Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1826-11-24

I The Counsel for the Defendant thcu moved TO ex
cludc the evidence the ground, that il proved ano
Their offence than tat charged in the Indctmentt
Indictment charging Mr.. fleming With exac,ipr fee
Tor services not Observation-Disclosures the evidence es,a
ised thai the services h been rendered and that AR
henihs had been foire paid for them (s distinction
Tor Ari'to;ie aud ST. Thomas Aqonas.)
| ne motion was oYerrued. five TO .our
he Attorney General introduced yari,.,s witnesses
10 prove the charges in the indictmept-,l,e ,;, .,
excessive iea bills by Mir H. or his assistant t Ia
''s"zed oy hin-the collection Of The money. and lie
Payment 10 the assgnecs of Mr.. Teniny yarions mo-
'ions to exclude oru,olify the evidence ro,o mad, he
e No"nsei Tor the accused but as they were oyerru
'eu' and involved no point of interest ,o Tho e,r,
reader, we have omitted 10 report Them
inc Defendant then introduced, his cy,3o,.. NJ
""'a'n' an assistant Clerk in the Chapcery Office nv
whom one of the fee bills had been mad, Mn, ,.,
mat he had done without the instructions of Mr. H.
hihS-uiat there had been a consolidation or sov.,
su's' touching the subject Of con,royersv and
from tins circumstances he presumed had originated be
His'aHe OF charging the illegal and extorsive fee
Before the evidence concluded the Court adj
journed till to- morrow
1--WE have only attempted such sketch Of the trial
IN winch strong general interes, felt as viii pre-
sent The material points 10 the public Details would
oil volume.
Mr. Vars E"logy.-A copy right has been ia ken
out Tor Mr. Wiris Enlogy, in the pantlropc yea! of
The Committee of Arrangements in Washington AZ
whose instance Mr. W iri consented publish H. and
The profits OF the publication for certain period of
tune, devoted TO the relief OF Mrs. Randolph the
daughter of the ilusrious Jefferson. 7. is arrange
ment Ties our hands 10 entire republication of
lie Euiosy for the present, but we shall offer a few
extracts rom it, in the spirit of desire TO contribute
TO the sale of the work.
we seized on the copy of the Euogy politely fur
nished US, Nth an aridity uneqnaed except when
entering on one of SCOTS novels. Mr. Wr;,s repu
taon, his long time OF preparation and the high en-
comiums passed upon his discourse by several of IFS
auditors, led us TO acipaons Of delight in its rer,i>
SAL too sanguine perhaps TO have been realized from
any production We will not say what our sensations
were when we had concluded -choosng r.il,er 10
lei the reader judge Of IFS merits by such extracts as
we feel at liberty to offer them.
The eXordiGm is beautiful, and some of its reGcc.
lions arc not inapplicable to the present posture Of
affairs In the Z. States. 1t is as fol!Ows;-
The scenes which haye been lately pass;ro IN chr
country, and OF which this meeting is continuance
are full ofmOrai instruction They hold m to the world
lesson q! wisdom by which all profit If Heaven
shall grant them discretion to !,r!I il 10 lis use Tie
spectacle IN all It's parts, las indeed been most solemn
and Impressive; and, though the Grsl impulse he now
past the time is not yet come and never vii! il come
"henwe can contemplate il, 'sit!.ou. renew Ell emo.
ton.
In the structure OF their characters; in lie cnn.sc of
their action; in the striking coinciences which mari ed
their high career in tie lives aud nte deaths of the IL
lustTious men, whose Virtues and services we have met
10 connemorae-and in that voice of admiration and
gratitude w';ich burst with accord from the twelve
millions OF heemen who people hesefjtates, there is
moral sublini:y which overw!elns The mind, and
bushes all lis powers into s;ie;t aiuazc;,eri
] lie European, WHO s!iouid have heard the socl3
without experimenting the cause wnuld DC apt 10 in~
qnre "Wha is the meaning of all ts what had these
''men done to elicit this unanimous and splendid acca-
"mation? Why has the whole American nation risen
sup, as one man, to do them honor and offer to them
this enthusiastic homage OF the heart Were ,,ev
mighty warriors, and was the peal that have heard
''thc shout OF victory? Were ttey great commanders
returning from their distant conquests surrounded
with the spoiis of war, and this the sound of their
"trumphai procession? Were they covered will! mar
tiai glory in any form, and this Ihe noisy Of
'the multitude rolling back at their approa chn' No
thing Of all this No; they peaceful and aged nat
riots, who, having served their country Together
through their long and useful lives, had now sunk to-
getber TO the tofnb They had fought battles but
they had formed and moved the great machinery of
which battles were only small and, comparatively
trivial consequence. They had not commanded ar.
Inies but they had commanded the master springs Of
the naon on which all its great POLITICAL as ell as
military movements depended. BY the wisdom and en-
orgy OF their counses, and by the potent mastery OF
tier spirits, they had contributed pre-eminenly 10
pToduce mighty Revolution which has changed the
aspect OF the world. a Revolution which, in one-haIf
OF that world has already restored bis 'slong lost
h5er'y, and government 10 its only Legitimate object
the happiness of the People and on the other hem-
sphere has thrown Eight strong, that even the
darkness nFjesHotisn is beginning TO reccde Compar
cd with the solid glory of achievement like this what
are battles and what the pomp OF war; but the poor &
heeting pageanis of theatre? What were tue selfish
and petty strides Of Alexander, conquer little Sec
ton OF savage world, compared with this generous
tbs magnificent advance towards the emancipation OF
The entire world
And tins, be 1t Remembered, has been the fruit Of
intellectual exeron! the triumph of mind! What
proud testimony docs u bear TO Tie charncfer