The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-08-13

government, and cause il 20 f,ov liz a clear
and majestic tide.
Let interest once clog these channels, and
private considerations super e,ie the public
good, debility will take place cf vigour. and
cur Aeathful face be sicklied DER with the
pale cast OF death. Lee bigotted prejudice
and sorditl passion once seize upon the afiec;
tions OF the people. aah they VIII he hurried
away INTO the regions of anarchy and revoiu
ton, till wearied nnd exhausted. they will
find no resting place but government o.
one---And here what melancholy rcfe
tons arise in the bosom Of him, the friend
TO the rights of man and of free government.
Shadows, clouds and darkness hang upon
the horison ; the Patriot's eye locks beam
less, Tor It sees no hape nf su5cour, no sta,
to rest on. The sens Of freedom, are led to
contemplate in ctue prospective las down
| fai- The fair prospects " lAStins grandeur
aTdlr .-rssi'y that aawuei up :. the yic@
I. OF our Fathers, wii i5sappear.. and fad. as
the visions Of the night. Ire % aioresi re
public" OF Algeruon Sidney. the '.geod old
cause for 1ich Russcl ana Hamplen
snfferer, IS now to be given up. 10 Amer
Ca, IT VIII be-po more-its principles are a
banoosed virtue swings from her rnpurIng.
and the blind and phreDe,ic People, infatu
ated 10y their own folly, tho star,led at tn.
Tremendous rupture, are willing tu imJno
late upon the altar of their mosJ uonaturai
(, prejudices, their liberties, & ,srmina,, the
cWvulsions OF the state in the munstrous par
ricide of their Union. IN that horris an,f
universal coH'agion .of ,p.rty-spirit. wher,
honor ssanda appalled,, and integrity is oyer.
wheiU'ed IN the Hood Of corruption, lin hat
tumuituous and distempsr q sts of IN
public imagination, where imn odeya zesl
Is mistaken for patriotism, and wild ind,s
cretion wears the Earb Of candour and rigIl
teous intention, revenge will be dismal ant
t,ndiscr.minate 4; eueTies will be taken fo,
friends, the passions for the virtues OF the
people, and the dying moment * our cxs
tenee will alone demonstrate the evils e
the strife. Is this iancy, or il it fact Lock
TO the history OF former times. and behold
how degenvrated we are. Look tn the gener
Gus suscrings. 20 the disinte' ested spii', To-
the ire OF pairio ism, and the ar ent 81 81
independence that iightene1 he aye az vir
tue and then turn 70 the pitiful aud unwiI
ling duties to our country /; TO the SLOW and
lingering regard to public good, to the dull
and la6oured resolves of the present day,
when the nation must make an heroic stand,
! or sink into interminabie Disgrace. Do YOU
not see how unworthy we are , DO you not
[cstch as Won glance along, the fatal symp
ettto our vigor and animation
%nu have seen the sun of our glory, how
1t tosSia height. till il reached the zenith OF
its orbit, where Ike the auspicious signs.
PpicE appeared ~ the heavens to guide the
SheFcerG TO ocT saYio.i, 81 Stood stiii. unsl,-
! rniniEhsd in Its majesty, nuposcurcd in is
| spiendour, TO proclaiEn The A .rcrican name.
and point mankind TO the abodes OF Ii erJy
ihis was the age of our Pnrefa'be-s. TINS
sun was their spirit. it's satellites their H.
! iustrious deeds They Journeyed OH IN one
t.d l<,t Il.
ldoi---their country, which they y1orsh;pDed
not IN the hoinage OF superstition & to which
they did not offer the bane OF anarchy and
facticn. They created and preserved the
Republican principles in purity and simpli-
ciy-With them this government flourish.
sd.
E You have since marked its darkling des.
cent, how like the waning phases If the
moon. IT'S briliianCe was oblilerated, ard the
circle OF its glory curtajlcd. You have seen
evenh re, an ambition, that would set the
world on fire, and wade thrDugh blood to
power. You have seen the emotions cf
CALLED spirit of aristocracy, rising in sullep
and stihed rebellion against our freedom and
e7"oafy and magnifying in the seIt.suffi.
Cheney OF blrth and ancestry, seem 10 swell
beyond the letters with which Is enclun
oered.--X on have seen the usuppations OF
wealth, upon the unprotected privileges of
the pc r--you have seen how conimeree
''here q mast hreOails has afflicted our
cotnfTy--how lucre has seduced COR virtue.
and vanquished our independence. You
have seenstoo, how the first men ~ our eoun
try can steer with the times, and sail with
the fashionable gale who tohead ttGrfv, or
20 lead an 2fHos,tion, have deserted their
Judgment, & the honesty Of their principles,
ana iorsWorn themselves upon the 1ooy OF
Congress.
Rot yet forty years from the era Ct our
republic, and there are no patriots among
Us --Fatriots magnanimuns snupgh 80 throw
seq behind, and place the public good in
'front.'. no Me- tyrs to liberty, brave end
devoted ike Warren or Mon = mery.--
NJ lmpassiored FreeDeB, like La Fa, cite,
nobly delighted with the rights OF man.-
No AT time when foreign powers were
aGainst US, and as il were str0ve in rival
ship to crGsh our growth when one more
bold than the rest had advanced 70 he very
threshold Of orr liberty and trsmpled upon
oar dearest rights rights. thst can ncYci be
separated from our cxislence, the n lnsricao
People wee called tpon % stand tor their
country. bis call +Vas NOT heard with una
nmiy. False Pfegti aud Prete-ders nave
grown % among is, 10 deiude and usisguide
nc Feopif and too dishonest 10 serve t6eir
Country, excite cua;nlotion and dlgsfiectiop.
70 build their own grandeur-upon tire down
i;.li OF Others. Can this Republic lasti is
lie b-tG OF our pnan indisSo'ublc - Awfu1