The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-04-22
MISCELLANEOUS.
IRISH ELoQUEwcE.
From. Carrek's Morning Posi-.
MIR. PHILIPS.

where he had been personally unknown
The public dinner given to him in the city
of Cork, and the address OF the Catholics of
Limerick, Inviting him to a similar listincti-
OF in that city, have been already commu-
nicated to the public. At Killarney he was
received with acciapatiC-s and bonhres-
nHd the unusual. but Interesting spectacle of
hunting the red deer, was celebrated to do
him honor. At a dinner given in the neigh
borhoud OF Killarney, at which Mr.. Philips
and Mr.. Payne, the American actor, were
present, toast was given in Combined refer
euce To the two strangers, and the two cou,i-
tries ". which they beiongetl--Mr. Philips,
after TIN toast was drank, replied to the COM
pany IN the following manner :--(
Il is not with the vain hope Of returning
by words, the kipdnesses which hav> been
literally showered upon me, during the short
period of our acquaintance, shat now in
terrupt for moment, the flow of your. fes-
tivity. Indeed, it is not necessary-An Irish
man needs >requital for his hospitality
IT'S generous impulse is the instinct of his ma
ture, and the very consciousness of the act
carries its recompence along with it. But,
Sir, there IRE sensations excited by an allu-
sion in your toast, under the influence Of
which, silence would be impossible. To be
associated with Mr.. Payne, must be to any
one, who regards private virtues and person
~ accompaniment, a source OF pecuEar
pride, and that feeling is not a little enhan-
ced in me, by recollection of the country
to which we are indebted for his qualiiea-
tons. Indeed, the mention of America has
never failed to all me with the most lively e.
motions. In my earliest infancy--that ten
der season, when impressions the most per-
manent and the most powerful, are likely to
be excited, the story of her then recent
struggle raised a throo in every heart that
loved liberty, and wrung reluctant tri-
butte even from discontinued oppression.--
saw her spurning alike the luxurious that
would enervate, and the ,egions that would
intimidate from. her lips the poi
soncd cup of European servitude, and thro'
all the vcssitudes Of her protractcd con-
fict. displaying Ihagnanimity that defed
misfortune and a moderation that orna-
mented victory. 1t was the first vision of
my childhood it will descend with me to the
grave. AS 4 man, then, venerate the. mex
tion of America /, but as aaIrtshmaii, con-
eede her claims on my affection. Never,
Oh .nsv y, while she has her memory left her,
can Ireland forget the home Of her emf
grant, and the ASYLUM of her exile. No mat
ter whether their sorrows spring from the
errors of enthusiasm, or the realities of suf-
feripg-from fancy or nfi;ction-from fiction
or from fsct--that must be reserved for the
scrutiny of those whom, III, Lapse &c 81 al
acquit Of partiality. It is for the men IF o.
ther ages TO investigate and record it !; but it
Is for ne men of every age tohli the hospi
tally that received the shelterle.s, and love
the feeling that bcfr;ended the unfortunate.-
But, If America calls en- our gratitude for the
past, how deeply does she draw upon our in
serest for the futureS Who can say, that
when. in it's follies or its crimes, the old
world snail have inferred all the pride of its
power, and all the poInp of its civilization,
human nature may not find its destined rem
ovation in the new. Perhaps, when the tenn
PIE and the trophy shall have rnouldered into
dust-when the glories Of our name shall be
put to'the legend of tradition. and the light of
cur discoveries ONLY live in song--Philoso-
ply may rise again in the sky other Franklin,
and glory rekindle at the urn OF her Wash
ington. Is this the vision of romantic fancy?
II appeal to history--the monumental re-
cord of national rise and national ruin. Tell
me, thou reverend chronicle of the grave,
can the splendor of achievement, or the solidi-
" of SUCCESS, secure to empire the perma-
rcnce Of its possessions Alas, Troy thought
30 cnce yet the land of Priam lives only in
song-1ne6es thought so ouce, yet her hun
dred gates have crunbled, ard her very
tunbs are but as the dust they were destined
to commemorate--so thought PalmVr1
where is she $50 thought the countries of
Demosthenes & the Spartan, yet Leobidas is
trampled by the timid slave, autfAthens in
suited by the mindless Ottoman The DAYS
of their glory are as if they had never been,
and the island that was then speck, rude s.
neglected in the barren ocean, now rivals the
wealth of their commerce, the glory Of their
arms, the fame of their philosophy, the elo
queBce of their Senate, the inspiration Of
their Bartls Who shall say then, contem-
plating the past, that England, proud and po-
tent as she appears, may not one day be what
Athens is, and the young America YET soar
to be what athens wasi HAPPY when the
European column shall hare rnouldered, and
the night Of barbarism obscured it's very rii-
ms, that mighty Continent may emerge from
the horizon, to rule for It's time, sovereign of
the ASCENDANT
Such. sir, is the natural PROGRESS Of human
operations, and such the unsubstantial arnock-
cry Of human pride. But should apslogise
fer this digression---the tombs are Mt hest a
sad, although an instructive subject At all
events, they are III suited to such an hour as
this. shall eDdeavOr to atone for il, by
turning to theme, which totnbs cannot inurn,
nor revolutions alter-It is the custom Of
your Board, aud a noble one it is, to deck
the cup Of the gay with the garland OF the
great and surely, even IN the eyes Of It's De
iy, his crars is not less lovely when glowing
beneath he foliage Of the palm tree and the
lngrt,e. Allow rae to add one fower to the
rhsp'ct. which, thong sprung IL America,
is 70 exotic-- virtue b planted it. and it is
nafursNzed everv where.