The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-09-13
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grounds which it has been presented and the en-
lshteued site Of the public mind, in the country
whence it has traversed the ocean to find me in this
obscure village.
Certainly il my advice had been followed by the
Statesmen Of England, the late war with America
would never have taken place. But, AIN far from
certain, tst seeing the result the war has not been,
or, least, will not prove mthe end, beue6csl 10
x1dnkfnd-and, that is to say, beneficial to the real
Preventative, Or, self government For, without free
dom, what is better than the beasts OF the feel p
These have an abundance TO eat and drink to wear,
and whereon repose and, therefore, not in any
wise surpassed IN happit ess OF in dignity by the sub
Jects OF despots whatever names forms, the despots
or dispotism may assume. Aud, without real repre-
sentative government freedom cannot exist. There
only two in civil society one which the
governed give their to the laws the other, in
which laws made without their assent. The first
IS state OF freedom the other n state oisavery
In the the people submit to rules agreed oR
by themSe'ueS the other they submit a mas
The suit of clothes, which YOU have sent me- prove
very clearly that you make as fine and beauti-
iul bOad-clotl rs any in the world Those, 20 whom
lhav. sewn it, say is the very finest they saw
But, though rejoice exceedingly at your astonishing
progress in this and ether branches If manufacture
Which, for the reasons given by me in my preface to
Republication ct Mr. Lviugtou's work on sheep
look upon a change in the affairs OF the world Stu
guary favorable to the happiness of all people, and
uuiayorable to the cause OF despo,ism still the war
has been more beneficial to inanSid in another way
the events and the termination Of having clearly
proved, that, to defend country sganst the pow
erful and active and best disciplined enemies, there
need neither standing armies piyiie ged orders, titles
decorations, nor expensive government provided the
PEOPLE be tie makers OF their laws, the chooses
of their Chiefs aud be- at the time, enlightened
in their minds. This is the great, the important, the
useful fact, which the late has established
beyond all dispute.
The pensioned BURKE talked of titles aud bri1sIe-
ges as the cheap defence ofnationS it he had lor-
gotten the immense sums OF money, with wlich these
a H..
Of oIars have been voted to ONE of our commanders
for victory, besides nearly millions before for
other militar, services. These would make a
deep into the whole OF your countrys revenue tor
ayear. But, while this is going on it has been stated
III Parliament, that the county jsis are filled with
debtor FARMERS aud the county with pau
pers Ii, indeed, the pensioned Burke had seen YOU
with President costing 25 thousand dollars year
and with generals and commodores, unpensioned, uu-
titled, urged solely by the love of freedom and
of duty, only defending the sacred soil olther
country but performing deeds OF heroism without pa
rAli in the annals nations, with all theirt-
ties, decorations and peeuu AIRY rewards il he had IL
we'd to this il he had seen the wound up by q
ViHdge-ia1oter, at New Orleans, with band Of raw
militia, whose officers even were scarcely in Uniform
by defeating, and putting to fight, after Immense
slaughter, superior numbers OF tie best disciplined
and best commanded invaders that Europe ever had
to boast of he had lived this aud see yc:.
brave countryman, JACKSON, without title Or pecu.
MARY reward, RETURN perhaps, again to his occupation
at the Bar then, indeed, the pensonsd BURKE
nigltwcIl have exclaimed behold, here, tie cheap
def,Hce u nations
It is " establishing, and making known throughout
tue world, facts like these it is by sfrding such les
sons and such examples tn mankind that the late war
has done a good, which tar oatwejghs all the tempo
rary misery which it occssoned. These lessons and
those examples must, in the end, produce then due
degree Of effects Butt give me leave avail myself
oil eppo tuhity to express my anxious hope that it
will be the constant obi, the neyer-ceasIg care Of
the people Of America, to guard, as they would guard
tue apple of their eye, those principles Of her consti
tuition which forbid the creating of Privileged orders
To vou the introduction of HteS would be the death of
fresdo.a The very first step ards that fatal nea
sure would be followed by a corruption OF manners \
every evil u civil society. Whenever men IN such a
STATE as yours begin place themselves AMI families
above the ct their fellow ctZens thty start with
out restraint in the OF all sorts OF baseness-
The appellacns and epithets OF Sgli and ErcsLen-
Gu and Honor and HoaUrtl6Ie, given amongst YOU
rta0t thoughs in general have InischeVuus tenden-
ey. What have you TO do 18th these old badges Ut the
fula tines Or these modern BveL tons of European
Courts! The President, the GONerno the Mem.
bers of Congress- the Secretary, the Ambassador the
Commodore, the General, the Judge, the Sheriff. the
Mayor the Justice, the Doctor, the PRIEST you have
one are sufficiently designated and sufficiently honor
ed when they called by the name of their Office
ANY thing further smaeks OF .fT7slocrdcy which
wherever great riches accumulated, requires to b..
watched as narrowly those weeds, Which If not
shocked in time, woeld completely overtop, subdue
Anti d,stiC; the crops destined for the food OF maB
The happiness of America arises ciev not from the
treat leaiqg pnssessed by any part Of her citizens
but from tue enlightened state OF the minds of the
4shsle bobttati0n This has arisen from the means of
e,,teal0n which ALL possess. These arise, not
SO ra,ch from the superior Indusr of Americans flor
they labor less tran the people OF Erglard) from
the c,eaphess OF teir government which may safely
be cheap because il strong in the good sense the in
formation freedom, and happiness OF the pesple.--
Next TO yoar euls htcned state ct mind comes, as |
Gauss. OF your Happiness that modsratOh ia the desire
wealth, which is the natural consequences of
An absence of iitIes and family distinctions All the
money OF Peru would not place either OF your sons a.
boye The son Of your poorest ueighbor Since there
wealth. men less likely 70 use ucjustrabie means
IN obtaining it, we'll as less likely to apply a cor
rupt use or to heap child to the ruin of all
the rest Hence that equal distribution of property
hence that stubborn rit which makes the labourer
refuse to call his emp oyer MASTER hence that con-
seausness OF all seIi-wo Ia, which makes aud
crimes so rare aud hence, in the Americans, that f.
deity n their country sod their cOl0vr aud that con-
TEMPT for their enemies, ghich naturally pro-
duce and which already have produced such wonder
fl effects
Introduce family distinctions and prmogeniurcship
psd al these blessings vanish ut once. 1t would
take Ter, years sfr dat TO fill your country with sine
cure pl ct-nen, add pensioners, political spies aud ia
formers, bred writer's fraudulent and serYile domes
ties and ab0ers and paupers too base to be number
ell arnongs, tnem. II YOU want an instance OF the
l. nefi 10 which thirst after titles and family dsnct
oss ais tend men, look at Napoleon. See dat won
derfo man tiat natciess soldier; that wise aw-giv-
81 thc brpy, the generous, TIE acute, Che cEptrien