The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-09-19
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'eu Hand General Eaton. puhliihed ,,arra-
"""; hitheFio To much and 70 rniuftly re,iIed,
""cid nave been withon, the ilrong ccrrobo-
ration of Comnodote JruAton, and The h;II
ttronper and mott extraordinary co.ihcidencs
Tor the Mprgans. Standing alone, yentlemeu
would have itil proceeded To tpesk OF HAT pf
ucav'i as they have heretofore done not de-
cari'g that what general Eaton had fworn,
was not The truth, but that i was :. ,15R mar.
0eI'on' Rorr moR evondetfW fniei and thus
would they have continued to ietk in the bold
and wild extravaganza of the prois & itfsif, an
Argument apaint its exifence, and = ,eiugc
from public indignation. Bot that refuge i; t.
ken away. General Eston's narration Gands
| confirmed beyond the poiiibiliiy Of ratiorsl
n0ub'.-Bnt al: what inference is to be drawn
tfom 'heie repeated attempts to MA the proi,'-
cution and iinother the evidence IF tie views
OF the pri!oner were, as they have been 10 often
rcDrefcnted by one # his council, k:,b,y boner.
arr 10 bfn1trlf and glorious TO bis country, WHY
not permit the evidence to diicioie thcfe yiewsS
hccut,d as he is of high treaion, he would cer-
fanny Hand acquitted, not only in reafnn & irf.
tce, but by the maxims of the moi !cucar,ig,
inodely, IN fhewing Us, by evidence all This
honor and this glory which his fcheme contain
cd - No, FIR, it is no fqueamiih modcfty i. ia
no taciidious delicscy that prompts theft rcpeat.
ca th"rs to keep back the evidence II is ap-
rreheHiion it is fear or rathsr, it is the certain
T.
"ard VIII tx the charge and if fuch fihall sD
pear to the court to he the motive of this mott
on, your honors, | well know, will not be dii-
roicd to tacri6ce public iniice committed TO
your charge, by aiding this irats gem 10 cude
the ientence of the law you Will yield to the
notion no farther than the rgor of legal rules
ihaIl imperiouny conarain you.
cone now 10 anfwer the argument of the
gentleman (Mr. Wickham) who .fpoke frR in
tuDDO;t OF thje DnCtint, 7 - A,
man with candour. will not follow the exara-
pie which he has fet me on very recent occa-
hon. viii not complain OF flowers and praccs.
when none exit. | will not like him, in reply
to An argument, as naked rs a Heepius Venus,
though certainly not half 20 beautiful, complain
OF the painful necefity am under, in the weak.
rc!s and decreptitnde of logical vigor, of lifting
f. 4 this n1unce and then that furhcIow before
can 'earh the wifhed-for point of attack.
keep 10 alunces or furbclowsready manufacture
td and hung up for ufc, in the miliinary of my.
fancy and if did, think lbonId net be fo
!Hdiforoetiy impatient TO get rid OF my wares az
ito put them oil ON improper occaiions.
Garnet Promilc to interet you by any cloiIicai
and attic aiiu1ons TO the pure pages of Tr;fram
S"an''Y; cannot give yen iquib or = ro.ket
III every period for my own part l have al
ways thought theie Githea of wiz, Or ,hey de-
ierve even that name y | have always thought
4
ia h exuberant abundance in the ipe, clies Of
that gentleman, whio h play on each Gde of the
pain at reaion or iporting acrois it witt. fantaf
nc MOTION, decoy the mind from the real point
OF enquiry, no better evidence of the fouBdnefs
Of The argument with which they are connected,
nor give me leave to add, the vigor of the brain
from which they fpring, than thof- vapors which
hari from our malihes and blaze with momen-
tary Co button, which, floating on the undr-
q Ilg'
INTO hogs and hram5les, are evidences of the
tfmUeiS and ioidi:y of the earth from which
they proceed. ! will ende7vor to rrett the gen.
utndn'a petitions fully and to anfwer them
iaf!Y; l will not as am advancing towards
then, meafue with my minds eye, The beiyhi,
breadth and power of the proportion If find
y hryond my itrength, ha've it ;-if ft'll beyond
ny i'r'ngth quarter it; if an neceildry fuh-d-
v'1e Vt INTO eIghths; and when by this procef9
have reduced it To the proper iqud2rl, take
one OF thete tcttions and ols it with an air Of t.
Iephan'ne frength and fnpeI;ority. IF find
myielf CaPabls OF conducting, by fair courfe
OF reaionlng, any one O. his proportions TO an
aburd cnnC:ufion, will not begin nv Rating
mat a"tu'd concluton as the prop0h;un tiff
which am gong to encounter. In comments
! ing on the Rentlenan's authorities. I viii not
with farcaRlc pa'ilersfa th4'k him for introduce
ing them declare that they rnnc'u directly
agaluit him read jun 70 much of the authority
40 icrves the purpofe Of that declaration, omit
ting that which contains the true point of the
cafe whic h makes sgainf me nor If forced nv
\ direct cal 10 read that part ALTO, will I con-
teHt nyf-f - running over it az rapidly anil
iI"atticuialely az can, throw dawn The book
with theatrical air, ard excIaim. {" ipA ae
foll" when know it ie iu1 as had Mt f4id.
j know that by adopting ihcft arts I might
rife laugh at the gcntIemars expcacc but
/ lhuuld he very little plCafcd with fuv(.lf If