The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1920-05-11

, attention. Tor SGnlple PLAINLY INDICATES
that Mr.. Moore became a CONSPICUOUS
and marked figure and had challenged
a well recognized right of the estab-
lishrnents He Law in the old Colonial
jau in Alexandria located on Mar
Eet Square) awaiting trial, meantime
occupying his spare time through
the latticed door. preaching the gos-
pcl OF free grace, without ritualism,
ccrrmonialisrn O sacramcntarianism
Nothing must be placed between the
soul and its God What stage set
ting 1t was indeed
Duce indeed he received the SEN
tense Of the Judge. TO lie In Jail dur
ing life" at the court house, visited
often by Washington and Mason. j.
T. TAYLOR saws that from all these af-
flictinns he was wonderfully and in an
uroxpectcd manner delivered. At
times he was subjected to the soothing
and abuse Of his enemies clerical and
otherwise they breathing out threan-
onings and slaughter against him. 1T
is said that his talent for satire was
probably equal to that of any other
man in Virginia and sometimes he
used this with effect in meetings upon
his opponents until probably they
writhed under his arguments and
Iashing.
E8Sf1lNElOT WAS meantime Il ltiFlii-
her of the IntercoIoniai Consultation
Committee when produced a panic IT
London. by preparing for resistance
10 England Patrick Henry was also
a n.gmu.- Of that committee and was
IN close touch with Mt Vernon. Col.
Broadwater distinguished soldier
and an intimate friend of Washington.
was to try the Mocr2 case in Altxan-
= Washington was nj the Tune Il
vestry,nan OF Fairfax parish in whose
iur is1iction the arrest of jeremiah
Moore hsd been brought about. Br ,ad
water and Washington were closely
associated since they were members
together OF the House Of BurEesses,
vestrvmen of Fairfax and justices of
the peace (Canahan). Washington
in those days must have been fire.
ourntlv at the old court house ard
must have known OF the determined
young man in jail nearby for preach
ing. But not a word of protest is re-
corded from him. Did his oath as
yestryrnan and as Justice bind him to
unwilling silence? But startling and
well authenticated tradition fingers
in the Moore family. that Patrick
Henry. the famous advocate in the
Parsons Case. was attracted by the
case of Jeremiah Moore. Did Wash
. q :. q
in intimate correspondence with
Henry then and they rode together
horseback a few months later to the
fist continental congress through
Alexandria. one thing j. certain.
Mr.. Moore is released from his life i'm
nrisonu1ent and obtains legal license
for places OF preaching. What if we
had Henry's speech Washington
probably heard IL.
Old Christ church was then being
|completed and these influential
| friends. Washington. Mason and
| Rroadwater probably decided that
the opport,lne time had not arrived
to stir IN the religious question along
with the civil. The Declaration Of In
denendenca was coon To he DrOCIairn-
/ cd. / believe, however, that Wash
ingtoh mus Ia A'e&anorIa- received
/ ms hrst IMPRESSION OF eccleSlastlc Z,
/ tyranny backed oE ltle ela'e, lhat win
ms poWeflu1 lhhuehce' was 20 oe
pah!Shed la'eF forever from our couH
ny
IL must nol ne UNDERSTOOD thai
IeFetllah Moore was ihdliereht 10
me great ISSUES OF the revolution, lot
! ne was an advocate as wen OF clNll
lFetoofll' ano ne WAS Htart ana SOU
| "i.I " aSiilis '"i, "Hl II" ltit tHat
| .f' @' - ' W ''f ~ 'N"'''''''N 't'~'i
import ana ne must nj mat time like
/ wise hrihs mat 10 the front.
mere is an interesting sIdehght
/ upon the man contained in ms VIII
Whleh ihdlcates very clearly that ne
Itit the iouhulhe or repuoAc pH
/ ashlnston ana olherS mad not pro-
ouced Utopia IN government.
! - dated august ISL >, and read; All
me remainder az may estate give
uRto my oeioNe" Wiz nut she Shaii
not give security or nave any appraise-
ineh'' Whatever lhe ia" may say 70
me contrary hot"4lhstahdlhS, for /
nave more tSh""eh'F III h'r justice
l,1'esritE ana uprlshlnesS imam IN all
Tue courts that ever sat IN the com
Hop"'ai'h or elSe"AeFe-
Bitter Experience.
He had never forgotten his own
bitter experiences with courts and
he observed then the intense hitter.
ness in marty notifies in Jefferson
times that Influenced courts nrohablv
II would seem that during tho revo.
lu1onarv period Jeremiah Moore mus,
have baon an itipnrart nraarher ~. a.
the Establishment called him =