Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-07-29

| death must be the certain LOT of our OppO-
sItion To tyrannic measures, than m, anly
TO fly from the danger of the day, to en-
counter the same end, at more distant
period, disgraced, hated, or unknown A
! dungeon in perspective has operated SO
powerfully upon the nerves Of Mr.. Cob
bett, that he saw 10 alternative between
flight and silence and not being able TO
hold bis tongue, he has fled his country. 1t
must be confessed, however, that I've
made some effort TO reasons himself into
silence, that he might be able to live a
mongsf us whom he estoems so much.
81 aSkSd myself" saws ne, " shall | sub
NIT in silence? Shall be dumb as one
of my horses Shall that indignation
which burns wiihip me be quenched f?
Shall make no effort TO preserve, even
the chance of assisting to better The lot
of my unfortunate countfy ? Shall that
mind, viii II has communicated lis light
and warmth to millions of other minds,
now be extinguisl,ed forever? and shall
those who, with thousands of pens at
their command, still saw the tide of OPT
Mon rolling more heavily against them,
now be forever secure from that pen, by
the efforts ofwhich they feared being ever
whelmed2 Shall truth never again be
uttered? Shall her voice never AGAIN be
heard, even from distant shore 2" And
this admirable reasoning, MIR. Cobbeit
tells us, turned the balance, and he d ter
mined that his vast and astonishing pow
eTs, would be safer across the Atlantic.
We shall, however, he says, hear from
him again. We shall have the happiness
OF readm g a part of what he will now write
for our instruction. He will sit down at
New York, or some new Bolley, in the u
nited States, and write lessons of reform
for Englishmen What AN amazing ef-.
fort ot affection What an instance of
devotion to our cause And he thinks
that we shall be such simplctons, such
blockheads, as TO need the advice and
assistance of a man who has fed two thou
sand leagues from It's, to advise us Row
10 act, with more safety TO himselft If
we are prepared TO wait for these instruc-
lions, we NAV as well at once, submit to
the letters WHICH are preparing for us at
home /; far he concludes with fhe assu-
rance, that even in America, there shall
r,ver drop from his pen anv thing which,
according 10 The law of,he land. he might
not SAL ~ publish in England. What does
he mean by thus paliering with us i'm
double sense 2" WHY should he leave
The country 10 write that which he mighs
SAT ly pmblisl, in it Why remove from ire
scene which alone car enable him 10 write
with effect. and when lie contemplaies
writing nothing for which he could be re-
sponsbie TO the laws of England
The next paragraph of MIR. CobbeH's
farewell isso conclusive against himself&
his previous declarations, that we must
transcribe it entire
Though quit my country, far be it
fro m me to look upon her cause as despe-
rate and still farther be it from me TO
wIsI, tn iofnca Iasnop,lo,,. ,,,to
minds. [ can serve that cause no longer
by remaining here ; but the cause itself
is so good, so inst, so manifestly right
and virtuous, and il has been combated
by means so unusual so unnatural, and
SO violent. thatit must triumph in the end.
Resides, the clrcumsfan, es of the coun-
try all tend TO favour the cause of re-
form T! - This is the confession of The
man, who saws, we have no chance THAT
our cause cannot be served by exertion!
that ne shonld go TO America, and write
IN safety, TO accelerate treprogress Of IL
berry and happiness in England
The vanity and egotism of Mr.. Cob
bett might have boon pardoned in bet
ter cause tlanin Justification of his own de-
sertion bnt the following language is di-
rect insult to the people who have foster
ed and supported him. He asks of the
ministers" Do thev imagine that the
people who REID my Register will not re-
gard any attack upon me as an attack
upon themselves p Slave, and hypo-
Grlte would he call upon the people to
defend him when he has BETRAYED them
Had he been the object of ministerial
opposition, while in the discharge of his
duty 10 heaven and his country, the Peo-
pie would have identified the cause Of
their leader as tlieir own : not hair of
his head would have been injured without
ample retaliation not censuTe would
have been borne without an adequate
reply. But shall the people interest
themselves Ill The cause ola traitor Shall
they advocate fhe man who has BETRAYED
their dearest interests, and injured their
nob!eSt objects? Dares he still TO call
himself general? Does he still expect
attention and admiration, when deserving
OF neither? What (savs he) should we
think ofan enemyin the field fbattle. who
were TO send over flag oftruce, and pro-
pose to us TO give up our generals ?onlv
our generals F! That is all The enemy
has no objection 10 us il is only our
generals that he wants, and then we shall
have peace with him at once" Andh then
brings in fhe fable ofthe wolves and the
sheep, who were persuaded 10 give ~
their protectors, the dogs. But never was
a story so i'll applied. What evidence
was ihere Of the probability that he would
have been given Up? Who were dispo-
sed TO betrny him 2 Who had shown
disposition to desert him IL was the
sheep who were deceived it was the chr
who becam a coward, and ran awav
from the wolves, whom ii was his husi-
ness TO engage, and to beat.-The sheep
had come forward at his call they were
even prepared TO defend him he might