Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-11-22
WirH TIE PERMISSION OF THE Counr-


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WIrH TIE PERMISSION OF THE Counr-
Gentlemen ctHe Jury: The place occupy IN
standing before yon Mt this time is one clothed
with responsibility weighty and ns delicate as
was ever assigned to an advocate in behalf of an
unfortunate fellow man. No language that | can
employ could give any additional nrce to the cir
cums'nnces by which am surrounded, and which
press 80 heavily on the public mind as well as on
my own. | come, too. ns n stranger to each one
OF you. Your faces know only by tho common
image we bea" to Maker but in your exalted
character OF citizens of the ancient and proud
Commonwealth of Nirg gina, and of the A,nerican
Union. bear you passport Of friendship and
letter of Introduction.
| come from the sunset side Of your Western
mountains-Irom beyond tho rivers that now skirt
the borders OF your grent State; but come not ns
m alien to foreign land, but rather US who
returns TO the home OF his ancestors, and to tho
household from which he sprung. l come here
not as an enemy. but ns n friend with interests
common with yourselves, hoping for Your hopes,
and praying that the prosperity and glory of Vir-
ginia mny be perpetual. Nor do forget that the
very soil on which live III my Western home was
once owned by this venerable Commonwealth as
much rs the soil On which | now sand Her
laws thos, prevailed, and nll her il tituti
were thtra established ns they are here. Not on.
ly my own State Of lnIiuna, but also four other
great States i'll the Northwest, stand rs enduring
and lofty monunents al Nirginia'S magnnnimity
and lrinrclv liieraity, Her donation 10 the Gem
cral Government male them sovereign States :;
D., N,.as .nJ Ir,I .,L ;n r ,,ros.n, ,nl n, .
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| forget the fcalty and duty which | owe to the
supremacy ut YOUR laws tho sncrcdness of your
citizenship, the sovereignty Of your State? Ra.
ther may the child forget its parent and smilc
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from dnv to dov surrounded by all ,h,t i. cal.u.
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