The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-07-14

N syRem, svbilf he Eaev taking place fDs.' E1h-
" of,nonareby, and The reign q re fH~ ''bzfr-
I'VE been the confequences OF the rev $. such
regards America. But have ns 0utieh as
zen confined within the narrow advantages
ointment Is it defined tn belt iimts or TINS
f freedom only on this fina' wv the blcfiings
lobe Or rather, will II no. a portion OF the
uman race in its ipherc,a encircie the whoie
rn;,s of creation Hayr I'D extend itfelf to the
.l;eve thar th, t,erioI we not iuit reaion to
,,;ons of the earfh., will arrive when all the
hrr+v. (ha,l free ~ minated by the proipeet of
tain the hanpir .emielves from tyranny, and
evolution In } els winch we now ENJOY Our
o,gn;tutr RI 176 embraces with Equatorial
81, ssNc whole reign of humanity" Al
,rerstinn w citizens, has it commenced its
,p;,n.te Already has an enlightened nation,
,ar,.;s by the fpirit of '76, broken down the
r.. IS of prejudice and ofbabit, and fubverted
~ tyranny of ages. At the call of freedom,
!: ance ftarted from the "dead* repofe of depot
I'm, like another Lazarus from the tomb, and
glowed with animated life and inyig crating free
| DOM" The prefent unhappy condition of that
country, tho it may draw forth tear of COM
PATTON from the benevolent eye, will not lamp
once enjoyed even the Tendance of freedom,
will not long fubmit to flavery. The prefent
government of France mutt ncceharily BE- thort-
| lived. Some violent act of opprefiion will in
fame popular iealoufy, will excite that fullen
| dicontent and route that lient indignation
which the infolence of Contular oppreiiion has
failed to extinguiih among the people.
But cannot cait my eyes towards Great Bril-
tam without monetary emotions otmelancho-
/ ly. When i reflect the condition of that
| country, breathe plying iigh at the burthens
of the nation. For many centuries probably,
will Great Britain be ruled by the iron rod of
! opprefion. An ignorant and barbarous mo-
march, TIE cure Of bis conntry and TIE fourge Of
| tie QvorIa, has there fixed his empire. When
the banners of freedom ihall be erected in other
parts of the world, the ifland of Great Britain
will probably afford an &c arfenal to defpotifn,
whence ihe may borrow her thunders and her
Chains" But let us turn, fellow-citizens, from
this difcouraging fpe6tacle to the contemplation
of the happy deftiny of our country, and the
| civilized world. Let us draw Aide the
veil which conceals our profpe6ts, and
venture to predict events that are yet enve-
loped in the darknefs of futurity. Let us trace
the fteps by which we are to advance to the
furnmit of national greatness.
| IF from the prefent iituation Of America we
| may venture to predict its future condition, what
may we not expect will be its happy lot. What
bright fcenc of political grandeur will our
| country afford us? When we contemplate the
future progrefs of America, number of objects
field of vegetative good, burfts on our view, we
fee thoufand blefiings budding into exiltence."
Free from the cnntrGmi &C tyranny, from the
gloom of fuperfition and the narrownefs of BIZ
gotry, the human mind fhall expand itielf in this
quarter of the world, and pufh forward the boun-
DIARIES of fcience.--Relisio no longer the de-
froyer of focal and political harmony fhall here
put off the garb of authority, and lay Aide the
fceptre of power. She fhall aiiuTe her native
-b,., a. e
longer employing the weapons of perfecution
and opprslion, ihe fhall act by the initruments
| of reafon and perfuafon. The proielyting fury
| and the ntrigues of priefts fllall not here mfr
lead or pervert the minds of men, but mild
wifdom and enlightened benevolence, 1Eall con-
tribute to the advancement of knowledge. The
fcience OF government will be limplified in Ame-
RIGA, and our laws, originating in "pubiic rea-
fon, keeping pace with public improvement and
terminating in public happinefs," will BE- the
guarantee of our political liberty. Founded on
| the extended BATS of popular election, on the
"broad platform ofgcneral good" our govern
ment will be the perennial fource of happiness to
our country. 1t will afford hofpitable roof to
ftransers, and hold out an afylum TO the oppref-
fed Of The world. Enjoying A freedom from all
political and commercial oppreffion, America
will advance rapidly in wealth and power. The
labourer, protected in his occupation, will enjoy
In our free country the fwee of his induftry and
the rewards of his toll. The fcanty pittance of
the INDECENT farmer will not be wreited from him
to paInper the riot of extravaganza or feed the
idle retinue of folly and of vice. The deftroy-
ing hand ofrapacity and extortion ihall not here
deyour iDdultry in the bud, or patty the efforts
Of the poor. Thus circumftanced and enjoying
thefe advantages may we not exped that the
arts which conftitute the bafe of national opu-
lence, will here reach their meridian height, and
the towering grandeur of America, excite the az
tonifhment and admiration of the world. The
icience, the wealth and the population of Eu-
rope, will flow into America, and Ihe will be-
come the centre of civilization. I may uftly
Gay with the celebrated MIR. Payne, that "whilft
proud antiquity like fkeleton in rags patrols
The reets of other nations, their genius as if ick-
ened ard difgufted with the phantom will come
hither for recovery"
But America is not defined to advance alone
in the career OF Happiness. The period may yet
arrive when all the nations of the univerfe fhall
claim liberty as their brthright, and laying aide
The badges OF llavery, fhall meet each other in
the fimple but auguft character of freedom, and
communicate on terms of equality. We may
fill look forward with fanguine expectation to
time when faction and difcord fhaIl ceafe to agi-
tate loceties, when war lhall ceafe TO dry up po-
pulatiOD, and "generous commerce bind the
round of nations III golden chain" What A
merican bofom does not glow with the ardor of