Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1826-06-02


man rom Charlotte also, that have no fears that the
"oid WIN DC dePoPulaed, whether this bill passes or not
eau nave ht'ie hope, however well may reason, to
ahe an IMPRESSION upon those who Ill not see the diff
ference between argument and snort.
l 4 ne Genteman from Charles CITY is the next TO
eiaih attention could not but be appalled, at The
manner IN which he announced his entrance upon the
nero OF contest His plume nodded defiance, and his
iaulchion CLEANED with brightness which dazzled.
" all tue horrors oil anticipated defeat, and ready
cry PeccaVi upon The very first assault II is doubt
less owing TO the tender of that Geuile,nan
VINO mas read Aume>-tat now live 10 reply 60 bim.
RE commenced by telling that he did care for all
.'' Jewish doctors that ever did live live;
that as TO Solomon larch he knew him not but sumo,
sea rom h's name, that he be an African and he
,houeht IL sort OF hcrcsy 10 suppose that any good
learning could be found in woolly head lie denied the
correctness OF my account of the divorce of Henry the
oth, from Catherine of ArraguH which he thinks I
inh nave discovered myself ifi had ever read Hume:
ana finally he vouclied the authority of Lord Coke and
on joan aughan conclusive in all matters of Church
History and Bible learning. will NOT DENY to Cen
tean who appears 10 lay such Stress on an acquaint-
ance with tume's England, the credit of lav :na rcad
.at DOOR, nor am willing TO justify myself against the
Gnafge OF beug ignorant OF book which every protein
der 10 education is presumed TO have read only regret
t"' '!c gentleman himself has not read with sufficient
care To guard him against manifest errors However
attentive lie Inay have been the facts lie anpears TO
nave dlsregardtd the Pfiosophy of history. Indeed,
even Jdtt% appear sometimes have escaped him If
we may Judge from his assertion that marriage such
as we are how considering, ever heard of prior 10
| iiehry Tie 8th Hume himself whom the gentleman has
undoubtedly read gives the authority of that Mo
harch Tor the fact that such marriages had long been
common Doth IN Portugal aud SPAIN and whether the,
had occurred in England nat is certain that no law
peooited tein Til long after the divorce of atctine of
Arfagon' Hnt am content 10 yield the palm of histo-
ricai information, far MS Hume is concerned, and
nope mat tbs victory, if such il may he called, viii
tempt the gentleman 10 look for aui els OH tie 9th
CT sac OF tue channel If he will extend his research
es ihto rench History as far back the 9Th century
ne VIII ne somewhat better acquainted with Solomon
aich and lac Fiu perhaps, be induced 10 regret that in
inc discussion OF grave question, lie has spoken with
100 much Ievy, OF distinguished scholar and enlea
iFoufcu 10 throw iidIcule upon all the learning which
properly belongs to the subject The authority of ord
Coke and Sir John Vaughan is relied on with a zeal
truly professional and one would be apt suppose from
Tue teneniau'S manner, that instead of question Of
religion, morals and public policy depending before
legislative Assembly. we debating Il special
plea before my Lord Coke himself Supp,ise this were
rue ac would his ordsh permit the gentleman from
haries tiy, TO citc rs authority the opinions of tie
-urbonAe or the Sew sh SanheJrin,? Would he not ra-
'hcr he told that question of English law must be de-
'crthed 10y English jurss, and that all The learning Of
other schools, extra judicial ami OF no authority
we sIoui expose onfscVcs 10 j,st riJic,ry were y,
20 cite larcbi and MaiDoudes on a question of com
''oh raw ana oy parity OF reasoning, mnF well
pause before we allow To English LAWYERS, the
paramount weight which is claimed for them il, the
doctrines of The Jewish Church But the authority of
Lord Coke and Sir John Vaughan is Tor oti.. reasons
entitled Ia but small weight in this discussion. Let il
10 rememhered that the Statute of Henry tlc STU
adopted tie Leviical law in general terms without
specifying the several cases ofprobiiion. lord oEe
i'm commenting upon that Statute, saws that tie case Of
the wes sister IS within it, but Inc gives no satisfactory
reason for ms opinions. M better opinion could have
oecn expected from fanatic and bigot; from man
WHO was called on by his staon 10 uPhold az arbitrary
anu dspotc government, at pe;Iod when the rights q
conscience were openly yviat6., and when the peopc
were fought, through The rude touches oF mower lia,
they had no lights whatever SirJo Vaughan was of
miller temper and Of much greater learning all mat
,e,s not connected with his profession. II true lie
follows Lord Coke III the opinion that the ease of Lr
gcs sister IS within the Levitcal law but he cxprcs
ly declares in the Of Harrison vs. Doctor Burygel
that Tie Leviiica law is not binding upon Christians
except so far only il is adopted by positive Statutes
MS authority Therefore, iUres the argument with
"hich opened this debate, and although do not re-
sPect hlm al all uon subject like this, may be per-
united to neutra!IZc the forces of the Gentleman from
Charles CITY, by arraying him opposition to Lord
Coke, Lei Greek meet Greek in the tug Of this war
The Gentleman is pleased to suppose li,at such mar
RACES VIII nave the double effect of driving the Sister
IRON the Husbands house and Exposing her to seduction
scarcely know bow TO reply 10 these grstutous suppo-
sitops' winch are not supported even by attempt
argument LiSe those sicky ladies who all
my opponents !GYe filled their minds with thousand
artificial horrors: have affected to sights aDd TO hear
pretcrnaturai warnings. No argue against
such active imaginaiions. The unhappy inv aid who
thinks Chat bc is Il teapot, will he a teapot still if voo
reason with him forever. have no alternative there.
FORE bu! 10 refer tile Gentleman from Charles City the
! Gentleman from Charlotte. They arc both filled with
The deadui idea o! seduction, bu they differ materially
III regard 10 the probable process Iscy will unite their
exortions with those of the Gentleman from Bath who
appears TO be quite I1t IN these tiers they will pro-
badly discover, when they shall have themselves
down, that the object Of their pursuit was shadow. The
iose has MOI forgotten that all m anfarouade vas an.
cipatoh IL IS beautiful subject for dcclamat0rv cIo
quence, and when gentlemen. are peTred TO marine
exactly the case which suits them, it you'd be wonder
fol indeed II they did not say pretty things about it
There is reply 20 the whole Of this rich declarna
Ton The tenets Oh which it founded, grauitcus.
y assumed. They presuppose degree of corruption
IN both the sexes, which cannot be found in any Vr.
7 giuian society; if il should be found at any
time hereafter, it is impossible by any ordinary relation
OF cause effect that the present bill can have any
agency in producing il. One fact is worth all the spec
uativc reasoning in the world II notorious that be-
fore The passage Of the existing law in 1917 such
J riages as we arc now considering, were common il all
parts Of the state. Who can show wherein jev have
injured public moras In Maryland there is no law to
prohibit them and can assert from personal knowledge