The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-09-12

which was evidently the condition Of iill
the Gentlemen in the mifacsses' 5or.--u dad
his Client been able o it, n e. sonally, h.
WINS confident he would have felt such u,
ARE aud respect for tile Court in geu,'rsl,
- well A. for the laws and public in tits
tidns of The country, M 10 have safT,red lis
tongue 10 be cut out, rather than utter sueil
speeches as had bten 81 recently addn IS
ed IL The judge, The Jury, and himself, by
The Gentleman who appeared against him
| HIS dirnt WAS mau SO attentive To al
matters ofesiabIiBhcd decornn, that ii was
most likely, ihatlf he had been called 10 ap-
pear before the Court, he would had been
seen there IN decent, cieon, aud cleanly ap-
parel not in dirty boots, and dirty shirt,
aud dirty brtechts, like the Gentlemen then
before them. 10 judge therefore from APP
p"afanccs, and in comparing his client with
the G,nhemen,' who disputed his right
10 that appcllalion, he was afraid he must
give way upon THESE three points, inasmuch
as bcing sober, rirH, and cieuHfy, he could
moi be such a GeRtemdn MS they were.-
But there were other traits in his clients
character, which he was afraid, upon com
parison with the characters and habits of
the Gentlemen before them, might tend
still further to degrade him in their even.
His iotinse, for instance, was small, not
exceeding a few hundred year, but en-
hUiy uuinrpmbfiYd which he WAS appre-
b.nsi'e would be Thought not renHemdnitke
by many persons 0f much larger fortunes
nor yet his mode Of spending his income, for
he neeer mtnt begond II never sqnandered
any portion Of i, IN idtt, useless and unne-
ecssarg expenses never gambled with IL
never ran an d,bi. Ne bred up his family
three daughters and u son. in plota and
fugdl manner, lie was careful tn set
them the example Of u moral and religious
life. lie hoto,eed the ,Snbbdih, aud gave
rest to all dependent on him, both man aud
b,ast Ilr was careful above all things,
MOTTO trayelon Sunday, to the disturbance
of the rest of others, aud Proclamation OF the
Lords Day IN fine however, mgenfts-
mdniike ii might appear to the opposite
party, he did not wish To conceal from the
court, that his client was in all respects
good husband, a good father, II good master,
good neiShbor, aud good friend for,
after all, II was triendship alone that had
brought him into the pr.dicanent in which
he now stood. Friendship, not for the liv-
ing but the dead. twas entirely in con-
sequence OF an osd promise 10 dfaf jriendb
that AT 70 years Of age he had aeceded TO
The proposal of his friends son, 10 ride
the rae. lie need mol 60 further into
particulars he had stated these things
exactly rs they were, for the information
of the Court. What effect they might
produce, he could mol pretend to Judge
there were those present who seemed to
say that "A person ofthis descriptions did not
come up To mir ideas of Gentleman it
would remain with Court aud Jury to say
whether he came up To their ideas of such
a character am happy 10 ha,elo record
that this worthy person so described was
III the fullest manner allowed by The Judge
and the Jury to be "a proper Engiish Gen.
Hemon, to the great satisfaction of most
crowded hail, who hailed the decision with
the loudcst acclamations
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