The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1823-02-26
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Was thht noment; MS couGUy, his nbcfiy,
his character, (,he poor mans oaly weslth) o,
hazard, the little world in which ne iivsd--all
were the Witnesses of bis shame snd degrada-
,ion. II he were convicted, the uinos, pen.
sity OF the Law mus, have fallen upon him and
fallen Justly, beeausc to The civil crime
brescb ol uust was added sever on an &c.
quinsi, pains and penalties must hare SoIlow-
ed--,hs expenses he was pu, TO ! q fearful IS
sue but what did j, signify to the follower Of
The Apostles.--The poor msn might have
roosd in copgeon but he had a splendid
palace in which tc riot. The nan might
have tossed upon his bed Of straw; but he
had his siIken canopy end his bed Of down.
The poor man might have usversed the 20.
tu,niess ocean but he had The iuxuries of
lilo s1nd him--,he bosrded soEer and he
grooming board TO some souls, tbs poet tells,
- fords ample compensation for The seosn Of
mankind.
Gentlemen do u,s strong Taogyage!
am not ssharDed 10 do so in tbi, rpscsiiy trans.
action ImeSn not TO use measured language.
Though when meet n,iDiste OF the Cos
pei with the patent Of his elesiin stamped
upon his !iie--humble smbd ,he homage
which his merits gains him--pOor liac the
dying Feneion from HE cbnnes--pous, no
in his preaching, but in his scts--a link a, II
were between the earth which be iBs,ructs,
and the hepven 10 which no tsaas, teaching
tho happiness Of the one and tpilYing The pu
ri,Y oG tbs olher--,hough } Geo sdmire such
men eveD 10 my iDniost bes'ir yet will not
extend NY reverence to that sersin sanctity
which burrows hs vsy under the Foundations
Of The IL nsple, and cots the bread oi The shiias
IL has cndsng Fneed scarce
ly tell you the Iesuii OF tic prosecution. The
prosecutor svore, IS might have been expcc.
ted, 10 he ldeniiy Of The bees--ie The idenu
" Of ,he bresd--and after establishing his
Toll claim 10 the peBRy WORTH he cuIed up
hi, household 10 corfobossta him. One ct
Them has bee n TUNED out Of his SET vice ,ince,
the other hos q second opportunity to doy.
What they s~ore thea, ihke IL for granted
hey will swear now and iG they do, DEFY
sny man OF conscience 70 say that this man
had probable grounds foi bic p' osecuiion, re-
collecting ., you will that oil was communi
Gated TO him before the Session. nay. before
the arrest. Whs, was The result tho Jury
'ose indignao'Iy, interposing between the sc-
cussa and the modification Of a defence--he
was at once acquitted.
Parson Viaiis departed happy, r would have
had aimee offered toe slightest compensation
III he hsd even ,eodsred the e1penses to
which his caprice had put my oiieD,s but he
has not done soi he chooses again to come
before The pubic, sgain TO meet, trust, The
ne;i,ed rebuke OF M honorab pisy.-- The
only poin, in which such q man con be made
10 feel is his purse, and ! hope il will Of Jas
be opened 10 ,hs claims OF ihe poor. The
-t.-.~. L...A
departed, ,he one 70 his lordly mansion, the
other to his home oi dssola'ion--,hc one ex-
claiming fchnins me si6u!at = the othes r0m,.
Bsing on all the woes 20 which poverty is
suojecl, and The wickedness which nsy ,hsive
even undet consscrsted atnen,,
Ehe day Of rctr,bnion, howevet,is IA at last
arrived; sod al yoU' homes, hands | confident
ly claim II. ! cisiM II, not me, ely Tor eXpen-
ses iaeurted--ior impdsorWeDt enduted--
for character inyolyed--iot oppression exer.
cised--bui ! claim il 10 adtiIion, for the ago.
ny OF mind which tho pisinuH nust have sui.
iersd when be saw himself attsiptad before
the world ss ielon. But IL wanted an ag-
grava,iun ia this case, do ] not cad u in the
station oi the deiendsni--in tha, education
that should have ameiiorsed his heart; in
that wealth, OF which, as clergyman, he was
but The alnoper ui beavep--,n that secred Of
Gce, which should have pressed on him the
assumption OF benevolence! What would
The world say and naluss'iy ssy, when they
saw such prosecutofs Would tscY not say
that glazing Indeed mus have oecn the gniit
which forced b.m to Geposc 10 u. Would
they believe that 10 wa, assumed upon the
grounds too ridieuioos for credul,y-grssped
OF, a: first, wuh disgraceiul p'omii,udo, and
s!tsrwards pu, sued with as oisg,acefuI PEI
sevetaoce,go, up by kind OF family srvsase.
men,---drsgged before the pobiic sssips, oil
cvdence--sgasnN the daily cctufnoi he &C.
eu,ed TO wo,k--sgainst the impossibilIty OF
sccess--aga,nsi t,e tissinilsruy Of the srti.
clet---sgai aiost the unanimous testimony OF ev.
e,y witness who was examined. Eenlien,en
Of the Jury, shalt leave this case TO you if
you think that innocence should be aecosed---
character inyolved--expeose sceumuialcd--
imprisonment endured, and felony Imputed
upon grounds lise ,hcss-dismiss my elienl:
bot II you hold pfo5'ry in respect, though
clothed IN rags; and oppression In horror,
though IL he robed IN lswn--l call on you to
sey SO ey your conscientious verdict.