Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-11-07
MR.. BROUGHAM'S SPEECH.
HOUSE OF LORDS, OCTOBER

we e"'iherateu az Tue commencement OF the
proceedings. Tie confusion created by their
entrance having suhsidcd,
Mr. Brongham commenced his speech TO the
mouse IN low tone o, voice He spoke, as
VIII az We could collect hin, as follows =
' NY lords, the tine has now arrived when il
becomes my duty To address your lordsbius
npon this most momentoas of all mon,entois
eases. IL is not the august presence of this
assembly which Impresses me, tor have of
ten times experienced this iDduIypnce-noris
II The novelty OF this proceeding that per.
p'eNts me, tor ihe MUD gradually gets recon.
c'ich 10 The iSost extraordinary deviations
IRON The common course OF things-neiiher Is
~ thc magnitude of tss case that oppressps
Ee,tor am barDe up IN my task Nv the con-
Hicton ut It's justice, and by tse approval of all
tuanktnh; bat, my lords IL Is the force ct that
eonV,ciion-it Is The knowledge at the sen
tinents which are universally entertained nv
az parties OF the Innocence of nv i,lustrious
client, that NOW dismavs me. with the p.rsua-
SION that my unwoitny rode of advocatiu.
her cause may Tor the first lime occasion
doubts on her Case, aud induce vOur lordsi,,o,
10 pass that judgment which the charges ,b,t
have been preferred are calculated TO elicit
fioni you ieel ia the fullest sense, the great
Importance OF the situation IN. which am
place. ; anH IN detituce of tue indifference
when anticipate at Your lordships' hands. |
am Stiii weighed down by the heavy respousi.
b'liiN which have undertaken. Ii is no light
Sdhi'io" 10 this ieeling 10 ioresee, that before
tins Irgreedln. sh all be- brought TO a close in
mas b. nay unhappy lot, IN the discharge of inv
duty. aud which no loyal aud coed subject can
contemplate without the most painful refIec-
'ie"S, TO make charges OF a nitnrs serious
as Il ~ possible for any Individual 10 stand
in9eached with. My Lords, the Princess
Gas oine Ui Brunswick arrived in this conutr,
~ the year 1895. she was the neice of our
severefsn. AID the Intended Cuns0rt OF the
Her Apparent. aud not far reno v ed from the
heir 10 the Crown of these realms. / allude
10 that period. but Ualy for the purposes of
passing over all The interval which elapsed
ir.m her arrival, TO her departure in 1911.
rejoice that the most faithful DISCHARGE sf
r'y dn'y will allow me, AT present 10 draw
TINS line but l Cannot do SO without pausiup
10 :uatd myseli against a MISREPRESENTATION,
to winch may not unnatnraIly tie exposed,
BY assuring yOnr lOrdshIps, that if I did moi
ihihk the evidence against the Queen. moi ou-
~ does not call tor accumulation in the pres.
ent stage OF these proceedings. bat does not
call upon me 10 utter one syllable by way of
attack or fecriminatiOn {; thai bui tor that my
lips would not be closed. In the dIscretionarv
postgoIement of the case, of Which 4 am ms.
sessed ieei Ina, give up the right which
have, aud abstain from the nSe OF material.
wmcn are nine. Aud iet IL he remembered
TIA; ~ hereafter shonid find the case 1 rciy
Unon tail NE, L shall NOT scinple 10 avail myself
at The means which at present | decline us
ing and let no man think, IAder such circnm.
stances, that or the Youngest member of tbsi
profession 10 which belong, wunla hesitate
to entsr upon the disc barge of the psiufnI
duty ! nave stated OF a former occasion, but
10 Your lOrdShIps II was unnecessary that an
advocate, in the discharge OF ms duty knows
tut che person IN all the worid-bis cl,eut
aud no other. 10 save thai client Nv all ex-
FedIeut meals, l.. his dnTy, aud that 81 ali risks
IGcnNvRhiences, and cost 10 ether persons
AUD 10 himself among them ; and lie is not TO
re- ard The alarm, tie iOi lures az the destrur,
ton Which The dIschat ge OF his office may nriDg
Dpou others ont he must Jo,diy go on, reck-
less OF consequences, even th0Hgh II should he
ms unhappy late 10 throw his country into
nHtf -lfNHl for Kat l...-
sent tnIs pJiniui duty is not imposed on me I
feel tndi 1 Ougnt moi TO touch on thai case
which, under different circumstances, would
lie niue. In before failure, in that which
ieei confident shall uoi fail IN, / were TO
take the course, 10 which ! have alluded, I
shonld feel that gave up fbe higher ground
%hich have rIgt TO claim ! should give I'D
The Efouud OF InnOcenCe. which II is my duty
TO take, and seem 10 cOniine myself 10 The ex-
tcnuaiion CT errors. aud The palliatIon OF levi
ties, Which stand here 10 deny. For that
which has been sad is false, aud IL is as foul
az false on the part o! those who say, that their
duty 20 God has dictated TO then tia part
wiiiCh they have taken on this OCCASION, and
which has proved them ignorant OF their first
6uty towards theITteilOw creatures--it is foul
and false, and scanda'ous say, and they know
il ", to assert that improPrIeties have been
admitted on the part OF the Queen.
] deny The admission of auy impropricties
on the part Of her majesty dany that any |
have been proved ia evidence, and will dis |
prove the assertion by evidence. One admis- !
son I do make on the part Of The queen al,d /
let the learned counsel Tor the Bill make all |
they can otit, for IT IS the only que can ac- |
kpowledge-I admit tbai The qHeeu LETT this |
country and went 10 reside iD Ltdlv--Iu the |
sOcieiy VI persons chiefly forei= uers, aud in
socIetS inferior 10 that which She once enjoy |
ed ~ England. l admit that while she was
here aud happy,uOt indeed ~ her Swu family, |
but in the society of yOur iOtdShips aud Nour
lordsirips families, that the queen moved in
more Choice. in mere digUiied society than
she has Siuce known. Ii is charged against
her On ~ size went 10 Italy, and instead Of as.
sccIatiDg With Peers and Peeresses OF Eng-
land, TOOK 20 her society the Italian nobility
sud snnImORPr persons in tiIat country But
who are they that bFing this charge against
iler majesty O'hers may blame her choice
0ihr1s may blame her for going abrOad-oih-
inay blame her tor cot having associated |
Hiih donen Of her OWL. or al Isast Of her a.
b 1pied CpHDtt y--OtherS nav urge these Things
g4insi her, bni Nsnr iO1dshtps can nave 80
II las - do t. You cannot ding this AZ her
~ rsiy; you are III last that Ought TO 90 it,
you Who UoF pfesnme t. at az Judges on her |
sise, for yDu are the @itucsses whom she has
~ hl 10 call tor The vindicati0D OF her cons
vow are The last that can approach her fol
eaviug England and forsaking BRITISH society
or ynn her Ihdges beng ds well the witness. |
= that MAY Zoe called 10 her behalf are also |
re iusiigatOis of his her only admitted crime
N lille Ter majesty resided here, she cOuTfe- |
Insly opened her house TO your lordships. She
n 'cionsiy coDdescended TO admit you to the | A
1Ost xalted society. She cODdescs nded 10 |
Ontt you 10 avail Yourselves NJ the honor. AID I
. iong as interests rot ber's) attracted some h
fho,e she courted - long AS che conld be d
is"c sub,trvirDtt TO the AMBITIOUS views of
lheTs, she did not court lD vdiB. Bat when (