The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-07-09
ORATlON-
IJcINered ln NeW-i ork on uhe %glh uItimo,
ON the restoration of the nour.hnnsl


man Of any note, who dares to come OFT in
the cause ofkinPs, and rejoice at the ruin of
every thing which eVer looked like liberty in
France.
And 7Jhence are these strains of iov ; Are
they raised for our good Is. it for .4ine,fean
trlumphs Is it for Some brilliant successes
Which soc have reaped Has the flag of Eng
land again covered TO ours Have AR ar
mics vanquished orr enemy Is Quebec ours
Have we increased 0ltr own resources, or
are those ofour enemy cursaled Or has an
honorable peace rctur ed TO bless orr tolls &
or excrtions No /; it is none of these events
that has raised the strain joy. What then ;
1t IS because The Bourjons are restored, -
and " France rcposes in the arms other Lepifi-
mate SoUereignS." Mark their effect mon
us Whilst these transactions are wrought in
Europe. we are plunged into war with the
most efficient OF the states by whom they have
been effected
BY these events, thc most powerful check
VIII oh has kept down her exertions against o7t,
SeiUeS is removed. Size is henccforth to en-
counter us Singie-handed All her resources
are to be let loose uDon us. Her feet is to
sweep our coasts. The troops, whom France
mad so long kept at bay, are at once to be
poured on the coasts of America. If peace is
to be negotiated, she is toadvance new claims.
and to exact more unfavorable conditions. *
1t Tor this that Governor Morris is to rejoice
win good man drown all sense of the DIN
ties, which he owes to his own country, in a
frantic joy for the veal or the woe of o.
thers' Philanthropy is "a sweet sound--but
PATRIOTISM has its claims. The love of conn
try-the love OF such a country as this
entWlnes fset with irresistible strength around
the heart OF good man. He feels that stlch
a country as this is more worthy of his regards
than al the soils or states of Europe.
One PRE- state is worth more than all the
mona7rhieS in the univerSe.-A wise politician
would at least wait to discover how far these
events would affect ms, before he would give
a burst TO his feelings. If they are to weo
oIck peace to his own country, he would re-
'Jolce but II they are only TO protract the ca
lamltleS OF war, t finish the good work in
1Tme'7ca so happily begun in France and to
compel as also" to repose in the arms of ot;-
legitimate sovereign he wonld reserve his ell
oqnence for the nobler purpose,of animating
ms cauntrvmen to drive back the arrogant
invaders of his shores
But If 1t be out qfoH time as IL RESPECTS as,
to express any JOY for these events, it is e.
qudIV contrary 10 all frincihle, as it RESPECTS
france Whence is the shyiro, from which
ms transports flow ? Him is he e-lq, ? Is
1t because Bonaparte is down Because
France is delivered from his rule (? because
she IS as free IS America Is It because the
whole machinery of Kingcraft and privileged
orders is blown to atoms? Oh nc-but. be
cause " The Bourbons are. restored - that
France Teposes in tie arms OF her Zeprjfj1,ote
prince ;" that the Royal House now reirns -
Rejoice France Spain! Portugal, Won are
governed by your legitimate kings" This is
the burden of his song-the beginning, the
middle & the end of his discoursc-the point
at winch he begins, and the point to which he
never fails triuInphantly to return. amid all
his tawdry and fmsy digressicns. Mark Won
this mans love for libertys Sec how assidu
ously he labors to cast the glories of their re-
Voluton into shade, and to give the utmost
rrc'cJ and elevation to the flTete5:si077s of tie
legitimate Prince
Not = drop of rose-water is thrown upon
the revolution, even in its earliest stages. The
whole IS one dark, monstrods picture &C follv
as well as villainy. Mir Morris does not
blush to distort the plainest facts, to indulge
ms nate to the French Revolution. The Ma
tIonal Convention, whom one would have
thought had been hailed as an asse. Ablv of
the wlsest men that ever met together, arc
SAD to have NSHiifcd unlimited power and to
nave used 1t with an eqEal want of wisdom
&C justice. = heir extinction Of the nefalious
monopoles of the nobility and CLERGY, is stir-
matised as destruction of " the RIGHTS of pro
perty." But it is over the ashes of the Eine.
that the Governor pours out his heart like
water ne Is the1" virtuouS monarch the
Just and virtuous frince," the rovaz victim -
whose death was "A murder most foul and
cruel deed at which tends might have
wept, (and no doubt the Governor did
wcep.) 1T was like a second fall Of man.
lie calls him, as the CouItiers Of Charles Il.
called the first Charles, a "ho{y marturll'
--Governeur Morris not less cut out for a
Ssycophant, aud a Worshipper of princely
idols, than the meanest sycophant in Charles's
court
Yet not content with abusing the friends of
liberty in France, whom he first F.. .csses up in
the worst colours to suit his fancy-he ex-
tends his curses to every one here, who once
wished them success. "What wonder they
should have found adherents here :" among
" bankrupts IN fortune and famc-or fiery spi-
rlts promoted by ambition ?" Does this candid
Orator then forget who was among their lad-
mirers mere Was Washington the bank
PIT, or the fiery spirit he depicts Did he
disdain to be good" -was he " Indifferent to
right and wrong "-And vet shame on this
halttHS Orqfor, does he forget the me1nora-
BILE reply which this noble American made in
1876 TO Che French minister Adct on his pre-
senting him with the colours Of France ?
Born, Sir, in land Of h5crty, having early
learned its UQiUe my anxious rccolicCtions,
my 8yDif0fhetic feelings, and my best wishes
are irresistibly attracted, whatsoever, in any
country, see an o6hre8sed nation unfur the
/ banners OF freedom. But above all, the events
Ot the French revolution have y,rodured tbo