Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-12-30


ment, Is exactly the same AS if hall mil.
-lloa had been incarcerated for lie held
tnat our system Of government is the true
poetic chain, which links ms together as a
band of brothers-and
e Iffrom that chain single link you strike,
Ten, or ten thousand break the chain ake.''
we are bound, sir, said Mr.. r. under our
constitution, 10 protect The life, liberty,
and properi, OF every citizen of our co,in-
Try. But where may he claim thai pro
tcciion Or rather, where shall his right
To claim it cease Is ii confined 10 The H.
mifs OF the union or does IL not extend
to the remoiest region of the globe which
IS visited by our people? May the citizen
claim II against the savages of the western
wllds, and Is he not entitled to ii, among
the still more lawlcss chieflains of de-
caYlng, perisliing and ruined monarchy
IT is not III his land of liberty that the CT
i!zen need call for protection here il
comes, as it were, unbiddeD, to encom-
pass him about but, when oppression
falls upon him in foreign land, among
strangers, friendless and unprotected, his
suppllcaiing voice should not be heard in
vain tor every thing which is obligatory
III the social compact, or honorable i'll hu-
maIiiy, calls for and commands your pro
lection, as if he stood upon the sucred
soil that gave him birth. Who of us,
SAID Mr.. Fin the condition of Mr.. Meade,
would not ask this enquiry ofthis House ?
Which ofus will refuse it ? For The honor
of my country hone there is not one.
The motion of Mr. L. was agreed to.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. d.
EVOLUTIONARY SURVIVORS.
The bill providing for certain surviv-
ing officers and soldiers of the Revoluii-
oDary army, was read third time:
A motion was made by Mr.. LoundeS
10 recommit The bill 10 a committee of
the whole House, with instructions "to
limit the benefits of the act TO soldiers
who were enlisted for term of three
years, or for the war, and who did not
desert-and to officers who continued
in The service of the United States 10 the
conclusion of the war in 1888, or were
lett out of tlie service in consequence Of
disability, or III consequence of some de-
rahgement of the Army"
The question being stated on thus re-
committing the bill, Mr.. Edwards NOV
ed TO amend The said Instructions by
striking out the words three gce'S" and
TO insert In lieu thereof the words {" cue
gear"
And the question being taken thereon,
il WAS decided in the affirmative.
After considerable debate in which
Messrs. Johnson, OF Ky. Miller, Ogle, q
Rl,ea took part, a division of The question
being required, il WAS taken OIL recon-
hitting the bill, and decided III the mega
tive, ayes So.
The question was then taken on the fl
nal passage of the bill, aud decided in
the affirmative without division. And
the bill was sent TO the Senate for concur
renee.
On motion of Mr.. A. SMITH, the COM
mittee on the Post Office were instructed
10 enquire into the expediency of estab-
fishing post ronte from DaIville To the
Lead Mines i'll Virginia.
On motion of MIR. Drake, of Mas If was
ReSotred, That the committee ofCommerce
ana Manufactures be instructed to enquire in
to The eXPediency of granting bouniies to ma
hutac'rrerS who manufacture given number
OF yards OF wooilcn aud cotton cloths of a GER
tain width and that permanent fund be APP
propriated for that purpose.
The bill tor the remission of the duties
on the Painting presented by Benjamin
West TO the Pennsy lvania Hospital was
taken up in committee of the whole, Mr..
DcsIla in the chair.
Mr.. NeWfoa of Virginia, said the OBJ
lect of the bill under consideration was 10
remit, to the Pennsylvania Hospital, The
duties on painting, called Christ IN The
Temple healing the Seek" presented TO
that institution by Benjamin West. The
British government, with a libcraliiy and
prOmpttude that do honor TO if, remit.
ted every charge incident 10 the exporta-
ton. The reception of 1t in this country
could, Mr.. n. SAID lie trusted, be met by
The government in spirit moi less grdcI-
Ons and liberal. The munlhcemce OF this
celebrated artist, "a munficcnce, the ex-
erclse of which belongs only tOgenIus ct
superior order, aBu Of extensive ac-
quirements, would, lie hOpcG, he acknow-
lodged III such d manner as To- manifest
Tie sense this government enieridlns Of
tie respect shown by him for This nation.
The painting, Mr.. N. added, is consider
ed as the chief d'Ruyre Of hispeucIi. Tie
present is designed as q fnemenlO OF the
love that IillStuous man bears his native
land. II Is also highly complimentary
to the taste and judgment OF this nall
on. Tie painting moreover reflects no.
nor on this country, and extends its fame,
as IT Is the production of All American. -
Permit me, said Mr.. n. to congratulate
my country on her rising fame. The
genius ana skill displayed by ITumbull,
by Stewart, by Vanderlyn, by Sully, by
Peale, and many others, secure 10 each an
inlpcrlsbable fame, aud 10 their country
renOwn. a new epoch has commenced
Ills progress is suspicious. Tie Gre
ciam, Italian, Flemish, French, and Bri-
tIsh schools Will be rlyaiIed and equallcd,
IN time, by our own. ] congratulate
those who are endowed with genus, but
whose means are TOO limited to enable
them to seek, in distant regions, the &C
quiremeiits necessary TO form and fix
their Judgment, and to give TO their taste
the cle raciers ct delicacy aud correct
moss, on tie prospect they have OF com