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

vance some reasons Tor his desertion ut
has country, and his cause, which might
save him from unqualified reproof. This
has not been tie case. A pernsa!o of his
last pamphier wili enable every one TO
perceive HAT FEAR alone has been his
ading prinoipie-ilat he trembled To
meet the vengeance of the puny animals,
whom lie hal so long pretended TO defy,
and whom he had melted others to OPP
pose.-Speaking of his fare,eeH address as
aniere composition, it il truly contempti-
Die ;repeie with the most palpable con-
tradictions, and the most ridiculous rea-
| soning. But considering il as aetcAce Of
his conduct, II sinks belew examinations,
and fails in every point that lie attempts
10 establish. lie must have beea sea-Sick
when lie wrote 1t, AMI his .fare'reH is cal
culaied 10 make all his readers sick too :
we shall proceed 10 anaIyze it Il little
| particularly, In order 20 put the friends
Of reform upon their guard, lest they
should imbibe the fears, and the despon-
doncv OF their self deserted leader.
| lie commences with the cant phrase OF
-" tjy beiored Cc'f.t!yae':, and assures
us that he is still very proud of The land
i'll which he was born, and in which his
! parents lie buried and that he shall ever
love and esteem us hey ond all the rest
/ III LIKE t.tc VJttSt y OtrSStHs',
| this will COST hin nothing and we donOt
see iIiat we are indebted 10 him Tor ii
more than Tie orr 3inaI value. We admit,
with Mr.. Goblet, that every ore has a
| right 10 pursue his own happiness, II he
can do il without wrong 10 another
| But we DENY tlsai Mr.. CobbeitcouId have
| chosen the path he has ROW taken, with
out wrong to thousands wiihoutinIury TO
| that cause, III comparison OF which Tie
lives of ten thousand Cobbeiis, wonld In
| the eve of Justice q patriotism, have been
deemed as dust in the balance; not without
ingrattude to that country, which has
right to demand his talents and his life as G
debt, if her interests require the sacrifice
of the one, or the eXertiOn Of the other.
MIR. Goblet should have remembered, al
though his readers might have been ge-
nerous enough 10 forget, that he has he
fore been the enemy oi liberal principles,
and just ideas that lie has been pardon
ed an enmity which once invigorated
the arm of tyranny. and supported The
cause of the most unbridled dcspotism
As voluntary reraraiion for this error,
to call it by lis mildest name, he came
the unsolicited advocate of the cause OF
freedom lie rallied her broken troops
he was iound in the foremost ranks, law
in% about him with a large oak stick,
which, ifit killed none, ut least gave our
opponents some very nnmerciiul bruises.
Hrwast the foremost cllampionin thepoliti-
cal fair 81 sngle-siicl, football, or a Ii
terary boxing match, he was Your only
man. In sheer strength he was, perhaps
without an equal; and although little
clumsy, and not always quick enough at
warding off blow, he always returned it
with effect, and generally with good inte-
rest.
The friends of reform Justly appreci-
ated the value of his powerful assistance:
they named him as a principal leader,
and paid him more than Handsomely for
his exertionS. The horizon of freedom
began TO brighten the fame the eihe-
real gladness burst upon our sight. Rea-
son, truth, and justice, were preparing TO
receive the genius of happiness. Our C.
ncmieS, the most contemplate that could
be drawn out in array against such for
midable forces, trembled 10 the very
hearts core--they found il necessary to
something, without kno wing what to do
aud unable to devise any expedient from
the receptacics where their own brains
should have been deposited, they looked
round 10 see in what manner former ty-
rants had combated the friends of indie
pendence. They discovered the prece-
act, TO have been rcsorted 10 BY Mr.. Pit ~
without any similarity between The times
or the circumstances, that had recourse
TO the same means of cxtinguisling the
blaze Ofinquiry which threatened 10 ilu-
inmate the darkest recesscs ofthe Auge-
an stables of corTuption.-This miserable
subteriuge has fallen still-born to the
earth. team reach no one, but through
his own cowardice. The national opini-
on is shield through which The daggers
OF tie present administration can reach no
honest man. lfihey should strike. and
they would it their fears would let them,
they will accelerate our cause with ten
fold speed, and give a vigorous impulse
10 the feelings which exist against them,
before which they must fly, or beneath
which they mrst fall !
Aud Mr.. Cobbett, in the face of the
public, tells u tlla There isnO hope remain
ing for us that no thing could have indu-
| ced him to quit us while there remained the
| smallest chance of being able. by remain
| ing, TO continue, TO aid her cause. lie in
solently adds, no such chance is nO,c ietf p
Would to heaven, we could now stand
upon some eminence, from which our mp
lifted arm could reach the coward, as the
full sail watts him away from tie firm,
| gallant hearts I've has deserted, that we
might thunder, in his shrinking ears, HE
LIES NO ekoRce for England! No
hope for England l--Grsut us patience,
spirit of freedom, while we record this in
suit to thy inhu nee and write that it
was uttered by the flying Goblet, under
the reign of Castlereagl and Liverpool !
Mr.. Goblet goes on to say, that it Is
impossible to write according 10 the die
tates of truth and reason without drawing
down upon orr heads, certain d swift de-
| sfrlicfinn &c MIR Rrnurhhnrr1 has nheer.