The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-03-11

TO the remotest regions, and the whole world
looking on in speeches. admiration at her
sudden and miraculous elevation--rhese
were some amongst the exhibitions of thisre-
volition.
1t was fondly hoped by the friends oS liber-
ty, that this splendid orb would fix itself per-.
manently in our system, and that the galaxy
of republicanisn would be enriched with a
new star, glorious as the star Of the morning
Whilst it thus revpived Enthusiastically in our
sight, party was secretly forming in this
country, and in the nations of Europe, more
especially in Britain, to decry. the benefits
contemplated from its appearance, and to de-
prcciatc its brightness.
ltwasby some boldly, but invidiously decia1
red to be fire-ball, whose fltuous light was
conhnedtc our atmosphere, and which would
vanish as suddenly and unexpectedly as it
had appeared; leaving behind a noxious eff
ttuvia, ASIAN evidence OF the marshy and in-
fiammabie materialsof wiichit was com poseti
Whilst others with pale and fautering hor-
ror affirmed it to be comet, which If per-
mitted by the Influence OF gravity TO approach
too near sur orbit, would shake frsm its hor-
rid hair pestlence and war amongst the ma
ton. ihe great majority, however, of the A
merican people, in spite Of these alarms or
artirces, continued to regard its infuent ra-
thcr as salutary than malignant.
BUTT is not for the limited faculties OF man
to scan the ways of the Almighty, orto uea-
sure the scope of ms providence. For pur-
poses, tous inscrutable, he has shrouded the
Republic with the mantle of his dspleasure
but as if TO afford IN additional proof that
he is bound BY the laws of his own nature !:
that he is coerced in common with his crea-
lures, by the adamantine chain of necessity
70 enforce Justice by the punishment of the
wicked, he has putthe scourge into the hands
OF that mysterious being, whose fortune has
eXtinguished the republic and those vain Sc
short-sighted beings, who mady and.impious-
~ blasPhemed against the most glorious phe-
noinenon by which the moral horizon had e.
ver been irradiatet, find in its extinction new
and more prolific sources of desolation. disas-
ter and dismay.
The Republic of France is at an end =
butthe avenging angel has started up from
Beneath the broken throne of the Bourbons
and the ruins ofthe Republic, and upheaves
his enormous members in aid of NAPOLEON
With his mace Of iron, he crushes the wick
ed combination OF kings the ancient dvnas-
ties of Europe disappear at his frown; his
breath calls into existence new powers, and
pr noes, and dominions-The CLEAN of his
terrific spear consumes the ancient territori-
al divisions existing between nations, & with
its fanny point he sketches out a new man
OF the earth. 1t the adverse parties COM
plain Of injustice, his awful sword and buck
Ter arc thrown into the scale, and they are
haughtily told THAT the only portion of the
vanquished, is to suffer-
OF all that formidable conspiracy of DIES.
pets, who leagued at PilIitz for the destruc-
ton OF liberty, Britain alone has escaped in
Vaslon or ACKNOWLEDGMENT and to her insu-
lar SITUATION and her maritime superiority
should it be wholly ascribed that she has hi,
therto survived the fate of so many tupes
and victims OF her avarice and proligacy.-
britain sill survives; but she survives in
daily peril and apprehension &C Consistent
with herself, although on the verge of des-
tructon, she practises the usual trade of
aggression and pracy-IIow indeed can re-
morse ever approach bosom endered black
and Gallons by the habtual preparations of
murders and tortures and house-burnngs, in
the forests OF America, i'll the magnificent
landscapes OF India, and in the green fields
OF Ireland !--She vet survives but the very
height to which her crimes have elevated
her, viii only render her fall more dreadfu,
and eventful. Her hour is approaching Al
ready the dreadful hand is outstretched to de-
scribe la characters offre, on the walsof St
James ), the terrible sentenca,-" Thy DAYS
arc numbered, oh King Thou art weighed
in the balance, and art found wanting %
The IRE vrable decree is about to issue from
the mouth of Napoleon, "The glory of the
housc OF Guelph has passed away,--CSeoree
lItS ulIu lbNSl NeCSHu from MS throne -
! sincerely hope, however, that the guar
dian genius of Britain NAV avert the dangers
that impcnd over her. by change in the
form of her government, and the principles
of her morality.
But it is necessary to return to the point
from which have depressed, and perhaps to
go back somewhat farther, in order that /
may preserve the connection Of events.
During the progress of the French revo-
lution, and indeed so early az the date Of
GU. convention, there had inSensibly grown
up in the several states, political sect,
which alike avcrse to simple monarchy and
the representative system, impatiently loneed
for government that would, they imagined,
unite the good properties of either, and avoid
their defects; government of more show
and distinctions. and where the chief or king
would be cloathcd with greater power and
authority than accorded with the simplicity
of the democratic form. In word, govern
ment after thu British model, became the
first object of their wishes and excrtions
and as the excuses OF the French Rcvoluti-
on were supposed to be daily illustrating and
conhr ming the truth OF their dogma, they
gained daily accession Of strength Numbers
Of homes, and well meaning citizens, alarm
ed at the progress of that awful fire that
burnt in the heart of Europe, became pro-
selyteS - a sect whose pretences were
spcCious and plausible, and who affected to
be the exclusive champions Of ordei and mo-
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