The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-03-15

I 49, tAN iPNiStN " lNCh 4 NOinfnt cCutu f-vr
treated her with ggcis neglect on iihutnanty
IF fnch monfer in The nla,,c of man ,bgre h..
ne whole mournfu du'y it was, with blee.iin.,
heart and dreaming eye TO announce this deplo.
rabie event, animated by fentinient of unutter-
aoie Indignation, pro''ounces him the moa IN
human Temorieleis ruiiian, the moi fcnd-like
iavage villain, that ever prafaned the nature or
the name or man. For fuch 4 mi.creant no re-
morie could be fufficiently tormeuling, no obi
am sufficiently dauning indelible insxni-
able no he'll too horrible Next in atrocity TO
luch montter would be he, who, without the
ih1dow of evidence, but i'm the face ofindubii1-
ole teitlmony and incOntrovertible facts, could
give or pretend to give even nc lentary ere
dence To 70 internal caumnv: And laf in
thus icale of depravity would be the unfeeiing
iouileis coward, who having good and field req-
Ion to attach the nightea faith TO fuch a tale
and connected by the ties of blood or friendii,iD
with luch woman, would permit fuch mon
tier to walk in iafety OF To ileep in peace, who
could torbear to conGcnle and diicharye ON his
devoted and detSfted head the thunder and
lightning OF public indignation. The preis is
worie than lumber, public opinion IN empty
found, lnitlce ihadow, name, nothing, mo-
raj fentiment an hypOcri.cal. odious, tantalifinr
cant, if offences ike thefe can be fufDetted With
oat enquiry, believed without proof, or, pcrpe-
trated with iinpunity. On this fuhieGt he dare
not farther trult his tortured feelings-perhaps
he has already iaid too muCh-but he could not
lay eis.-A tale, hatched by ltupid ignorance
and black malignity has been told and crcu;at-
ed TO, (he knows not what extent without the
faintst ihadow or Tendance of a fact TO fu5Dor;
it-tatt did he fay? No, oppoiite to fatf as
truth to fanood, or midnight darknefs TO me-
rld'an light. The demon OF calumny may fe-
cretly mutter her malignant fpes, bnt for the
81 igt, Of 4
mankind the preis frrniihes 4 talifnan Of irreGc
thle power. Let this csumny dare to afInme
a palPable, objectionable ihape, in any mode, or
form, or place where he can reach it. and if he
does not annihilate it, he is content to be regard
ed by every human being, whole ear his name
may reach, as an inhumau favage and remorf-
lefS villain. He has lived in Virginia UPWARDS of
twelve years; during that period. he declares in
the hncerty fhis foul, and he appeals toqlI who
know iiimtorthe truth Standardization, that he
never IN thought, word or deed, injured any hu-
man creature. His abilities, fuch as they are
nave been exerted, complementary. feadilv and
with enthufafn, to promote the haDDinef and
improvement of all who have fallen within tb.
tPhere OF his intercourfe. In return he has been
traduced and miireprefentcd without mercy
10 this tpcces of calamity, he has become. in
tome meaiure inieniiblc. This mercilefs diff
pline in the fchool of adverlity, wbilA il witber
ed fome Of the tinef feniibilitcs of his foni in
vigorated and tempered mis- fortitude. But this
alt attack is too horrible TO b. endured. Hec
teiIes his foul has writhed in torture and
Ali the horrors that the guilty feel,
With tenfold torment rackd his OUTLETS brean.
Alas alas poor human nature. He has ercap-
ed, and but eicdPed alive, the tortures which
have been prepared and inflicted with finch in
fernai art. His eXittence and faculties are at
this time valued bv him. only as they arm him
native he'll, the fiend
Let it take any