Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1816-12-02

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lof your declining ,ears, whose embrac9
lalleviated the pang Of separation, whose
lyrewing welcome hailed your oft anti
lcipated return. Oh, ii there be one a
moogst you TO whom those hopes are
|preclous let them oaly fancy that
Idaughser torn from his cartsses by the
Isedueer's arts and cast on the world, ROB-
bed Of her innocence: u then let him ask
his heart, ..what money could reprIze hin
The defendant cannot complain tlla'
i put it thus to you. Il in the place OF
seducine, he had assaulted the poof girl,
ifhe had attempted by force waat he had
achieved by fraud, his life would have
been The faafeit; and yet how tfifimg IN
comparison would have been the parent's
agony He has no right then to complain
IL you should estimate THIS outrage at the
price Of his very existence. am told:
indeed, this gentleman entertains an OPT
mon, prevalent enough in the age OF feu-
dailsm, as arrogant as 1t was baibarous5
that the poor are only q species of.Pro-
|perty, To be treated according 70 interest
or caprice /; and that wealth Is at once a
patent for crime, and an exemption from
'its consequences. Happily for this land,
the day Of such opinions has past over 1t
the eye of purer feeli.g and more
profound philosophy now beholds riches
but as one of the aids to virtue, and s.cs
in oppressed poverty only an additional
stimulus to encreased projections, A ge-
Inerous heart cannot help feeling that ia
eases of this KIND, the poverty OF the M
!jued is a dreadful asasavat.on. IL the
rich saiier, they have much to console
them; but when poor mas loses the
darling u his heaft-the sole pleasure
with which natare blessed him-how ab
tject how careless is the despair OF his
Believe, NE. gentlemen, you
have not only 4 soieinn duty to Pc. iorla,
but YOU llareAaR a5;f;,i responsibility i'm
posed apon you. You are this day, y.
snue degree, trustees for the merailty vi
,ihe peeple- perhaps of the whpie nat.GI:
Tor depend upon II, it tne oluices Of lni-
imeraitty are zee opened among The low
Ter oaders OF tie people, the t;!shtiui tide,
drifting upon It's surface all that IS az
!aied OF dear will sooa ise even tot:ie
Ihabitatio.ss ct the highest. feel, gen
ltlemen. / have discharged my dufy -
au sure you viii do yours. 1 lepose my
lciieat wlgh caafdcncc III J9ar haads-
land o.oss icr,cnt,s 90 ! hape, iha' wien
;eseting shall Ind you at your happy fire
isides, surrounded o. the sac.cd c..cl. OF
Your chi!di Ell, you may not lee, the tea
Ivy curse kaawiug III ynue. heart, OF nav
iins let loose, unpuirshed, the prcwle:
that may dcSuar them. Geht.emen. we
wi! nov call our evidence. [ assure You
Il nave stated tn. case lar less stion y
THAN my instructions would ~agrtilt Me .
teat cyea SO, eanaoi aS,nd aa.tGtdg you
Ito take no .tni.i OF mite snr stan,ed, and
To decide seteiy aect .d.liSs IL The test
itiGuy p,odueed 10 You,
,oele was ,eYdict tor the plaintiff,
jot 2.5Gti.
.tpir. Philips here ai.rdsd to a YER
idict OF 5,COUl, o6ialncd a TIC late Gal
Day asslzes against the defendant, at The
isuil 81 ssiss Ailsan. a tefs beautiful and
Ilnec'estins young lady. ipr breach OF
promise Oh marriage. Str. Nhltestune.
nho now pleaded .pr Mr. i,iilo'!, was
| Miss Wilson's advocate against aim Oh
the eccsslon alluded to.