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

:. We cheerfully give the following n place will
ling that MIR. Russell should have the full bene-
INT ct his defence.-We do more--we pass il
over without any commeat on the ceremony
Itself, Oh the indirect comparison tina. is run
betweenhim and Hull ur Perry on the use
OF the term" popuiace" on tie HIGH services
claimed for MIR. Russell.-But candidly, il is
impossible for us TO subscribe to the eStraya.
ganteuogium, that is paid to his character.
Enquirer.
From tie Boston Yahkee.l
The late marriage of MIR. Russell. az this
place, seems 10 have excited an uncommon deal
OF interest throughout the United States. Sc to
nave drawn from many of the newspapers re-
marks, conceived with no ordinary degree of
asperlty, and expressed without the smallest
delicacy tor the feelings of the parties 1t wa,
with no little surpize, and still greater regret,
we perceived this style of acrimonious invec-
tivein such papers as Niles Baltimore Register.
ana the Richmond Enquirer; papers with
wh9ss sentiments we seldom feel a disposition
To diiier, and against whose courtesy, there is
seldom much reason TO complain. Nor are we
ny any means, dissatisfied with that regard for
transformations simplicity which dictated the
seventy of their comments, because the flippe-
ny OF aristocratic parade is as uncongenial Wit,
our individual tastes. as we conceive it TO be I'm
IdNoraDie 10 the purity of our republica iusti-
tDtlons. But we cannot help think ing the occa-
sion which those gentlemen have chosen for so
unreServeda censure. does not furnish the facts
winch can render it just; and that the charac-
Ter OF the gentleman TO whom il is applied
should not exempt him from the ordinary deli
cacy which those papers have manifested II
they had bestowed little more attention on
the circumstances connected with that narri-
age, they would probably have perceived that
those which have drawn forth tleirseyerest ro
PROOF, We're entirely beyond the control of Mr.
russell; and that the circumstances ATTENDING
TIE marriage were in fact much less eXceptio-
nabie than einiudicious, ifnot indicate man
ner, IN which they have been announced in the
newspapers.
1t is true that Mr. Russell was married in the
hiig s.Chapei; that there was a very large
collection OF gentlemen and ladies present an
Tue ceremony: that tie friends am relations of
he parties who accompanied them to the al
tdr were numerous. and as they rode were ne
SeSSarily carried ththerin considerable num
Net OF carriages. IL is also true that the har-
nesSes otsome ofthe carriages were decorated
WIN some tewfiowers. which distinguished this
IRON ordinary occasions; that the collection of
company was so great q to occasion some con
siderable confusion in the performance of the
ceremonies: and that, fnaliy when Mr.. Rus
sgu r,ilred, there was faint endeayoT to APP
piaud him, which was noticed on his mart Inv
polite bow: We will briefly consider what there
Is IN these facts which should Justify the general
aehOrTeuce with which the newspapers saw
me. nave been received throughout the United
The Kings Chapel comes in for no inconsid
cradle portion of the censure but we can
n.raly suppose one can seriously impute tn MIR
HuSsell amy visibility for the name of this
building. We confess that we are dismusted
lthat any OBJECT III the United States shouid re-
tam the names which were given TO them du-
TlhS our colonial dependence and which implv
any id0ldir0us veneration for the fipperv OF
royalty. The responsibility, however belongs
10 the town ct Boston, and we see no reason whv
a place so highly federal and English Units poIf
ties, should be thought more deserving of cen.
sure on tllisaccount, than the republican states
OF New-York and Virginia; in which whole
VaE gfal .faea. 4
expectations of rOyalty--as Kings, Queens.
others. -
Ihescelebratiou of marriage in church.
lloughn nor the most ordinary, is not, by any
means an Unprecedented mode, in this place:
ana seems rather 10 arise from religions, than
any fashionable or p0mpous considerations At
any rate, we believe one has heretofore
thonght 1T subject for severe animadver-
lion.
That MIR. Russell should have rode, and not
walked TO church, is perfectly compatible with
tile polite usages OF this place, among persons
NOT desirous OF osteniatOu and can hardly ius-
tity tie accusation of importing from Europe
ariStOcratic usages, inconsistent with the sin,
piicity of our republican institutions. We do
not know how ii is among the higher classes of
society at the southwark, but we are certain
that Carriages are used in Boston esneciaIiv
under circumstances like the present. without
me smallest apprehension of charges of osten-
tdiOn. Nor do we know that there was any
tihng highly improper in the parties being &C.
conpaned by their nearest relations
That the people of Boston should have coI
iected az crowd To witness the ceremonies
seems rather acharge against them, han against
Inc parties concerDed; but the curiosity. tho
an IDLE one, can hardly be called reprehensible
ana is common tO the fashionable part of tbe
community, on all occasions of public maria
ges, or on the more frequent ones of lectures
ana religious celebrations The day of Mr.
ninsselis marriage was also that of theological
lecture IN The same place, and may account for
an audience rather larger than could have
been expected at the wedding. A any RATE
we beiieNe II such curiosity among the fair
seq be censnrable, subjects for its application
VIII ne found III every other place, as well as at
boston. The same remark might probably he
madeto the caeerness manifested by the com
Pany 10 witness siie marriage rites, which oc-
Casioned the temporary confusion alluded 70
ihe love OF Spectaces is common to human ma
ture.
We shall hardly therefore, admit Mr.. Rms.
sell censur;Dlc for being married ia a church.
or because the people called that church fhe
klnSs Chapel; or fOrridng therein carriage
--0f tor being accompanied by the most init
m'te trends OF both tile parties or for finding
there large collection Of people, (scarceIV
however. larger than is usual Oh such oCcasious(
drawn together for the purpose ofgTatifyin0 an
idle curiosity. To the decorations of the CARR.
ages, the shout Of the p0puldce and the bow of
MI Russell, we shall give different conside-
ration.
No one can dislike more than we do all at.
tempts a ostentation, that are calculated TO de
grade the plain citizens of the republic into
stupid gazing, admiripg pOpulace. Stoscs are
nOi calcG late q for our manners when they ex
cite personal admiration nor forany purpose.
except what are connected with the achieve.
iuent and celebration Of our liberties; nor will
we ever defend them. But the poor ao,cers of
their horses, wereaiiy believe have met with
Consideration to which they were not entitled.
lbey produced s0litte effect in theappearafice
OF the carriages that we should scarcely have
noticed them, had iinot been for the poiupous
parade they made IN the newspapers. The Gus.
com OF FOs0 ornaments in celebrations of mar