The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-03-05

dt grass, would have been Just as compe
rent as they were 70 vote in Ireland. But
enlarge not upon this top;c-to touch up
on 1t IS enough for the present the detail
nust DC reserved Tor a future occasion, and
another place-it belongs only tn the hope
'ess to be angry DO not you. therefore, be
angry, where YOU cannot be surprised-
You have been insulied. and oppressed, &
netray ed--but what better could yod hope
from such Il ministry as their own Nation is
| cursed withal !--they hear the voice of sui.
fer,ng England now thunder ring in their ears
they feel they cannot RET ain, they are snx-
ious 10 0sstroy-they are acting upon the
principle OF Russian retreat.
"5Pressed upon by the People, & beaten
back into their businesses. they depopuiate
as they retire but what better could YOU
have ever hoped from such men motley
groupe, without virtue, or character, or
talents the sort of Cabinet that you have
haughcd at on the Stage. wiicrethe potent
grave. and reverend Seniors were compo-
sed OF scene Shutters &c candie-snuffers robed
in old curtains, and wigged from the stores
OF the Theatre, They affected to profess
| religious distinctions, but they were tou
grossly ignorant to C 1nceive any such-
here is no science in which a man must
not know something to qualify him for mis-
conception. i have myself talked with
| Enghshmen upon this subject, you cannot
suppose me TO allude to the exalted class
OF persons IN that country who have done
themselves s. much honor by their sympa-
thy and liberality-I speak of an inferior
order-indeed OF persons like your Minis
tiers there or your Ministers here. / have
asked them, what they could find so for
midable in the religious principles of the
Irish Catholics and the answer has uni
tormlv been, Why, Sir, / never know'd
nothing at all OF the principles of the Hi
IRISH Papisrs, except their lank hair, and
long coats. without no arms in the sleeves
and thinks the most liberal man will al
low, that them there are dangerous princi-
pies
"Shal /, my friends, say one seriou.
word to you upon this serious subject -
Patriotism is of no one religion. Christi
anity belongs exclusively TO no sect; and
moral virtue and social duty are taught
with equal exactness by every sect, and
practise6 with equal imperfcction by all
and therefore, wherever you find a little
| interested busting bigot, do not hate him
do not intlmidate him-pty him if you
can. | scarcely wish you not to laugh
when you look at ore of these pearl divers
in theology his head barely under water,
his eyes shut, and an index floating behind |
him. displaying the precise degree of his
purity and his depth. A yord or two. |
~
what upon that subject but word of sad |
ness what but the monumental inscription
upon the head stone of our grave ? All sem
blance OF national independence buri-
ed in that grave in which our Legislature
is Inferred our property and our persons
are disposed of by laws made in another
cline. and made like boots and shoes for
expectation to fit the wearers as they may.
II you were now to consult my Learned
u Rld harn acl- L.. l.
your property belongs to yourself, or for
what crime you may be whipped, or hang
ed. or transpOrted--his answer would be,
1t is impossible, Sir, to tell you now
but am told, that the Packet is in the
bag. ts vas, III fact the cal design OF rash
& arbitrary, &C short sighted protector at
once to deprive you of all power, as to
your own taxation, and of another power
of not very inferior importance, and
which, indeed, is inscparably connected
with taXation-to rob you of all influence
upon the vital question of Peace or War
and to bring all within the controul of an
English Minister. This very power, thus
acquired by that detested Union, has been
a mill stone about the neck of England
FROM that hour to this she has been far
| ing away in her ruinous & Wasteful war
her allies no more her enemies multiple
ed-her finances reduced to rags her
| People depressed and discontented-her ar.
| tizans reduced to the last ebb. and their
discontents methodised into the most terri
| nc combinations-her labourers without
employment-her manufactures without a
| market. The last entrance in the North,
| to which they could have looked, being
now shut against them. and fastened by
bar that has been redeemed in the flames
| OF Moscow. But this (said hc) is q picture
too heart-rending to diate upon; you cannot
but kno" it already, s do not wish to anti
cipate the direful consequences bv which
you are 100 probably destined to feel it
further to the quick. l feel it sort Of
refuge 20 pass to the next topic which
| mentioned as calling for your attention.
naTeey. what toundatiOn--what ground we
had for hope"
| Here Mr.. Curran described. IN terms Of
affec.icnatc panegyriC, the nob;c & disinte-
rested patriotism which led orr P,.ntestaut
! Fellow subjects into an alliance offensive
and defensive wish their afflicted Country.
without the aid ofits rank, It's intellect. and
its property 'lrelaud (hc said) could do
no more tor herself now than she has done
for centuries hcretofore--she lay n hel,-
| less hulk upon tie water--but noU. for the
! hrst time, We are indebted to Protestant
spirit for the delicious spectacle Of sc.;-,
her at length equipped with masts. SAL.
and compass, and hclm-Gt length she il
lsea-wor,hy. Whether she is to cscaua the
tempest or gain the port, is an event TO
be disposed of by the Great Ruler orthe
waters ard the winds IL our vo,sae t