Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-12-13

INC late Queen. The first count charged that
ne had composed and preached the words
charged as llbellous the second count cl,aro-
ed, mat nc had composed aud publish. d the
wordssin pamphlet, entitled tn. Substance
OF DISCOURSE, &c. the third count charged.
mat he had composed and published tlie words
set forth III the Indictment. The defendant
pleaded not guilty, upon which issue was
joined.
MIR. Brougham May il please your Lord
ship, Gentlemen of the Jury-It is my painful
duty to lay before you the particulars of this
case, and 1t is yours to try it; and my part
shall be performed in very short time indeed,
Tor have little, ifany thing, more to do, than
merely to read-what will not characterize
by words OF my own, but what will leave 20
you, anu may leave 20 every man, whose
mind Is moi perverted, to aflix proper descrip-
ZION. read to you what the defendant com
posed and printed. You have heard from nv
learned Trend, and if You have any doubt, il
VIII soon be rcmovcd-to whom the following
passage applies. OF the Queen il is that the
passage is written and printed
The term cowardly,' which thew have
now laid to my charge, think you will do
me the justice TO say, does not belong to me ::
mat ieellnS was never an inmate of nv bo-
som neither when the Jacobins ragged around
us with all their fury nor in the present day
oil radical uprOar aud delusion. The latter.
indeed, 1t must be allowed, have one feature
about them even more hideous and disgusting
than the Jacobins themselves. They fell down
and worsllipped the Goddess of Reason. n
most respectable and decent sort of beings
And you know, gentlemen, that she was
common prostitute, taken from the Stews of
Paris. -
=" most respectable and decent sort Of
beng, compared with that which the radicals
have set up as the idol of their worship. They
have elevated the Goddess of Lust on the ne
destal of shame, an object of all Others the
most congenlal to their taste, the most deserv-
ing OF their homage, the most worthy of their
auoratlon. After exhibiting her claims TO their
iaYor IN TWO distinct quarters of the globe, af-
Ter comprising sea and land with her guilty
paramount tn crafty TO the full her impure de-
sires, and even pollutiug the holy sepulchre it
sci. WIN her presence, to which she was car
red IN mock majesty astridc upon an ass. she
returned TO this haIlowcd soil so hardened in
SIN, so bronzed with infamy, so caIlous To eve
ry feeling of decency or shame, as to 90 on
Sunday last''-
Here, gentlemen, the Reverend preacher al
iuded,not to the public procession TO St. Paups.
10 return thanks, or to other professions which
inisht, partly at least, be considered as poll
tlcal, but TO her late Maiesty's humble. IlnaE
fected, pous devotion in the church of Ham
mersmith
tn go ON Sunday last, clothed in the man
Tic OF adultery, to knee. down at the altar of
tilat u od who IS of purcr eyes than to behold
inlquity, when she Ought rather to have stood
barefoot In the aisle, covered in a sheet as
white as unsunncd snow,' doing penancc for
her SIMS. Fill this had been done, would ne
yer have defiled my hands by placing the sa-
cfed symbols IN hers; and this she would have
been compelled to do in those good old day S
when church discipline was in pristine vigor
and activity"
Gentlemen, the author of this libel is a min
ister OF the Gospel. The libel is scrmon
the act OF publication was preaching it the
Piacc was ms church the day was the sab
pain Inc audience was his congregation. Far
De II from me to treat lightly that office OF
"n!ch ne wears the outward vestments, and
winch he by his conduct prof,ncs. A pious,
humble, inoffensive, charitable minister of the
Gospel of peace, is duly entitled to the tribute
OF affection and respect, which is ever cheerful
~ bestowed. But know no title to our afIec-
tloll or venerailon, which is possessed by a
meddilng, intriguing, turbulent priest, even
When ne chooses to separate his sacred office
from his proane acts; but far less when he
mixes up both ogcthcr-when he rcfrains not
rom entering the sanctuary with calumny-
When he not only invades the sacred circle oil
domestic life with the torch of SANDER. but en-
tiers the halIowcd threshold of the temple and
casts 1t fiarIng on the altar-whep he pollutes
with rank caIumnies the air, which he especial.
~ sboImd to preserve holy and purc--when
he makes the worship Of God the means Of in
luring his neighbor, and pollntnc the flock
committed to his care. OF the defendants
motives say nothing | care not what thew
were; for innocent they could not he. care
not whether he wished to pay court to sons
patron, to look up 70 the bounty of power. oI
whether 1t was mere mischiefand wickcIncss
or whether 1t was aunion of interest wifi spite
But be his motives of n darker or lighter
shade, innocent they could not have been and
unless the passage have read proceeded from
lnnocency, IT would be libel on Won TO doub
that you will find il libel. Of tic iustriou:
and unfortunate individual who was the object
OF this attack, iorbear To speak. She is now
removed from such low STRIFE and there is
an END, WITH respect to her, OF, | cannot say
chcquered, Tor her life was one continued
course OF injustice, oppression, and animosity
rom All VINO either held or looked ny to-al
VINO either possessed or courted, cmoluncn
and ACKNOWLEDGEMENT but the grave has clos
ed over her unreen6ng prosecutions. Unrc
lcntIng may well call them, for they hay,
not spared her ashes. The evil passions which
beset her steps in life have not ceased to pur
sue her memory, and with a resentment NOR
Iimplacablc than death. But tits yours to vim
dIcatc the Insulted laws of your country. |
your verdict will have no eject on the de
icndant, It hestlll so on incorporating aud un
abashed, it win at least teach Others or dete
them from violating the decency Of the law.
/ II is impossible to convey an idea of tn
powerful soemuity of this address, or tn
irresistible imprcssiont made on all who hear
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