The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-06-28

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have placed his rhn;ce aNAs.....H.-s !.
admits o. no dispute: every ,r:., mus col:o,y
ms own pleasure. That Which seemsblack
IN your eyes or IN mine, may be exceeding
iair n hast. The education Uf a physician
IS not that Of lawyer. re ranges .hrourh
the wide fed of nature. and is no, hount,ed
nv the narrow limits Of positive institutions.
! RE reals not in the book os authority, but IN
the great volume OF nature. He knows by
what Chemical process all Colours may be
produced; but that an amiable person and
! a delicate maid are treasures, under whate-
Ver outward varnish: and if = late d;scove-
~ can be relied On, that Adam was black
a marriage in his family can SUI civ DISGRACE
no man. We are ready to dispute in due
time and place, and to maintain, that neitbr =
philosophy nor religion have forbade such
miXturc; and having satisfied our consci-
ehSe we mad no scruple in yielding to our
PASSION. fon are In amusement gentlemen
| do expect no less. You are all under the
dominion of prejudice you do not see clear
shall he forced, find, To reveal, in def
ance CT my client, expressions intended only
Tor love and privacy. l shall read to YOU a
letter which no pen but that of a lover and
poet could have traced. 1t is dated ON the
4th OF May, and addressed to Mrs. lane
Little, after the unfortunate occurrence &
| is IN these terms:
received your kind letter of the 1st Of
June and am very sorry to hear Of your
e being unwell. want nv coat. panta,oons
and Jacket at Mr.. Simeon's, as Ihave had
Z" nothing to lay on but my cloaths since I
&c have been here
lis not this repentance gentlemen, even
to sack cloth and ashes.1
" You write that you will not appear A.
gainst me in court, which undoubtedly will
" be tor the best, as 1 have not forgotten my
marriage covenant. The unhappy situa-
" ton in which am involved by YOUR hast;-
:" ness and those that have persuaded.you to,
q" devolves on me the necessity of address,
" ing you, which cannot fail of mpressine
" your mind with an uncommon degree Of
" seriousness, especially when you consider
g how both of our characters are stigmati-
" sed by our own imprudence''
lGentlemen, since these parties are SO SEN
sIble OF their own imprudence, let us not wi
den the breach, but pour balm into their
wounds: and let not the records of this
court transmit to all postcrity the quarrel
OF two who loved so dearly.1
6 You may my dear Jane assure yourself.
upon the testimony of your dear husband
vino has been taught by the most melancholy
experience that were our disappoint
and perpleXlties known, which this embar-
go has involved US into, it would extinguish.
or at least mitigate the keenness ola ref1ec
sio;: tHas We both mast &c eternity endure
You see gentlemen, although these par
ties appear before you- like Lord and Lady
Racket yet their case is different. Thar
was n quarrel three weeks after MARRIAGE.
and for game Of cards. Here is serious
and public grief: that villainous enl6arpo.
that DESTROYS the best OF temners and soTrs
the milk OF human kind. 1t perches on thu.
merchants desk and stares him in the face.
IL is in our beds and in our kneading trouehs.
1t is IN our dishes and our goblets | swear
L never rallied at it till now. Perish COM
merce-but lot connubial love be undisturb-
ed.
&C Certain it is that the feelinqs of our
hearts teach US how i is possible for one
person to love another, and have respect for
every thing belonging TO either. Do not mo-
theirs show their love for their darling child
when dead by keeping its hair and setting
it III costly rings and bracelets Do not ali
mankind pay respect to the pictures of
their deceased friends or near relations
and other things that belongs to them This
is universally the natural disposition of the
human heart. p
Gentlemen, it was thus that PETRAcH
would have written to his LAURA. Who
can say whether, had he been fortunate 3
nough to possess her, he might not in some
unluCky moment, even from excessive love
have beat her particularly if there had
been vexatious Embargo in his day, which
made those who never bestowed upon their
wives aught but kisses and caresses rive
them blows. But oh that husbands would
learn in every case to know their duties
and submit.
" want nv certificates
[Meaning perhaps his marriage cert;f-
cate the title of his love or his diploma
the title of his rank and honor.1
" want my certificates let YOU have
that ever memorable Tuesday morning when
you ran after me, when came from Clark
sons the collectors. Likewise the sum
mons had since ] came here for me 70 at
tend the Medical Society which I gave Won
here, &c. 'oA
&c have nothing more to observe: asI
ever have, may still continue your afTecti-
onate friend and dear husband
WILLIAM LITTLE, MD.
The Counsel then turning to the ladv ask.
ed her in pathetic tone if She could be so oh
durate as to prosecute the man who doated
on her charms She replied in an accent full
OF sensbllity, that if the court wo I'D forgive.
she would love him more than ever. NJ,
,. then desired him to offer her his arm which
she accepted, and called to the officer 20 make
way tor the tao!i!y Of Doctor Little.
The manner in which this was done adj
ded strongly to the matter The co,,,t Q, -,