The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1817-03-17
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IRISH ELOQUENCE.
MR.. PHILLIPS SPEECH.
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peolessions. Ter theory taught her'to
respect the honor of a soldier; her love
rePeiied the imputation that debased it's
OBJECT; and her youthful innocence
rendered her as incredulous as she yas
unconscious of Criminality. At firse
MS behavior correspondent with his pro-
'esSioos; he welcomed her TO the home
Of winch he hoped she would soon be-,
Sone inc lnseparable companion: he
painted the future Joys OF their domes.
TIC felicity, and dweIt with peculiar
complacency on some heraIdic o,n,.
'neht which hung over his chiq.ney.
piece and which, he said, was the ar.
Inoriai ensign of his family! Oh, nv
Lord' how we'll would il have been had
nc DIT Fetraced the fountain OF that do.
cuments had he recalled 10 mind ,b,,
virtues 1t rewarded--,he ryrc train ne
nonors 1t associated.-;he line of eno,.
less ancestry it disiineuisbed--,he b;ch
anioitioh It's bequest inspiret---,he mos.
'ai mutation II imperatively command
ed Dut when guilt once kindles with.
IN the human heart, all that is noble ~
our nature becomes parehrd and ori,, :,
the blush of modesly fades betar, i,s
s'a'e the sighs OF virtue fan It's lucid
name, and every divine essence Of cur
being but sweliS and exasperates its ina
terna! conaagration.
Ge1Iiemcn, l will not disgust tb;, an.
dience viii not debase myself bv
any description of the scene Thar fol.
lowed will not detail the arts. ,be
eXcltements, the promises, the nledpes.
Win whscb deliberate lust infiamed The
passion, and finally overpowerea the
struggles Of innocence and of voo,b
II Is TOO much to know, that tears could
not ehect--that the presence and the
prayers ut an infant could no, awe him.
ana lhal the wretched victim, between
the ardof OF p ssiou & the REFUSE of Iova
SUNK at length inilamed, exhausted. and
cohhd'nG, oenrath the heartless .orasp
an rnsympatki.ing sensualits, The
appeiite oil the hour thus satialed. at 4
temporal, perhaps All eternal hazard, he
dismissed the sister 10 their unconscious
Pa,ents, nett hoseVGr,wiihont extor,ine-
promise, that GA the ensuing ni,ht
Miss Creighton would desert her home
forever, ter the arms of fond, affec.
tlonate and faithful husband. Faithful,
alas but only to his appetite--he did
| seduce her from that F" sacred home"
to deeper guilt, to more deliberate cru
city
Alter suspense comparatively hap
py' her parents became acquainted with
her irTevocable ruin. The miserable
mother supported by the mere strength
OF desperation, rushed half frepzied to
the castle, where MIR. Townsend was
| on duty-~.e Give me back me- child l,s
was all she could articuiats. The pa
rental ruin struck the sDoiler almost
sPeechless. The few dreadful words.
81 have your child" withered her heart
up with the horrid 10Y that death denio.a
mercy that her daughter lived, bur
| lived also In iuiamy--shc could neither
speak nor hean--she sunk down, con-
Vulsed and powerless. AS soon as she
could recover to any thing of effort, M
| tura!ly did she turn to the residence OF
| MIR. IowRAend--lis orders bad antIci.
pated her-the centincl refused hcg
entranCe---she told her sad narra,ion--
she imPlored hts piiy-witn the eio.
quence OF griel, she asked him, had he
hOmeD or wife, or children? ?" Oh.
holy nature thou didst not plead ia
vain J" even the rude soldiers heart
reIented He admitted her by stealth,
and she once mOFeheld within her AIMS
the darling hope of an anxious hour
Observation-Disclosures, it was
true-but still her child. Gentlemen.
1t the parental heart cannot suppose
what followed, how little adequate s,n |
TO paint it. Home this wretcbed crea-
lure could hot relurDs a Sedur e,Hs MIN,
date and fathers anger eopaliv for.
babe 1t. But she gave Whatever cor
ISOLATION she was capab' e; she told III
fatal tale OF her un5 n;ne the homes
The promises, the Studied sneeious art
thai had sedoceO her; and, with dc.
peFs's eFedu'iFJ, stiil watched the ligf
mat ghmmer ing in the distant vista ,
ner IoVe' Thocked her with hope, an
was 20 V.ave her 10 the tsmpest. z
81 inc reproAches of maternal angus
she "odld still reply, " Ga no in Il
eye CT Heaven he is my husband !
took me from my home, my bappines
ana Feu; but still ne pledged TO me
soldiers honor but he assured n
with cbristisn's conscience; for tbr,
long months | heard his vows Of love
he IS honorable aufl will mi dscsi,.