Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1840-05-30

The following address was delivered by the
Hon, HExKY MoSeEk, and handed us for pub.
healiOn at the request Of the members Of Ito
Columbus Bar
.iHi'oa 4. Kiags5srry,Jhs Grand Jcry at he
present term Of the court found a true biI against
YOU for grand larceny. Upon tnis indictment you
have been tired by an impartial jury Of your coun-
Iry, aad, though zeslously defended by able coun.
sci, have been found gully. Have you any thiug
to urge Why The sentence Of the law should no, .
be pronounced against you
The punishment attached 10 the crime Of which I.
You have been convicted IS Imprisonment IN the
Psniienlisry not less Than two, nor exceeding five
years--at the discretion Of the court. During
your Imprisonment, you VIII be kept constantly
employed al hard labor in the day time, unless al
any time the state Of your health, IN the opinion
Of tho physician Of The institution, may render i
improper. At night you viii be shut up IN a
close cell by yourself Your clothing and bed
dug will be Of coarse materials. No vinous or
splrluous liquors will be allowed you and your
food will DO Of inferior quality, though Wholesome
Such, unhappy young man, are some Of the
missrIes which YOU have brought upon yourself!
The pleasures which spring from unrestricted
freedom Of action and Of VIII, together with all
those which belong 10 social Intercourse, YOU are
doomed Cor time to iorego In your hours Of
solitary confinement, you will feel that i Is sad to
be, as il were, alone in the universe, cut or from
human sympathy aud consolation. Man is form
Ol By nature Tor society, and few have the desire
or the fodtudc to live alone.
These evils, though great, might perhaps be
borne. But alas the consequences of your
conduct stop not here. The crime Of which
you have been convicted, stamps your character
with inllmy Whatever Of friendship OF esteem
the vitaous and honorable portion Of your ac-
quainiance may have heretofore entertained for
you, is gone forever. In tho morning of life
whilst its beauties and glories were unfolding and
beamlng around you, by one lell act you have
blasted oil your prospects, and closed against
yourself The gates to honor aud usefulness, which
were open to you, in common with all the ngen
u,us youth Of tho country.
10 argument, it fell from counsel that you are
descended from one Of The most respectable la-
milics Of distant State. If this bo true, your
guilt is aggravated. Every man is morally bound
to ubstain from the commission Of crime but
upon him who is honorably descended deyoyes
the additional sacred iilial obligation, to preserve
unlarnished that proudest Of all logaces, spoIicss
reputation. How painful TO your distant rola-
ives, will be the news Of your disgrace II
you arc tho first to bring rcproach upon them,
how bitter to you must be the reflection
seek not unnecessarily to wound your feel
'ngs. would not add pang to those which
know must rend your bosom. Some paIlaton
may be found for your conduct in your youth,
and 10 The fact that you were, as am informed,
bred an orphan. Il is too true, that none care
for others children like their own. None can so
assduously watch the ways Of devious youth, or
pe'severlngly and ailecIonaiely admonish II Of
error as IT'S natural guardian, tho parent
You, however, know better. You are said to
DC printer by trade, aud cannot, therefore, be
destitute Of education. Some Of tho craft 10
which you belong have been distinguished bene.
factors Of mankind and many of them have
risen to distinction in our own and other coun.
tries. The paths which they Uod we've open to
you, fy industry, perseverance, and Integrity
you might have attained at least to usefulness
and Responsibility in society. You have chosen
different course, and must suffer for your folly.
la conclusion, permit me earnestly TO admon
ish You 10 rct,ace your steps. A perseverance
in crime will assuredly oyerwhelm YOU with un.
mIiiigatsd woe BY reformation, you may in some
degree retrieve your character The world how.
ever, is uncharilable and cannot flatler YOU
with the hope, that you will ever DO able entirely
10 wipe from your name the 8;aia which has fall.
len upon It, The means of moral aud religious
instruction will be afforded you during your i'm
prsonment. A chaplain IS provided for the in
stituIion, and bible will be furnished YOU. If
you consult your true interest, you will avail your
self OF these helps TO virtue. Study your bible
and endeavor TO attain TO It's sublime morality.
II Only remains that discharge the painful
duty Of pronouncing upon you The sentence Of
tho law (Sentence WIS then pronounced of i'm.
pFlsonment in the penitenti ary for three years.
ipEAs.-rhe following is paragraph from pam
plet recently published by the Rev Leonard With |
ingion, Pastor Of the First Church in Newburv /
Mass:
We love exeiteme MT; The appetite is increased |
upon us; we are peculiar nation Some people, /