Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1838-05-29

bfFS Hs4 . luoef tuFohE tut FtoptrN W or-
sire this course but they will generally be found
10 be men who care les, sbou, putting down ouel-
ling than they do TO make The present occurrence
an oocssion q political excitement. They have
. morbid appetite. which nauseates .; nothing,
however foul and loslhsomc. which may CRAFTY
the vorscioos, sll.conssmine desire Of party tri-
umph. have q most f~epolsive example nf this
in The Globe Of thus morning. Which a friend has
just put into my hands, containing an article cop
led. With appreciation, lsom a Philadelphia pdper,in
which the People arc cslled on 20 get up petitions
to this House. praying that the report uf the. com
mlitec, nov under COR consideration, may be i'm.
medih,eiy adopted. Yes, cir, hefote even seeing
The report. The editor Of the Philadelphia paper,
hsving learned from that pert Of 1t which has found
liz way into the Globe before being read in this
House. that IT pronounces sentence on The persons
implicated in The duel. calls on The People to ask
Us TO sanction the report, before they have even
reen What 1t contains. This, cir, is a fair i~llustra-
tiun of The spirit which prevails IN certain quarters
On this subject, and is a clear indication Of the use
which 1t is desired to make Of the publication Of
The report now sskcd. Sir. | will have no part or
10, 10 such a project as tbls. | recoil from it az
FROM the embrace Of a serpent. and wash my hands
of it now and forever.
Mr. Speaker, there is nothing which the People
moro value and veneraie THAI the forms and usa
res designed to secure fsirrcss and importantly in
the administration Of justice. Nowhere will thew
more readily and spontaneously lag aside their per.
sonal and political anlmosities than when thew
come within the atmosphere Of a ~jnticial tribunal.
The bitterest enemy, the most hated political rival.
finds there a sanctuary from every ayenpcr. except
the laws stern and steady minister. The sense cf
justice how deeply it is seated 10 the human bo.
sp,n Rpwarn sir how ttiu, ,;,l o., "
know not how soon its perversion may yisi, Won
with it's infections. A temporary triumph of bad
passions may be achieved, aud even a desirable re.
suit sometimes reached by overlapping lis barriers.
and breaking down its deiences. But the ,emno-
rary good is far ou,weighed by permanent and CHI
during evil. The same barrier which YOU break
down 10 reach, summsrily, the guilty, may be over
capped, TO prosecute and destroy the innocent.
Mr. Speaker, Justice, clothed in her erminc robes.
lifts up her monitory voice, and warns you to pre-
pare. She points to the Constitution. the great
charter of our liberties, and the qua rdian protector
OF the weak against the strong, and admonishes
MS, by oil that Is Just and wise in its great princi-
pies, and by all that is pure and holy in her own
noble nature. to pause and consider before We use
her venera,ej forms ard sacred name to sanction
even the slightest Injustice. Let us, sir. heed this
admnoition ; and, instead of asking by what means
the greatest party effect may be given to our pro-
ceedings on this subject, auxiously seek to know
by what means we may exert the greatest moral
power against duelling, aud cost effcclually con.
tribute to Danish it from the country. Let US dis
engage the case as much as possible from all party
entanglomen,s. and frown Indignantly on overy a.
tempt to divert the pure stream Of virtuous indlq.
nation excited by the late duel into the muddy and
polu,ed channel of poriy. Let us send back this
rpnOrt IN Tho cotamiiipn md dir.c, H.
to US the testimony, ond nothing but the ,estimo-
ny. Let us deal impartially in our animadyo.sions
on the dead, Uor we must speak of him. and our
infections on the living. Let us arraign at our
bar, for q fair and impartial ,rial, crerv man who
has participated in this duel, and, unmoved BY cla-
NOR, and unawed by merace-if menace there
shall Se-without hope, fear, favor, or affection.
pronounce our Judgment on OIL The actors in this
bloody tragedy. Such a proceeding and such a
Judgment will tell on The convicted, if convicted
there shall be and will tell on the public senti-
ment throughout the land.
But, sir, II is in our power TO mar this whole
work, so that it shall 90 from our hands a piece of
.deiormlty which shall consign its authors to the
and eXecration Of the world. And such.
sir, 1t will be. it must be, if this prosecution is car
RED through in the manner in which it has thus
far proceeded. Let it be arrested, and turned, if
possible, into a direction that may lead 10 results
which shall not utterly defeat the pure aud honest
purposes of the People, by whom the judgment, Of
this House upon the actors in this fatal tragedy has
been invoked.
-Nofs By Mr. SHADE. When the foregoinp ro.
marks were made, the report Of the committee was
to be within the control Of The House.
and Its publication to the world (wilh The excep.
Of the resolutions at its close. which had
found their way into the Globe) was sup
pcsed 10 depend on the decision Of the House m.
on the motion to print. This, however, has Turn
ed nut to have been a mistake. The committee
1t seems, had ordered a number Of copies of their
proceedings, sufficient, merely, for their own use
to be printed at the Globe office. under a ,toorp in
That no other copies should be printed.
This injunction. however, has been disregsrded. by
IN the Globe, on the evening Of the dsy
on which the foregoing remarks we're made. the
report Of The committee, without tie evidence.
jro- the copy trhiA had been G~lrni-tei bg The commit.
Zee for Tie purpose Of printing for as orra use mere
~.
THIS explanation is deemed necessary for ib.