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

FROM London Times Of 18th.
When the author Of the Ryectoi Adireu,, uttered the
pious prayer, Long may Long Tylney Wellesley Long
Pole live" lac could hardly have anticipated the u.e to
uh,ch this distinguished parsonage would apply his Ian.
gevity The Earl Of Mormington, for that is the space into
which his classical aud almost endless patronymics have
shrunk, is now in the sixty-siVth year of his age. and NAV
therefore not unreasonably be supposed to have entered
upon that period Of life when passions, however stormy.
become calm, aud judgment, If such a quality exists NJ all
fixed and steady. Yet this old gentleman has lust illus
trlted our columns by an escapade which equals, il IL
does not surpAss, the stOruicst period of h- youth or
manhood, aud shows that, u the child he father Of the
man, the man T., in his turn, the father Of his own old age.
II will be remembered that. about thirty years ago. this
gentleman was deprived Of the care Of his own Children
10y a decree OF the Court Of Chancery, aud the judgment
Of Lord EllOn was ~ course printed with Other judgments
iu the reports Of the day, and has becu, we venture 10
say, cited and commented upon in hundreds Of cases from
snat time TO this. Il IL, indeed, a leading authority Oh
the limits which public policy sets 10 the fight If a parsut
10 abuse the trust which nature has confled 10 him Tor the
education aud religious aud moral training Of biz children,
aui LAYS down the point Of misconduct NJ which ih, state
icrls bound to interfere and which place itrelfin Ea,o B1rclG,
90 perform Tor the children thp-n duties which thep4unthas
neglected or perverted. Lord salisbury has. a. our read.
crs are aware, introduced into and carried thron .h the
House IT Lords, "A bin to supply - the poorer ci rsrs tat
jurisdiction which the Court or Chanccfy exercises ovor
the rich, and, iu case Of a notorious violation of the parent.
al trust, to enable q magistrate Ia place the chilli In in
asylum, where the State may perform for 1t a duty which
H. parents have omitted. Nothing could be- more natural
than 20 illustrate the subject by reference 10 the decision
Of 20 great nm authority al Lord EllOn ON "a matter 20 ion.
pDrtaut aud sD revcleut. Accordingly, we fnd that Lord
Slaitsbury stiI, tIil was u1 new principle; itllI been
" asrcrtcd 10 various umcs. and especially iu the slso Of
Mr. Long WeIe.lcy Hrr, wls thc lrEll nmlullo on
% that occasion heard and accented 10 by Lord Chancellor
Eidun -' 10 cannot bc denied that tho Court hla tu.
Do thorty tp control tie legal rights Di the father. Il the
"' veil rc Of th" infant renders its Interference utrcH uv.
" 10 10 father iF abroad, ur proposes to send hf children
o. out Of the iurfadrisu. % their continuance under h4
~ care nti custody if likely tp prevent their being brought
'' up bon re- manner suited 60 tlrir expectations boz III. iO,s
''is addicted ~ habiuil dunicnnrs. or la.phemy. If
" their moral or religious principle are bkel, IN be- iu.
I1fri w living within ur under bic ureriutrndsncc-
10 such circum-iance4H . these the Court hu4 never hea.
'' tn'od "a" exercise To- Iur.d'cuOn. ~ the present casc
% ihc infant plaintiffs src designed to I'LL Important place.
100 Boo society and iu the right formation n their ciarnc.
" Ter b. involved the welfare Of others besides them.
q" 'eriyc..
ln giving llis clear and temperate exposition Of the
la", lord Shoitc'huy very probably thought no more NJ
tr defendant Wclc-ley than does any birr-tcr ri the
~miih1 and Jpnrsos whose names adorn The races where.
with be- seasons bic arguments but the defendant for
Whose benefit these observations we're made was deter
iuiucd not to hr paced over, aud. 10y way ri Intending the
matter, hr addressed letter ~ lord Shltcshury such o..
BOO uic.o d"rcrcrtc days, We never thought ~ have seen
again. Lord Shnrc.bury, b. appears. has "dived iu:o a
Chtnccty suitOf lord Moruingtons personal and private
affairs Tor the purpose Of repeating n most offensive, amost
FlWderOus, and uuiust speech Of od Eldun. without Ia
king any notice Of bic U.ord M,ruineton'D answer and jus.
uicntion which did not, however, prevent Lord Edon
from prouOuucing an unjust decree against him, but
Which ought, ~itnppear, ~ have had is eject ON a person
- cclebraied a. lord Shaltesbury Tor Chrstisn benevo-
lence. Can anything exceed the ahsurdity Of quarrening
With a man Tor quoting from a well known IA hook, 20
b. found on The shelves u every chamber w Enc0ln's
nm 20 much as suited hs purpose, because the ttE Of the