Camden gazette. (Camden, S.C.) 1816-1818, April 11, 1818, Image 2
^CqVlTTM, OF MR. IICKVE.
The acqoittal.of Sir. Hone upon
three several iufununtions filed a-,
gainst Idm bv the King's Attorney
Hfcacral, lias elkited^&ftiit sf ttjft
dxsaicA fo-nggfawrt thn
Lest informed oKubiet of the British
empire.? It ik spoken of w ith the lof
tiest exulUfow; aam iiwumhr man
age of moral and political prostitution,
aafl <<B>1^!W a tBwnphant eKam- <
pie of theforca of truth crumbBughv
tTon an^sins^perior
ces of ministerial -power.
our readers to
hav4c selected
hich we
ng's pa- j
most able and
public journals In Jfy'
i i11nstratlu*?fe?* re
woald be Brollccted,
" Black Dwarf"
wtoe job of oppasi
kffimn
b*tr ?$ur?gr
and trl
ptya | |f i|y
Qp.(.U|
ft?e ad
theMitorney-Oeneral
imsc lf, and felt how
ted reason
The *>iik
without trial, shall
Mtiibly
him*
by >11 tlik venial jiycoj^luiiits, 4hf^
Courtly hypocrites, artdMie babbling;
fools of the day, was withdrawn
from tile informations. Perhaps his
lordship may have now m more oor^
rcct idea of what is really blasphemy,
to tioW iirtagiue that it if something j
rnort) like blasphemy, tcP stand be^
tweeo man and his Maker, and
?>rbvont* the lij&t of heaven and The'
ooa of day from beaming ?*i the
wretched victims of his Hispisio$i
than to parody ^ity, service of t!it
Church, in imitation t>f the best of the
minUteirg, and the most learned of
Ks defender#^
'There inno donbt, but that the
qjfenc* of Mr* Hon ; was a political
one? ; There in toothing more danger
ous to folly, than the ridicule which
it ntorita. it cannot bear the laugh
which it is sure to excite* While it
struts in the robes of office* it is eon
scions of the ridiculous appearance
which it offers to the crowd. It
would render laughter high treason,
if possible ; but it would have gained
something if it could have obtained
the verdict of a jury to establish that,
to at, was to libel them. This
would have be<*n an adxutuv, ?it anv
%
rule, to tlie t'uwo* when tlu turn shall
be crowned king a f t'.e forest, and a
grave administration exist, composed
of sanctimonious owls. J
This period it howere* postponed.
I AU the grave airs of the J udge, jntd
fjeheral have
io their
intended effect ;.Tha fiinns of the
Lgi^urixouM not
I tl>e casuistry employed to sendji
prison, a man whose crimes W?<fc
opjmitio n the
ministers of th#twira. The ^Sry
ivinced
1 - , ' > vj ; ? "? ? ,kV 1
it such crimes were of so atrocious
^description* as to merit the ruin
of his famHy , an# the incarceration,
perhaps the death, of himself. , They
h ave^decUred that he is not
tiiaflie has commiUed -go <
that the accusation ag^int him i?
tliat he has been libefUdr-* that he hah
been the sij^iWrHUid if awfcetton
could Jf M# maintained asainst
-tiie Attorney General, thereisno
question but that a itiry of his coun- ?
try men would award him a compen
sation fbr the expense, aud lahot1,
-?i which he has been coinpel
yote to bis defence. ^ <
spirit of the oldldw , the
^pubtib or the private accuser ?My
mm wm. obliged/ to ^ ^
bflbat hSKid prosecute, and if he
rdS^ tK^ hi^ke good&is charges, lie
' should be liable hunseif to the penal
ties which conviction would liave eq
tailcd on the oth* party. T Inform
ui the
.substance ;^f^he Two!
[fictitious name# of j* John Doe and.
Richard Koe, are place
of real mcuritie*; and
prosecuted/ lo?e?jtU*ttdv
his iaieinaUy? The pro?
uxform^^dlroeasea^S
o! justice:. It is only
tutpiy aud metciles8 to:c.
is%nigh for ?e courts,
f-WTf
??$5
tch ; is
M< infetaatpn.
m it a moment'*
bimpUcft. omit
libels, as they are ridiculously called.
Vf hen tiie removal to the bench was
eifcred him, he complied with their i
wishes, and filed a lew informations
as a 'sort of Return courteous 'for his !
promouon. *xt -was then nothing to"
him* Perhaps lie only lent his name
to th? record. hfcj; became the
wi* ?2i- tfe ? Bhepherd
v v Hiis name
and reputation as a JaWjfer,* to keep -
in poeseaiAw of iliivm/ Tfacke infor
mations were not however filed until
near>y thre& months afteMhey
had^&plonr denounced f?fcnd two
'month* after tbfc|wbKcatioii had i>een
voluntarily storied -
without any
being fci
lo force Ir iM^
dm^?bead(y> orto p
a cripie " vx'" * * 1 '
neither
. ? <>?* pi
tin for
religion which he had
MBf( nur
commit. ^There was _ ^
in this case ? , where tlp. nr_
i>f proceeding hy information ... _
months after tite object of the mfur
matioa win accomplished, and three ,
mouths alter Air, Hone -had done
wh*t;"tteee juries say he had a
w? uot Uio whole.'
Biat system
ace which 1.
jwodlbr the
KSP -
Oliver, Castles
%: neccswft
lachinerv of
irr
tiirally
that the Judgo and
? v _ ,jeral were agreed in
r,?ttd tint" the charges oftha
tiKpe . mere ecltoee of - WigK
ctMurv
nglU pniptr to refuse
UiWfc^H^rqBRPW;
if of ?**
? <w>u TmihU the
cktfcrmiity^-faf tiaatt
fa ,ppblc.#^t?u^|j
jlestory Intended all
PoQounccd hy twh *
ig a
1. 1 soon be ficfrtod^d, and|
wba bring accusations of libel
will be compelled to prove not only,
that flieV ve been libaHed (if tiieV
wilUlfl have it so called) but that
Al ? Itive be libelled*
lo Wiroiij will then !>e no longer,
inity for ittetf $ nor to proclaim 1
it bondage to the unhappy victim of
*0 adherence to truth, and the detes
tation of guilt.
t The oppression which Mr. Hone !
lias undergone, and which was doubt
less intended to crush him, has cab ;
led forth an eut'&y which lias alarms
ed - and defeated his * prosecutor#,
while it has placed him on an emi
nence in the public estimation from
which may ^.he long look down J
with contempt on hi* enemies, and
live only to deride their impotent ma*- '
lice. Never did man act noibi no
bly never did man fl^ht against j
apparently such fearful ; odds.? ;
\v hat with the wigs, and what with :
the gowns, w hat with the frowns of
the Judge, and the cant of the At
torney-General : ? -what with the
counsel employed to speak? and the
couusel employed to nod- ? there seem
ed no hoM'?AO possible chance for
the btimKfe "bookfceller to escape.
The jud^e ind -ed was kind ttongh
pen he \v?t* brought up to
receive judgm* xt, there were sorre
ciiviuuiOances that mi^ht mitigQte
his puitishmeiit ! 80 sure wens the
owls of die law thai ilic mou^e 111
flieir trapp. It is said tii&t 21 IWli?h
11 mistook lor a iamb, wliich proved
to be a lio ufe cub, and it got * (rank
led for its pains. rl Lis simile ueede
no appIiq?jUqp? 7 .. ,
li now becomes the duty r of the
TraWhr^firscc Aat bit. is i\-*
aianemtefl for iiis expense, and re
warded far big public exertion*. He
had a strong private stake? the ex?
UtenOB of Jaw ikoiity and oi hifiiself;
his rqmtitttoJIj his happiness. But,
V has eilected a .gi cat public good .
H0i?9pip a lesson to opjtrexrivn
that way teach it mudvsty in luture; ?
he has, giVeo an exaamt* to the ou
? ? thrt jUSSlbTANCK i8
?N LI' M E.NiEDY', and that
trvth is ototdpofant, where it is bold
ly aiwcrted. A committee has .toco
formed to arrange 'for a public meet-.
ing.at the City of London Tavern,
iu order, to condeope the s, expression
of public optyjbiii awk to ; raise a
Subscription to defirty the expencea
already incurrvdv tjy /th? resolute
ehampiofc of life owtt liberty, and- of
?b*ltl??hn*
Mt'5;vTh^
hand?of/
rrom JPatrwt. J
i The tchwncr Patriot. Capt
Tl?itapsOu,lS^^I
morning, in 04 days from liueiion
Ayyo, w ith a cargo of hidcygpecie,
the ifolWrtttg
uL t -
evening', to
telUgtuce I
letter
Pi? rti#
Myrw, Jan. #3,
my not being
iting tJia- iNato
is not for fto
Another extract,
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regular in cpnn
of thi?- eoantry
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we live. It is