The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-05-19

villages md feplcnish their Eranafies. And
I 20 this inemtnt, when thousands of mis-
guided but must unfortunate fellow com
luymen IRE Struggling with tie esir.nes
pt hardship and hanger, NJ yollf ellafiiy be-
gat abroad, II should end ~ hunic. much
less suin-a 1.-THE ut the bounty b.sioNrd
on i'nrtuE1i. s,rn ii THESE mrn (which !
cannot adult without inquiry could mol
have been restored 10 their employ mebis,
would have rendered unnecessary til. ten
der nercies nf the ba, anrt and the gitbrt
But doubtless uhr funds hay. too many
foreign elains 10 admit II prospect ut d.
nrsl.c r.l.l,--thon,h never did such oh
lrcts demand II have trnyersed the seal
of war IN the peninsula ha.r been 10
some nf the must oppressed provinces &C
| Turkey but never, under The most despo
tic of infidel governments, did | behold
such sQald wretchednrss ~ ha.. sr.n
since my return, ia the very heart of u
christian country. Aud what are Your re-
! NEEDLES After months of lnaefinn, and
months of action worse than nAciitiiy at
length comes forth the grand specific the
never failing nostrum Of all state physi
cans, from the days of Dfaeo IN III. pre-
srnt tiny. After feeling th- pulse aud sha
kng The head over the patient, pfescri hing
the usual cenrs" OF warm water aud bleed
ing --ihe Warm water of your mawkish po
licc, and ihs lane.is ol your military
these ronsnlsinns must terminate In death,
the sure cousumnation Of the prescriptions
of all political Sanerados. Setting aside
the palpahl, injustice aud the certain inrf
iicacy of the bill, ARE there mol esptal pun
l,hmrnts sufficient On your statutes IL
there M, blood enough upon yunr penal
code thai more must bo poured forth
10 ascend To heaven and testify against
you ? How will you carry tins bill IN
to effect Can you commit n whole
country 10 their avn prisons ? VIII You
erect a glbhet IN every f.ld, aud hang up
mcu like sealeerows9 o. viii yon proceed
Gas you must to bring this mehsnr. into &C
ttct) by defamation place the country I'm
der martial law, drp"pulale and lay waste
all around you aud restore shernu pod
Forest as an acceptable giit To ihe crown
in its former condition of royal chase,
add an ms, lam for outlaws? Are these the
remedies for II starving aud desperate po
puIace +? Will the furnished wretch WIN
has bra,cd your bay oncts be appalled, by
your gibbcta2 When death rs felief aud
the only rellef IL appears that YOU viii at
ford him, will he bo dragooned into tran
guilty ? will that which could not he If
frcted by your grcnadcls, he accomplish
ed by your exeeulonrrs II you proceed
by the forms al law, where IA yobr eNi
dcnce Those who haze refused 10 IN
peach their aceompIiccs when ir,nspotta
ton only was the punishment, will hardly
be tempted IN wllnrss against them when
death ia the penalty. With all due defer
cncc 10 The noble lords opposite, think q
little Investigation, sulnc previous inquiry
would induce even them 10 change then
. purpose. That most la,orlte state nrnsuil
Y 30 marvellously ellicacious in many and 70
/ cent instances, temporizing, would not b'
j without It's advantages IN tins. When
r proposal is made 10 cnnucipale ar relieve
{ you hrgitat., you deliberate for yrara, yot
tcmporlze aud tamprr With the minds o
ncn but u death bill must be passed Of
hand, without thought Of the eonsequcn
cns. Sure ! am, FROM what ! have heard
aud from what | have seen, that 10 pass
I the bin under all the existing eifcunstan
crs, without Inquiry, without dellbcrhiiUn
would only be Ia add injustice 10 irritation
and bafbarity 10 neglect The Trainers ol
such bill Must be cOutrnt tn inherit the
honuufs ol that Aibrnian law gly.r whose
cdcls were said to be- written, not 10 ink
but in blood. But suppose IL past, sup
pose one Of these men, as have seeu them
mcngre with famine, sullen with despair
careless of life which your lofdshlrs are
perhaps about 10 value at something lest
than The price ofn stocking frame suppose
this man surrounded by those children fol
whom he u unable 10 procure bread at To.
hazard of his existence, about TO he torn fol
ever from n family which he lately
supported in peaceful industry, and
which il IL not his fault that he can no Ion
ser support suppose this mainland there
are ten thousand such from whom you may
select your .ieiims---druggcd into count l'
be tried for This new offence, by this ne"
law--stil there are two things Wanting t.
convict and condemn him, and these are
in my opinion, twelve butchers for jury
f and Jcllefics for judge I"
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o. No material alteration in the Prize
/ Current since DER last Tobacco CONT