The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-08-30


happiness wantonly Wounded, make their me
ianchoiy appeal--you will hear the facts with
DIS much patience AS Indignation viii allow Il
VIII myself ask otyou to adjudye then with as
'nuch mercy As justice will admit.
The plaintiff in this case, is John Guthrie
by brrh--ny etlucation---by profession be bet,
ter than all, by practice aud by princil5les a
gentleman. Believe me it is not from the
common place of advocacy, or from the mind
part'ality of friendship, that | saw of him
whether considering the virtues mat adorn
lite, or the Establishments that endear it. he
has-tew Superors. Surely if spirit that dis
dained dishonor; it a heart that knew not
Suiie II a lite above reiroach, and a .,harac-
ter beyond suspicion, could have. been a sec,i-
rty against mstortunes, his lot must have
been happiness speak ia the prese4Ise OF
that profession TO which ne was an oiuar,ent, Z,
with thOie members his manhood has been
familiar, and say of him, with q confidence
which dehes refutation, that, whether we
consider him in his private or h ( public sta
uor' as a man or rs a lawyer, there, never
breathed that being less capable of exciting en-
mity towards himself, or of Offering, even by
implication, an otfepCS to Others If he had
fault, 1t was, that above crime. he was a.
bave suspicion, and 70 that noblest error of a
noble nature, he has fallen a victim. HAVING
spent his youth IN the cultivation of a mind.
winch must have one day led him to emf
nence, he became member of the profess
sion by which am surrounded. POSSESSING
as he did, ~ moderate independence, and
looking forward to the most Eatteriny pros
poets, ,t was natural for him to select AMONGST
the ctccr sex some friend who should adorn
his fortunes & deceive his tolls He found such
friend, or thought he found her. in the per
son OF Miss Warren, the only daughter OF an
eminent solicitor. Young, beautiful, and &C
LII. L.
cohipi'Snec, she was" ado,ned with all that
earth and lie aven could keatow to make her
amiaoie. Virtue never found n fairer tenn
pie; beauty never yelled a purer sanctuary
the graces of her mind retained the atlmira
ton which her beauty had attracted, and the
eye her charms fired, became subdued andS
cnastened III the modesty of their association.
ohe WAS IN tEc dawn of life, with all it's fra
GRANGE round her, and yet SO pure that even
the blush which sought to hide her lustre. but
discleSed the vestal deity that burned beneath
1t NO wonder an adoring husband antcipa-
ted All the Joys this world could giveflim no
wonder the parental eye which beamed mon
tneir union, saw IN the perspective an old age
OF happiness * posterity ofhonor. Methinls
l see them at the sacred altar. Joining those
. hands which heaven commanded none should
separate, repayed Tor MANY a p.tne of anxious
nurture, by the sweet smile cf f;lial pieey, and
III the holy rapture OF the rite, blessing the
power that blessed their children, and gave
them nope, their names should live hereafter
Ie was virtues vision -,-uene but fends could
envy 1t. Year after year Confirmed the anti
ciPaton--fJur lovely children blessed their u
niou. Nor was theirslove the summer pas
SION OF prosperity-msfortune proved-af
hlctIon chastened lt--before the mandate of
that mysterious power which will at times
despoH the paths OF innocence, to decorat.-
the chariot oftriumphant viliaiDy, my client
ad to bow in silent resignation.
He owed his adversely to the berievoence Of
ais sprit--hs went security for friends-those
friends deceived him, & n. was Obliged 10 see,s
IN other lands that safe ASYLUM which his
| own denied him. He was glad 20 accept an
offer Of profe ssional business in Scotland DIN :
ring temporary embarrassment. With a
coaiugal devotion, Mrs. Guthtic accomDanied
MN, and IN her smile, the soil Of the stranger
WAS An home--the SORROWS of Adversely ver.
dear to him. During their residence in Scot.
land, period OF about a year, you will Gnd
they lived ashley had done in ireland. snd
as they continued to do until this calanifons
occurrence, IN state of uninterrupted han
piness. You shall hear most satisfactorily
mat their domestic life WAS unsullied and nm
disturbed. Happy at home happy ir a hus-
bands lovc--happy in her parents topdness
happy in the children she had nnrsed-E =
Mrs Guthrie carried into every circle. and
there was no 5irclein which her society was
not courted, that cheerfuness which never
was companion OF guilt, OF a stranger IN
| Innocence. My client saw her the pride of
his tarnly, the favorite of his friends-at o-,ce
/ the organ and ornament of his happiness. His
aTL5uon awoke, his industry redoubled. aod
that fortune, Which, though for season If
may i7cw0, never totally aban1ons urobi,v
AMI virtue, hal begun to smile on him, he
was beginning to rise in the ranks of his com
petItors, and rIs y with such a character
th9t emulation its-lf rather reioiced than en-.
wed. 1t was at this crisis--tin this the noon
ct MS happiness aud das spring ef,his fortune
that to the ruin of both, ne defendant he
came acquainted with his family. With the
serpent's vile AMI the 3erRent's wicketlness
he stole into the eden Of dOrnustic life-poi-
soning all that was pTre-~iN'luting all that
was bodybuilding (sod-destroying mana
damon IN the disguise OF virtpe---a herald of
hell in the paradise Of ifhoceuce. His name
gentlcUien, Is William Peter Baker Dunstan-
vile Sterpe-Onc' w0ld tin nix he had err
thrts eroNgh without adding to them the t;f,e
otadutercr. OF his character know On,
little, and am sorry that know so much
1t am instructed rightly, he is one Of those
warn and Yspd COxcombs, whose vices tinpe
he irvolty VI their folIies with something OF
q more odious character than ridicnle. With
rust head enough 10 confrivo crvr.-. hes -.