The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-04-25
BLESSINGS or Mo.NuRcHY

In laying the following scenes before our
readers, it is difficult to SUPPRESS the man
Ting Indignation which they Inspire. What
shall we say of the restitution of those con-
secrated marriagc-ties, which should bind
the husband and the parent to his household,
which his Royal Highness the Duke of York,
has so remorselessty snapt asuntler? What OF
the obligation which is incumbent upon
men OF elevated ranks, as they rise higher
into view, to display brighter models to their
country,
To set sublime examples to the nation;
And when an Eagle they should spring,
To ttii:.k the solar blaze, on tow'ring wing.
With daring and undaszlcd eyes
not by their own vices, to stamp prohigacy
and prostitution with the currency of fashion.
Such things indeed are common among these
royal wheips. 1t would have been departing
from the practice of the family. The Prince
OF Wales has his Mrs Fitzherbert-
Duke at Clarence his Mrs Jordan, and INV
is not the Duke of York entitled to cicis5eo
of his own! These are the three ilustrious
lights, which are set up for the envy and
imitation of the noble youth of G. Britain
As are the spriSs Of royalty, so will be the
sprgs of nobility.
But as to the charges which are here spe-
cialiy made against his Royal Highness, arc
they not most serious and rank j? Is not the
view, which they present Us of the interior
mechanism of a monarchy, truly disgusting?
Such destitution of principle, virtue and eco.
no'Dy arc to be expected, when it is a mo.
narchy that prcsdes over nation and when
it is such family as that of the Guelphs,
that Yields the sceptre Of the monarchy
Take this case in whatever light you please
Either the defence set up by the Duke of
York is true or it is false. Either he has la
IL, q mn
presents, upon prostitute or he has stint
rd her to & 900 a year, and she has had the
dexterity to exc ont tine lustre of her luxury
by levying acquisitions on avaricious appl-
cantS and setting up the military Offices of
Great Britain to sale.--If the plea of his
Grace be a true one, how brilliant is the Or
economy of Princes Nearly 10000 H. ster-
ling year iavished by one Prince upon one
doxy--nearly Is, 000S year--almoSt t7vice
az mnch as f. Ids the too eXtravagant state
OF the chief Magistrate ofthe American Re
public. Such are the blessed dspensations
of monarchy And who is it pays the pi-
PERI Who supplies the means of these me-
ritorious expenditures! Who--but the floor
heotic OF Britain! His ROYAL highness, for
sooth, has done no.hing, either in the way
OF body or mind, to- earn on deserve a single
stiver--wcre 4 cruinb Of bread never to en-
ter his Royal lips, but what was mOistened by
the sweat ofhis ROYAL brow, e'er seven DAYS
would be over his head, it would be at rest
for ever. tits the poor industrious people,
who work and starUe TOO for linn and his
royal faulty; anal it is this royal brood, vino
s1uandcr away the treasures of the people
ape races, upos prostitutes and all the pa
rapherpelia OF All abandoned luxury. And
fer this, are the British people better 20
UefU,d thau 7ve are Are their armies
6elser commanded and more loaded with
lIureIs, thun were those American heroes
who fought and conquered under Washing
ton
Rct take IT the other way. Let the Duke Of
Yotk be supposed 10 be guilty OF these char.
es-Is it not clear that the military appoint
ments OF Britain arc distributed not accor-
ding TO merit, bit according to fdpour or
corrHffioH--nnt according to the qualiicsti-
or 81 he service, bat 20 tbe prices o. sGG1/