Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-09-14

and circumstance OF war, anu walk li. ~
court, to- hear the glowing speech q =; Mr..
pleaderwho rose at the par
IS CuIran set; man, who unitessa taste
Cor poetry. With relish for liberty. and
sound morality. We5haye perused his 'sF
h. raneues on 3 catholic emanclp ation,
but he descants to-day on new SUBJ
GRIM. com.
COURT OF COMMoiy PLEAS. n
Friday, June 8, 1915.
John Guthrie, Esq. Ha;ntif Peter
;y,iliian, Balcer Dunstabls 'Stsrae, Esq.
Defendant.
Mr.. Castillo opened the pleadings by
stating thatit was an action brought a.
gainst the defendant for criminal CONVEX
sation with Plaintiffs Wifi, and that the
damages were laid at 10000.
Mr., Phillips rose, and addressed the
court and jury in the following words
NV Lord and Gentlemen,
In this case I am of counsel tor the
plaintiff, who has deputed me with the
Kind concession Of my much more eff
4cient colleagues, to detail to you the ste.
ry of. his misfortunes. In the course OF
a long friendship which has existed be-
tween us. originating in mrNial pursuits,
and csmepted by mutual attachment, ne
ver until this instant did | feel any thing
but pleasure in the claims which it Great
ed, or the duty whichit imposed. In Sc
|lecting me, however, from this bright ar
raw of learning and eloquence. ! cannot
help being panied at the Kindness Of a
ma TALLY, which forgets its interest in
the exercise ats affection. and contides
the task Of practised wisdom, to The un-
certain guidance Of youth and ineSperI-
.ence. He has thought, perhaps,
that truth needed no set phraseof speech
that misfartunes should notveii the
burrows which its tears had burned, or
hide under the decorations of an arttul
.drapepy. the heart-sent heavinss with
which its bosom throbbed--he has sure
" thought, that contrasting mine with
the powerful talents selected by his an
tagonist, he was giving you a proof that
the appeal he made. was to your reason
--not your feeiiags-ro the integrity O
YOUR hearts, not the eyas, Grafton u your
PASSIONS. HAPPILY, however, fer him,
,happily for you. happily for the country,
happily for The profession, on SUBJECT
such as this the experience # tue oidaf
amongst us is but slender--deesls sue
as this, are not Indigenous to an irish
soil, or nataraised beneath ain irishcil'
matt. We hearsof them indeed as we
do Of The earthquakes that convulse, OF
the pestllence that ihfects less fayefeo
regions, but tie record of calunny 10 Oh.
~ read with the generous sceptielsn OF
innocence. or an involuatary thahksgly.
ing to the Providence that has preserved
us: matter how we may have gradu'
ated on the scale of nations no MATES
with what wreath we may nave been a
dorned, or what blessings VIC may nave
|bees denied /; no matter what may have
been our feuds, our follies, or our ms
fortunes, it has at least been universally
conceded, that ourhearts were the Eon't
of the domestic virtues. and that love
honor, and conjusal fidelity we're 'he
dearand indisrutable deities OF our house
hold; around the fre-sides Of the il1sl
hoyel, hospitality tircumscrlbed It's sa s
cred circle, and a provision to PUNISH
created a suspicion of the ppssipility Q
Its violation. But Of all the ties tina
bound OF all the beunties that biesse,
her, Ireland NEST oheyed, most loved
most reyerenced the nuptlal centfac'
| She sawit. the gift Of heaven, the charm
Of eartf,, tie Joy Of the present the pro
mis-. of the future, the innocence OF ell
jloyment, the chastity of passion, tie sa
llcrament Of love 8 the slender curtalh
| that shades the sanctuary Of her MAJ
riage bed, has in its purity the splenalo
Of the mountain snow, and its proteetloi
the texture of the mountain adah:aiiT
Gentlemen, that national saacruaty,ha
Iheen violated, and its tenderest pledge'
torn from their shrine, by the Poiiutes
ranine of a kindless, heartless, prayer
less. remorseless iadulterel. 10 You re
llio;on de6Ied, morals n,suited, law des
pised. public order foully violated, ant
individual happiness Wantonly wounded
make their melancholy appeal--yo l
| will hear the facts with as much patience
as indignation viii allow; ! will mysei
ASK Of You to adjudge theaSwith as mucl
mercy as justicevil admit.
Tho rlaintiff IN this case, is John Cnth