Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-05-27

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| face. So that could bavc been sure OF
a trial of whatever sort. | would have
, run the risk. But, against the absolute
power of Imprisonment without even 3
hearing, for time unlimited, in any Jail
IN the kingdom, without the use OF pen,
/ INK and paper, and without any ccmnu-
uicatlon with any soul but the keepers
against Such po,cer il would have been
worse than madness 10 attempt To strive.
Indeed. there could be no stririag in a
! case where should have been as much
at the disposal of the SECRETARY of state as
are The shoes whicilhe has upon his feet.
No will so, VIII ge. shall not be as the
shoes upon Lord Sidmouth's and Lord
Castlereaghs feet. gill 90 where ! can
make sure OF the use of pen, ink and pa
per; aud these two lords may .be equal
ly sure, that, in spite of every thing that
they can Go, unless they openly enact, or
proclaim a censorship on the press, or
cut oil all commercial connexion with
America, YOU, my good and faithful coan-
trymeu, shall he able 10 read what
write. In my letter to Earl Gyospenor,
said, that something very near TO the
chotping off arg hand, or the pokiug
out Of your eyes, should be done, before
would cease 10 write and you would
cease to read. What has been done would
not be pery {a' from this, if ! were to re-
rnaln here; but, when | wrote that SELL
tence, | had full knowledge Of uosat
~ds going to be done, and, had also re-
solved upon the course to pursue in order.
as far as related to myself, 10 defeat it's
intention.
And now, my countrymen, before j
set Oil, let me caution you against giving
the smallest credit to any thing that Cor
ruphon's press may assert of me. You
have what nj fol 1c hu-
put forth, iii my presence what, then,
VIII 1T not do in my absence | lave
written thousands of letters to various
persons in all parts Of tue kingdom. [
give any one leave TO make public dns iet-
ter ct m'me, accompanied by the certiti-
cate of any respectable friend of mine,
that 1T IS IN nsy hGad soyiting. / chal-
ienge all those, whom ever conversed
with to say that ever uttered cish
to see overthrown any one OF the const-
tutlonal establishments OF the kingdom
and, Imost solemnly declare, that ] ne
yer associated with any man, who profess
sed, even in private, TO entertain any such
wish but, on the contrary, all those, with
whom, have ever been intimate IN poll
tics, have always had in view the pre-
servatioD of all the establishments and
orders OF the kingdom as one of the OBJ
jects of timely reform of the Pariia-
ment.
The sacrifice make would under any
other circumstances, be Justly considered
as enormous. The ceasing of profit of
more than ten Thousand pounds a gear from
my works; the loss ofproperty of various
sorts, left scattered about in all manner
of ways: the leaving of numerous friends
and OF local objects created under my
own hands, and affording me so many
pleasing sensations. But, all this weighs
nothing, when compared with the horria
idea of being Siienced /; of sneaking to my
farm and quietly leaving corruption to
trample out the vitals of my country,
while her infamous press was revealing M
expected faisehoods and calumnies level
led against myself and my friends: COM
pared 10 this, no loss of fortune no tolls
necessary to support a numerous family,
no poverty, no bodily suffering; there is
nothing of tbs kind that must not appear
trifling, and even wholly unworthy of no.
tice, when compared with the loss of that
satisfaction which shall now derive from
still retaining the power of combating COR
ruption, and from the hope that shall me-
yer cease 10 entertain of returning TO my
beloved country in the day ofthe restora-
ton OF her freedom.
Every species of faisehood, deception,
imposture, will corruption now resort TO,
in order 10 blacken my character, TO dis
figure my motives, and to diminish the
effect of my writings. But, my country
men, If YOU have witnessed SO much OF
all these while | was present, need not
fear that you will believe III them when
am absent. In more than ten publica-
ITEMS, the writer's have taken ma naIqe,
md made me The author! They will now
play off this trick more than ever. But,
the matter of their publications will soon
undeceive you. Nothing will be sent ~
me but " CObbett'S Political Weekly Pd,nph-
let, and nothing will be of my writing
which will not have at the foot of it The
name ofthe same gentleman, whose name
will appear as the publisher of this adj
dress. However, ] am not much afraid
of your being imposed upon in this wav
for, amidst the crowd of writers. hope
YOU now will as easily distinguish NV
voice as lamb does that of its mother,
though there be hundreds OF others bleat-
ing at the same moment.
A mutual affection, powerful impulse,
equal 10 that ont of which this wonder
full sagacity arises, will, hope, always
exist between me ahd my hard used
countrymen ; an affection, which my
heart assures me, no time, no distance,
no new connections, no new association
Of ideas, however enchanting, can ever
| destroy, or, in any degree, enfeeble or
impair. The sight Of free, happy, well
| fed and well clad people, viii only teid
TO inyigOrate my efforts TO assist in res
| toring YOU To the enjoy ment OF those
rights and Of that happiness, which are 80
| well merltcd BY your honesty, your sim
| Ccrity, your skill in all the useful arts,
| your Kind heartodness, VOuT valour. and
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