Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1820-10-03

be offered 10, and every pain short o
bodily violence that eau be Inflicted on
any human being. Bereft Of parent, broth
er, and father-in-law, aud my husband IoI
my deadliest foe seeing those who have
promised me support bought by rewards
to be amongst my enemies; restrained
from accusing my foes 10 the face OF the
world, out Of regard for the character Of
the father Of my child, and from desire
to prevent her happiness from being dis.
turbed /; shunned from motives Of selfish
ness by those who were my natural asso-
ciates; living in obscurity, while ought
10 have been the centre Of all that Was
splendid; thus humbled | bad one conso-
lation leit--the love Of my dear aud only
child. To permit me to enjoy this was
too great an indulgence. To see my
daughter; 10 fold her 10 my arms; tc
mingle my tears with hers; 10 receive hei
cheering caresses, and to hear from heI
lips assurances Of uever-ceasing love thus
TO be comforted, consoled, upheld, and
blessed, was too much 10 be allowed me,
Even on the slave mari The criesof " Oh
my motherl my mother! Oh my child
my child p have prevented separation
OF the cictims OF avarice. But your adj
visers, more inbuman than the slave-deal-
ers. remorselessIy tore the mother from
the child.
Thus bereft Of the society Of my child,
or reduced TO the necessity OF embit.ering
her life by struggles to preserve that So
ciety, resolved on temporary absence,
in the hope that time might restore me TO
her in happier days. Those days. alas |.
were never to come. To mothers, and
those mothers who have been suddenly
bereft OF the best and most affec,ioasfe
and only daughiers-it belongs to estimate
my sufferings and my wrongs. Such moth
ers will judge Of my affection upon hear
ing Of the death Of my child, and upon my
calling to recollection the last look, the
last words, and all the affecting ciscum-
stances Of our separation. Such mothers
will see the depth Of my sorrows. Every
being with heart Of humanity 10 It's
bosom will drop tear in sympathy with
me. And will not the world, then, learn
with indignation, that this event, calcu-
lated TO soften the hardest heart, was the
signal for pew conspiracies, and ipdefati.
gable efforts for the destruction of this az
flicted mother? Your Majesty had torn
my child from me you had deprived me
Of the power Of being at haod to saccour
her; you bad taken from me the possible
ity Of hearing Of her last prayers for her
mother; you saw me bereft, foriorn, and
broken-hearted; and This was the moment
you chose for redoubling your persecu.
tions..
Let the world pass lis judgment on the
constituting Of commission, 10 foreign
country, consisting Of inquisitors, spies,
and informers, TO discover, collect and ar
range matters Of accusations against your
wife, without any complaint having been
communicated to her let the world Judge
Of the employ meni Of Ambassadors in such
a business, aud Of the enIisting Of foreign
courts 10 the enterprise but on the meass-
ures which have been adopted to give f.
nal effect TO these preliminary proceedings
Il is for me TO speak it is for me 10 re-
with your Majesty II is for me
10 protest; il is for me to spprize you Of
my determination.
| have always demanded a fair trial. |
This 10 what now demand, and this is
refused me. Instead of fair trial, aai
to be subjected TO sentence by the Par
lament, passed 10 the shape of law.
Against this protest, and upon the fol-
lowing grounds -
The injustice Of refusing me clear and
distinct charge, and Of refusiog me the
names Of the witnesses, of refusing me the
names of the places where the alleged acts
have been committed these are suffi-
cienily fragrant and revolving /; but IL is a.
gainsi the constitution Of the Court itself
that / particularly object, and that most
protest.
Whatever may be the presidents as to
Bills Of Pains and Penalties, nope Of them
except those relating TO The Queen OF
Henry the Eighth, can apply here 70.
here your Majesty is the plaintiff. Here
II is intended by the Bill to do you what
you deem good, and to do me great harm.
You are, therefore, party, and The only
complaining party.
You have made your complaint to the
House Of Lords. You have conveyed 10
this House written documents sealed %.
A secret committee Of the House have
examined these documents. They have
reported that there are grounds Of pro-
ceeding and then the House, merely
upon that report, have brought forward
Bill containing the most outrageous alan
ders on me, and sentencing me to divorce
and degradation.
The injustice Of putting foriI, this Bill
to the world for six weeks before it is