The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1833-08-28

the control of one l,owerlul appetite,
|wilhout sufficient strength, for,ilude, ol
lprn.Ience to control its fury. But, il sx-
Libits also, those feelings Of shame, that
nice sense OF Discrimination Of .ha, con.
siiiutes female honor. and TINT acuicness
lofsuifering under its loss, that 10 female.
the subject. Of hardened deprayity ever
yet experienced. or over can.-The,
inauifes, II delicacy of feeling far superb
os To rhnt Of the witnesses against her,
md such as fully justify me in saying,
that had the conduct Of those with shonI
she associated, and, to whom she had
right to look for counsel aud advice, been.
such as il should have been, she nigh,
now have been living. numbered among
yirtuous femnles, aud filled respectable
fstnntling III society. -isavo ~aid This
mnca on the character ofthe unfortunate
girl, for yeraci,y, and, in which respect,
| think her name was much abused, in
order 70 bead the wny 10 the letters, aud
other writings in the case.
The first, and IN fact, the only part of
these writings, TO which i shall call the
attention Of the reader, in this number,
is the slip of paper found in Miss C's.
trunk, on whirh directions were written,
for her friends, if she were missing, to
inquire for her Of R,p. j.. X. Avery. II
is pretended that she was nn artful aud
Designing person, and fruitful in cxpedi-
en,s and that oil these letters, &c. were
the fruits of conspiracy on her part, to
be avenged on Avery, aud the Methods,
Church. For tho sake oflhe argument,
in this place, let it be admitted Tint she
was actuatcd by n deadly hostility to
Avery aud the Church, and fully bent on
revenge; and then let us inquire what
place this little note could occupy in the
clements OF such a conspiracy, when SUBJ
scqucni facts are taken into the account.
She might have left Fall River, aud
secreting herself in some remote aud
solitary retirement, kept herself aloof
from observation, almost during pleasure:
This note then, would have left Avery to
account for her absence, or exoncra,o
himself from the charge OF criminal
connexio with her. But no snch meas
ure appears TO have been attempted or
thought Of, Mt an elopement ofthiS de-,
scription. "lf am missing, inquire Of
Rev. l.. X. Avery, of Bristol" Was
.he iu Feaiuy, an arilul designing girl !
And did slo not know that if she hung
herself, size would not be missing Did
{zruuor EHuw vruv r1rsr Avvryy -.-,s %t...sr
evening, might be able To provo himself
in Bristol, in Boston, in Ncw-York, or,
for ausht she know in London; instead
Of being able tn give any satisfactory ac-
count of bnnsclf? What nomscnsical
) idea then, that this artful, designing girl
with the determination to hang herself
J within mile of her residence, in fre.
: gueu,cd spot, should direct inquiries to
t be made for her, of Avery, who nigh, bc
: thousand miles distant. Aud, all this
. from the mere appetite ofrcvengc, which
she could not live 10 enjoy, and with
which sho might have toasted her soul,
! by simply swearing her child on Avery
before Il magistrate, or retiring To come
sequcstered spot and leaving him TO ac-
count for her absence. A person rot ah-
: solutely destitute Of common sense would
never have haiched up such an absurd
project as .his, and yet Sarah Maria
Cornell, OH whom, such n project is
: charged, is considered to have been an
nriful, designing Pcrson.
The very fact that she len note IN
her trunk intimating tho possibility that
she might be 'missing," is evidence,
strong ms Holy Writ, that she had no in
tcntion OF committing suicide 4; especially
when il is recollectod that she directed
inquiries respecting her, to he made OF
Avery. To my mind il is perfectly clear,
iha, Avery had appointed to meet her
that evening, n, that place, pretcndcdiy
TO concert measures To take her 10 some
secret abode, there to await the period
of her coRGnemcn..
That she determined to leave the place
for that purpose, perhaps, shortly and
had prepared this slip of paper to be Jeff
behind. without tho thought or intention
of harming Avery himself. But ne, pre-
vious to the meeting, had concluded On
n more speedy aud, as lie supposed, more
effcctual mode Of relieving himself ofthe
evidence ofhis guilt, TO which, she iinnlIy
consented and submitted, which drew
forth hcr agonizing cries, heard by the
neighbors, aud resulted in her death.
ARISTlDES.