Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1853-08-03

case wa, not inflicted upon the audience In order to con-
eiliate the sensibnides ola person who had been exposed
10 all the mischief which such a publication might do
without seeking redress for a period of 81 years. Chan.
Gerry proceedings have never been celebrated for their
brevity; but IL every bauister who cites a case - not only
to consider its relevancy to the point In issue, but Is to
take care that his quotations in no respect wound the sus-
c~eptbiliy Of plaintiffs or defendants our legal proceed.
ings would indeed be interminable.
Yet even this absurdity Lord Mornington has outdone.
From the judgment of Lord Chancellor Eldon he appeals
to the free and Independent electors of the county OF Is
sex, the vile rabble," as Major Beresord calls them, and
though he was not elected, Loss plumpers attested the
aeuinen of his judges and his own innocence. True, In
that county lay Ibis estates" and his Gnu nerous tenant.
~" who, besides being open to " Legitimate influence"
had possibly not studied the evidence 50 carefully, or the
law so diligently, rs Lord Chancellor Eldon. But what
OF thats Who could miseducate his children. and then
receive LESS plumperss The thing s impossible. One
thing, however, Lord Morr'ngton seems TO have forgotten,
which we well remember. The Lord Chancellor heard
counsel before he decided. Mr.. WELLESLEY, in addressing
the court of appeal from the hu ings, stated, that if any
one alluded to these family matte =, he would do what be-
came him-that is, We presume, would summon him to
mortal combat. The effect ofthis menace was, that nobody
did allude to these matters, and therefore that the electors
reversed the decree OF the Lord Chancellor. without the
advantage Of argument or discussion. And now, 81 years
older, but not one hour wiser, Lord Mornington invites the
nobleman whom he had just complimented on his Christian
benevolence either to explain or retract his offensive re-
marks,-the extract from the report we have given above
or to grant him that satisfaction to which he considers him
self entitled, and the profer Of which did such notable ser.
vice when the verdict ofthc Essex electors repealed the 'in.
famous judgment" ofLord Chancellor Eldon. The valour Of
such a step was only equal to its wisdom, since no one
can believe that Lord Mornington really thought that
Lord Shaftesburg would hlsify the antecedents of an il
lustrious life by the gratuitous folly ani wickednesso Of
duel with such auan and ON such a quarrel. As this is
not the only occasion on which this uoblenan's family re-
lations have been brought rather prominent. " before the
public, we hope that the present outbreak il not the
commencement ian attack upon all magistrates, parish
officers, and others whose functions NAV have brought
them IN contact with the sacred name of Mornington, that
prosecutions for libel are not about to be commenced a.
gaiust all printers and vendors OF the great Wellesley
case, and that the peaceful pundits of the Court of Chan
Gerry may be allowed still to cite il when needful without
the dread OF Chalk farm, hair triggers, army surgeons,
gunshot wounds, or the Central Criminal Court.
Fred. Douglas, the negro. is undoubtedly a negro
of talent. He exhibits, in what he writes, a good deal OF
rufianly strength. We find in the n. Y. Tribune a long
extract from an article written by him in relation to Gerritt
Smith, the Aboliuonist, elected to the next Congress from
New York. He says
A mighty work is before him. He is a temperance man
he goes among wine-bidders. He is a peace man; he goes
To mingie with men of blood. He is a man of prayer he
goes among blasphem'r ~ He is an Abolitionisr he goes
TO meet the trafhckers in human blood. He is a gentle
man; he goes TO confront rufiins. There will be few with
whom he will have anything in common; aud il, withal,
he shall pass through this furnace, heated Z" seven times
hotter, " and shall come out without the smell Of fire upon
him, it will only be because the same God reigns now that
cared for the Hebrews. That he, like the noble Hebrews
will refuse to acknowledge the lower law Of slavery, il Ger.
tain; that he will enrage the worshippers OF the slave pow.
er, and bring upon himself their fiery wrath, is certain; but
whether it shall be his to save his life, as well as to be true
to his principles, is not certain. Slavery may, in its mad.
ness, demand another sacrifice. IL may demand another
Crandall, Lovejoy, or Torrey, TO appease its bloody wrath.
Let them touch a hair Of his head; let the assassin knife
OF slavery be drawn uOon him, and the life of a slaveholder
would not be worth a sixpcnce in any Free State OF the
Union.
What a terrible niger this Douglas is. We wonder il
he smells as strong as he Journal.
Mr.. Benton is getting more and more enthusiastic on
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time has come, and, if not, it will soon be here, and in cllps
of thunder, when error shall hide its head, ignorance hold
its tongue, and "seieHtjfe" speculation cease to
befog the plain question of the plain road to ths
Pacific. Common sense and practice are at work,
and will vindicare truth and justice against the er-
rors of all assailanis." II the time is to be
nshered i'm with .rl,ns Of thnnhnr ~ thnn a h,hnr,. III