Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-08-26

Basiwek, Burton and Prynnc, went TO
Holland in the times of the bloody Stu
arts, and caused their writings to be prin-
let. aud sent into England You remeu-
Der that General LUDLOW fed TO the Con
tinenl, aud that il was from Switzerland
he wrote those famous Letters in defence
OF his Couitsymen, who, amongst other
things, had fought 81 bled for annual parli-
amen,S. Mr.. Wooiler will hardly pretend
that these famous Patriots were towards,
though h: fixes that terel upon me with
as little ceremony as If lie were talking of
man who had skuikcd behind wall in
the midst of battle, AMI had sent on his
soldiers 10 NEE: lie bayOne,s Of tie enc
my. This gentleman talks abomt the
precious blood OF SidRey. lie forgets.
while he is thus talking, that that gaiiint
and truly learned man fed to the Cont
neni 10 avoid thu iangs of the despcis at
homeland what is more, that il was IN
voluntary exile he wrote those cclehraice..
papers which brought him to the block,
and which, have, more than any otlnr cir
cumstamce, enaelred his name to poste-
rity. Why, then, let this gentleman
boldly cali the gallant Sidney a coward
or let him rctract this charge Of coward
ice against nae, or let him pass for az en-
vious or silly calumnator. Perhaps,
however, this genilcman'S wonderfully fu-
rious patriotism wiil moi suffer him 10 re-
ceive, as Justification, the example of
these men of former times-to accommo-
date Kim, iien, let us come down to We
ry late period. Mr.. Paine has never been
called coward that know of, nor have
ever heard the Old Congress of Ameri-
ca charged with cowardice. Yet, he, as
t.l 4 Ill e. L
even the distant approach oft!eir enc
my. This was, indeed, an enemy with
bayonetS in his hand, OF which circum-
stance leave Mr.. Wooller TO profit hut
then comes the staggering fact of Mr..
Paine, who was an EDglshman, YOU will
observe, having fed from England TO
France, not from the warrants OF Secre.
tary of State not from the natural eff.
!ccts of an absolute power of imprson-
ment law; not from the newly conlured
up code o. Lord Sidmouth but from the
bare lntlmation OF an Information er e6icio
being filed against him by the attorney
general
&c Thus, then, it follows of course, that
all these persons were towards; that even
Sydney was coward Voltaire was
coward, when he chose residence in
the mountains az Switzerland, rather than
Il residence in the Basiie. 1t follows al
so that tlie brave Lalemand, & The brave
General Vandamme, who are now in this
Country, are cowards-and that every
man is a coward who has fed kither from
England, Scotland or Ireland. Nay, sir,
even Mr.. Hunt is a coward, Qhough
would not advise Mr.. Wooler TO tell him
SOY because MIR. Hunt did not go to the
Intended fourth Spaiiclds meeting agree
ably TO the resolutions of the Sd mcefing.
- If ii be cowardice 70 do what have
done, and what so many eminent and i'm
mortal patriots have done before ME, eve
ry thing must be cowardice Which embra
ces the most distant consideration Of per-
sonai safety, though connected with the
most reasonable expectations of future
utility 10 the cause of our Country. In
the estimation of Mr.. Wooller, it must be
cow2rdice 10 take shelter from thunder
storm It's cowardice 10 avoid being bu-
ried by falling house it must be COW
ardice to lower sail in hurricane it is
cowardice 10 resort 10 surgeon in the
case of a broken leg in short, this is
such superlative nonsense in MIR. Wool
Ter, that ii takes away. and fixes in his
own bosom, whatever there could be in
tended a, sting i'll his calling me 8" sill
Ia old man."