Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-09-04


Trrcm the p,hllu Evening rnstl
ilf,e., If NJ. PhilipS {, he Electors Of the
COvaty Of sligo, on a, ciNiag the poll.
he assured. gentlemes, IL is with feelings ra-
Their OF gratitude thiR cl disappointment, that
withdraw myself iroip TIE contest, moon the
vresent occasion. 1 iinii that we cannOt have
= fair probability of success, and with every
personal respect for your late members, and
with the most heartfelt affection fer you'll do
not feel myself warranted in putting them To
the expense, or you 10 the Inconvenience ne
cessaEiiy Consequent on contested election.
he state OF your registry, which have bur
luSt received has competed me 10 this deter
mutation. Ii Is an astonIshins; and Disgrace
ful fact that such u the political ap"iny OF
Your County, that one twentieI ia ut lis Il eeh0l-
ders are not registered. The ouiy privilege
which The people are ieit, IL the "lectivc fan
chise, and even this, II seems, they liave not
the spirit to exercise. After this, what right
mas ireland To complain, Il. either on the VIA.
dow tax question, or any other question, her
representatives Will not give themselves even
Tie trouble of crossing the channel ityOu are
con'cnted TO submit 10 tins degradation, il il
not tor Inc 10 murmnr capable aS am, by my
own conduct, of reieemilg myself Individual
IL. As near, however, that SOME OF your
{ news-room wiSeacres have taken offence ut an
expression i'll my address, and as every man
who pnts himself politically forward. should
be able IN give a reason for" the faith that is
II hiui, yoa shall have mine freely and fear
ieSsly. The declaration was, than it the next
epitapii of the British constitution. repeat
IL now, and farther add, thai il is quite I'M
possible things can 20 on, unless there be some
change, either ia The members we return TO
tbat house, or in the constitution of that house
itself. Are yon aware, that of what is called
the house OF c0lntons, eigbty.two peers nom
nate 500, and rs comncnerS uomiaate lol
ADD thus yea nave, ont OF GjS members, ISL ac-
tuaiiy nominated by;Dj constituents, and this
tiey cali the representation vftAe ps0nie III
This continues, Is there any use ia elections
il there any use la petiti1niD., where hired
majorit;es can ;ii!ie the one, and borough
fiOngCI.ag inuIeHre can detea; the other
Does amy man propose reformation OF The
system III Is immediately denounced as 4 vi.
sionary, 81 worse. SO IL Was in England witt,
Fox aud sheridan aud the consequence was.
she lost America. SO II WAS amongst yOur.
selves, with Grattau anl with Flood, aud the
consequence was, those who bought yoa, sold
you. We we've bdrtered into province, & hat
The other day i'll the imperial parliament, upon
a vital question, scveutS-ii OF your members
lett you AT the mercy Ola pnppet majority,
who not only rivetted your chain, but rebukcd
you for cianhing il. This is the way in which
wish to meet The question-not by empty de
clamation, bnt by stubborn facts--tacts which
are now recorded 10 our shame, upon the
adamant OF history. Look to the conduct of
the very last parliament, in almost every in
stance the echo of the minister and The justifi-
cation OF the milconteDt conduct which,
will demonstrate, has done more to disgrace us
abroad, and Ia ensave al home than mere
unequlvocal, unblnshtng dcspojism ever could
have effected. Look 10 that conduct. After
aproracted war, unparalleled IN lis Duration
and nnprOvokcd IN its origin, daring whcS
money enough was spent to purchase and
blood enough shed to insuiaie the continent
during which alternately fought and sub
sidi1ed every faithless despot-now libelling
HE woTihess-nOw Iauding the JnagnanimOus
AieXander--t0 day, i'll the field with iempori.
zinS austyia-to-morrow, bribing the convent
ent Prussia how smiling upon polsnd's plun-
der-now establishing; the Spanish inauisiiion
now al Amiens. acknowled ,ing the French
conSul-now at Waterloo, cheering the blood
cry OF Legitimacy. Alter this base abandon
ment OF public principie-this barbarous gam
bling with the nations happiuesS-we found
ourselves at last, consistent in nothing but our
inconsistencies, seated in the legitimate con.
gress nj Vienna, between the northern Anto-
Graf ana aSeIJeait Of Napoleon. Was not this
rare, a natural contamination, well worthy
tue frandfui leagues and bloody inirac.ious
which diversified The contest-wcll worthy the
orp'ianage and the widowhood which had shl-
dowed England with woe, and the frantic
expendl lure which has almost begeared her
with debt! This has been Tie consequence,
ana w1at, DO yon remember, was the motive To
TINS aggreSSlons-" as ii the establishment OF
human libsrty-was II the advance of human
mordis-was 1t the vindic2tion of national cha.
racter-was 1t eveh any high toned and heroic
impulse which flung tactitious glorv over thu.
warrior progress aud gave the battle horrors
customary justification? Far from it, Ii was
th9 most uDJuStitiable motive that ever I'M
SheaihSd the British swOTd--the most uncon.
stitutlohal that ever stained the British annals
IL was pare faced interference with foreign
country. IN the choice of its own government
direct lntractiOn of the very principle upon
which England founded her glorious revo!u.
Ton. 1t was legislative Genupciation of the
doctrines acted on IN 1888, procIainIing James
martyr, and William an usurper and lie
people no better than TebellionS regicile>,
ms war, however, has ii pretences. Its first
was the fFenei republic from this, its
next was peace aHd retrbutou Indemnity
ana security was the premers war whoop-
ahd what has been our indemnity The mas
sdcTe OF ctr pOpulatiOn--tle debasement of
our Characteristic accumulation of debt be-
you'd all spendthrift precedent--famine in our
streets ana FEVER III our housewife establish.
me.it IN Europe OF 4 military despOtiSm which
leaves the very name of freedom a mockery-
the payment of war taxes i'll time OF peace
scarcely leaving it doubtful whetkef the bnr.
dens were imposed TO support the war, or tie
war commenced TO Justify the t:ixes-tIe su.-
pension OF our constitution il we offer to re-
nionstrate. This has been our dearly bought
Indemnify And what il our security ?-an no
W alliance, forSooth ! a league OF kings. un-
iaii0wed aud mysterious, bound by c0rnpacts
witch must not be known and fenced by
bay0nctS witch cannot be resisted This IS orr
security The breath of princps-the caDyirR
OF AN Hydra, now fatieued over the recent
banque', and only waiting for it's hungry hour
a2aiu to glISten IN ungOrged rapuciiyi Is there
member OF that punic horde who has no;
b9en IN turn the foe of his ally, aud the alyo
bis foe, and do you expect they will preserve
that faith towards us which they have cot becu
able TO preserve towards one auuiher2 lsthere
"a man of them who did not bow To- Napal cor .
aud confess his title, and court his confeleYa
ton, and then dehOnnCe hin as an illegitmaie
usurper! And was there among them, after.
wards, consistent renegade TO deny Tie hand
OF fraternity to BeTBadottc, raised from tic
ranks OF tlat very Napoleon Perhaps this IN
stability of political principle may he counter.
acted by personal a'tacllmeni. Let Prussia
answer IT when she looks vt Alexander. and
remembers the peifidlous abandonment Of iii
let Nyg ton - 4 III. A..