Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-05-27

vocabulary orf.eedom" between these IL
Ties and that o. Esquire" &c. The
Inference strikes us at first sight. That
~ Squire, is given almost to every
5udv. whether he bears an office or not.
he others are bestowed upon officers,
by -.ar OF honorary tifies-in the IAN
guase ~ Blnaparie, they are the titula-
RES oi IRE diguiaries of the government
circulated 80 tickle the ears and feast the
pnde VI him "who is drest in little brief
authority But we ask, i'm our turn, If
Won can go thus far, why may you not go
farther T! you can tickle plain repub
lican citizen, with the titles of Honorable,
or Excellency, why not address him at
once as Uty Lord, or his Grace
How long has il been since this antipa-
thy TO honorary titles was considered IN
this country as" ridiculous afectatiop2
Was II so regarded, when in 1899, it was
decided by the House ofRepresentatives,
that II was not proper 10 annex any
style or title to the respective styles or IL
ties of Office expressed in the Constitu
tom?
Is The uniform practice of Congress, in
addressing the President of the u. States,
"by the terms used in the Constitution"
without any puffs of" his Highness," or
!ils Observation-Disclosures afiectati-
on?
Isthc following criticism of Gen. Chas.
Lee, which speaks to the very bottom
OF the subject, all ridiculous affectati-
on?
Extract Of letter TO Patrick Henry, Gorerno,
Of Pirginia.
There is barbarism crept in among us
that extremely shocks me, mean those tinsel
eplthets, with which q Come in for my share)
we S,;i are RS so bepIaiste5ed His Erceueney, and
Congress of the Honorable Convention This
fulsome, nauseating cant may be well enough
adapted to barbarOus monarchies or to gra-
tify the unadulterated pride of the n,agnifci
IN poapous oristocraeies; but in a great. free.
manly, equal commonwealth, it is quite abomi.
nable for my own part, / wonld lief they
should put ratsbane into my mouth as ike En-
ceHency with which am daily crammed How
much more true dignity was there in the sim.
picity ot address among the Romans Marcus
Julius Cicero, Decline I5rutO Imperator. or
CATO Marcello Consult, than to his Excellencv
Major General Noodle, orto the Honorable
John Doodle. My objections are perhaps tri-
wal and whimsical; but, for my soul, i cannot
help starting them. If, therefore, should some
times address letterto you without the Ercel-
tency tackcO, you must notesieem il mark If
personal or official disrespect, but the re-
verse;"
But this "paroxysm ofrepubIican I'M
less grace, from us, because, i'm Virginia
there is as much distinction of rank.
and as great display ofaristocratic gran
deur, as In some countries, where actual
titles and well-settled distinctions pre-
vail" If the fact were so, would il be
wise IN us to add one distinction to anoth-
err! to create distinctions of office, be-
cause we had already distinctions of
ueoth But the fact is notsO. Though
wealth has marked some of our citizens
tor her own" yet do we venture TO saw,
there is as great, if not greater, simpii-
city and equality of manners among The
great body of our yeOmanry and Of our
townsmen, than are to be found i'm any
country under heaven. But it does not
become us TO paint ourselves. Let the
caiumniator see us as we are, and then
he will have right to speak of us.
The =" Advertiser" does not cheese to
say, whether he approves of the court
etiquette" as he calls it, established at
Washlngton-ifhe does not approve of
1t, why is he not manly enough to say so.
and JOIN us in hooting it out of exis-
tence 2" But did it not exist in The
golden days of Mr.. Jefferson and
when were heard complaints, even i'm
republican Virginia, that this course
WAS pursued by General Turreau ?"-
What then :! Does he suppose that
Mr. Jefferson countenanced this distinc-
ton !! Where then is his proof oft q
Again-Ifwe have made no COMPLAINS
before the present time, (Which is NOT
true,) would it follow that these com
plants are unjust 2-If these courtIy dis
tinctions still 60 on, is it not rather high
time TO abolish them?
But " Jefferson and Madison loved dis
tInctlon-they had their levees. their
drawing. rooms, their birth-night balls, as
well as the Prince Regent" Now. if is
true, they had levees, (Which they found
already, established,) but when had they
Their drawing-rooms, and birth-nigtt
balls? One is forced TO smile at the idea
of these men loving distinction, and put
ting on as much dignity as many crown
ed heads" No one, who knovs them
could give them this character.
The reproach, which is meant TO be
cast upon Mr.. Monroe, is dictated more
by spleen than courtesy. To say of him
that though he may ride with only one
servant from Fredericksburg towards Al
bemarle, vet, that at Albemarle, a very
numerous retiDue of the most deerad-
ed vassals await his nod" is almost
any thing but reproach. This cant
er ought TO know, that it is lust as
true OF any man in the South, as of Jas.
Monroe; and that it is rather our misfor-
tune than our fault. We shut the door A.
galnst the slave-trade as soon as we could:
We forbad Slaves coming in. even from
another state: We cheerfully let them go
out. What more can we do? Will this
able Advertiser turn Apollo upon the spot
and show us how we are to get rid ofthem
altogether! Will he solve the problem.
which has puzzled the wit of all our own
sages Or will he deny any Virginian
the virtue of renuhIican sio,rI,c Id %