Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-09-23

ber.a condensed and faithful sketch OF
knglaud, winch Is generally allowed 10 be
tie most potent amongst the "Legiii-
males, and we have seen that her cond-
TIN IS IN all respects wretched, and truly
depioraOle. Whether that nation is des,
i;led shortly TO be convulsed with civil
cpinnioiions, cY not, is "A question unue-
cessary To be de"Ided. ;is regards our pre-
sent enquiry II u enough that il clearly
appears that she IS utterly unable To
wage war upon US far any cause which
does not vitality AFFECT her immediate eN-
istence.
France, Holland, the Netherlands and
Italy cannot STIR: for they are held down
by English, Russian and German bay
ouets.-Ihus tie conflict is over, but
the victors dare not remove their force,
or release their hold.-it is "a victory of
that kind where every spectator is anus
ed 10 see the yanquisied man laying on
ms back, refusing To cry oui enough, and
yet as much dreaded by his antagonist
"a u he stood unhurt ukon his teet--'Ihe
victor insists upon submission, bawIs out
with affected eXiiiaiion, vet Is terribly a.
!armcd lest thai spirit and strength which
he sees and feels should by accIdent or
The least relaxation be enabled TO turn
upon hin--iiis, as IL were, the victory
OF COW ardiy bully who has gained a
temporary advantage by sheer weight and
accident over a hero whose limbs are vet
lnbroken aud whose soul is unappalled.
Ill has become sort ofcat among the
ariSiocrats oil America as well as OF En-
rope that The people of France are u.Ef
Tor liberiy-the people of the Republic
of Holland are now surely according TO
these wlSeacres utterly INIT for liberty
and the people OF The Republican Can
tons OF Switzerland are surely nm for
liberty and the people of the Republic
OF Genoa are beyond redemption aiiTtted
Tor irerdom-But of all things how wick
ed IT was IN mother Britain, 10 talk so
loudly amt so much as she did about the
liberties of the people of oil SPAN, a set
OF people whom kings, mobiles and monks
have not suffered 10 hear even the sound
OF Tue word liberty since the DAYS of Pa
dlila-To talk saw as the English did
TO the people of old Spain about haeriy,
and IN the slang Of Tom Paine, about
the rights Of man, whose very ears were
altogether ~5lt Tor The sound ofllberlv,
at any time these four hundredvearS, was
absolutely cruel; II WAS tie most taunt-
ing, worst species tcrueltv.-'rEiS same
cant about the nnftness for liberty is, am
sorry 10 hear, too often applied by some
Republicans not only 10 The French, the
most gallant, enlightened, well informed
people of modern Europe. but TO the
brave and unconupted Patriots OF South
America. Such cant in The mouth of an
European despnt is naturally to be cx-
pecied and III place, bat il is absolutely
narDarous, ungrateiul and base from the
lips OF an Amercan-for, what Citizen
would nave the efirontery 10 say pub
ickly to la fayelte and his associates
VINO fought by the side of WASHINGTON
and established our liberties, that they
were mef for freedom-rhc French M
Ut Tor freedom a " noble people" who
required more than million of hostile
Dayoneis 10 put them down and hun
dreds OF thousands still pointing at their
learts to keep them down. Oh Justice
how long viii the inpu.ience, the igno.
rance and inconsistencies of vile arIsto-
Gratis and priests be allowed TO prevail
over me reason and the rights OF man
kind?
lrepeat it in the language ofwashing-
ION, ihdi Europe haSaset ofprlmary in
teresfs, that TO us have none, or a very
remote rcfation''-and no man can me-
dltale upon the French revolution and
lis shocking and depiorable results, with
OUT seeng and feeling that the greatest of
those primary interests, is The destructi-
on OF freedomand the establishment of
regal AID .prieslly government every
"here-and tins being the case, would
eNhort ana comure my countrymeu ma
! tureiy To consider how warmly and i'm
perallyeiy the honor, the glory and the
pest interests of our common country
calls upon and demands of them. in lie
language Of Washington, that our de.
tdctIed aud distant situation, uniteS and
eaaofes us to pursue a dife,eat course"
IL islmposSlble for any man ofcommon
capacity TO see any danger from any one
or all OF the powers Of Europe, by our
taxing a partwlth the Patriots of South
America They cannot, they dare not
modest us Tor such cause. The spirit of
freedom at home as as much aSthey can ms
S'6ly manage md keep do0a they dare moi
go abroad, much less across the Atlantic
TO grapple with the champions ofIberty
on this new continent There is not one
OF them that has either the means or the
courage 10 wage open war against Them
4 ne y, STATES can have nothing TO fear
from EurOpe-and their p,1Daary interests
tier detached and distant situation
invites and enables them at once, onenL
and bofdiy and generously to declare an fin.
voT Of the independence anil the liberties of
The PeopIe Of SoNth Ameyicq.
Hence the only remaining question TO
be considered is. which of The American
Provinces should be first recognized as
an independent nation and aided i'm es-
iabllshng the liberties and Independence
OF all lie rest LAUTARO.
- The Superior Court of Lalo forfiis Copnfy
aOoaned on Saturday Three prisoners were
S 1,s tet he i,en,i"entiarg, for Grand Larceny.
,ihefote Of Gibson nsag be gafheyed ron Ike fol-
towidg statement ~
ROBERT GIBSON, dliQs ROBERT CARfroN. rho
ras contracted ~ a Jlny on Uedhesdty last, ofthe
murder ~ John N. PeGtr0Ss before the S,,,eyigr
Court Of Lar for Henrico cjssiy, ,cas brogr6t ND