Show A GUILTY conscience one ane of the most moat memorable passages ever eier uttered by mr webster was in vindication of the authority of conscience and of providence on a trial for a dark and mysterious murder the guilty soul cannot keep its own secret it is false to itself it labors under its guilty possession and knows not what to do with it the human heart was not made forthe for the residence of such an inhabitant it finds itself preyed upon by a torment which it does not acknowledge to god or man A vulture is devouring it and it can ask no sympathy or assistance either from heaven or earth the secret which the murderer possesses soon comes coines to possess se wes hilj him an and like the evil spirit of N which aich we ready read it overcomes him and leads leada him whithersoever it will ile he feels it beating in his heart rising to his throat and demanding disclosure he thinks the whole world sees it in his face and almost hears its workings woi aikin kings s in n the silence kilei ce of his thoughts it betrays his discretion it breaks down hn his courage it conquers his prudence lv when ben sus suspicions pistons from without begin to embarrass him and the net of circumstances to entangle him the fatal secret struggles with still greater violence to burst forth it must be confessed it will be confessed there is no refuge from confession but suicide and suicide is confession |