Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-10-07

that they shnuld haze ihoneitil eSpedicn, 10
adopt all these Institutions; and have given
initiate credit tor piety and philanthropy 10 IN
dtfiuuals who nave NO other view Tor the most
pait hUt 60 prop up rotten and totteiin. &c.
cleSias;icai Establishment, with ~hicl, their
own interest is cOrneCted. IL is not the least
among the i'll effects of this adoption thatu
tends TO keep up That seniimuDt OF colonial
and scryiie dependence With which vsp are apt
10 look towards Great Britain, auG which
II is the principal 'bjcct OF sOuaI Arneii-
can policy AZ the pi >ent moment 10 discOur-
are.
3. rs 90 The question whether the English
are or are not the hGpls 81 OF nations, IS they
claim 10 be. II Is not n essary IL enter iuto Il
very elaborate enquiry We have seen alrea-
dN that their social institutions and political
advantages aic upon level with those OF their
o-ghh"rS n tine other feudal countries, and as
tag as happiness IS influenced by these Circum-
Stances t6ey have no right OF course TO claim
any superiority. They sometimes pat forward
citim 10 an exclusive monopoly OF COMFORT
which they say no other nation on the globe
has name for OF knows hOw 10 enjoy. This
noticn however, when analysed, is found 10 re-
solve Itself INTO polished CRATES and snniieis,
ana H. general greater perfection i0 the small
accommodations of domestic lille. How far
these matters are essential 70 well being, or
how iara superiority in them may Oe counter
balanced by ,he constitutional aiSad, antage OF
d SonDre and melancholy disposition shall
leave for others 10 consider.
We have now taSen a general survey OF the
foreign aud domestic administration OF tie Bril-
tSh government, and This sketch terminates
the plan 'si.ch proposed for these letters
My cDject was 10 makea brief bat distinct
statement OF tne present dislreSses 90 indicate
ti!e mOte probable immediate causes OF them,
and 10 truce chem in III sir ultimate origin. To
The vices OF the Constitution and the consequent
ma. adnin,stra ton o. the Government. have
not been moved ia this cuouiry by any aversion
To England or 90 llDeis,iinen many OF whom
personally love and respect but by sisi. 20
communicate what I conceive correctly view Of
tile preseni tUai0n OF things in that country,
ana also to illustrate by contrast the superior
advantages OF our own political institutions
And though have taleu the liberty 10 point
out the fundamental errors ia the British Con-
st'tnuOn, am not oiSpoSedt 20 say dat aE ia,-
mediate amendment ia them Is either practical
be OF CONFERENCE.-The danger OF nasty Tcvo-
luton may De rs great or greater ! nan those Of
erroneous syStems. The proper conclusion to
be drawn fr0m the inquiry is that we. who pos
sesS Constitution founded on the basis OF e
quail poiit cal rignts, should regard !, Is "a; mes
Unable treasure, and instead Of ;)u1z!ir. and
distressing ourselves with Doubts whether
purely republican institutions are pvautics, b TO-
anu hankering as &c were after the exploded
tolles o. EurOpe-shouid feel and tS sens-Uie
OF the blessings we esjoy-
fortunate minimum, sua ST bona mOriri.
That it should still be doubtamOn.. The spe-
culatiVe philosophers of Eat ope whether iisfi-
tntlons OF this character will admit favorable
operation in practice, is as have already had
occasion to suggest, rather sineulr fact
lth view OF throwing some light upou .Ae
subject, shall inquire in my next letter, which
VIII torm the concluding one of tine series iulo
the present state ef political philosophy IN iSreaj
Britain, and into the circumstances that have
given the latest English writer's a prejudice in
FAVOR OF monarchcdl and aristocratical estab-
lishments.