Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-03-13

nv of government: it's the most essentla
security forths rights Of the citizen. Make
then Of ysur prsjudces sacrifice 10 JUS
tice. Are you lovers Of justice suilJ yoa
75s!lute her sanctuary 2 Are you friends q
Liberty 70iN y0u commit sacrilege, zp''s1s
kneeling at her altar
Genilemeo, you are in the temple o.
justice. I address to you the 1u9rds nsea
by tie Hebrew prophet; Put of you'
sh7es. for the groaadon svhich yau staaa IS
.holy."
There followed asta,ement of the Facts,
end the testimony, Of which extreme can.
dor was the prominent feature.I
Gsntlemen, it has apprarcdsln evidence
what was the original provocasion OF Mr.
Austin. senior, 10 the defendant. Was y
or was it not. slight provocatlon twas
no less ,haa imputing TO him the soliclta-
,ian Of particular action, the commencing
Of which he had in fact repeatedly discou.
ragged it was charging him with what IS
caIledin law stirring nps1ts It's the
most infamous charge that can possibly be
made against a lawyer. Il is the most ~
iuricus 70 the feelings of one, who wished
To msnsain his standing at the bar, since
By il so many Of the greatest lawyers have
faIlen and disgraced themselves and their
pyofe ssioa. II would, If true, have sub.
iscted him TO indcsmen, fnr barra'rous
conduc, i. would have. brought him to that
bar TO be.tried For very different offence.
I, would, If true, have slleneed bin III
court, excluded him from practice. Chavg-
ing lawyer with . stirring Up SUITS" IS
Xxx touching the apple of his eye. Il IS
ike calling soldier coward. After this
need not u,geto you, that It was that
charge which struck most directly at the
defendants means Of subsistence.
# Mr.. d. then commenced on the letters
that passed on~the overtures made 10 ct.
fsciusse Cancellation and produce proper
adinstmept, until be cameto he last resort,
hs posting advertisement in the B0toa Ga.
Sette.
This said Mr.. D. shall no, pretend to-
justify, nor Go consider il strictly within
the relies Of propriesy Bur gentseme Of
The jury we may suppoSe case, IN @h.ca
the lmpropfie,y Of writing and publishing
such an advertise weuid be ccaside-
rsbly lessened. We may saPpose this case
without any deregatiop from old far. An.
sin. Il cannot be- presumed III I msan
TO cast any rrGectioo on hia, IN, shis cause.
ia, be it from me. Suppose thsn gentle.
men, man VINO has long been known as
CONS mon sIandsrer and caluaan.ator him
self, who for swea.y years has STOOD alone
liz .he ksnael aud bespettered taad upon
every well dressed Passenger WHO has de,
farsd the. most ,las:rious sharae,e.s in
the co@n:ry from Wash:ag,on dowb
whose sIan1crs bn,h verbal aud in Print,
have. becouae.so common, thar their syse is
notorious as bis face; suppose such a man
gcn,Iemcn, and ask yourselves ,he qnes,i-
Gu, ough, this man TO CamtlQin eS5r enieEy
if he should in his turn chapee to get spas
terng?
+ The examination of the testimony We
pretend MOTTO give. 1t was able, thorough
and complete: In this poirt OF light merely
the argunen,of Mr.. d. was one Of the
absess ever delivered from Boston forum.
When he came to the law ne was!ura'n-
Gus, as usual, In the exposition and aFpii'
cation of rs VARIOUS principles. lie sonsi-
dered with persRicuisythe dltsfen, species
of homicide. He put the justification OF
the defendant on he necessity Of ssll-de.
fence. And seemed. 10 think it imHateri-
al whether the blow was first given or no:
since it was the necessity, not the blow
that JUSTIFIED, and from The violence OF the
onset, the necessity was equally apparent
before,ae bl,w as after. Ia applying the.
law to,the facts he supposed the assault TO
be made with one of the three views; to
Kill, maimof Disgrace.
With ,eiiheso of the two 6rst views the
qualification was complete. lie considered
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