The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-07-19
fGbs @nguirer.
RICHMOND. 1870 5Uzr, 1905.

IN the debate on The Sth OF May. That HIS is
not the irlt fpeech which is reported to our
readers, is no-fau't of ours rs we are obliged Ia
copy from the northern newspapers, which have
thought proper to- give the presidency in pub
licat;on to the fhorer and perhaps more an;ma-
ted fpeech of MIR. Crattan. The very able and
argumentative fpeech Ut Mr.. Fox }hail certainly
appear in our nextor the fuccscding papers.
Mr.. GRATTAN-whofe animated fpeech
in favour of the Catholic petition is publii,ed
in this days paper, is among the greateR
men and the beit patriots that Ireland has
ever bred. He was born in the Capital a.
bout The wear 1851 ut father cat into
a happy medium between poverty and wealth,
neither on rich 10 corrupt has Ton Ivy executive
INDULGE 3,.c nor too poor to deny him the means
IF early improvements. Al the uf,a, time, he
wis entered fn!ert OF Trinity College, Dab
hr. where he was loon daincuiihed as the pow
-rf'l competitor oftwo cllts-felows, fnce raif-
II by their good sortune& talents to the high
.f ii,uatons in the .tate, Mr.. Fuzgihbon chan
,'-.ior ofIrrland and Mr.. Fo!,er fpeaker OF the
Hou!c of Commons. After taking his degree
lie WIS in l77s called TO the Irfh har, and For
few years attended the four courts with an
empty bag anh Il mind TOO excurive to he tied
down TO :.;e rnecharical forms of pleading. at
length diftuled with a protection in which he
could not fuccsed but ny habits of ferviiity, he
Fortule loon threw him into ituation in which
bis genins might be more pieatingly s. ufetuIIy
cxyrted than in porirg over ltatutcs and weigh
'hg 81 cafes. Te became the friend and pro-
t-g~r ri Lord Charlemont; was turned to
yariavne1t for his horo,lgh of Charlemont and
al time when the political evils of Ireland pc
cuiarly called for rcGrtfs, Mr.. Grattau appear
ed IN the legislature TO give this demand its full
effect. lie now nird all his cloquence TO routi.
h.
III. ruin OF their corn nerce produced by Britfh
reilricfons and called upon them TO raife their
voice again't this u!urpation and he called with
f,Lcte;s. The Iri.h lcginature adopted and de-
cses,; the fenf;mcnt; and after fome delay on
'h,- part of the B,tifl, parliament he r,w the
trade Of Ireland in pant opened Ia her children.
hn;mated by this fuccefs, his mind began to
pra;p more i=:erefinX Hneaiure. He afpired
~ makc the Legislature declare in favour OF ma
r'onri INDEPENDENCE. Ills genins was once more
.i.e,M'ant, liciea as il was bv the arms of so 600
|. .!u:iec.s; an5' The celebrated declaration was
3; length put forth thar none but the King,
F.'nis and Commons Of Ireland could make
lI~s 10 bind Ireland in any cafe whatfoever.
fhrie excrtions lad made Mr.. Grattan the
flvurite .nd alnnft The idol of the people and
,hc iegiilafurr 'frif fleming for once to parti-
cioa,c in their FEELINGS, voted him recon-
psuce Of r. SO 900. There was one creation
however, on which Mr.. Grattan fte,ned to
have ioG the ,tii,al fagacity of his mind, and
with It, the favor of the peope. When in con-
fequ"nce oftht- fortified refolu;onS of the Irilh,
tH= Birth parliament had repealed the 6.h of
George l.. that act nv which the parlia-
rnent had declared its right to bind Ireland by
Britih fatutes: It was contended bv Mr..
Flood in the Irifil Houfe of Commons, that tie
hmple repeal OF the 0stnte did not iavoye
remuneration of the right; and he therefore
adviied the Legislature to demand Of the BIRTH,
parliament full and explicit Remuneration If
al claim in future to bind Ireland Mir. Graf
tan oppofed this obvious fep IF policy; and be
dSrrved the fa:e which eniued, of feeine his
popularity undergoa temporary interruption.
Bit the genius Of fIch Il man as Grattan
could not long remain under cloud. Towards
the c'oic OF they l785.we findhm once more
alert and vigjlnt at his pon. He fucceeded in
throwing ont thpir commercial refolutions, cal
led Il" Orde's prcnoiiti0ns' which were intend
ed 70 fink the Iri,h parliament into mere regif-
ter to the sB.iti.h Lsgiliafure. Re attempted
but in vain TO relieve the peaiantrv from the on
preihve prar1G for r9i,s.7iag the tyfbsi; and to
promote the improvement of barren land by
i-ttine all he reclaimed ground free from the
n'yment oftytheS FOR feven years. H obtain
81 ~ ip'te ot the Conrt-Pariy n penion-bi,l,
Dic'-hil,a reinoriipiiity bill. Grattan once
more became the favorite Of IRE land, and in the
wear 1890, he became BY an honorable and esfy
election. The representative f;he metropolis.
i~ocircumeSnces however tonk place which
f"Parat"'l hin from the Irin, Isgil,ure FOR ever.
The FRI was, the NOBLE fard which he made
N favour of the claim Of the Catholics TO be
admitted TO the right ofthe elrtfive frauchife
right WHICH is now denied by none but relipi-
Gus higot and ihortigh.ed politicians hut it
was ri2t', which the corporation of the CITY
OF Dublin was prompted by both thtfe views
IS well rs by their own intercns ftrenuouily- to
opnoie. On this constitutional auction. the
c0rporatiou and Mr. Gra;tanaccordingly diifer'c;
y iogreat and powerful was the oppolition made
to him, that there was no chance of his
becoming a fecond time the repreIeniofiq,e of the
metropolis, had not aHotber Crcumfance pre-
vented him from becoming again 4 candidate
Ttat circu1Gan~e 10 - be found in the foirit
ofthofr times. Il is 70 be fourd in thofe mea-
fres Of har'hncis aud prOfcription which the
Britih government was pnrfung, and Mr..
Crait1n an3 his friends were GriyinG, in vain, to
aT";a. " win had * adyited themto adopt fuch
meafires rs would have ranged every moderate
,tn1n on The hhe ofthe parliament aud the throne,
ard thus have weakened the extending influence
at the French f7tlion. Taffeadof refortinp 70 len
itlyes, the naturalization applied the mott pow
erf'il cannic': iuledd &c combating, it CONT
hptd tn t%ai'1erate, until the cabinet at length
arrived at military law ADD free quarters. 1t was