The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-08-10
" He GURUS fuit."

mawr, for Cambria was her Paphos.
--'. Hic illus arma,
He GURUS fuit"
At Lleweliin's fall liberty and science fed.
The bard struck his mournful harp. and
raised the song of grief The weapon rcek-
ing with his princes blood. pierced the
heart, where melody had birth, and hushed
the voice of tuneful inspiration. British con
neXion
Made huge Plinlimmon bow his cloud capp'd
head"
British connection has blasted the green
fields OF Erin, and borne the torch of direst
rum to the cabin of her peasantry. 1t has
strangled Genius in its cradle, and hunted
virtue and valor to the tomb. British con-
nexIon has desolated the delightful plains of
lndostan. has crmsoued ,he wave of the
Ganges with gore, and choaked the Burran-
pooter with he remains of slaughtered in
habitants. But the awful hour of retributi
on will arise. when India's wrongs shall be
avenged; when the Shamrock shall flourish
fair. when the monumental marble shall re-
cord Fitzgerald's virtues. and the epitaph
OF Emmett be inscribed by a freeman s hand
when the denunc,ation OF Merlin shall be
accomplished and Tallessin's prophecy fui
filled; when Scotia's HILLS shall wanton in
native luxuriance.
The collected wisdom of ransomed land
:" ordained and established" a constitution
OF government. magma charta of American
liberties which secured by equal laws.
the enjoyment of equal rights of every Gu
zen aud forbad by eternal introduction
crown to ambition, aud a mitre to fanaticism.
Conscience was ief. anconfined, as the benev..
olence of Deity. Here the Mobed may kin
die and cherish the sacred flame, the Bra
MIN may explein the mysteries Of the W.
dam, the Iman may expound the prsccptS of
Mahome., the Levi,e may declare the ordi.
nances of the Talmud
" Or tne rude Indian, whose untutor'd mind
- Sees God in clouds, ears him in t.. w,nd,"
may offer to the Great Spirit, the effusons
OF superstitious alteration; and the apostle
of the blessed Jesus may publish the words of
life, and proclaim saliva hon 10 redeemed hu-
manity. The church, tabernacle, mosque,
pagoda and temple may rise in undistinguish
ed federation No tests awe the will no in =
quisitoriai Synod FORCES letters for the mind
lrquiry is I ee as thought, and opinion unre-
strained as the air ofheaven The press is
a safeguard of public rights. 1t is the mes
senger OF ruth, the herald of science, the
interpreter of letters, the amanuensis of his
tory and the torcher OF futurity. Like the
sun, it illumines the gloom of the Gothic
night, irradiates the shades. of ignorance,
and pours flood of knowledge on the world !,
dilates the perceptions OF man, extends
his intellectual vision, inspires his heart with
sensibility and his mind with thought and
endows him with past and present omnisci
ence. 1t directs his way to the Pierean
mount, and discovers TO faith the radiant path
by angels trod TO Zlon's holy Hill o may
1t Continue free, the faithful ward OF civil
liberty /; may the rigid censorship of public
opinion preserve its purify inviolate. The
bondage of ignor ance is the yilest slavery
Education only can teach mankind to appre-
ciate, to enjoy and TO secure the blessings
we commemorate, as the ideot unweeting of
their price will barter jewels for glitterine
toy uninformed posterity will sure der the
privileges, purchased with their fathers
blood for any specous imposture. Teach
your children wisdom, teach them the con
summation OF wisdom-virtue. Instruct them
TO compute the value of Liberty, to esti-
innate tins worth of independence lest
art bcgulle and ambition subject them, and
in the bitterness of suffering they SHOULD
smite your toInbstcnes with ,heir chains and
curse the S,res who bred them brutes. f -
ducation will iBstil noble sentiments, will
elevate the mind to liberali y generosity
and magnanimity, W Ill regenerate. and give
sentient existence and Intelligent being -
superior to sordid views of selfish advantage.
the enlightened Citizen will devote him -
self to his Country. lp the sublime contem
piation OF universal good he will disregard
the Insignificant considerations of petty per.
sonal OF loca! interests, and disdain the pal
Try chickering's OF party collision.
Like the euchantment of CirCe's baneful
cup, party spirit has transformed mankind,
- unmoulding reasons mihJage" II has fro
zen the current of the heart, and paraliz d
the pulses of love. Friendship meets a stran
ger IN forgotten sympathy fraternity tdrns
ASIDE from alienated affection and paren-
tai tenderness petrihes IN fial estrange-
ment. The denon of party spirit has per
vaded ev n TO the peUetraIia, and subverted
the affairs of the Penates while enthroo cd
ON the ruins, he trumphs in domestic dis
cord. Party spirit has invaded places most
sacred, reverend and holy has polluted the
Judgment seat, and pro.aned the temples of
the most High History points to her san
guIne leaf, Tie mournlul memorial of party
rage. sSee, Marius' spear reeking with gore
Behold, expiring breath fingers on oylla's
blade can the drops be numbered, rhat
fall from julius sword! Can the status be
secured from Antonlus' helm : Mark the
rose dripping viii blood where brother
falls beneath brother's hand where man
IS unhumaDlzed, and the savage is flcshed
IN Kindred Carnage Father of mereies ;
Let no snch be the destiny of my Country /;
Let not the evening star go down in blood
Education can 'unlOck the clasping charm,
and thaw the numnling spell' ofparty spirit.
by informing man how little man can know,
1t will relax the dogmatical pertinacity of