Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-01-04

German subjects ofthe King ofDenmark,
in EIolstein, seemed determined not TO be
behind ;ileir brethren and meetings, for
the purpose Of petitioning, having taken
place IN several parishes, pr0ciamations
were issued in consequence by the gov
ernment, PROHIBITING ali such meetings IN
future. Several of the inhabitants, mciu-
ding some magistrates CT the districts OF
Hcmbeck, Trlttau, and I'remsliuttcl, APP
piled Tor advice 10 the Advocate, I. J /. III.
Huss, who has published small Tract
on Fctitioning, with the motto-BOm Pas
toIiS SIT tORdcrc pecWS, non degtu5cre.N The
right Of subjects 10 petition their Ruler,
says the author, " Is essential 10 every
political union, in which man is 10 be
considered Il rational being, aud not Il
mere machine; it is unbelievable ; and as
the Ruler, like every other mortal, is mel
Their ali-knowing nor all-wisc, il is neces-
sarily founded lii the very idea of social
union. Petitions can only draw tighter
the ties between ruler and people and the
denial ofthe right TO petition can only dis
solve these ties, and produce condition
of things of which governments ought To
be afraid. The right of the Individuals,
under similar circumstances, also the right
Of the majority. The petition OF Il majO-
rity requires common dellheratioD, res
pectiDg the subject of it; consequently,
an asse mblage of the persons petltloning
for the purpose of such delberation. The
right ofpeiitionng is general, snd conf
ned 20 no particular class OF subjects. -
The author concludes his tract with the
wish To find adversarics, that he might
thereby have an opportunity OF thinking
and writing more on such an interesting
subject. An adversary soon appeared IN
I hlr. Cocii, Il Clergyman who published
letter against the Tract of NJ. Huss, III
which he attacked the Advocate, not
with the arms of reasoning, but abuse /;
accusing him of the heresy of iacobinism
of being turbulent person, who wish
ed to stir up the people to uproar and Sc
dition.
NJ. Huss hastily published an answer,
dated September, 1916, i'll which, by the
most powerful and irresistible reasoning,
he triumphs over his furious and undigni-
fed opponent. In the course OF tins an
swer, Nj. Huss quotes the following spiri-
ted passage from Il Treatise oil the Liber-
ty OF the Press, by NJ. Birkner, a Clergy
man of Corsoer =" To The children OF
darkness. to all temporal and spiritual des-
pots, to all great and small tyrants,
to all popes and inquisitors in towns and
villages, nothing can be more Odious than
Il writer who comes forward and proposes
means TO check the future exercised of their
injustice and oppression. Al every at
tempt to draw this vampire forth from the
obscurity, III which alone it can thrive,
they set up wild, and frequently furi-
GUS clamour.-At one time, they call for
the suppression of such unheard-Of auda-
city-and at another, they complain of IT.
religion and inhdeilty, according as tie
one or other OF these accusations is most
likely to suit their purpose. Ii it serve
their cause, they do not hesitate TO repre-
sent the intrepid man who lays open their
misdeeds, as dangerous enemy of order,
and then they think that the reasoning OF
such man will make 10 impression OH
any good Christian. When heterodoxy
fails 10 blacken, they then endeavour to
represent the champion of truth and JUS
tice, as man who wishes TO rob authori-
ty of the confidence of subjects, and con
sequently,. as an extremely dangerous
member of society. But, woe TO the gov
cinment. which, deceived by such hypo-
critics, allows itself to become the dupe of
tier contemplate flatteryp
FALMOUTH, Dec. o.
THE Allied PowerS, Sc.-There are ac-
counts which say tire journey of the En-
peror o! Russia into the interior, had for
us object the suppression of the discon-
tent which was nraniteSting itself i'll difle-
rent parts OF his empire and the news OF
the exile of several individuals seems to
confirm the intelligence.
Considerable uneaSlness exists vet res
pcctlng the final arrangements Of terrific
ry. The Courts of Austria and Turin are
negotiating the disposal of iortresses :;
Switzerland Is negoclating with France re-
speeding her frontiers and the German
Princes, anxious for an adjustment,
look forward 10 the pr0cee dings at Frank
fort next year, with hope and fear. In the
meantime the Duke OF w wellington is COM
pleatlng the Allied Army, and putting it
INTO wlilier-quaSe The Paris Papers
contain the following paragraph:
HE States Generals of the Kingdom
OF Hanover have presented Petition to
the Prince Regent, praying his Royal
liiShness to adopt measures for giving
perfect security to the Succession OF tho
Throne of Hanover. In the case of the
+. Regent dying without an Heir Male,
the Crown of England goes TO the Prn-
cess Charlotte, but that Of Hanover falls TO
the Duke of York.. 1t is believed, thattlis
Prince will cede MS Rights to the Duke of
Cambridge, one OF his younger broth
ers."
The German Papers arc filled with de-
carnations against English commerce and
manufactures, the whole provocaiiou for
which IS, that the English underse.l the
Germans. There is a long article from
Lcipslc, complaining of the depression Of