Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-07-06
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Speech OF MIR. PHiLiPS.
We have been favored viii "a late Eu.Iish
newspaper, from which we rcpubli 81, one of
me hlcst and most eloquent al The forensic
srt.ches at This lui;lN celebrated Irish OF aior
our readers viii be delighted with the bril-
Htnt tuutt ~ .Vhlus and ieeiiug, WhI,c they
cannot fai, 10 anhur the daring proiii.ate ana
n'onrn ',.er t:ie ruined unfortunate whose
H.l'me called II forth. the penali, inflicted
ny me jnty, though an inadequate punishment
I6i the d"ieSjabic dpGd. mar he'd their IN acrn-
iion @i li:e avarIci"Us am atrorious vaInpyre
W""'" aoandon1d conduct, spread drsoiai,on
o'er an earthly paradise. fEranklin Ga:.
lRisH ELOQUENCE.
From the Manchester Observer
FITZGERALD VS.. KEaR-Ihls was AN action
btou.hi al The Ma!U Assize>, Ireland, in April,
against the deiendUnt, Captain Kerr for Grim.
h"i conversation with plaintiffs wife. The
"d'iiageS, we're iaia di,twcuty Thousand pounds
air. Macan opened tie pltadimes. MIR. Phi.-
lips stated ,hr plaintiffs case ia the follow lug
eloquent speech
nv Lord, aud Won. gentlemen Of the Jury,
y nu have already heard tic nature Of this
acu"n, ana upon me devolvGs The serious dui\
OF stating the circumstances III which il has o.
ilsindied. Well indeed may 1 cali IL a serioHs
n"tN, whether a. II affects the individuals cos
'tfhSd, OF tiT community al large. Il is not
h'eicly the cause OF my client, hot dat OF soci-
'iy,"incb yon are about 1" try-it is your own
question, aud thatOi Your dearest interests-,t
Is IL decide whether there is an, moral bli.a-
non 10 he iGSpected, amy religious ordinance
ia be ODseriexLiyhuy social communion 10 he
chettshed-it *, whether all the sympathies of
cur nature, anu all thc charities vi our lite al T.
I" De nut lite COhuiiion OF cdprlciUus COM
pact which a demOrdiized Gauditti NAV dis:
Snite, just as IL suits their pleasure their nv
rfnie. Gcntenen, IL has been Tie lot Of my
itniI'td experience, 10 have known soaeihln
OF ti!c icw cases whlvh lave been grasyed IL
car eneEhes a. the ,'reteXt for our deprecia-
.xftIf 49, ,l.a
y one which, when compared win this, did
hot sax lao insigniticance. They had all some
iSdcenug qualify aboni iheIn-some casual
bhu ihOmthtdfS acqndIntaiICe-sUne faint OF
cotJugal lnhdeliiy-SoIne suspicion OF couju-
Gal eUIhiyanet; some unpreIne dItdted lapse of
S"Jne SOhthtul impulse, II not 10 iustiIV at
led>S loapoiOSIZe, or to paliidte. But ia the
case etore yUn, The friendship is not sudden
bat hereditary the sufferer isaitOgetiIer spot.
leAs-tie tOtnivance Is am insuSpecting hospl-
taiity; and 10 iar from having youth 10 mi gate
TEE criminal is on the very verge Of existence
iGic:nS reluctant nature INTO lnSI, by the
tntte dun of Artificial stlmulaHts, aud struy-
Iiius 10 elicit "a joyleSs hame from not even
the embeIs, but tie ashes of expiring sensual.
~. One circuustance-0ne solitary circum-
stance can find for consolation, and that is
that no h!Ieling defamer can make this the
source OF accusation salasi our country AN
lIlShnan indeed has been the victUI, and this
land has been the scene OF the pollution, bat
here we stop It's perpetrators, thank Heaven,
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not rocked their infancy; they have imported
theiT crimes as IA experiment on our people
meant perhaps 10 try how far vice may outrun
CIvIiILatiOn-how fdr cur administrators nm,
have the attenuation OF Irish fathers, and Of l.
IIsh Husbands, to The national deprdvity; Won
ill tell them they are fatally mIstah cn /; YOU
viii tell world iucreduiUus 10 our merits that
the parents OF Ireland leve their little chill
dren-llIat her inatron's smile is the cheerful
ness OF lnnOCeuce-tlIat her doors are open 10
every guest but infamy-and that even in thai
fatal hour, when the clouds collected, aud The
tempest broke on us, chastity ontSpread her
spOtleSs Wings, aud gave the household vir-
tues ~ election. When | name to you INV
unhappy client, | uamc "A gentleman upon
whom, here al least, l need pass no euio ginm
10 me, Mr.. Fitzgerald Is OnIy known by bis
misiortules-tO you, his birth, his boz hood, and
up To- mans estate, his reSiueuCe, have made
i.,n, long familiar.
chs is his own, his native laxd."
Al herc, when assert INN warm and hon
UuraDie--spIrited aud geute--a man, d ecn-
tiemdn, and a christian, u ain wrong, | eau he
iusisntlN couiuted-but ii | am right ION will
awe him the benefit of his Virtues-hc will be
heard in this his trial hour with cOmmlserat-
ing sympathy by that morality whose cause lie
Is the advocate and OF whose enemy he Is the
VictIm. A younger brother, The ample cs-
tales OF his family devOlYed not upon hiai, aud
lie Vas Obliged To look for competence 10 The
iaDonfs Ot a profess Unhappily Tor Binhe
Chose the arInY-I SAY unhappily, hCCdt,c In-
spiring han - It'll soldiers chIvairV, u created
a 100 generous crcdulity in Tie s"Idiei- hOn-
our. la the year 1911 he was Chartered with
has regiment ~ the Island VI Jersey, and there
he met aii's BTeedOne, the s,ster-iU-aw Of "a
brsthcr officer, a naJOr Mitchell Of the arLiic-
ny aud maJTie ed her. She was OF The age Ot IL
lie Of fUur aud twenty: never Was there an
nui1n ut more diSinteTested attachment. She
had TO fortune, ard he very little, Iudepen-
dcnt Of his profession. Gladly, gentlemen
could pause here gladly would iufn from
what Mrs Fitzgerald ~, to What she tdtn was (;
hut | Will not throw mOuIniui interest a.
Inuud her, for welt know, thai IA despite OF
all her errors, there j. one amongst US WHO in
hts SOtrOe's solitude, for many future year OF
misery. will turn to that darling though delu-
slve vision, TIL lis tears shut out the universe
lie told me indeed that she vas lovely-but
tie light that gave the gem its bTiiliducy has
ea6IshCd Genuine iOveiueSs consists IN Vir-
aue-ail else IL fleeing aud periidlOas--it Is as
the orient dawn that ushets IN tie tcIupe,t--
itas as tie green aud GoweTy turf, beneath
nbich the earthquake SUMMERS. In fcw
mouths nv cleut introduced hcr 60 his taguiiy,
and here bcutatt the i0of Of his sister, Mrs.
kirwan, Tor some yeats ihey lived most happi-
H. fUa shall hear, a. we'll from thC inmates
a. frutu lie hdbiIual visitors, that there uesrr
WINS 4 foUdeT, a more dOuug INSTANT, and that
the affection appeared 10 be- reciprocal Funr
inia,d babes, tie WrctChtd orphans of Uieir
litu,. pafents--doHbi, orphaned ~ 4 fathers
sorrows aud n mother shame look ed 10 20
Them for protection. Poor iilie innocent uG-
bgcdiug s''IIdfeu alas thsy III cam not thai 4
NorldS scorn stall be their sSd inheritance
Add u,isev rs ihpir liindnmid from the cradle 80
As thIs family INCREASED a gepdrsle establish
r,rui was considered necessary aid tu y iuost
ro,nasttc liuie cotiagCpn the estate Of hty bro
tr,y ard the riff OF his friendship, Nj. Face
iasd hnaiiJ removed his hOaseh,id.