The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1820-08-08

MISCELLANY.

lfit should be proved. that the queen OF Eng
land did actually commit the crime with which
she is charge the law pronounoes II high treas
son-and she must lose her head upon the scat
fold. But, by the principles Of the English law.
il man brings an action against his vile for a
dultsry, she 10 allowed to produce the same evi-
dence in her de(ence--that IL, that her husband
has been guilty Of the same crime. This law
must operate on the king well A. on the subject
and, it is perfectly notorious, that the king has
been guilty Of adultery.
Now. il may be put to the common sense of
our readers, whether it can be admitted for
moment. that while the evidence should prove
that George Rex had been guilty Of adultery, his
queen. fif this obnoxious fact should be proved
against her,) should be compelled to lose her
he ad upon the scanold, while the head OF her
husband was allowed 10 wear the crown, guilty
of the self same breach of the decalosuc. The
doctrine thus considered is, that the name OF the
female adulterer, should be expunged from the
Liturgy--that she is too unhallowed even TO be-
come an object.s prayer-while the life ct the
male adulterer must be prayed for, as ifthc sin
differed in its scarlet malignity, according to the
sex of the parties concerned in the transaction.
That the Voice of the Deity, tina, the thunders
from Mount einai are directed against criminals
1 of both sexes, we have no hesitation to assert
the general mandate is, .thou shalt not commit
|Adptery.n Bts, il seems. that while this offence
|1perpetrated ~ male, it does not, by human
M, di.qualifp him from remaining at the head
81 the religions established by law, whereas, II
tue same deed ia done by his VITO. her head is
doomed TO roll rom the soafold. II is in vain
to disguise the fac,-let us speak boldly-neith-
erGeorge or bis ministers dare inh'ct at the
present ht1n, Under such circumstances, the
punishmenSRf Aecapitation. Henry the Eighth
does not now ~ over observation-disclosures can
not be committo3in that country as II was for
merly done. N4Anne Boylens live at the pres
ent day, and the order for the execution of the
queen under such circumstances, would be the
signal for revolution. The head ofGeorge is
in as much jeopardy, as the head Of Caroline.
With regard to the situation Of France, evil
appears to be on the alert. The election law
not on account Of the Importance of that law
itself, whichever way il may be eventually de-
cided, but because there is pnsdisposition in
the people to run to riot, has been made the
tocsin of discomfort. Blood has already been
shed, and the military has been repeatedly sum-
moned to repress these popular commotions.
Louvel has indeed been executed, but his turbu-
lent spirit still seems TO stalk abroad, and to
whisper treason and disatfection to the ears OF
thousands and thousands in his passage, In
deed, il may well be doubted, whether George
the Fourth in England, or Louis the Eighteenth
IN france, can possipiy maintain g'aP upon
the sceptre in times tempestuous as thelpresent;
they are two royal mice on the politicalsummits
Of bursting Vesuvius and Htna, and they pre-
suse to dictate 10 those two burning mountains,
how far they shall hurl their moulten rocks in
the explosions, and how far they shall pour
their torrents Of consuming lava. ThVf4 is a
strong agent at work, and we have no desbt that
the time of serious convulsion is dra wing nigh.
In fact we do not wish.tc augur evil, or to sound
false alarms but when we observe an eGificc
bursting in flame, or the combustible materials
ienited that lead to such a con6a sfatiQ1, il
appears to as the self-same thieg RsfoHisg
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