Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-12-24

| W.T. opeaher, said Mr. Il. repeat il, the scnii
80, ana oPi"'ohs OF the people are opposed to thi
S""'Se' appeal to every father and brother VIII,
| surrounds me, and wish could propound the in
'erfogatory IN every father, mother and brother il
Tue 'ano. III they should respond their disapproba
''on Oh the law as 1T now is will no longer rails,
my VOICE against the bill your table Let tn,
venerable parent know, that al the law now Is In,
s'''e man can marry but one of his da cutters; and
that as 1t is wished to be, he NAV marry them al
IN succession; and he will he convulsed ut the da rk
cloud of evils which he will see towering over tp
future peace and happiness of his children, and
WIN ms last breath impore you avert the fear.
fui mischief, by rejecting the bill on your table
which hope ynu will do.
MIR. RANDOLPH, of ALTERNATE, declared
that when he novel The adjournment Yesterday
1t was not with the design to rive his sent
ments TO the House, as has been since sail nm,
OF doors; but to gain time for the rnomber
from Goochland, who is an unprofessional coun.
Try gentleman, to answer the elaborate and
learned argument of the Delegate from North,
ampton, in favour of the bill, which he did not
conclude until after O'clock. In fact, his ui,-
Ject was to preclude off.hand reply. BIZ the
gentleman from Coochland. But fndno: him.
sell thus impelled, he would assign some reason
for the vote he intended To give against n b;lI
SO popular 1t was his nature to feel intensely.
and TO think closely upon all questions inyo,yinp
''orai consequences; but it had never been his
present a
yours would be made in way which m;glt ho
repeated under such circumstances.
The gentleman from Northatnn,on b,s full.
maintained his assertion, that by the .y.wisb
raw, man might marry the sister of his dcc,J
wiie. He dld not goiartlcr in praise ofthc Jew
lsil people than MIR. II. would follow. Will
an independent nation, at an early and unro.
lined period they deserved the a,ltnira,on a, Ioas,
OF Poster'ty. lie, as one of that postcrity, al
'''iicd thein Tor their valor in war; their enter
PRIZE IN commerce, their good taste in luxury
gu. aooVe aii' Tor their true delIcacy of feeling
ana generosity OF conduct, and sentiment IN,
wards the fair sex, in which they differed g.
much from the nations around them; and arc gwen
at inns day remarkable, among the peopIe
through which they are scattered. But who
VIII oppose the endeavour to attain for ourseivn.
higher degree of moral refinement than theirs
or that OF our neighbours at this time, 1'he
gentleman from Goochiand in order 10 counter
act this Jewish authority, very juJic;or liz
brought into view, the report given bv JoI,n
the BAPTIST to Herod the King, for having made
woman his wife, who had before been the
wife OF his brother Philip. The gentleman
from Northampton has failed to establish t.,o
authenticity of his belief, that the former bus-
band, the brother of the king, was then alive.
III nc mad succeeded, he must have next shown
that there had been no divorce or separation
Nt"'<'She W uifCiCc, DStOfC ne could
that Herod was reproved for the violation of 3.
known law, and not for an act of ,mmoraI ION
dercy MIR. r. would take the liberty TO Gll
up lie outline OF tins case, as it had not been
enlarged upon by the gentleman from Couch
iand. That period was infinitely the most
important at this time known ever TO have
occurred IN the history of mankind Heaven
ltseii, SO sacred history informs us, had come 70
the determination TO make an cndeavonr to re-
r., sa,Ir E..
tiils world John was one Of the agent, cni-
ployed for that purpose, and was the second in
rank on the occasion. As his mission was Of
secondary Importance and dignity, he contirc,!
himself TO the humber task of reptoyinr and
reforming Inc more common vices Of human
conduct, and the rnost ordinary tran.rressjons
Ct moral law. He did not undertake to incul.
cate the divine truths, then made known by
another; but recommended and performed .
ceremony which typiiied the sudden and rom.
plete publication OF the human heart. He de
bounced the marriage Of Herod with Uerodias
as the fnost conspicuous, and most s:.rons moral
enorinity at the time within his notice. iiespee
dily became the victim OF female vengeance.
The queen, conscious Of the impurity OF the
union, ii not of some criminal means used TO al
tam III, and tired with resentment, made SaIo,ne
her beautiful virgin daughter, often since re
v1ycd upon canvass by glowing eailius. the
,hOugIii!ess instrument of her vindic,iye mr..
pose. by the fascnations of that enchantress
displayed in the dance, all the faculties of the
King became spell bound, and the fatal order
was issued which no doubt was ever after hit
terly regretted; for the innocent rnartyr had
only declared an act allowed by law. TO be i'm
moral and impure. Mr.. Il. understood the gen.
ticInan from y Northampton TO say, if such a sub
tlcty could be conPrehended by any unframed
understanding, that the case Just cited, and thai
iffoNided Tor by this bull were, morally speaking
di5siiniiar. Some pronounced the intIfnaf e
union with the same woman, of two men. sDruno
from the same mother, to be indecent and i'm.
pure. Mr.. II, insisted that the intimate un,ou
OF two women, the offspring of the same bosom
with one man, ought to be deemed equally in
decent and impure. He acknowledged that il
was not generally 20 considered, and that there
| was no natural rcpugnance in the feelings oil
men To the latter union. But, there is n natu
| raj repugnance TO the former, to the marriage
with brothers widow; the senses of man re-
volt against the imagination when such pic
ture is presented. And why is it otherwise in
the case of the sister of the deceased wife? Be-
cause the repugnance in that casemust origius c
on the female side; and man, voluptuary man,
| FOR his own advantage, denies reciprocal moral
feeling on such occasions, 10 the other sex. IT,
many countries, from righteousness which
defeats its own end by excess a reciprocal am
NAL feeling is not valued or expected. Mr.. Il.
refused TO I'LL up any farther the ontlne OF that
idea. He chose TO let every gentleman who
! did him the honour of compreheuding him. do il
| for himself. But he could not turn from The
| contemplation of period of history, so grand
and 50 terrible in the events and consequences,
without rcinarlsiug that the supreme envoy sent
| TO effect the purpose Of reforming the manners
and purifying the heart of man is this world.
! wasa also, unsuccessful IN his mission, BY an OBJ