The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-02-10


is'ics O a republic. Still less would we sup
pose that the monarch who sits uDon the
Russian throne would be led TO foster any
keen predile ctons for this American repub-
TIC, young IN name, remote in distance, linn
tied IN power the impulse of whose direc
ton nothing in the present time can ever
cause to operate with much strength of i'm
preston upon the fears or hopes Of any of
his interested calculations. How irnperious,
then, mast have ben his sense of the sheer
Justice of our cause, when, overlooking such
considerations, and attracted by motives
abstract and uncontaminated, he solemn,y
declares before the world that We did all
IN our power to avoid the war. From the
ally of England too does t" e confession come,
but from one whose august bosom is bound
ny ties more sacred and indissolubIe 70 anal.
lance with truth. Be it repeate E--preeious
Testimonial, exalted eulogy / the patri-
OTIS of 1872 lay it to heart in TIA corrObara
ton or the great duty they performed to
their country. Let it help to sa City the
blood that has been split that which yet
may flow. Let it help to inmortalize with
the tairest attributes OF immortality, the
deeds of Hull, a Decatur, Perry, and all
those other deafness sons of glory emilia
zonng our early annals with examples fer
tile OF future heroism, that great mona --h
OF Europe, raised by his transcendant achiev-
ments to the summit of human elevation
thought it not unbecomiug in the midst of
his triumphs to surrender himself to the
obligations of truth, and put forth volun-
tary voice of appreciation at the cause in
which they fought. A cause so pure has
seldom existed among nations. AS Sc idom
monarch so magnanimous to grace it with
his praise
The emperor Alexander appears to us
from this distance m ltohfc
ging that can beam around a head fated to
wear a crown. Born to rule over a hume
rous and powerful people, not yet advanced
to tue maturity that further time is TO e
volve, he seems to stand in advance of that
people, and to he accelerating by the ripeness
OF his own virtues their approach to the des-
TIMES that await them. An eminent histo
rian has said that George the first of Eng
land was the only king of his time. & one of
the few who have ever lived, who could taste
upon throne the pleasures OF friendship x
private life. Alexander of Russia, amiable
as well as great, seems also to have hea TT
turned to the milder virtues. We behold
him capable of blending the momentnus oc-
rupatiohs of government and war with the
most captivating Establishments of the pri-
vate gentleman He is, among other quail
ties that adIrn him, the patron of letters !;
not so much by the formal rescripts cf his ad
ADMINISTRATION by his own immediate and
! peculiar interference. He is the friend
II learned and distinguished men not by
acts OF regal munifcence Inereiy, but by the
! most frank aud winning attentions person
| NJ rather than imperial where the hand is
sire cled ont. net he sceptre & Il e monarch
| disappears 10 the elevate accessible accom-
Pl!shed Individual. Among o'her anec-
dntes illustrative of 2 nature as much lifted
up BY those n BILE attributes AS BY his pre-
eminent rank in the world, it may be mem
! toned that the la'e president Of the United
States in his dignfed retirement at Monti
! cello enjoys even to this d-y. if do not err,
but certainly has eajoyed, the honor and
advantage OF his private covrespondence.-
| thus it is that the sage of the one hemis-
! phere and this great potentate of another
have been Afforded the opportunity of un-
folding themselves, nntrammeled, TO each
other. How interesting such an intercourse
how rare how demonstrative Of superior
feelings and endowmentS On bota SIDES
how beneficial 1t is in vain that an ocean
rolls between mortals so gifted. The globe
is the theatre. Mankind at large their con
Germ. Human rights and human happiness
the constant objects of their schedules. their
hopes Their endeavours. Perhaps, as the
opinions OF the grea est and best IF R cn NAV
sometimes become questionable, it may have
been a long cherished unDerceiyed feeling of
attachment and sympathy towards his H.
instrious corresponds It that induced the vir-
tuOus Jefferson while writing on late oc~
casion to citizen of the vicinity whence |
address you, 10 express himself Gf indeed
ne did SOY with something more of freedom
and strength than all the friends OF his ge
MUS ard fame would acquiesce in upon the
political posture and prospects of Europe.
Fortunate indeed will it be il during the
reign OF such prince in Russia. so enlarged
in mind. so enlarged in heart so resolute
so moderate os excellent and cOndescen~
ding in private walks as he has proved him
sell equal to the great public trials I: who
cou!d gaze undisnayed spon the awful
flames of capital whose comes of gold
cDriched the sun. bean" and remain urine
to1icated in the most splendid day of vcto-
ry, how fortunate it, during his reign, tn
wisdom of our own administration shall be
able TO lay the foundations cf an active and
durab amity between the two countries.--
Here Is, by. far, our most advantageous
point OF European connection. This. per
haps, the destined moment of its com
mcnCemert. The profound and vieiiant
sagacity of the present chief magistrate of
the United States, his heightened and anx-
IONS patriotism, have already shown them
selves broad awake to the highest part Of
DIR foreign policy. The abundant proof is
to be gathered from various sources ;-from
one of his earliest acts being the appointment
Of a gentleman Of exalted Capacity as our