Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1839-06-24
+ From The South Carolinian.
ADDRESS OF JUDGE EARL

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JOHN ADAMS; The series of events chi.,
mark the latter period of your life, with nm !"
terest so awful 10 yourself, and 50 painful -
others, Is rapidly drawing to close. Tbs
verdict OF Jury, selected by youselc fro,0
whatever motives of expected kindness or e.
vor, have heard your cause und have estabIisS'
ed your guilt 1t only remains, that |, as ,bo
organ of the law, should pronounce its Judo.
nont, and that another Of its officers sbon1
perform his final duty, and you will ceaso,o
be numbered among the living,
The tragedy, Of which you have been ,bs
author and actor, has few parallels. The who'll
Icourse of the narrative, from your first o.,
pearancc 10 your last deed, presents succee.
sion OF debauchery and crime, revolving tot IN,
moral sense of mankind, which, for the bono,
OF our nature, is seldom met with. in ,rn
Christian country. The unhappy being. wb,
has come to violent death by your hands. has
been sent TO her long account, with all her Gin.
upon her head, reeking with tho vices. which
YOU had aided to foster and confirm: " ,bon,
time for repentance, and it NAV be. wibo'I
ground Of hope. Whatever NAV be- tbonch, -
the unholy connection between Won. ,ha en,or.
here (riendless stranger, and she took yo,
in. She afforded you shelter, and lodging, ana
food. You not only partook OF her hospitals.
ty and kindness, but enjoyed the last proofs Of
her attachment In return for all this, aha
seems only TO have expected, or desired The
comfort Of your society, and the assurance or
your protection. By no honest labor, did yor
add to the scany stores of subsistence, which
she allowed you 10 share; by no kind Offices
did yol endeavor to shield her from HARM
Humble as were the Accommodations she at.
lor1ej you, they were equal to your wishes,
and beyond your deserts. How was she rewar.
dedl You shared her low}y roof and lodging;
you ate Of her bread; you drank Of her cup;
and you slew her! In the very moment Of AN.
cied security, AMI of expec;el kindness, when
she was reposing, or about TO repose her head
upon the same pillow with your own, and sup
posed, however sinful in the eyes of Heaven,
and degrading in the eyes OF the world, wac
the connection between you, that from you, at
least, she would meet with favor and regard
lin that moment you raised your hand against
herl BY repeated and long continued vio!ence,
in the midst Of her shricks, and cries for mcr-
cy, you wounded her unto DEATH To this pic
| ture, sketched with the severity Of truth, fan.
cy can add no colouring; to this plain nara
| i've OF facts, fiction can add no incident, that
would enhance your guilt.
In the darkness and silence Of that night, 50
full Of present evil TO her, SO fraught with FL.
ture woe to you, could you suppose that sucha
deed wold escape detection? Perhaps you
Imagined, as nature was at rest, and deep
sleep had fallen upon all around you, that there
was no eye 10 witness the deed; no ear 10 hear
the Shreks Of pain, and cries Tor. mercy, vain.
! Iy addressed to heart, and to human feeling.
Now lrall are the hopes Of the wicked! Even
then, there was upoa you, the eye OF one, never
To be named without reverence and awe! whose
vigilance never sleeps for the evil doer. That
eye was upon you, for detection here, and for
punishment hereafter. Had not train Of CIR.
exposed your crime on earth before tina.
other tribunal Of your final Judge, there
could be no escape From the instant OF COM
hitting the fatal act, your punishment began.
Were you TO live thousand years, you would
carry, within you, the worm that dieth mol,
the irc that is not quenched, that guilty con
science, which would bring before you, at all
times, and IN all places, tho image Of your
murdered paramour. 1t would haunt your
visions by day, and your dreams by night
On the ocean, and the land in field and forcsti
IN the crowded street, and in lonely places, che
Image Of that murdered being would be present
with you; her eyes would glare upon you!--
And 1t, by drunkenness, you were to steep your
senses in forgctfulhess, you would only awake
to keener remorse, and sink to deeper despair
from which you could only be saved, by an At
mighty hand, prompted by a spirit of love,
equal TO his power. 1t is not for us, feeble and
sinful, to speculate on the structure Of Gods
government, or the principles on which bis
punlshments are awarded.
! In that apartment, where your crime was
committed, there was sacred volume--aas!
hat 1t was so disregarded-- would have
shown TO you that murder is stamped with
the divine wrath, in all time. You would have
seen, from the curse Of the first born son OF
SIN, that there is no rest on earth, for The shod'
der OF blood. Had your eye dwelt upon those
precepts of Piety and godiness, which impress
the volume with the seal of its divinity, ths
wrath of the angry man might have been tuTn'
cd away, and the arm Of Che slayer been say
ed. But Providence, for its own lnscruiaD'9
purposes, ordained otherwise. AS a slgns
proof gifts dlspeasure, against course Of ne
so indecent and immoral, II seemed Mt, tha'
your paramour and yourself should both close
a life Of riot, lewdness, and debauchery, 5ya
sudden and violent death; she, by your mana
and you, by the hands Of the executioner.
was fit, after being your companion in sin, IhaE