The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-03-26

when you consider the dignity, the Hrmness
and the wisdom with which the Americans
have acted, YOU cannot but respect their
cause. History, my Lords. has been my
tavorite study /; and in the celebrated wri.
ting> OF antiquity have / often admired the
Patriotism OF Greece and Rome but. nv
Lords, / must declare and avow that in
the master states OF the world know not
the people nor the Senate wins in such a
complication OF difficult circumstances. can
stand in preference to the delegates of A.
merica. assembled in General Congress in
Philadelphia. trust IL is obvious to your
Lordsh'ps that all attempts to impose SER
vitude upon such men TO establish despo.
tism over such a mighty Continental natl
on, must be vain, must be futile"
Amid the triumph which / felt in this
noble euiogy from one OF Natures greatest
of noblemen, | Gould not, hinder nv mind
from gl~anring. tor a moment, at the Edin-
burg Revue ers {, Ii was, however, with
ou' re eminent or contempt; but with a senti
ment which, perhaps. they would deem
more 'nsuling-it was pity. Fer while 1
recollected the very different terms in
which 'hey had spoken OF my count ymen.
l remembe ed also what Marmon,el had
said, IN his memoirs. about an attempt
OF himself and one of his friends to estab
lish a Review, in Paris" HIS project of
publishing between us a periodical Review,
was not so good a thing as he expected
ne had neHhe gall nor Uenom +; and as
inns REVIEW was neitheg d faithless, unjust
criticism ON good works, nor a bitter, biting
satire on good authors. it had but little sale"
Ing Edinburgh Review, it is said. has q
very extensive sale.
Inns, however, was but the depression of
d moment tor L was Immediately recalled
to Mrs Martin and her son. AS soon as
Marceilus had closed the paragraph which
L nave quoted, he Fused his eyes and urn
ed them with delight N his mother. Nine
followed them, and never did l see in any
face the sublime OF sentiment depicted in
coiors SO strong as IN that of this admirable
woman. Maicelius was struck O the soul
with the awful expression of her conn
tenance. The blood which had m1ntled to
his cheek, 'ecedsd and while the paleness
OF terror "vcrspread his face. his ewes re.
tiecied the blaze OF glory that beamed upon
MN from III M theirs. "Such nv son. "cried
she with a soiemnlty of voice which pierced
ms heait. "such were yout ancesturs.-
fcs! diSuit\, hrmness and wisdom we're.
indeed, their attributes. No adverse chance
III war, no depth of political misfortune
{ uld impair, ior "a moment the erect and
Noble dignity o Their characters. No ne
rils could daunt their courage. no hard
sniPs' however severe am, pro racted, could
snake their consistency and hrmness. No
m'hiS eriai sophistry could entangIs. ma insi-
uious she~ OF friendship could begulle that
wisdom which was forever awake & whose
strong and steady 'ight pene rated and
scattered even ,ke darkness of futuri,y.-
And how, think ,os. my son. did they attain
this EN- nence! now did they merit this
8 o'Ious eulogy of Lord Chatham? Not
trust m=-i,ot by giving up the prime and
mower or life t. Incidence and folly not by
us ening IN ,helr youth 10 the syren song of
sloth and pleasure and thus per nIttiDe the
divine faculties Of the mind to be degraded
a"d oru allied. o! no widely different
was their Course. Day after day, & night
aiter night they Kept the holy vigil of study
and meditation. If hey did lot. like py-
thag las, Democrats and Plato. explore
he remdtest e~x.remities of The globe in
q st OF knowledge, they retraced, howe
v~er,tne Whole roule AMI travel OF the human
NM pursued those who had gone before
Them INTO every nock and Corner OF literary
adventure, unwound all the mazes OF
learning and discovery, and followed the
Ca cring wing of genius into whatever
leNipn OF science it shot it, bold and daring
fight.
These great men did not in their youth
labor under he error so Common and so ia
tai IN these days and which many even of
It's victims most feelingly DIT plore, thal an
exemption rom Toll and study is he great
est good OF life. On the contrary, thai
truth soexperimen ally certain and infalli-
Bile, WIS perpetually inculcated on them.
that "Tuithout la6Or, there Is no human er-
ceHence Hence the vacant ease of the W.
luptuous couch, and the brilliant feslivity of
the drawing room or the connivial board
mad no charms for them. They claimed no
participation in the fame either OF the race
horse or the gdme cock. They sought no
renown by discussing the rules of racing in
a jockey club, on the laws Of war in a coun-
Gil of the main. Leaving those poor and fu-
tlle pursuits TO inferior minds, they scared To
obJecis tar beyond them Their youth was
sPehtln exploring the treasures of recorded
wisdom; IN making those treasures their
own ; and increasing their quantity and va
ne by superadding The fruits of their own
discoveries, her Herculean enterprise
e "'braced the whole circle ut science. They
entered on the career with that sublime en-
thusiasm without which, glory of The high
est order was never yet attained And not
con ent WITH giving up her days TO The pc
herouS pursuit, hey were seen to trim tho
midnight lamp and court he converse of the
Z at dead
ItiustripUs men Immortal patriots :
where are G now and who are Your sue
cessOTs' lit rs true; indeed, that q few, a
las ! a veTy few, of our evolutionary planets
stu hang above the western hOriz. "a ! An
how dos heir uaani ude ard steady splen.
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