The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1817-03-14
Mr.. PHiLLlPS'S SPEECH.
COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, DUBLIN.
1hursday December IL, 1916.

chFlGHTrE TOWNSEND.
JhiBwas spG cIul action On the case
brought by ibe Plaintiff, 10 recover
conf ensaiion in damages Tor The Sc
ductiOI oil lis daughter by the Dcierd
ant, her gnOd eerpiiiHm dm;8n. I he De-
ienc ant ricade dthe general issue. The
damages were laid 6OCol, u wss TIED.
before Lord Norbury and e. special Ju-
ry. Mr. Phillips addressed the Court
and Jury, on behalf OF the Plaintiff, in
the following eloquent speech:
My Lord and Gentlemen,-I am,
with MY learned brethren, Counsel fer
the Plaintiff. My friend, Mr. Cu,ran
has told you the nature of the action
Il has fallen to my lot 10 state more at
large TO you the aggression by which it
has been occasion, d. Believe me, it is
with 80 pallry aifectation Of underva.
luinS my very humble powers, that
wish he had selected some more expe-
rierced, or at least less credulous acvo
cate, leel canno, do my duty;
an not ut 10 address you; have ines
pacita,ed myself; know no, whether
| any Of The calumnies which have SO il.
| cus'iiousiy anticipated this trial, have
! reached your cars; but I do COME SIS
! they did so wound and poison mine,
! that 10 satisfy my doubts | visiio d the
| house al misery and mourning, and tic
scene which set sccpiIcism al rest, mas
| ,et description At defiance Had l not
! yielded &c those interesting risrepre-
! s'ntations, might # ON MY brief have
sketched the fact, and from my fancy
| drawn The conscquences--bu as ii is,
| realty PUSHES before my Erighted me
mory, and si!ences the tongue, and
| mocks The imagination Believe
me, Gentlemen, you are impaunel
ed there upon TO ordinary occasion
--nominaliy indeed, you are to repair =
is'iva'c wrong, and it is a wrong as
oeadiy as human wickedness can in
Hict, as human weakness can endure !;
wrong which annihiIatcs the hore
of the parent and happiness of tho
! chha& WHICH Ia one moment Sliehls
! IN tN[aest antlclpations of the hear.
anH darkens The social hearth, and worse
man dePopu.atrs the habitaiions al The
| ""ppy ! Bu!, GENTS mon, high as il is,
his Is tar iromyour exclusive duty. Yuu
| ~ w ''HNb IOu are 10 S.I
| whether en- example Of such transcend.
ell inrpitude rs to stalk forth for pub
| nc lmiiation-whethern national morals
are 20 have The law for their protection,
'r imported crime is TO feed upon i'm.
pnniV whether chastity and Ieligiou
are sun permitted 10 linger in this pro.
! 'ince; or II is 10 become one loati.some
cen OF leBalised OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
| Tic sacred volume OF the Gospel, and
ne venerable statutes Of the Law. ale
! i'ii' 10 tie respected, or flung into The
| furnace OF devouring lust, or PERHAPS
converted into = pedestal, or which the
MOP and the military arc 10 erect The
idol Of a druaEen adolaiion Z Genle-
iheD' these are the questions you are &c
Try; hear the facts or which your de-
clslon must he founded.
At Is now about FIVE and twenty years
Since The plaintiff, Mr.. Creighton, com
menced business as slate merchant in
me city CT Dublin. His vocation was
tumble, 1t IS true, but il was Deycrtbe-
less honest, and though unlike bis on.
Pon'n', the heights OF ambition Law not
oeioFe him, the path OF respec,abj,i,v
cic--he Proved himself good man.ard
respectable CITIZEN. Arrived At the
age OF manhood, he sought not the
gralihcaiiOn Of its natural desires Nv
adultery or seduction Fer him the
nome ut honesty was sacred; for him
nc poor mans child was unasseiled.
no domestic 9esolation mourned his
| ebJoymeni--Ae anniversary Of woe com.
memoiaicd his achievements, From
his cWD sphere OF lie naturally and
honoFab.y he selected a companion.
whose beatty blessed his bed, and
whose virtues ccDsecrated his dwelling
tteYen lovely children blessed ilegr
union, The daliings Of their heart the de-
light oi their evening as thew
Ohndy anticipated, tie prop and solace
NJ Their approaching age. Oh: sacred, .
welded love- how dear, how DELIGHTFUL.
no" divine are thy enloyments :! Con
'ehtmem crowns 1by beard, affection
giads ihy Ereside; passion cbaste but
ardent, modest but intense, signs Der
'hy couch, the atmosphere OF Paradise |
surely surely, if this consecra.ed rite
an acquire from circumstances fac.
iitious interest, tits when We see II
cheering The poor mans home, or shed.
ding over the dwelling of misfortune
me light OF its warm and lovely conso.
'auoh --Onhappily, Gentlemen, it has