The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-08-12

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one') is the that ration fhould applaud with
hoft intended honors, ifindeed any fuch houours be
the proper remuneration of ierviees Of thisnd. 10
! my mind they not. rho.e honours are OF very
different pedigree I, isour duty di,tingnh them
Again, Sir, let aft, if we pay theie honors
TO a merely becaufe he is good politician II
| 10, they may well be given to man betau.e he
! is good philosopher. Sir lfaac Newton might have
put in his claim here. They might have been
| ferred a good moral man, fuch as Mr.. Howard,
or good feholar, fuch DIR. Jnhnfon. Am I to
undernand thar we reward the with theie no.
nors tn. place IF il be the virtue which
ward, why is political integ gritty, why is the know
ledge Of the haten,an above that of phiolopher p
You fay becsufe it has greater tendency to
benefits, or has benefited the country more; becaufe
| fure it is not the win of the houfe that
qnirY ofthis fort with refpe the prsient individual
| houd he entered upon.
Well then I am to alfume that it is to be below
ed becaufc the decealed fs the good fortune keep
the irt office in his najefy's iervice, with ali its
plendid train of patronage, and fountains OF mex
| haulblc honors, above 20 years-beeau!e il: that
time he hold the highca place which his ambition
could oovet, and had the moa complete qualification
of thar noble PATTON (uobe and pure in him beieve)
FOR longer time than any other mah--becauie, du-
ring this unexamped run of profpcrty, he
blsd betow ali mis- friends the mot lucrative Of
fees, and be magnificent and generous without pri-
waite coli Is it for all this, fir, Quitting aide the
queltion of the good which he did the country, for
know would be unp.esiant to agitatc tits it for
all this. and ONLY this, that required pay
him thele mm ,rta honors ?l he p repeating
what have jut fai that were of opinion that thele
honors ihoud be betowed upon any man for fervices
of this kind, fhould think the nation owed them, in
a higher degree, the who lerved his country,
for long time, Immediately oppote the Treafury
Bench.
Lord Chatham, the noble father of Mr.. Pitt i,
mentioned as having had thefe honors paid TO him.
The precedent in the family. | will not enter
into the unp!ealant talk of con,-alng the lervices
Lord Chatham with thofe Of M. Pitt The gen.
tenau oppoite TO complains OF the pr-lent me-
lanclloly profpects, and am not inclined minge
my darker hade upon the canvas. This precedent of
Lord Chafhaus is however the only precedent thar
could br hunted out. Now, fr, will give You a
precedent OF great fervices hui of Lord Chat
ham, and grelter far greater than thof of any
that is living, or has lived fnce Lord Chstianl; fey
viii give You precedent of f:rvices for which no
nltinnal hoaors decreed though nation was
fave1 by thsrn--ny wor ny AM efimahle friend
Mr. Rnrkes. the admiration nf my life rha
whom the country owes debt incommenllrabe.
, For this man, fir, public funeral demanded
monumen,. voted-no national inf rptons
penred: he retts peace under lis marble fab, a
man whom q fpeak with ardour) a country owed
{ in eicape from that yaruiDg guiph which OPEN
ing receive it, that deep abyis Ct he'll vomiting
flames from its mouth, the Who when that e.
vii isar of the French revolution fra roe hemi-
phere and threatened in por:entous tFanit over
this kingdom couunre the edihce OF our
eonaCutIon that who, when h. law blind
fupeitiiiou fury in the people who fell 10 worihip-
ing this Gar, and mOUk its bloody coru(catons for
the mild lulre of genial heat when, like the Pa
gfa worlhppers of the Father of Light" they fell
their bellies, and begged it defend among
them at that time, fir, did fGil man nep forth and
unohsrm btiosted fenles by the powerful magic
Of his talents he taught rulers at that time how
TO meet this calamity, he gave his to the de-
csaied hate:man whom now lamenting and
as far related t" the 6r oPpof5ion of the French
revolution even Mr.. Pitt Acknowledged hm!clf the
T., pupil of MIR. Burke. Happy had it been for this
country ii the dilciPe had 70 loon Quilted the
ways of his matter walk in ways Of his own
Yet, fir this great man, who delerved national no.
. nors and tributes, as great national nuniGcence
could below, had demanded for him No.
fir, he lesps in humble vault but the marble
fhal noulder; the fold adaanr, though ,vaiied
by the ffream OF time, fall remain as firm and fixed
as
! " hall now be afked FIR, what is the worth what
are hofe fervices for which thefe honors are due
Services Of gho( value there be no doubt which
every man acknowledges and burns to cafe his heart
Of gratitude, and take his fhare III the paymeu, Of
iervices which, may fly come home TO the feel
irgs aud boons of all, which the pcalanr and the
price equally acknowleGge--by which the great and
the ima the poor & the rich in their different de-
gree, equally benestted iesvices which partake oc
naval and military glory, by which the common coua-
try is defended. IFS character exalted, and every in
dviduai in it RATED in his own cifiaation and made
prouder by IT'S fnccee Such feryces as tbefe fpeak
at once for themieives it is fort of inhn9 in U.s.
that without communication, we have all the fame
feelings with repef to them. Such, FIR, was the late
glorious vi6tory OF Trafalgar; every EngliGuan was
exalted by il lo,g i?eech required to point
ont 70 US what 70 he done--As I have faid il
I" came home the feelings and booms of US ALI" I,
for fervces of this kind that grand reiarve of thoe
national honors houi be made. The frone Box
houd BE- tangible by others letu5 apply il TO It's
proper purpofes aud ihail not eniptyit; like the
! pur(= in the fable it will be ever full. But if we
ulsr uniicaneed hand to dip in IL; if we f1tandcr
rs precious contents, beye Htc and eve,y zrbeye Won
impair the value Of your generoGty when you betfow
! IT on the Obleti for whom it intended. You viii
lily ir in cheapeniugit Irepeat, fir that thefe favnrs
! inn't not he rendered common. If we pay an adj
n1iral who loft his life in the fervce of his coHnry
aud reicued that country by the deruGton of an enc
n'ys feet, IN The i7'ne coin pay miniaer for
ervices Of doubtful nature, ard the effects OF which
obey have NOT yet reached us) would alnoa perfiade
give them any other bu ierviccs-if we re-
girdthoje two III The fame manner we arerobbiur
rjcou of half the hOnors we haze paid hn--TIonors
ike other thiugs valuable Only as they are Gcarce
! BY Porting with theie honors, lir you are piundsr
ing the national ttoeS which you hold in truR for the
heroes aud defenders Of the country. You are ayi!b
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