The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1823-02-17

| Huus"y WIN tue morning sun, and that
Its brightest noon could not reveal spec K
upon his character. What mattered n
that he had smoothed the sorrows of a
parents age There stood a minister of
OF the gosplel--a man whose functions
placed him above suspicion-there he
stood, with the very book in his hand
from which he should preach the
torgivncss of injuries, burning on INV
client the brand of an ungrateful felony I!
hwiui to the poor man was that moment !;
ms country, his liberty, his character,
tthe poor mans only wealthy at hazard,
the little world IN which he lived-ali
| were the witness of his shame and degrs.
dalton. 1t he were convicted, the utmost
penalty oil the law must have fallen upon
| hin' and fallen justly, because TO the civil
crime a breach OF trust was added even
on an acquItai, pains and penalties must
have tollowed-the expences he was put
to a fearful issue but what did i, sieD,.
~ TO this follower of the apostles The
poor man might have ro,ted in dungeon
but he had splendid PaAace in which to
riot. HE man migut have tossed upon
MS bed cf straw but he had his silken
canopy and his bad Of down. The poor
an nigh, have traversed the returnless
| ocean +; but he had the luxurles of life
around hini--thc hos cding Golfer and the
grooming board to some soul, the poet
tells, Afforded ample compensation tor
the scorD of mankind.
Gentlemen, do use strong language
! am not ashamed to do so In this in ras.
caiiy transaction. l mean not to use
measured language. Though when
meet minister OF the gospel with the
patent OF his election stamped upon hi.
iiie--humble amid the homage which
ms merits gains hIm--poor like the dy>
ing Feneion from his char.tjes--pious,
| not in his preaching, but in his ac,s--a
link as II were between the earth which
he instructs, and the heaven to which he
leads, teaching the happiness of the one,
and IMPLYING The purity of ,he other
though can admire such men even in
my Utmost heart yet viii not extend
my reverence TO that veru,in sancuty
which burrows Its way under the founda>
| lions OF the temple, and eats the bread OF
The shrine 1t has endangered. Gen lemen,
need scarcely tell you the result OF the
| prosecution. The prosecutor swore, as
might have been expected, to the idenu-
ty oil the beef-to the identity of the
bread--and AFTER establishing his iuli
| claim TO The penny worth, he called up
his household TO corroburate him. Onc
| OF them has been turned out OF his ser.
vice since, the other has second CD.
! portunity to-day. Whaf they swore then.
take 1t FOR granted they will swear now;
| and If they do. defy any man of con
! science TO say tina, this man had proba
ole grounds for his prosecution, recollec
| ting as you will that all was communica.
| ted to him before the sessions. nay, be-
fore the arrest. What was The result :
the jury rose Indignantly, in,erposins be
tween the accused aud the morificalcn
OF defence--he was at once acquitted
Parson Viaiisdeparted happy, would
nave supposed, In the escape of limo
ceBceI If he had since offered he shgh>
test co;DpensauoB--If he had even ten.
deEcd the expenses TO which his caprice
had put my client; but he has not done
so; he chooses again TO come before the
public, again to !Ueet,t trust, the merited
rebuke OF an honorable jury, The only
point IN which such man can be made
TO feel is his purse, and | hope it will
at last be opened To- the claims of the
poor. The trial over, my client and his
prosecutor both departed, the one to his
lordiy mansion, the other to his home of
desolation--,he one enchanting, hehulus
me sibuIat the other Illuminating on n
the woes which poverty is subject, and
the wIckedness wbiSh may thrive even
under consecrated garment.
HE day of retribution, however, is al
last arrived; and at your honest bands
confidently claim it. [ claim IL, not
merely tor expenses incurred tor i'm.
prisoDment endured for character in.
volved for oppression exercised but |
claim 1t in addition, for the agony of
mind which the plaintiff must have suf
tered when he saw himself attained be
fore the world as felon. But il wan.
ted an aggravation in this case, do | not
find il liz the station OF the defendant
in that education which should have me-
liorated his heart in that wealth of
which, as clergyman, he was but the
slmoDer OF heaven; in that sacred Of
fee which should have pressed on him
the assumption of benevolence W ha,
would the world say, and naturally say.
when they saw such a prosecutor
Would they not say. that plarinp indeed