Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-03-05

"a' Lawrence would shortly be tried by n Jury of
MS county, and believing that before that Jury ihr
my P"'hl III issue wouli be rs 10 his SANITY fell
&c VI reluctance TO express any opinion ON
1"e so'yeci unasked, but IN the receipt OF Messrs
'a'eS oeaion note requesting It, thought as
~" 10 IN relation % yours, that II was IN auboriy.
~ afeal that ought not ~ be resisted and there.
lore 'id not hestnte 10 reply TO it, Having done
So anu ding thar the true meaning OF that rebly
" Tar as was concerned Il Least has been msnp.
osf'oo confess thal feel erathcd at the oppor.
'n,'F you nave gwen me, of g1lng IA her more IN
Z af'" on The suhJecl but, ut the 81 ne time r.
S,o' "a' mo LEI bic Ugh 3 by WINCH am surround
~ -" 'he various subjects of your inquiry, do NJ
Noble me 10 give more fun sa i,faciory and min.
.''ei heal repy 10 matters Of such deep and obid
M interest
Very. respectfully, your obed,cnt servant
NATlTL. p. CAUSlN.
ioF. P BLAIR, E.q.
ffem ons Of our most respectable Professors Of
ned'etae, 'cho Nils Aimself ,c,poasibic fo, ne
10iloeaag a. ice tut dcs MT 1olsi has hume /,
be unnecessarily disclosed
Every patriot, every lover of justice and human.
ly, must feel Indignant al tbe base pnrnos,s II,
"hlch The tct of Lawrence has been appird NV
certain persons aud very intelligent nornI,t will
'hs nddnfed TO sustain their POSITIONS Me-,
whose pnla'lon Is identified with the public vlr.
Tue Oh me hePubIie mr. charged with haylue uit,r
Ell sentiments hen "oulI leguimaroly lead 10 ia
SeNslha'i Ion ana render them Justly accountable =,
inc hsllgators OF murder. Hal this attempt been
'oaHnt' 10 wicked and selfish dema ,oeueS no rffl-
'''o" ro'ld nave been needed but when we see
an emaoie and respectable Physician, who. II IS
presumed ought 10 be competent Judge Of such
matters, lending the AID Of seenc, and resnectal,,l,
ty 10 Their cause, every man should contrbute has
mite to establish the truth. With ,aaal ignorance
and PRESUMPTION II has been asserted fhbt the nh
eehfe OF Tory and frenzy prove that Lawrence Is
'lo' maniac. Every medical man knows that
mama IS not at all tunes attended by violent a..
''ons' ana mat rs unhappy subjects Often exhibit It
qhe', composed, aud reserved manner I'LL some oil
ci or ev NJ mouse thelr morbid excItablhty Doc
tor Rush (who as his only authority should hayc
ben more fully read) says" 1t { enern md.
nesH) appears with patoxysms with chronic. bui
modtfaie defan+emenl Ia lis intervals In these
ln.ef'als, the paIrnt sometimes s, far RECEIVERS ~
10 discover arrangement upon one subject only .
Aud ag1in: " Ii appears IN paroxysms with the
restoration OF reason IN their intervals, These IA
loxysms occur annually ut longer intervals -
ne most dang r1ns mariac ever saw, Il m N
VINO more than once had destroyed life was while
'ha'ncd IN his CELL silent and peaceable but no per.
son ""'ea . approach han.
Equally unfound Is the assertion. that the cr
mh''on OF deslg", courage aud SILT possession are
proofs of lie sanity of the mind Madtn n off n
es'occ coafrIyaoce, persoyer nee. and rcsDloIloo
not TO DC exceeded DR.. Gregory. in hi, lectures
ialcs two cases d,pstr ling thls point. lie wa,
s4n' 10y the Lord, Of S ,s,on 10 examine three la.
dies IN one family who were all insane. They
came to hun separately, and CT gn1e him 81 ttue
aud lam safabc an account Of the olher.. nol rs,-