Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-01-07

their consequences be so readily eradira-
ted. Why. however, should refer TO ne
RODS that are distant? Behold at this in
slant, five million other people DISQUALIFIED
on account OF their taitll-and than bv a
country processing freedom and that I'M
der government calling itself Christian,
You, (when say YOU, of course mean
not the high minded people Of England.
but The men who misgoveru us BOTH seem
70 have taken out rowing commiss-
on IN search for grievances abroad, whilst
You overlook the calamiiIes at your own
door, and Of Your own infection. You ira
verse the ocean To emancipate the Afri-
cau--you cross the line To convert the
iiindoo-you hurl Your thunder against
the savage Algerne-but, Your own bre-
thren at home, who speak the same tongue.
! acknowledge the same King, and kneel 10
the same God, cannot get one visit ofyou,.
it'ne1Unt humanity On. such a system is
almost too abominab'e for name-it is
a monster Of impiety, impolicv, ingrati-
tude and Injustice The Pagan nations
OF antiquity scarcely acted on such bar
barous principles. Look TO aniient Rome
with her sword IN one hand and her CON
stitu'ion In the other, healing the iniu-
RES OF conquest with the embrace of bro
therhood, and wisely converting the cap
tive INTO the citizen. Look 10 her great
enemy, the glorious Carthagenian, at the
foot Ofthe Alps ranging his prisoners round
him, and by thep polite option ofcaptivityo or
arms, recruiting his legions with the very
men whom he had literally conquered in
TO gratitude They laid their foundati-
ons deep III the human heart and their
success was prOportionate to their poll
cy., You complain of the violence of the
Irish Catholicism you wonder he is vi
olent It's hecOnsequenceo of YOUR own
infection
"The flesh cW quircr u,hcre tie p;pcers tear.
= The blood wiN totlow ssiere the Knife is d,i
ren"
Your friendship, has been TO him worse
than hostiiity-he feels its embrace. but
by the pressure of his letters Hefills
You're xche9uer, he fights your battles.
hefreds your clergy, from whom he derives
no benefit, he shares your burdens. he
shares your perils, he shares every thing,
except your privileges-can you aoonde, he
is rioient? Nomatter what his merit No
matter what his claims. no matter
what his services-he sees himself
nominal subject and real slave
and his children the heirs, perhaps of his
tolls, perhaps ofhis MISUNDERSTANDING of
his isqualiflcations-can you sconderhe is
riofem lie secs every pretended obsta-
Gle to his emancipation vanished-Catho
lic Europe your ally, the Bourbon on the
throne, the emneror captive, the Pope a
friend, the aspersionS ofhis faith disproved
by Ills allegiance To you, against alternately
every Catholic pOtentate InChristendom.
and he feels himself branded with beredi.
tary degradation-can you 1;onoer then. TINT
nc as Uiolent He petitioned humblv-his
tameneSs was construed intoa proof of a.
pathy. He petitioned boIdly-his remon-
STRANGE was considered as an impudent
audaclty: He petitioned in peace-hc was
Told that IT was not tie time He petitioned
In war he was told twas not tie time. A
strange lnterval--a prodigy i'll politics a
pause between peace and war, which ap-
pearcd to be just made for him, arose
J allude TO the period between the retreat
OF Louis a. the restoration of Bonaparte-
he petttloned then, and he was told it was
not time. Oh, shame shame shame
ihope ne will no more petition parliament
so equ!yocating.. However, am not sorry
they did so equlvOcate, because, | think
they have suggested one common rene
dy for the grievances Of both countries,
and that remedy is aretorm of that parli-
ament. Without that, plainly see, there
is no hope for Ireland there is no saliva
ton for Eng land-they will act towards
you as they have done towards us-thcy
VIII admit your reasoning-they will adj
mire your eioquence, and they will prove
their sincerity by a strict perseverance,
in the impolicy you have exposed, and the
proIigacy you have deprecated. Look TO
England at this moment. TO what a
state they have reduced her! Over this
vast Island, for whose wealth the winds of
heaven seeped to blow, covered as She
once was with the gorgeous mantle of
successful agriculture, all studded over
with the gems of art and manufacture.
thereiS now scarce an object but indus
Try III rags, and patience In despair-the
merchant without ledger-tlie fields
without harvest-the shops without
customer-the Exchange deserted. and
the Gazette crowded, form the heart-rcn
dinS comments on that nefarious system,
IN support of which, peers and contrac
tors, STOCKHOLDERS and sinecurisfs-n
short, the whole trained, ccllared, pam
pered, and rapaclous pack of ministerial
Deagies, have been for haIfa century I'm the
most clalnourous and discordant uproar
During all this misery, how are the pilots
OF the state employed! Why, in feeding
the bloated mammoth of sinccure-i1
weighing the fartliing of sorReunderling's
saiary-ln preparing Ireland for garri
son, and England for a poor-house-in
the structure of Chinese palaces-the de-
coratlon of dragons, and the erection Of
public bnildingsl Oh it's easily seen,
we llavea saint III the exchequer--he has