Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-01-06

his mistortuaes, naked grandeur of char
acter, whirh prosperity Could never have
elicited.- You have furnished him this gio-
rious occasion. And ne, through fatal
obliqnity on your part, has, in the same
moment, fixed upon your character a stain.
which even the ail-o5ivious hand of TIM
can never wash away.
Had you nor timely warning of this
Could YOU seriously think that Nanoleon's
miStortunes had effaced the memory fhis
glor.es' Di you account iur nothing. the
eager admiration of Your own people when
he approached your shores Did YOU see
contempt in the vcneration with which
they touched his garments-Nay, proba-
bly, p'uckcd a shred TO save as a precious
re!ique Trust me there is not peoDle
on earth who see your degradation in
stronger lights than your own Enelishmen.
Your Cistlere'gls and Cathcar,s and
bathuists, &c. &c. and some scores of
London and Liverpool merchants, who
know NO honour but that winch is Current
upon Change, and no sensibiiity bat for a
cargo IN danger, may try t. hide your
shame or even echo your applause-R.t
the independent English gentry the sub
slant al yeoDanry the brave so!di ry,
Who nave learned 70 rcsne and admire
Napoleon on the field Of battle; VIII brand
with its appropriate epithet.the dee d Which
mas condemned such guest confiliag IN
ycur hospitality, honour and humanity, to
che walls of prison. There is mystery
about Courts, which enables the hirelings
Of Office to gloze over MANI actions which
womb not bear the light : but here there
can be no cGnCeaiment the act speaks
tor itself. aud the humblest understanding
IS as capable OF judging it, as the most en-
lightened.
And now permit me seriously to ask
what benefit you have derived from the
breach of one Of the first laws of humani
~ ! have IN vain looked for il in the u
suaily ailedged motives, and if it is to be
sought In that secret motive which have
ventured to suggest, l dare say that ERE
TINS time. you are ready TO bear witness
tnat It is not to be found there.-Ihe graf
lncatlcn or revenge, even when Justly ex
cited, must ever be transient, bpt when
springlng from Z corrupt source. it must
instantly rccoil on its author-The imprs-
onment of Napoleon has then nrobablv
brought none OF its expected consultations.
Whenit is too late, it nav PERHAPS bring
bitter and uuavailing regrets-The con.
tcmptuous glance, the indirect but ,Iner
ring alnslon, the pointed sarcasm. NAV
penetrate through ali the traDpings of Row
altv-But at least it is certain that thew
are no defence against the cravings Of
conscience-In executing the sentence nr
the law, whether that be imprisonment.
Punishment, or death, the magistrate is not
responsible Tor consequences--Bat when
the sentence is the spontaneous award Of
an individual, he should be careful. thar il
IS predicated on such grounds, as that il
VIII not raise up in his own bosom the most
deadly enemy to his repose.-Mankind NAV
never be the better for your example. even
IN this particular. But it is problem
winch you may deplore to have solved.
whether your head rests as scundly on it's
Pitlow, whether yoa enjoy the comforts of
freedom, the intercourse OF the world. the
soc ETY. OF your friends and your family. the
conscientious OF home and of property. as
TRANQUILITY now, as before a great and I'M
fortunate man, one of whose chief errors
was, to have trusted to your generosity.
was bereit OF them all at your command
You may try to still this silent, oficious
monitor and the louder censures of the
world, by gew-gaw 1lresents to Napoleop
and near British Palace (Which viii at
some future day accommodate a Rritish
Governor of St. Helena, } all doubtless naid
Tor out OF his own funds, which YOU have
generously promised to administer far
>hIn.-but as cllmay you expect that these
tribes will beguile Napoleon of the nr;va-
tons to which You nave subjected him. as
that they viii cheat mankind of the opin-
ION they have Formed OF Your conduct in
his Imprisonment.
TARJK.