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

| ~, their days Of labor become holt
lays in their smile, and, if the hand
Iof affection pressed on them, they looK-
d on their little ones, and their mourn
ling ended. | cannot paint the glorious
nost of feelings the joy-the Ioye-the
ihope-the pfide-the blended paradise OF
Irich emotions with which the God of Ma
i.ure fills the fathers heart when he be-
,olds his child in all its filial loneliness =
| ehen the vision of his Infancy rises as il
when re-animate before him, and d.
vine vanity exaggerates every trife INTO
some mysterious omen, which shall
smooth his aged rinkles, and make his
grave monument of honor! cannot
Ijescsibe them, but. if there be "a parent on
E'he jury, ne will comprehend ne. II is
|stated to me, that of all his children,
there we're none more likely to excite
such feelings in the Plaintiff; than the unl
fortunate subject ofthe present action
she was his favorlte daughter, and she
lid not shame his preference. You shall
find most satisfactorily that She vas
without starr or imputation, an aid and
blessing to her parents and an exam
lple to her younger sisters, who looked
iup to her for instruction. She took a
olessu,e in assisting 10 the industry Of
their home, and it was at neighboring
market, where she went to dispose Of
the little produce of that Industry, that
she attracted the notice Of the defend
ant. Indeed such situation was nat
without its interest: Young fernale ia
the bloom of her attractions, eyerting
her faculties in parents service. is an
object lovely in the eye OF God ard ore
would ssIpcse, estlpable in the eve of
mankind Far different, however, were
the sensations she excited 10 the defend.
ant. He saw her arraved, as he coifes-
ses, charms that enchanted him: but
her youth, her beauty, the smile of her IN
nocence. ard the piety of her toll, but in
famed brutal and Iicentious lust
that should have blu-hed itself auay in
such a presence. What cared he for
the consequences Of his qualification,
! There WAS.
Mo honor no relenting truth.
/ 10 paint the parents fscdIing DER the
! child
/ Then shew the ruin'Imaid, & her distrac-
ton wild
/ What thought he of the home he was n
deso'ate What thought he of the hap.
piness he was to plumber ? His sensual
rapine paused not to contemplate the
speaking picture of the cottage ruin the
! bisated hope tie broken heart the pa-
rents agony AID last and most witber-
Ing in the woeful group, the wretchetl
] victim herself starving on the sin of pro.
miscuous prostitution, and at length, per-
. haps, with her own hand, anticipating the
more tedious murder of its diseases He
:. need not, if | am instructed rightly. have
! tortured his fancy for the miserable con.
aaences Of hope bereft, and expectation
/ pIuadered. Through no very d slant Wis
1 ia, he ight have seen the form of desert
ed loneliness weeping over the worthless
ness of his worldly explation, and warn
!. ing him that as there were cruelties. no
repentance could atone, so there were
suiferings neither wealth, nor tune. nor
absence could alleviate.s If his memoir
should fail hin-if he should DENY the
! picture--no man can tell him halt SO ct
ficiently as the venerable advocate he
has 50 judiciously selected that case
| mig hit arise. where, though the energy of
native virtue should defy the speliation OF
the person---still crushed affection might
leave an infiction on the mind. perhaps
less deadly. but certainly rot less indei.
lille. turn from the subject with an in
l dignation which fortunes NE into hreyity
i turn to the agents by which this con
! tamination was effected.
| Ialmost blush to name then-yet tbey
were worthy of their vocation. They
were no other than a mental servant of
] MIR. Niilcr. AND a tase, atant ohed.
profiisate ruffian; a brother in law of the
i devoted victim herself, whose bestial APP
petite he bribed into subseryiency 1T
! does seem as if by such selection he was
determined to degrade the dignity OF tine
master whilst he violated the fne impul-
scs of the mar, By not merely associating
, with his own servant, but by diverting
1.-THE purest streams of social affinity into
! the vitiated sewer Of his enjoyment. Sc
,iduced by such Instruments into a low
public house in Athlone, the unhappy
girl heard, without suspicion theis merce-
/ nary panegyric on the defendant, when
to her amaZement, but no doubt accord.
ling to their previous arrangement, he en-
tered and joined their company. | DO
!. confess to you, gentlemen, when | first
perused this passage in MY bret, l flung