Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-12-05
FOREIGN.
from a Cork paper.l
Rcscommon ConnGugkton
as. Dillon.
SEDTCIYON

ar. fHu'PS > f'teC cCRctudeu IRON. ouT last.
Gentlemen, you shall see his document
voluntarily executed by an educated and
estaied gentleman of your county. |
know not how YOU will feel, but for nv
part protest am i'll suspense of adml-
ration between the virtue of the proposal
and the magnificent prodgaIiy of the
provision. Listen to the articlo&if is ALI
in his own handwriting: eel promise.
says he, TO give Mary Connaghtan the
sum OF ten pounds sterling, when / part
with her, but if she, said Mary, should
at any. time hereafter conduct herselfim
properly OF mark this. gentlemen. has
done so before tie d,awiRg Of this article,
amnot bound to pay thesum often pounds,
and this article becomes null aud void as
II the same was never executed John
Dillon" There, Gentlemen, there is
the noble and digniiied document forvou
take il into your box, for know not
how TO comment on it, Oh, YES, I have
heard of Ambition urging men TO crime
i have read of Love inilaming even 10
madness-I have read of passion rushing
over law and religion to enjovment-Buf.
never until this did see frozen avarice
chilling the hot pulse of sensualitv and
desire, pause before its british draught.
that II might add deceit TO desolation -
need not tell you, that having provided
III the very execution OF this article for its
predetermined Infringement, that know
ing, as he must, any stipulation for the
purchase OF vice, to beinvalid by our law:
that having In the body of this article in
serted provision against that previous
pollution which his prudent caprice mirht
invent hereafter but which his own CON
science, her universal character. and e.
ven his own desire for her possession. all
assured him did not exist at the time-I
need nottell YOU that he now urges the
lnvalIdity otthati nstrument-thath he now
presses that previous pollution-that he
refuses from his splendid income the pit
lance OF 10, TO the wretch he has ruin
ed, and SpurnS her from him 10 pine be-
meath the 'eproachcs of a parents mercy,
or llnger out living death III the charnel
houses OF prostitution You see. gentle
men, TO what designs like these NAV lead
a mani have no doubt, if Mr.. Dillon
had given his heart fair play-had let his
own nature gain moments ascendancy.
he would not have acted so-but there
Is something in guilt which infatuates its
votarIes forward-it may begin with
promise broken, but it will end with the
home depopulated-yet there is some
thing in a seducer of peculiar turpitude.
know OF no clara ter so vile, so detesta-
bic. lie is the vilest of robbers, for he
plumbers happincss-the worst of muir
derers, for he murders innocence-hisa an
Pettes are OF the brute-hiS arts OF the
d9mon-the heart Of the child and the
corse of The parent are the foundations of
the altar which he rears to LUST. whose
fires are the fires of hell, and whose in
cense is the agony of virtue! I hone
Mr. DIS advocate may prove he does not
deserve TO rank in such class as this.
but If he does, hope the infatuation in
separately connected with such proceed
lngs, may tempt him to deceive YOU
through the same plea by which he has
delrauded his miserable dupe. dare
him to attempt the defamation of cha
racter, which before his cruelties. never
was even suspected Happily. gentle
men, happily for herself, this wrefched
creature, thus cast upon the world. an
pealed to The parental refuge she had for
telted. ! need not describe TO YOU fhe
parents anguish at the heart-rending dis
covery. God help the poor man when
misfortune comes upon him! How few
are his resources! How distant his CON
ISOLATION! You must not forget, gentle
men, that IT is not the unfortunate victim
herself who appeals to you for compensa-
ii0n. Her crimes poor wretch, have out
lawed her from retribution. and however
lie temptations by which her erring ma
ture was seduced, may procure an audi
ence from the ear of mercy. the Stern mo-
rality of the law refuses their interference
No, no, it is the wretched parent who
comes this day beforeyou, his aged locks
withered by misfortune, and his heart
broken by crimes ofwhich he was IN
conscious. He resorts TO this tribunal
IN the language of the law, claiming the
value OF iis daughters servitudc. but LET
1t not escape YOU that it is for her mere
manual iabOUTs he soliCits COMMUNICATION
No, YOU are 10 compensate him for all
he has suiieTed--fOr all he is TO sufier-
for feelings outraged-ior qualifications
plundered-ior honest pride put IN the
blusli-iOr The exiied endearmrufs Of his
once happy liome-for all those immune
rable and instructive eNfacies with which
4 virtuous daughter fills her fathers
heart, for which language is too poor 10
have a name, but OF which nature saI,un-
dainty and richly eloquenfl- moi
suppose am endoayorirg 70 Influence
YOU by the power Of defamation. am
laying down TO YOU The British law as Il.
berally eXpoundcd 81 solemnlv adindoed
! speak the language of the English ord
EldOn, a Judge Of great experience and
greater learning on. Philips hero c;tej
several cascsas decided bv Lord FIdon
Such, gentlemen, is the IanouaOc of
Lord Eldon. Ispcak also on tie author.
" OF our own Lord Ayonmore-a iuelce