Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-03-18

lice Nilmot regret, said he, ssthat
'iieywere not greater; though the plain
nd 5 loss did not amount 10 twenty shll-
lungs, the Jury were right in giving ample
damages because, such actions should
tie encouraged Tor examples sake" Jus
ace Give wished they had given twice The
sum; and in this opinion ttiewnole Bench
concurred. There was case. where the
girl WAS OF mature age, and living apart
from her parents. Here, the victim Is al
most child, and was never for moment
separated from then home. Again, in the
case of Bennett against Aicott, on simi-
lar motion, grounded on the apparently
overwhelming fact, thai the mother oil the
girl mad actually sent the defendant into
her daughter sbed-clianibSr, where the
eiiminaliiy occurred. Justice Butler de-
,larcd, he thonght the parents indiscre-
ton no excuse for The Defendants cuba
bIiuy ;" and the verdict OF 300 damages
Nas confirmed. There was case ofits-
IA. connitance-hcre,w will they have the
ilardihood to hunt even lis suspicion You
all must remember, Gentleman, the case
OF our own countryman, Captain Gore, IL
gainst whom, only the other day, an En-
slish jury gave vsrdictOf ( 1880 DANA
Ses, though il was proved, that the per
sen ailedgcd TO have been seduccd was
herself the seduc =, going even 80 far as
10 throw gravel up al the windows of the
defendant; yet Lord Peterborough reius
Ell TO disturb the verdict. Thus, YOU may
see, rest moi on my own pruoliess and
unsupported dictum | rclv upon grave
decisions and venerable authorities not
only on the indignant Remuneration oithc
moment, but OH the deliberate concur
renee fiIe enlis lItened and the dispas-
sIelate.
see my learned opponent smile. |
Tell him, would not care ii the books
were an absolute blank upon the subject.
would then make tie human heart my au-
thority. would appeal 10 the bosom Of
every man who hears ne, whether such
CRIME should grow unpublished into a
Observation-Disclosures innocence should be
made the subject OF d brutal speculation.
What damages should you give here,
where there is nothing 10 excuse-where
there Is every thing to aggravate The
seduction was deliberate, 1t was three
months IN progress, lis victim was almost
child; 1t was committed under the most
aliurIng promises ii was followed by a
deed OF the most dreadful cruelty but,
above all, II was the act Of man commits
stoned by his own country, aud paid bv
iliS, Tor the enforcement of Tie laws, and
Tie preservation of society. No man more
respects than do, the we'll earno Il reputa-
1t is school,
Where every principle tending to honour
Is taught--if followed"
But, i'll the name of that DISTINGUISHED
army, here solemnly appeal against AN
act which would blight lis grecnest lau-
rcls, and leave their trophies PROSTATE i'm
The dust. Let them war, but be il moi ON
domestic happiness let them invade, bur
he their country's hcafths invioiatc ; let
them atchieve triumph wherever their
banners fy, butbe II not over morals, in
nocence, and virtue. i know not Nv What
pailiahoD the defendant means 10 mitigate
this enormity-will he plead her youth
1t should have been her protection. Will
he plead herleviiy? deny the fact; but.
even were II true, what is IL to him What
right has any man to speculate on The
temperature OF your wives and your
daughters, that he may defie your
bed, ordesolate your habilation? Willie
plead poverty! never knew "a seducer.
or an adulterer, that did not What shall
the sacred seal of filial obedience. upon
which the Almighty Parent has affixed
his eternal fiat, be violated with impunitv
by blaSphcmous and selfish libertnism
Gentlemen, if the cases have quoted.
paiiiated as they were, lave been hu-
namely marked by ample damages. he
.'"caiA HtNS toiiSiucIc' iIldl DclOre. hut
Is poverty an excuse for crime? OurIaw
says, he who has not pursct to paw forit
must suffer for itln his person. Ills Almost
wise declaration; aud for my part, rev
or hear such aperson plead pol eriy, that
my first emotion is not thanksgiving.
that Providence has denied, at least. tie
insfrumentality ofwcalth TO The accom-
plishment OF his purposes. Gentlemen.
see YOU agree with me waive the topic.
and again tell YOU, that if what know
will be Ills chief defence were true. il
should avail him nothing. He had no
right TO speculate on this wretched crea-
ture leyty, TO ruin her, and still less TO
ruin her family. Remember, however.
Gentlemen, that even had this wrelched
child been indscreef, it is not in her name
We ask the reparation ; no, it is in the
tame of the parents her scducer has heart
broken; 1t is in the name of the poorhelp-
less family lie has desOi.lted if is in the
name OF that misery whose sanctuary he
has violated 4; il is iii the name of law, vir-
tie and morality; it is in the name offhat
country, whose fair fame foreign envy will
make responsible for this crime: it is i'm
the name ofnature's dearest, tenderest
sympathies it is in the name of all that
gives your toll all object, and your ease
charm, and your age hope. | ask from
you the value of tie poor mans child.
When Mr.. Philips had concluded
burst Of applause proceeded from tie au-