Elizabeth-Town gazette. [volume] (Elizabeth-Town, N.J.) 1818-1821, 1820-10-17
TIE QUEENS LETTER.

the commencement Of her Trial, has been the
subject OF much eulogiuin, and much abuse IN
the English papers. The Courier, which goes
all lengths with the administration, is the most
virulent, and at times, we think indecent and
unmanly in its attacks. But her Majesty has
many warm friends and able writers to defend
her cause, and repel the caumnies OF her enc
mics; and among others, the editors OF the
Liverpool Mercury, who thus indignantly spurn
the allegations contained in the Courier -
Boston Gazette.
We can imagine 10 circumstance OF hu-
man lite that SO certainly commands the
commisseratlon OF all the virtnous and be-
nevolent OF our species, as when an op-
pressed, insulted, aud unprotected woman
stauds forth to plead her own cause. The
heart that is.Dot responsive to such 40 APP
peal 10 its sensibility, ought 10 wistrusi
all its emotions, for none OF theEs can be
GOOD. The very resolution OF woman,
so situated, is, of itself, evidence 10 her
fayor-ihe strength OF her words seems to
flow from the strength Of her cause-aud
the very boldness of her manner, even
when it approaches The unabashed forth
tnde Of the stronger sex, seems to pro-
claim tina, virtue is her champion, armed
for the combat by truth. No wouder,
then, that the letter OF the Queen TO the
King has touched with sympathy every
benevolent bosom in the kingdom. She
tells plain tale Of her sufferings, aud she
tells il with firmness and disnity she is
uttering her complaints to husband; and
who is there that, participating in the sen
stations she excites. would put limits to
her reproaches None, surely, but those
who can refrain from tears when she re.
minds the father of her child, Of the only
happiness that ever resulted TO her FROM
that union--the love of that child. None,
surely, but those who can forgive the
strong expressions of the aaahappy mother
describing her panss when that child was
repeatedly torn from her bosom! Driveo
from her husbands bed, from his palace,
from all her domestic ties anil affections,
pursued even in obseurity. with vindic
tive contumely, and by d Continuity Of
insults, compelled to leave the shores Of
people whose queen she was one day 10
become she owes ii TO conscience void
of offence, aud an intellect superior to the
low minded Vaccinations Of her malignant
foes, that she has, not sunk long since be-
meath her sufferiugs. She knew that the
time would come when she must openly
plead her cause before the people Of Eng
land she knew this, and she stroye TO
live: she had her fame to vindica,e; or,
otherwise, she declares she would viii.
lingly have terminated the animosity OF
husband, by sharing the grave of daush-
ter: she now pleads that cause-she does
more-she takes the vantage ground, and
brings forward against her accusers Sc
ries of facts which must be proved false,
before any who feel for the real honor Of
the kingdom, and the purity of justice,
will condemn her. Yet for thus pleading
her cause, the Courier has the audacity
10 call her letter the ebnllition of fu.
rious woman, prepared for desperate is
sues" Poor, iDsensate brute attempt
first to disprove the facts with which this
Intrepid woman has depicted SO forcibly
the cause of her sufferings, and when en-
tangled in your sophistry, you find the |
task beyond even your art Of perversion /;
then discover, il you can, how it happens, |
that woman so insulted and so oppressed, |
is not 10 reality driven furious. You
pledge yourself too much proof, from
the letter itself but the truth and the
Of innocence sets your proof at
defiance. Your first effort in this elabo-
rate demonstration is made upon what you
call the unsparing use of criminatory
epithets," forgetting you had just before
been somewhat liberal of similar epithets
J ourseIf, You give it as your opinion,
that hard names have no alliance with
dignity Of feeling not recolecting, per-
haps, that the House of Lords was not
Of your opinion when they drew up the
preamble Of the act which is to snpersede
the acknowledged course Of British JUS
lice. There are situations in which it |
would be an idle waste of dignity to re-
frain from giving certain thugs and GER
tain persons their proper epitheis; and
we are Of opinion that woman charged |
nniustly with criminality like that iGiput-
ed 10 the 0uetu, StdiluS III lual sttudtiOl. |
But We are far from granting there is
single expression in this letter that is not
called for by the occasion : The blame
lies with those who have made such oc.
casions for such epmheis. With respect
TO the /" desperate issues" for which The
Courier charges the Queen as crime,
which beiog prepared for desperate issues,
we would ask lin, what has been the
tendency Of the whole proceedings against
her what but most desperate issue ?
The degradation and divorce of Queen,
by process unknown to the country, ex-
cept by certain ,yranuical violations OF
the constitution in fearful times-is not
this desperate issue And seeing this,