Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-09-16
FROM rHE cozuA5lAa.
Mr.. Philips Speech,
ca.cLyHED.

ee, case Of Howard, inainortalised by
lord Erskine, may have found lis origin
IN parental crae!ty-it might, perhalps
nave been that in their early years tins
guilty pair had cherished an innocent at
fachment-it flight have been that IN
their sgring Of life, when fancy waved
net fairy wand aropRA them, TIL all a.
.Es,oye was sunshine, and all beneath was
&c aara-Wl?en To- their clear and charm
Cd vision this annie world vas but a
needless garden, where every tint spoke
natures ioveliness, and every sound
byeatised Eeavei's flelcdy, and ever
breeze was }lut embodied fragrance. L
t,.isiilss Gsea ehat ii tbs cloudiess holiday,
t,ya wose rs yascate bandage round
I'll their young hearts SO sresy togstlier
lat d separate existence ceased, and
81. itself became "a sweet Identity; It
rsisE!. rave been that enyious OF this pa
.sl}s:$e, sens worse H,an dsemon tore then
frou each ether, to piue for years IN
careless absence. and at length to perish
b a asll;afed irnyiety. Oh gentleinen,
"a, sse!t 4 case justice herself, with her
.alittafl ord. would call on mercy to
sF>se w. fi.e Ficfisn. There was no such
"a ii,,tp;t, a. tie period Of their acquaint-
sace < as iittla more than sufficient tor
lie NATIVITY Of their crime. and they
dare not libel love by shielding under its
s.t4 and SAT I'D name the leathsome re-
vels ofa9 a,Iattersus derravity. 1t might
haze been tie husbands cruelty left a
t,o easy inroad for seduction. VIII they
dare assert ii ]? All, TO well they know
he wnaid not let {. the winds of heaven
yis;t her face TOO roughly." Monstrons
"a Il is, ] have heard II rumoured that
t''3ev mean to rest the wite's infdelity
anon the husbands f,ndness. know
that guilt, in its conception mean. and
ia It's commission trcnn.ons, IS 10 It's ex-
nosure desrerate and amlaeiops. / know
that IN the fugitive panic OF its retreat
It will stop to fling its parthSaa poison
upon the jnstiee that pnrspes It. But |
do hope; bad, and abandoned and hape-
less as their cause isl DO here for TIE
name of human nature. that I have been
deceive in the rumors Of this unnatural
defence. Merciful Sod! is it in the
presence of this venerable court is it
in tie hearing Of this yirtacus jury Is it
in the zenith of an enlightened age, that
am to be told because female tender
ness was not watched with worse than
Spanish vigilance, and liarassel with
,gorsc than eastern severity-because the
aarrare contract is not converted into
The curse Of incarceration because VIC
maa IS allowed the dignity Of human
sg;l, and man does NOT degrade himself
into : l.G,nan monster, because the vow
of enJearments is no: rlade tie vehicle
of 5ecepfica and the altar pledge is rot
become tic passport Of a barbarouspe1a-
rv. and That too in a land of courage and
Of chivalsy where the female form has
been held az a patent direct from the d.
vinitq, bearing in its claste and charmed
heiulessGess tse assurance Of its strength.
AMI ti,e amulet Of It's protection; am /
to be told that the demon adulterer is
therefore act only to perpetfate his
crimes hat to viadicate himself thro' the
very rirtaes be las violated : cannot
believe It; I dismiss the supposition-it
IS most monstrCns foul ard unnatu-
raj"
;Sapnose that tie plaintiff pursued a
different piinc.p:c--supnose that his con-
duct had been tie reverse d What it was
suppose that IN place OF being kind,
he had ,een cruei 10 this de!uded female
that he had been her tvrant, nat her
protector her gao!er, not her husband
what then night not have been the de-
fence Of this a,Initerer .iight he not
then say, AID say with sreeioasness:
. True ! seduced her into, crime, but it
was to save her from cruelty /; true she
is my adultress, because lie was her des-
pet.s' Happily. gentlemen, he can say
nc such thing. have heard it said too,
during the ten months of caiumny, for
which, By every species of legal delay.
they have procrast;:iated this trial; that
next to impeachment Of the husbands
tenderness, they mean to rely on what
they Iibe! as tie lcyify Of their unhappy
victim Iknow net BY what right any
nan, but above ali. married man, pre-
sutnes to scrutin;ze into the conduct Of
, married female. I know not, gentle
men, how you would feel under the con-
,ciousness that every cexcomb was at IL
,erty to estimate the warmth or the cool-
&C &c rnnr x.i,.oS hu 1ha harnruatn1 IF |