The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-02-16

Well. now, you byyocrites, what do YOU say to
this Was all this fcas,ing and rejoicing sham
was It all vile mockery Were these signs of
10Y exhibited by slaves, with view OF gaining
favor with .heir masters, or Of saving themselves
| from the effects of the anger Of those masters
Were these signs OF JOY merely made use of bv
some tor tue rascaiy purpose OF earning. thereby
| chance OF picking the public pocket, or for the
stupid enc oi obtainin soRe patry title to CRAFTY
ne veXatious vanity of tawdry and freaksh
wife Did these rejoicers, surprising, nav, know.
ing Napoleon to be the most consunmate hypo.
crle OF his age, think to ilattcr him by this nita.
ton OF hls conducts and did he himself at the
! same time and in the same act, seem as 1.-THE were
resolve d 20 outhypocri,e them Now, I.beI;eye
none OF these. l believe, that these reioicnrs
were not totally insincere but, you must allow
them to nave been all sincerity, else what be.
comes OF your own Examinations, and other signs
ORGY At amy rat do not find, that Napo-
Icons rejocers had recourse to the trick of stop
ping the mouths ofthe poor. They seem to have
oeen IN no dread of people wanting single
meal of yictuais and drink.
vi all the good things, however, connected
with tins famous jubilee, this the best, OF
which record was made in my motto. SO, the
people OF Middcburgh kept the day with as much
testivity as any people in his Majcs,y's domini-
ons II believe II, with all my soul Full as
much fes,vity, including, of course, heaitiness 50,
or sincerity; and verify believe, that the 10y
was full as sincere AT Middleburgh it was at
London, or any where else. Yes, this is an ex.
ceilent specimen. Were it not for this, we might
be at loss for standard of Interpretation.
Now, we know what the word joy meant, when
used upon this occasion.-But the Joy, the heart.
ieit JOY, and "pious gratitude TO Heaven" WIS.,
iblc IN the island OF w alcheren, not confin.
ed to the inhabitants they were also visible in
every part OF the army and the navy, who even
trea icI's- se-joy and roya, salutes Aye, this is
1 Make ready Present Fire
This is the true sort oijoy: it is Joy at word of
command. This is unanmity tins is speci
ihen OF that " ,"ctric unison of the feelings"
OF which the wise men OF the Morning Post talk
ed SO nicely.
1t would be curious to know, ifone could as.
certain IT, how many thousands of Englshmen,
sick and dying, there were in the island of Wal.
cheren on the day ofthe jubilee how many &C
tuaiiy expired that day how many were strug
S!ulg IN the last psngs of death, while the toasts
and songs were going round at the festive table
* how many whose lives were shortened by the
tremendous noise which must have prevailed. 1t
would be curious to ascertain these facts. A
calculation might come near to the point, which
is very interesting one.
Reader, let nc take the liberty to press upon
your attention this account of the jubilee in Wal
cheren, given by the most famous of the liberty
hirelings in London. He tells us, that the peo-
pie of Middleburgh rejoiced. Now, after this,
Will you say, that any account given by these
mercenary wretches, is to be relied upon VIII
you believe, that people, in whose h.t ses our
troops were living AT free quarter could Join in a.
ny reloicings OF ours me small part of the peo-
pie OF Mddieburgh must have been injured by
The war; and, will you believe that they sincere
~ reJoiced, that their expressions of esteem
that IN short, their prayers for the King of their
invaders, were sincere They, too, YOU will OBJ
serve, went to church. Would it not have been
good thing to- have heard their prayers
On it has been a sad scene ofhypocrisy, from
the beginning to the end. There wanted nothing
but this jubilee to cap the character of those
who set ON foct and urged i;forwArd. repeat,
however, that 1t has answered this good purpose
it has given rise TO discussion, and will give
rise TO further discussion for the promoters of
1t having thrown down the gauntlet, we shall not
fail to take it up. They have, 10y their PROPOSE
ton to hold jubilee, challenged us to discus
sion upon all and singular the measures Of the
Kings reign they have invited us 10 examine
into many things, which might have passed
without examination they have, in short, relev-
ed us from all scrupies as TO many very delicate
topics Of discussion, 6, these we shall, of course
take up as occasion offers
The following instance Of extraordinary pre-.
sencc of mind and courage, is mentioned in one of
the last Madras Couricrs:
"VELLJEE PATEL, an inhabitaRt of Maho
noodabad. in the vicinity of Kara, about noon,
cotton field, perceived Royal Tygress approach
ing him, in an attitude that convinced Veliee of
the animals desire TO destroy hiIH-&., as he was
aware, from the nature Of his situation, lie could
not escape, he made preparations TO receive her
The Tygress spI inging on this undaunted cutiva-
tor, he held out his loft arm to oppose her whilst
with his right, uplifed akorand, or small hatch
ct, his premeditated blow was so CORRECTLY given
between the cars of the animal, and with such
force, opposed to the velocity with which the
Tygress advanced, that it occasioned her inme-
date death.-V ELLJEE PATsLL had his left
wrist much lacerated."-Lon. Pap.
Character Of Wig, such as he ought to be.
(by tie !ate DR.. Frankfa
The wing lives in every state, but wishes TO
live only in a FREE state. He claims no right in
himself, but what he is willing to give to his
neighbor. He is not listed in sects by sounds,
nor Kept in them by preludces his mind is not
contracted by systems, nor sacred bigots it is
open to God and nature lie is not attached to
PERSON or FACTION, but to THINGS, to JUS |
TICE, to LIBERTY, to WRIT IL, and TO his coun. |
try.-He adaeres TO men qvho aahereS to these |
and adheres to them longer than they adhere 10
these. With like contempt of PROMISES and NE. |
NAcEs, unawed by power, he is attached 10 |
these. Not lurking drone, TO reap what o. |
thGrs sow, he cheerfuy acts his part in society |
he does what he can he cndeavors within his |
sphere to promote the general welfare. No mat |
ter what you call him---what his rank, his |
profession, the title CT his rcgion--th!s is a
SVhig.