The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-07-13

den desoia,on, and found the ba,bed .r
TO" In her heart She who stood sDorl.s.
before God and man, who never had in word
OF deed offended. WHO s.ught refuge
, rom ,ur,her evi's ON your hospitable shores
Vine had in this obeyed the counsel Of hsr
sui husband. aud brought with her. 40
10 a land where law and Justice reigncd one
naif vi those dear infants Whose. love buund
.hem together by common and mutual
tie, ahc Srappied their affections toa weary
life.
was 1t not enough to satate this cruel IL
peief, That he had scattered far and wide
MS 'ehomed shafts through all this terrifi
GU community! that he had Carried discard,
pam, and sorrow to every heart. neiisoned
The cup OF friendship, troubled ths social
BOARD and rioted IN mischief, that he had
spared no principle no party. no virtue nor
no itiehu nut must a FETCHED femal.. whose
merit and misfortune would Command res
Pec' from a"y but a savage, whos. modest
NE and iandabie endeavors to be useful
were CROWNED With appreciation by hose
whose confidence was to her and TO the world
stamp or sterling worth was she ITO 20
oe dragged from MODEST privacy, TO make 4
part ii his obscene and blasphenous h,s,o-
rles TO be coupled with the Celebrity of
iuohaS falne, and III whatever country of
'he earti, whatever distant period of time
yee 90 come, the searching eve of curiositv.>
OF the Keener scent of scand ii should e x M,
on this work, which he calls history, and
can Niiiainy, emblazoned as the guilty hero
he OF the odious tale, the strumpet of one
shereih described 10 be the foulest and the
fithiest of n.en!
But what is strange to me, who am not
Versed IN secret history, vino NEEDLE little
WIN the hidden springs of others actions,
vi 'ne unseen motives that bring nv sterious
s"inSs 10 tSht, is this. that this man should
mo 20 justify ms CRIME, the eloquent tongues
"hlch SO very lately had depicted him AS
tne most scurri!ous and INDUSTRIOUS Iibeller
tiiat ever suffered from offended Justice
1 "aC any man could counteEancc such ACTS,
mus !auent; that honest men should do
1t with such zeal, | am PANIED to see Rnt
"hat these honorable gentlemen have done.
- - ou' perhaps Course which their pro-
iession warrants. Perhaps within them
ssNes they are contented, because thew
'i'ihA thtt while they MAKE d proud dis
play OF talent, II is impossible cruel success
OF niJns' victory can follow. So thew
may reason with their cOnsciences. bu, +
e. cen them well enough 10 think that in
their hearts they would despse the ve,d,,ts
tina, crowned heir Efforts
do not envy hem their cause. aI,hongh
i ieei h"w much it IS rlore easy and more
iSh' To sport 81 h topics when The heart is
'ee ana where defeat Itself brings r,lea
S. WIN 1t, han To WELD a Cause IN which
10 ran would b: to suffer, not the ii,,i- NOR
InCa'i"h OF beng vanqujshed in a geme of
sA'n ou' the deep and poignant deiecnon
''a' SH c's me honest mind when CRIME
and iiisoiencc oh aims a triumph over I'M
mainly.
the confidence with which this caus.
was Opened 10 you, the bold effronterv with
WHich ee who stands accused Come 'orward
I'll the sane uary # The law to lusrify a now
+cknowIedgsd libel aud falsehood, 6v scan
oai sun more atrocious aud more ba,egaccd-
WIN compurgatorS WHO would within bug
two Years past have spurhed him from them
seemed 10 bespeak hal Shall never name
Line thought Is sh ckiug TO an honest
'mi"h may heaven avert such shame from
all Gus
For me, find all words so poor to paint
ne sense i have of such Injustice that if
thought 1t possible that this man. corfde.ca
was grounded in the favor of any Of mis-
Judges, | should resolve to sit me down
commend the lady's cause i'm silent Drayer
u heaven, and trust to him whose WAYS
are merci'ui to compass her with his benign
Proeectinr. Indeed to hin alone she now
must look for consolation for man can rive
her little, and PREPARATION she can never have.
nor peace this side ;he grave Already has
her sad Celebrity hJwn 60 he fnrihes; cor.
ner OF the eaTth /; already has the wanton
cuIumnY reached those distant friend. yh,.c
Sind remembrances were all he balm fate
mad reserved for her Sine feels their an
guIsh added to her own. She cannot name
ne father of her children if she does inc
houghi is ike ligh ming flashes Oh her mind.
tlat ner once tender name is nov reproach
iui she Cannot cast a look of mo-hsr c lnv,.
upon her innocent infants, but the keen idle a
SHOOTS through her soul, that they are stir-
matized IN history with inf4mv and 5a,tap-
dy. blightcd and blasted in the;r dawn &c
lite. VI
In every other grief than that which this
h'sforian has inflicted on her the innocent
Ind comfort; for innocence in all other,
wrongs, against all other strokes OF mans
lynsIc or oppression IS rs evenfold shield
r'Jt so where woman's honor is as,ailed -
ouspiclon there Is worse than death itselr.
IS that shame to which the chaste I,ucrA.
1d' rather Than Seen Consuming preferred
30 piu g. dagger in her heart [, is ,hat
ior winch alone the Duocen wife Of Cn.,,
was repudated. I he man who dares -
tack 1t, IS of al other criminals the areat
est. IL he be not traitor, il is for hi.
lone, th Ct he IS worse. For MANY a man
mas Suhcred rs traitor, whom after ages
awe ~ 'ered and honUred. But never vas
ne WHO set his cloven foot upua woman's
h"nor worth The M ,cuf rnan.
lHere the defendant rose and claimed
the + ot-C on OF the ccurt. NOT G. n,,,,b
with desire to prsvem the range If 49,.