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VOLUME II. NEWBERN, N.'U " SATURDAY, JULY Si, 1819. NUMBER 7h 1 TKUM5. . Tflg CAROLINA CSVriNEL IS PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY : JOHN I. PASTSUR, t:Tnktss Dollahs per annum, one thir l payable "in advance. , ; -"V) rwper will jje iiicoitinued until all v'rexr&z& are. paid up, except at the op tion of the -publisher. - J '; ov'E;iris i3N rs inserted at 5Q cents per i'uire the first week, andj 25 cents a sq iire for each succeeding insertion. MR. PHILIPS' SPEECH. Concluded .J- V Thus, gentlemen, did this Janus fronted traitoi, abusing Mr. Kir warf bv fabricated crimes defaming Mrs. Fi zgerald by previous covn pj.t; confiding in all, extorting from ail, and betraying all on 'the general credulity and the general de ception fotmd the accomplishment 0f m od'ou- pu poses ; There was t r one feature w mting to mike; his pr fi ,jicy pe-uliar ai it Was in fa r.v.i!s. It hid he grand master tojehes of thi de'iion, the outlines Q gigi ic towering defomity, per il k, a lultery, ingratitude and irreli g'; .-in, ft 1112 in the frightful energy of j til;'ir '.'OHi U lii'MJU . uui it y tllLCU. sfnethuig to, mike it despicable ast v it as dreadful ;j some petty, nar-jo.-'.v, VJ fel)ing rnt anness that would d 'v -.irfdoWn the terrific magnitude of its oriri and m tk msn scorn, while tli v shuddered- nd it warns not this.- VTIS t O-il'v think of him when he betrav it g and Vus trip inning, a scrov iMrr, acuiau ,3 i endeavoring to cmcMne laoiuy into mo snic m n of an annuitv on his intended prostitute. You sh ill have it from a v. i ness you sh t'l have it from his on'i letter, wh- re he says to Mrs. ll ill I ' - - -1 F z rerald, " where is your anntu- tv i 1 dare sn'v you will an wer me you 'ire perfectly indiiferent, but brJ tit ve'mc I a n nut," Oh, ii j, ni)J n ! the seduction of a mother th ; c lamity of a husbind ' tne de so1 stion of a hous-holdr; the utter Con,empt of m rals and riligio,i ; the; co!d b:Ord-d assassin ition of tharJ a ter' and if happiness, were as no- ' thi 13 compared t the exp -ndi u e ' pi ' a ShilliiTg : 'he paused not to con-! si ler the ruin he was infli ting, bu:( the expense he was incurring; a prodigal in crime, a miser in rcmu 11 r itios ; he brought together the; 1 enti ousness of vouth and the av.i. ri e of ige, 'calculati'ig o:a the inheri t mce of her plundered infants to de f ay the hirlo ry of thei r- prostitutedj in rhfr! L)i 1 v u ever hear of tur-; pi adeiikt; this ? Did you ever hear 01 such br okerage in iniq aity i If th jre is a single circumstance to rest u,)on f ir consolation, perhaps, how-, ev r, h,;s in the -xposur-- of his pirsimonv. He h is shovyn where n bt; m id to feel, and in the c vm:his-sioo of his crime providen ti t'lv betave'. I the only accessible S avenu to his. punishmenti Gentle some of 1 . r rnen ot the jury, perhapi Vou are' won d e ri n j whv it is tnu 1 hive so 'surliouslv' abstained from i . the .contemplation of mv client. It is h ec aiise I cannot th m c of him V'ith )iu the mo it unafF-v ledl anguish. I is hecause, possible as it is for me tr (LMcrib t his siiif ri gs, It IS not p-mibWfor.'vou adequately to con-' ttMve. tne n. Y in 'hive h -jme and wife an 1 chil Iren dear to you, and c a n o t fi n c y t h e m i s e xy o f t h e i r d e p"ivtion. 1 might as ' well ask the y vihg m-v'mtiin peas mt, breathing the 'vild tir of health and vd)erty: to f'd the iro is of the inquisition's ciative. I might as well j ourney to the coivent grate, and ask religion's ir-tin dev tee to oaint th it m ither's ca v of he it ,vh fi'i.Li h r first fcrn dead i 1 far emh-j ices ! '.-Their sa Id 'st visions w 'u'd be sorrow's mockery ; to be comprehended, mis-, erv must be felt, an I he who feels it most, can least describe it. What is the world with its vile pomps and Vanities.no v to mv p o client ? He cees no world except the idol he has 1 'St wnerever n.oes t ! I her i macre Hows him ; shr fi ! is in K Craze else bvnt on vacancv ; the 1 iortun n,w would 3 - hiffhs noon onlv deepen t shadow that puisues him j even restorer, balmv sleep,!" give him no res;oration ; she comes upon his dream as when he saw ner first, in beauty's grace ,& virtue's loveliness ; as when she h e ard him breatfiN: hi a timid p iss i jn and-blushed 'the answer mat blessed him with its return ; hie sees her Kneci ; tie hears her Vow ; religion' registers what it scarcecouid chas ten, and there, even there, where .paradise reveals itse f before him, the visionary, world vanishes, and wak s him to the hell of his reality. Who can tell the misery of his ? Who ;an yer f tnev ' it th it hasNiot tele it ? Who can fancy his soui-iiv- N-..it ureV'! Sweet ing endurance while his foul to-m -nV.ry, my voice i3 not soo'hed'bi't sti ter gradually goaded him from i ve into suspicion, and horn suspicion into madness ! Alas ! ' " What darruied minutes tells he o'er, " Who doatsyet doubts, suspects, yet stsongly loves.,, Fancy if you can the accursed process by which bis afi0 ction was sludccii ; bis fears aroused ; his jejl ousv excite d un il at la ' mistaking accident for design, and h i Jows for confirm aiion, he sunk ui-br the pressure Oi File human vampire th tr crawled from his fath"r's grave to ; clasp hin into ruin 1 Just imgme ! the caialogue of petty fraud b; whit.h in his own phrase he made himself impenetrable h uy he in vented j how he exaggerated ; how he pledged his dupe to secrecy, 'while he blackened the character of Major1 Brown, with whom he daily asso iated on terms of innmacy ; how he libelled the wife to the hus band and the husband to the vife ; how he w irnl himself r -und the j very heart of his vi tim, wi h every embrace coiling a deadlier torture, 1 till at last he drove him for refuge in the woods, and almost to suicide, for a remedy. . Now, gentle mfn? let us concede for a moment th verarii: tvpf his inveniions. Suppoe tins woman to b even worse thjm He re presented jiwhv should he reveal it to the unconscious huisband ? All j was happiness before! his interfer- ence ; all would" be happ'niess still but lor his murderous amity ; why l .., .. .. .. i should he awake him trom his dream of happiness ? Why should he swin dle himsell into a reluctJint confi dence for the atrocious purpbs-.of creating' discord ? VVhat family would be safe if every little exploded Calumny' was to' be revived, and ev ery forgotten ember to be fanned in to confl igration J Is such a charac ter tor hi.-tolerated in the communi ty ? But even this insolent defence is wanting ? you will. find that sell was his first and last and sole con sider uion ; you will find thjn it was he who soured this yomin till she actually refu ad to live any long r under the roof with her hijtsba d & her children : vou vvill find that in J the midst of his counsel, his cant and his sensibility, he himself was the profligate adulterer ; you, will hud that he ruled her with a rod of iron you will find that having ;bnce se duced her into crime, he compelled her to submit to degradation too loathsom4 for credulity, if it was not too monstrous for invention ; you will find that - his nretence for en- t 1 . . - . 11 . rxi n x.rljl O " 1 lorciiiK nil aisu."iiu vji v a doubt of her previous innocence, which it alone, he asserceu, couiu e- radicate ; you will find her on her knees, weeping, almost fainting, of fering oaths upon oaths 10 s vc her sdf f?om the pollution; and you will find at last, when exhausted na- I ture co jid no io.,erer strupgie, uie i . foul adulterer actualiyperpetratmg mt no ; the genius ot my coun- try rises to rebuke me : 1. hear ner say to me, u Forbear, forbear T have suttered in the fi Id ; 1 have suit-red m the senate ; 1 have seen mv hills bedewed with the DlOOd OI mv children ; my diadem in dust ; mv throne in ruins ; but nature still reigns upon mv plains j the morals of my people are yet unconqltered ; forbear, forbear j disclose not crimes of which they are unconscious ; re veal not the knowledge whose con sequence is death " ' I will obev the -r ri mition ; nor froTi mv lips shall i issue the odious crimes of this men- dicant adulterer ; not by my" hand shall the drapery be withdrawn that screens this Fiberiau sensuality fr nv he public execration f ood oi natural, had. this been lovoforget ting lorms-in the pure impetuosity of us passion i ; had it beVh voutti, transgressing ngid - law and morals ; had it been desire, rq id in its guilt, and guilty even in its'mad hess, ': I could, have dropped a tear ovei humanitv in silence ; but when I seel age powerless Jjp isju mless, remorseless avaricious age, drug ging its impotence into .the capabili ty ofjeri me, and zesting its eifjov men by the contemplation ot niise- fled iu its utterance, Aind I m:j only Driiv for vou. fathersi husbands, i brothers ; that-the Almighulm iv a- ' Vertthis omen from vour Tamils'! t iieatlcmen .f the jury, if yoa feel I as I doX you will reioiee with me 1 1 - 1 " '- 'i;.. .. that this odicms case is near Uo its con? liisionJv You will have thie facts before you ; proof of the friendship ; proo of theconfidence ; proof of the treachery, and eye . witnesses of he ;rj?ual adultery. ' It Teitiais to enquie what,; isr : the palliation, for this aDominabJe viurpitude. Fs it iove Love between the t opie St me poie i v nv, ne n i a sa older than his 'victim I . ie lias a vvife whose grave alone should be the altar of hi nuptials ! V(e is of an .age when a shroud should be nis W- r t 'V'-- weddiocr g-arment 1 I will not in suit you bv $fv pre, posserous a sup nition. AViilV, pi eud connivanpi i the. husb ipd th d fond, nff ctionate, devoted husband t I dare him to tbe experiment ; and ri he makes it.'it is not to hi,s: iiui maies, his frieudb, or even to tbe undeviating testimo ny "of all his enemies, that I nhall Vs fer you for his vindication ; bu' I will call him into' court,-, and in the filtered mein, and monklering ioria. -wil turroveii cneek ot -ni3-u-fxnyittg youth;' I will bid you 'ead the-proof of his fconnivaf ce. But, gentlemen, he has not , driven nie to conjecture his p alliation ; his heartless indus try has blown" it through the land : and what do you thi ok it isi Oh, would eo God I could call the whale fern ale world to its disclosure 1 Oh, if there be within our islind's boundaries-one hapless maid who lends her ear to the s' dur.e. 's poison , one hesitating matron whose husband & whose children -the vile adulterer de votes to desolation, let them now hear to what the flattery of ice will tuni ; det them see when they have levelled the fair faliric of their inno cence -and their virtue, with what remorseless haste their foul destroy er will rush over :tu-ir ruins ! Will vou believe it ? That he who knelt to tjhis forlorn creature, soothed her vanity, adored her failings, and dei fied her faults, now justifies the pol lution of her person by the def on -tion of her char'ricter ? Not a single act of indist retion ; not an instance, perhaps, of culpable levity ia her whole life, which ' he has not raked together for the purpose of publica tion. -Unhappy woman I may Heav en have pity on her 1 Alas! how could she expect that he who sacri ficed a friend to his lust, would, pro tect a mistress from his avarice ? But wilt you permit him to take shelter under this act of dishonora ble desperation? Can he expect hot even sympathy b at countenance from a tribunal -of high minded honorable gentlemen ? Will not you say, that his thus traducing the poor fallen victim ot his' artifices, rather aggra- s , -., 1: .:Duc tV, oritr.nJ vai.es. iuau uiiiioiouy ! de .v... ? wiU yoa not gpurn th, j monstewhose unnatural vice,. com j binipg sensuality, : hypocrisy and crime, cmua si' nu . 11 M eti nn to save nis mis- erable dr oRS bv the defamation of , . -t. ? Qt ask hjm bv - '.1 1 1 j" .U: .innnicilinn ? what title he holds this inquisition Is it not by that of an adulterer, a traitor, a recreant to every compact between man and m m, and between earth and Heaven? I this heartless palliation was o pen to all the world, is not b ex cluded from at ? He, her friend ;aVr husband's friend ; her husband's father's friend ; her family adviser, who quaffed the cup of hospitality, and pledged his host in poison he wh , if you can believe him found this young and inexperienced crea ture tottering on the brink, and, un-r ler pretence of assisting, dragged herd uvn the precipice ! Will he, in i h e vv h qle " h , s t of stran gers, r i t h whose famihariiy ; he defames - her, produce one thi day vile enough to have followed his example j e out of even the skippirig, dancing, worth less tribe, whose gallantry has sunk into ingratitude, whose levity has sublimed itself into guilt ? No, no; u imperfectly civilized" as his coun trymen have called us, thy cannot deny that there is something gener ous in our barbarism ; that we could not tmbrace a friend while we were planning his destruction ; that we could not sit at his table white we w?re P'otaning his bed ; that we could not preach moraHty while we wee". Deroetrativi? crime and. a boveall, if in the moment of our na- ! tures weakness, when reasbn sleeps 1 and nassion tritimnhs. somi cnnHd. mg creature had relied upon our honor, we could not dash her from us in her trial hour and for purse's safety turn the coldblooded assassin of her character. But, my Lord, I ask vou not as a father ; not as a haiband ; but as a guardian of the m arals of this country, ought this to be a justification of any adulterer ? And if ho, should it justify an adul terer under such circumstances ? HaS any man a right to scrutinize, the Constitution of every female ifr -p-T , a family, that he may calculate on the possibility of her seduction ? Will you instil this principle into so ciety ? Will you instil this principle ; into the army? Will you dissemi-' nate such a principle of palliation ? And will you permit it to palliate r- ; what"? I he ruin of a household ; the sacrifice of friend ; the worse than muTder of fotir children the most inhuman perfidv to an h()stfraotnW panion, and a broaher in arms I Will you permit it ? Iv stand not upon her innocence : I demand vengeance on his most unnatu al villainy. Sup pose I concede his- whole .defence to him ; suppose she was oetrrimed & black as hell, Was it for him to take advantage of her turpitude jHe a friend ; a guest ; a confidant a brother soldier I Will youjxustily him even in any event, in tramplirig on the rights of friendship, of hospi tality, of professional lraternity, ol human nature ? Will vou convert J " " the man into the monster f Will you convert the soldier into the foe, from being the safe-guard of the cit izen ? Will you so defame the mili tary character ? Will you not fear Will you fiing the laurelled flag of England, scbrched vVith the cannon flame, and ciimsoned with the sol dier's lift -blood; the flag of count less fights, and every fight a victory ; willvou fling it across the couch of this accursed harlotry, without al most expecting that the field sepul chre wid heave with life, and the drv bones of buried armies rise re animate against the profanation? No, no ; I call upon you j by the aharacter of that army not to con taminate its trophies ; I call oh you in the cause of nature j to vindicate its dignity ; I call on you by your happy homes to protect them from profanation ; I call on you by the love you bear your little children not to let this christian Herod loose amongst the innocents. Oh I as you venerate the reputation of your coun try ; as y U regard the happiness of your species ; as you hope for the mercy of that all-wise and protesting God who has set his everlasting can aon against adultery ; banish this dav bv a vindictive verdict ,the ci ime and the criminal forever from amongst us. After a trial which lasted for sev enteen hours, the jury found a ver diet for the plaintiff, of FIF TEEN HUNDRED P UND6 dama gesand 6d costs. FW to SIX THOUSAND KTY HUNDRED U SIX 1 Y-blX DOLL.AKSjJJQd sixty-six cents. IiUENQS AYHES. . We have. bet n favored with a co py of the following letter written by MY Gilbert 11 - lingers, son of Mr. David Rogers, juru of' this city,, which we are 'persuaded will be in teres ting to most of our. readers. 1 : N. T f.'om. Adv. BUENOS ATflEs! APRIL 20, J 8 19. "The town .f ouenos A res, fas you re?d in history, was settled a bout 200 years ago, and has 100 000 inhabitant.. It is situated on :he banks of the river La Piat;i, I miles froni the sea shore, on a spot considerably, elevated' above the ad jacent coujhtry, by whi'h it ,pos-c"ss es a veryj Commanding prospt-ct. On the opposite side of the river, which is here 30 miles broad, stands iMonte Video belonging to th- Por tuguese. Buenos A yres is h nd-. somely laid out in squares, all t" e : streets crossing at l ight angles ; but llle' mc generally narrow and h. on. 1 he houscs' which are built of br,ek- and afterwards whitewashed. - - - - are only one story hiuh, with fi it roofs ; the greater part of them urc large and convenient,' and sonic of them have a magnifirent appearaii e. This town might well ft st led a town of Forts, as' every house e ta mount a csunon on itstop, as.d in every other respect they are calcula ted 10 repel the attacks oi auen, cYivv The houses hive only one doof- ia front, which opens' into a bfge square court y ard, out of which fu ener the different apui&ncnts 17e floods of which are p ived with b: i; k and at e often elegantly fin nUhc d. On each side of the tloor there 1-. a grated window,' similar to our j til windows, b. .-iner ihe ordv - anrrune for admitting light and air in she front. . You u ill be su priced wn u I infirm you, that 'there is but one chimney in the whole toivn. J'he fact is, the inhabit mfs have very li t- lexis'6;, lor-trre- rerpt ? 1 rTl:"ooTl 1 1 jr. which is done in a corner, of die, court yard bv means of a small v en. The climate - is lemark bly fine, with a pure a'ir which renth -3 the situation 'very healthy. b k nessiindeed is rare here, and all classes are strangers to those dis tressing and fatal complaints, con sumptions, dropsies, St.. &c to vlhich the rest of the World ai e sir. jeit. They u- lformlv Jive to a gre t age. The sailors affirm that the o tl women never die, but are finav 11 rr 1 1 own 011 D.V tne ronaparos, a te. 1 1- WII,U -w.",Ln prev.au ncre at er- k u . . , I l. " 1 ! : 1 .i 1 1 a iaui seasons, ana rrequently dot s ireauentlv great damage to the shippings It bing the latter part of c'r summer when I arrived here MiaU i 1 the pleasure of witnessing thrir rich h1a.rvest ofuries so thifountry, the soil ot naturMltO" which is so fertile that it produces in e: eat a bundance with iittle or no lalaour- Peaches erow wild in lartre crroVes. and are the finest I ever behejd i they excel not only in beauty but in taste and flavor. Their strawber ries also are the largest I ever s w Oranges, lemons, figs, melons, with mange, and a variety of other ex- vuiaiic iruus grow nere in great p re fection. These, with abundance of " vegetables, are exposed by cart-1 loads in the market nUate. which t one of the most interesting 61 j cts in Buenos Avres. It forms an oh long .square, occupying about two a- cies, with a row 01 nand.Mjme buiia ings extending through the centre, hi the middle ot which there is art archway to facilitate the commiiiv cation with all parts of the to'u. 1 he lower part consists of dry good stores, and the top, which is entirely flat, is surrounded with a'railii g and cannon mounted on iu . .. There are a great many c lurches in Buenos Ay res, some of w hich arc very old, nd in a decayed state, re semblmg huge plies of br'n ks with ten 01 twelve btils suspended ihere frcm at different points. Those of later erection are equally large, and display considerable taste. S-me 01 tneir spires are J31U attd d (orat ed with images ; but the in: n - r ia most interesting to strangers; here, m an uninterrupted space o about 200 ieet, you may see at all tinWs of
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