Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-08-31
FAY n I D WILLIE, TEN,


{ malcdictions Of those whom yo
: would coin your heart to serve an
bless! 'Ah, SIR he continued, Will
!, tears of agony ssreamed through hi
half-elosed fingers: You cannot cor
ceive the unutterable bitterness
the pang which rends the heart {
) him who feels that he is not OIL
despised but ioathed, hated, execra
ted, by her whom his soul idolize;
Mine was no ,boyish transient pas
sion, it has grown With my growt
and strengthed with my strength
'My life, has been but one long dream
of her. All that my soul had druDl
in of beauty in the visible heaven
the light of the setting sun tn
i Istars- the breath of summer flowers
H together with all which we iInaginI
.fof celestial purity and grace, seemet
4 to me in her incarnated, concea!ra
ted and combined! And now lost
llost-forever lostl' The violence o
Ibis emotions choked his utterance
and deeply and painfully effected,
FASTENED from his presence.
Time sped as ever onward, surely
and silently; and justice with heI
Illet of lead, but hands Of iron closed
! gradually upon her quarry. Alfred
Bourbon was arraignsd before a jury
of his countrymen, 10 answer finally
to the accusation of wilful murder
preferred against him.
The evidence, as given before the
committing magistrate, and the coro-
hers inquisition, was repeated with
some addition Of passionate express
Sions used by the prisoner, indicative
Of desire 10 be avenged on the de-
ceased. The. cross-examination by
the counsel for the defense was able,
lut failed to shake the cRse for the
prosecution. His own admission
that no one but himself had access
to the recess where the poison was
found, told fatally against him
When called upon to ad dress the
Jury, he delivered himself of a speech
rather than defense; Of an oratori-
cal effusion, instead ola vigorous,
and, if possible, damaging comment
ary on the evidence arrayed against
him. 1t was labored, and in part
exposition Of the necessary
infaIlibility of human judgment, il
lustrated by numerous examples of
erroneous verdicts. His peroration
iotted down at the time: Thus,
my lord and gentlemen Of the jury,
it is abundantly manifest not only BY
these examples, but by the testimony
which every man bears in his own
breast, that God could not have
commanded his creatures to perform
a pretended duty, which he vouch-
safed them no power to perform
righteously. Oh, DE sure that if he
Rad intended, if he had commanded
YOU TO pronounce irreveIsiblo dc,
crees upon your feliow-man, quench7
ing that lie which is his highest
gfif, he would h I'VE endowed YOU with
gifts to perform that duty rightly
Has he done so? Ask not alone the
pages dripping with innocent blood
which ! have quoted, but your own
hearts! Are you, according to the
Gods, knowing good
from evil?' Of such clear omnlsclence
that you can hurl an unprepared
soul before the tribunal Of his Maker
in the full assurance that you Eaye
rightly loosed the silver chord WHICH
he had measured, have justly broken
The golden bowl which be had fash |
ioned! Oh, my lord!' he concluded,
bis dark eye flashing with excitement,
it is possible that the first announce
ment Of my innocence, may be pro-
claimed from the awful tribunal of
nim who alone cannot err! How MI
he, whose eye is even now upon US,
should then proclaim, 4, too, sat
that day in jtd sment when you pre-
sumed to doom your fellow worm; and
saw that the murderer was not in
the dock, but on the bench!' Oh
my lord, think well Of what you do
pause ere you incur such fearful haz-
ard; for be assured, for all these
things God will also bring you to
iudgment'
\ He ceased. and sank exhausted
His farvid defamation produced a !
considerable impression upon the au-
ditory; but it soon disappeared be-
fore the calm, impressive charge Of
the Judge. who reassured the startled