The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-08-07

completely establish their theory. There
are certainly three great parties i'm Parlia
'nent--.the ministerialists, such as Perce-
wal aud Liverpool--the opposition. as
GrenVille and Grey--and the reformers,
who are neither technically styled the ms
or the OUTS, but who aspire to change n
buses not by turning out the present minis.
try, but by reforming the abuses of the con-
sutution itself, Especially the present or
ganization ct Parliament. Such us Bur
dett and Wardell and Cobbctt, who
(most wonderful to tell is changed from
one OF the rankest anti jacobins into an ar
rant Jacobin who was pronounced BY MIR.
Windham to have merited his statue OF
gold FOR his services i'm this country but
which Euogist few day hefc,. his death
became the object of Cobbett's most severe
abuse.
But do these Rcformists constitute large
body OF the people? Do they even Look for
ward to Revolution . The Reviewers as.
sign certain causes. which may have this
tendency-but there are others, which
are lost sight of. In the tst place. there is E,
great doubt whether the English people are
ripe Tor Repnhic-and this doubt must
operate on the minds OF The Rcformers In the
End place, the catastrophe of the French
of revolution itself in Europe The horrors,
which 1t produced will be connected with
the changes which it contemplated So
strongly was this tendency felt or affected
20 DC feit in England. that many, who were
friends OF Reform only, particularly of the
representation in Parliament, made il an
excuse to abandon it, lest it sho Id derene
rate ,ntoa Revolution. Such was MIR VIVID
nam G 20 From h'simpression how yer,
the people of England are now fast recover
ing.
The truth is. the Edinburgh Reviewers
nave pointed out the only means of laying a
revolutionary spirit, if such one exist. ::
or OF preventing its rising. The Ministry
should be wise enough to destroy abuses, that
tnese abuses may not destroy their. Let
them purify Parliament This was one
great object OF the society OF Irish reformists,
OF the Scotch Convention, of the London So
ciety in 94. 1t appeared to us, said Mr..
Grat'an to the people of Dublin, that the hast
{ way or starving the Revolutionary spirit, was
TO remove its food; far o ,herwise, the pro
Posers OF the plan of coercion they thought
IL better to feed that spirit and to cherish
.ne abuses and increase them they hoped
TO fortify their Constitution against an cpl. =.
demic distemPet, by preserving, uncured
the cid gouts and rheumatisms, and host
Of other disorders.
to"Snaodofe Portey.- manly letter of this
gentleman has shaken the suspicious even of Mr..
James Elliot himseli-but Che Editor of the New
York Evening Post, is not easily contenIcd -
he IS determined to die. IN the last dirty ditch
rather than to strike his colors to the enemy
what Is truth and facts {, him AWAY he goes.
meter skelter, with open abuse or SLY insinuat-
ons with no other councillors than effrontery
ana iaisehood, at his heels" Genera. Turreau
says ne demanded the release of the vessels,
(ffench Privateers,) and the recall of the Com
nodore. The vessels haze been released and
the Commodore has been recalled. These are
the facts The inference, OF course, is. that ne
was : recaiiad in compliance with the repre-.
sentation OF General T " What a tissue of ca
iumnies and lies -.
1t is fals'-. that General T. ever iemM,ded the
release of French Privaterrs
Ii is false, that such vessels were released nv
the order of government On the c ntrary,
what do we hear That two OF these We v YES
,eis. the L'Irtrepide and the Due dc Monti6ellc
nave been condenhed at New Orleans.
1t IS false, that Commodore Porter has been yr.
e"Aee. according to that of the term,
IN which this mean nsinuator would wish to en-
plsy it rs far back as Azay 1859, the Commo
dore had requested leave to return to tie AtiSn.
tic States. In letter from the. Secretary II
the Navy. under date of June %, 1909, the Sc
cretary, after directing him to detach some Of
t'lc Sul-DoatS under his command, to aid i'm the
removal OF the Troops, up the Mississippi, goes
on m these words )" You are, yourself to remain
during the service at your station and tile bears
hdOtnS returned, you viii &c az liberty to -avaii
yourself OF the permission already for warced you
10 come to the Atlantic States."- These last
words are quoted in the letter, as if from that OF
the Commodore 1t was SOM time before the
boats could return to their station & other events
turned up to delay his departure. And still, he
was recalled at the instig alton of Turreau! .
a." Our gouernntent, sage the 7uise Boston Ga
Seffe are rug unfortunate in eUery step hey take
/0r Gtfer ha0igg refused TO grant the RESI- gnaton
or absence Of this gentleman Tor so long Time, ii
seems strange that they shouid feel disposition
10 do 1t attic very moment guhen"-the reader NAV
easily corrective the rest. Now, when the Feds
discover that this permission has been granted
for so long time" they will change their
tune,S lament that the permission should have SO
long preceded his departure. Will nothing please
fhese gentlemen Shame. where is thy blush
See me Reeort Of the Co1nnrittec, or the causes
81 the Msrlality of the army dt N q.
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