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

which, when it told the French reform
of 1893 that his defeat was Just, told e.
British reiornler of 1858 his iriumph ,'" nc
treason, and exhibited to history the ,nS
rifle farce OF IL Prince OF The House
Brunswick, Tie creature OF the rcyolut;o."
OFFERING AN HUMAN HECATOMa ,,n' I
ON THEGRAvE or JAMES THE SEcoa,,i, |
What else have you done You have en-.
ccedcd, indeed, in dethroning Napoleon.
and YOU have deihroned monarch. VII
with all his imputed crimes 81 vices. shah
a splendor around Royalty roo powcrf,,,
for the feeble vision oflesitimacy even tn
bear. He had many faults / do nO'
seek 10 paiiatc them. lie deserted Nv
principles rejoice that he has sutic,o "s
But still, let It's be generous, even In ~.
enmities. How grand was his n,ar,h,
How magnificent his destiny Say VIA,
we will. sir, he will be the landmark ~
our times i'll the eye of posteritv. 'rba !
goal OF other mems speed was his start;"S
post--crowns werehis play things---tlroncSs
his footstOol-hc strobe from victor,'',
victory-his path 4" a plane Of con,inne5
elevations" Surprising the boast az NV
too confident Roman, he but slammed wy wv
on the earth, and not only armed mer
but states and dynasties, and arts as5
sciences, all that mind could imagine ~.
industry produce, started up, the creaiion
OF encliantDlent. Iie is fallen--as the la,a
Mr.. Whitbread said, YOU made him u
he unmade himself" own ambition
was his glorious conqueror. He athena |
ted, with sublime audacity, TO grasp III.
fires OF heaven, and his heather retribu. |
ton has been the vusture and the rocE I
do not ask what you have gained nv !,
because, in place OF gaining any thine
you are infinitely worse than when Won I
commenced the contest Rut,wh bava /
you done for Europe! What have Won =. |
chleyed for man! Have morals been =.
Moderated. Has liberty beeu STRENGTH.
ened Has any one Improvement i'm pol.
tics or philosophy been produceds 7 q,
us see how. YoH have restored to Por.
tugal Prince ofwhom we know nothing
except, that when his dominions were IN,
vaded, his people distracted, his crown in
danger, and all that could interest the
highest energies of man at issue. he left
his cause TO be combated by foreign bay-
onets, and fled, with bastard precipita-
ton, TO. the shameful security ola distant
hemisphere
You have restored TO Spain wretch Of
even worse than proverbial princely ingra.
titude |; who filled his dungeons and I'D
his rack with the heroic remnant that hal
&,
meath his banners; who rewarded patriot
ism with the prison-6delty with the tor
ture-heroism with the scafiod-and ME.
ty with the inquisition; whose royaltv
was published by the signature ofbis
death-warrants, and whose religion evan.
GRATED inthe em6Toidering of petticoafs for
the blessed Virgin! You have forced nm.
on France Il family TO whom misfortune
could not leach mercy oreXprrienee VIZ
dom: vindictive in prosperity-servile in
defeat-timid in the field-yaccilating in
the cabInet-suspiciOn amongst them
seives-discontent amongst their follow
esther memories tenacious but OF the
punishments they had provoked-theirpi
ETY. active but IN subserviency TO thcr
priesthood, and theirpower passive but in
the subJugatlon of their peoplel-Such
are the dynasties you have contsJysdon
Europe. In the very act, that of enihro-
ming three individuals the same family
You have committed capital error--bat
Providence has countermined the rninyou
were preparing and whilst Their impoli-
cy prevents the chance, their impotency
precludes the danger ola eoalifion-As to
therest OF Europe. how has il been ame
GRATED What solitary benefit have the
dellverers" conferred, They have par
htoned the states of the feeble to feed
The rapacity of the powerful ; and after
having alternately adoYed and deserted
Napoleon they have wreaked their YEN
geance on the noble but unfortunate fidel-
Ity that spurned their examplel Do voa
want proofs Look to Saxcny--l6ok 20
Genoa -look to Norwav-but, above all.
to Poland that speaking monument of
regal murder and legitimate robba-
ry-
On! 6'osdiest picture IN the book of time
SdTnsafia felt-uawept- a crime
Here was an opportunity to recompence
thatbrave, heroic, generous, martyredand
devoted people-here was an opportunity
to convince jacobinism that crowns and
crimes were not, of course, co-existent.
ana that the highway rapacity Of one ge-
neratlon might be atoned by the peniten-
tial retributlon ofanofher! Look to Italy,
parcelled out to temporising Australia
land OF the muse, the historian and the he
ro-the scene of every classic recollection
the sacred fame of antiquity, where the
genius OF the world weeps and worships,
and where the spirits ofthe past start in
to lite at the inspiring pilgrimage of some
hidred ROSCOE. You do Yourselves hO-
nor by this noble, this natural enthusiasm
Long. may you enjoy the pleasure Of
possessing, never can YOU lose the pride
OF having produced the SCHOLAR, with
out pedantry--the PATRIOT, without re-
proach-the CHRISTIAN, without super
stition-tIe MAN without blemish. Il is
2 subject | could dwell on with delight
forever. How painful our fransifiontot the