The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-04-02
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RICHMOND, APRIL ., 1911.
CONCESSIONS {! FAvoRs,l

+ A strange luggage has crept into use
the dregs. perhaps of that colonial vassa-.
lage. which fermerty stained our charac..
ter.
!" Remem ber thy Parent Country; thaS.
has nour'shed < brought thee up. "..s" Subj
NIT To, the powers thar 6e'---" Respect the
laws q worship the authority Of Britain"
II hese wefe he magic naxims,b by which,
it was hoped to trsnsfo, m US into the min
ions OF royal pewer-the faere =" slaves OF
the Lamp and him that holds i,"-the at.3
jet uegeneraee Vassals VI British ;aonohety.
in all its shapes. The soft ties that binS
tht chlid to the parent. and the hal-huoe,
sword OF power, were equally put INFO re-.
QUESTION TO obliterate the SENSE Of our rig hts.
and sabJuSate as to the nod of Grear Bril-
tain.
from TINS unna ural state of things,
there spFang up monstrous and revolving
sort OF languaSe.-Did We receive any be.
neht, from the parent country which wes
had right 10 claim ? i, was sr fully held
out as sort Of donation, d boon. "A concessi
on. favor, which mad been CHART bly ID,
parted to us.
Did we claim az a right what was eua.
raDteed ny our charters, OF by the spill, If
The British Government We were re-
presented as insOlent vassals who rebel,.H
against their lawful Lord. and deserved 10
suffer all the pangs OF disobedience. Did
We require an exemption from taxes. With
out our own consent-ihere was rebellion.
IT we demanded representation in Par.a-
ment There was revolt. il we submtted
he most humble petitions to Inc throne Tor
redress tour repeated petitions were an!
swered only BY repeated injury
The sword was unshe he'd 30 cut off
TINS many-headed Hydra Of re6eikon--but
the hand, tha welded t was wlaered-
Rebefhon terminated 10 Reyoiution and
Revolution terminated in the inaehendence
OF this country
We were no longer the, British Colonies
the British Provinces Events lad
wrough- miraculous change in ;he s.yle
OF the F'rm-We had risen TO the dignity Of
Free and Independent States-and I" we
mutually pledged to each other, our
lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor" to
support that name, both then and for an
time thereafter.
The times being changed, it was higIr
time to change our language
Fauors--Concessfons, ought to have been
expunged at once-but the base dregs Of
those degenerate days still stuck to the DO
liticians OF London, and their echoes in A..
morica-the federal prints.
We had risen TO the rank of an indehcn-
dent Heofie.
VIZ "t'c nut VI Gazing -SftnRs--tree from
the letter. aud ties of the nursery--of full
age and capacity-and entitled TO the full
heritage OF manhood, We had taken our
stand among the nations of The Ear hand
inh erited every right and trineihie, which
essentially enters iD;o the character of free.
sovereign and independent nation.
On the high way of nations, nur rights
were equal to those Of the proudest, and
most powerful. It was as free for us as for
theRselyes-We had rights on an element.
which is common to all independent S,ates
and those rights imposed upon every other
country, certain sorrelative Duties towards
Us.
Within the ports Of @. Britain, our rights.
as sovereign people, cease-----wi hin tre.
limits Of her exclusive jurisdic tio1, we have
No other claims than those OF confidence, res,
pect and friendship. And if on interests
were always duly seconded by an able adj
ministration, we have az all times COM
merce ffici n,ly advantageous and ! .flaya
sufficiently Respectable 10 weigh in eyeiT
treaty of Commerce and Navlg4 tion-.l---thc.
benefits Of an admjssi'n INFO ji'e ports of the,
u S. are gres, ene8H fo@ecaTo 10 90 ,tte