Literary cadet and Rhode-Island statesman. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1827-1829, 1828-02-20
JUDGE JAMES.

JUDGE JAMES.
In our last We copied from the Charleston
Courier, an account Of the impeachment of
Judge james, and of the scene which was wit
messed at the moment of passing sentence.
Soon after the condemnation of the Judge,
Mr. Huger offered to the Senate, a resolution,
publicly declaring the sincere conviction ofthat
body, that Judge James character for honest
integrity as a man was no, impeached by the
sentence, and authorizing him to draw upon
the Treasurer, for the full amount of his sala-
ry, up to the first of January, 1929. Mr.. HUI
ger, supported his resolutions, by the follow
ing remarks, which are highly imbued with
warm feeling, and animated eloquence:
"Mr. President: | have but a few words to
say in support of the paper have had the
honor to offer you. | need not speak when
the hearts of all have so eloquently spoken al
ready: | need not appenl when every bosom IS
filled to Overlooking, which the appeal itsel. has
made; l need not ask for the adoption of this
resolution, because | know the men TO whom
it is submitted; | need not press it on you be-
cause | know that the sorrow, the deep, heart
piercing sorrow of all who hear me, has seized
upon it already. IT'S carried, not by the voice
Of my humble self-not BY the feelings of one
whose heart is sinking under the pressure which
rests upon it It's carried by the honor of this
House-the impulse is irresistible. | see the
vote of every man streaming from his eyes-l
see it in the conflict in every mans bosom: let
him say { No. who is more or less than man
let him say No. who has forgotten the scene
that has Just been consummated - who has for
gotten the picture which has just been exhibit
ed! Sir, | call upon my friends who are about
mel call upon them to say for me what | am
unable to utter for myself. Mr.. President,
when | think of that unhappy man who has
Just departed when | see him lettering, quiv-
ering, sinking under the agonizing b~eatings Of
a broken heart-when | remember that he has
Fought for his country when l remember that
his blood has been shed for the purchase of
tina, very liberty which gives me power TO con-
demL him Sir, my heart f~alters when l turn
upon the deed which my own hand has done
| shrink beneath the shade of my own I'M
worthiness, and for a moment, | disown the
act that has turned him upon the world, thrift
less and frlendless! When | remember that
the blood which is now gushing through his
veins, is the very blood in which our %constitu-
ton is written ask, and | ask it triumph
antlv, where is the man that calls for another
word upon the question: Sir. the Law must
have its victim, the Law has bad its victim!
yet the Altar is believed with the tears of the
! very men Who have presided at the sacrifice.
Sir, | will not violate the feelings Of the House
any longer; they warn me to be done; | leave
the question Just where it ought TO bc-in your
own hands! Looking your God and Country
in the face, | call for your decision"
After some further debate the resolution was
adopted, and sent to the House which gave its
concurrence.
1t is said, that the utmost feeling was dis
played by every member of the Senate, on this
interesting and affecting occasion, and that
every eye was wet. The tender sympathy
thus displayed, is honorable to the Senate Of
South Carolina, and is worthy OF all imitation.
The misguided and dlshonored Judge was in
capable of supporting himself, amid all this af-
fiction, and tottered from the scene Of action,
with his bowed down form supported by two Of
his friends.