, wo;ld have
, been an act OF the greatest Injustice, and
as time would not admit OF this, t,,e
publication wiz be delayed for few
days, when K shall appear fore the pub
lie NJ pamphlet, CORRECTLY stated.
The Editors OF the Republican Watch
Tower appear much opposed 20 the small
est Infringement or the liberties of the
Press among sundry reasons assigned
by them, they say, "when government,
once intsrfere, aud usurp the prerogativ-
OF limiting Or prescribing bounds 10 this
me MODEST iDvention Of man, they know
not when TO STOP" They also refer to the
eXtfact from Governor VI Kean,s address
TO the Legislature Of Pennsylvania, Quoted
IN the Argus OF the 25tb of December
| last, where he when speaking II the i'm.
! possibility OF tracing g rSal OF rational
| ioundaion, for dscUrdor discomfort" saws
But in the abuse Of the GobIest invent
ons ofman, the best preventative OF civil
/ liberty, free frTsS, we shall discover,
J tearj the source of the 'a,nented evil
The discovery heweyer appears far dis
tam from aremedy. The Governor atter
/ enumerating several methods, fnallg con-
cludes that the detestaton and discoun-
tcnance OF good men, manifested in pri-
vate life, wiz prove mere efficacious to
purify and reform the piess, than le-isla-
! tive acts Oh Judicial aninadversion." IN
this we perfectly agree with Governor
| M'heaD and the Editos OF The " Watch
Tower; 5" but moral progression Of such
q nature, we fear, may La The work Of cen
turies. The Christian religion; which far
from being the invention Of man, may be
| stiied the no6lest work VI God, ca,culated
/ to produce the present and future hapDi-
ness OF man, aud haginga tendency 10 pro.
mote and preserve ever moral institution,
has now been progressing Coz more than
eighteen centuries, and how few pay i'm
: plicit obedience TO its dclates, or are en-
rolled IA 'hc invisible ce-4logHe of that de-
nomination
The reply to Judge Washington, by the
| postmaster general, ~ Connecticut, ap-
pears TO meri, general attention. The
company appmenry nui;hinterestedin this
subject, were deWsirg methods rs The
} laost eGectuai TO rsme6y this evil but all,
the postmaster excepted, were Tor lcgislo.
/ tive aid. He, being asked his opinion, re.
( Piled, I" do You, sir, and Judge Law, who
was also present, SIX down and write to the
Editors of such abusive papers, to dscen-
tInuC sending them &c you, so long az they
continue to insult and abuse the President.
That would produce a greater and better
effect than any judicial correction, which
I your hJnors can inhict, and al tue same
time not, endanger an Infringement OF the
/ freedom Of the press" With this cen
lleruan we pcrie 5tly agree aisoj but when
we reflect on the principles of human ma.
I ture, and The number concerned 70 obtaif
millenmun, 50 desirable, We cannot a.
lvoid expressing our doubts as TO thu &C
souplishment. Human, we should "a,
depraved, nature delights, alas too much
! N novelty. An evil report, without con
sIdering the wound cur fellow crcatur,
receives or The deadly blow inflicted on hi
charactev, often finds TOO ready access /,
our Understandings. TN short, calumn,
and ingratl,ude, says celebrated histor;
an, are crimes so henious in TIE sight /,
Cod aud man, that pei son never has bee
} found who would acknowledge himsc