Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-04-10
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hessage # tie President Of TIE u. States.
Tie retrospective comments on the &C.
currences OF the last year, which we had
prepared for this week, must he posi-
Poned, 10 make reom for some obsprva-
tiSns ossa very Interesting document f,oas
The United States of America. II is with
no little pleasure, although that pleasure
Is-of Il melancholy cast, that we substitute
the One subject for The other. We can.
not but rejoice, that so great portion Of
The habiiable globe, as is possessed by
the Union ofihe American States, is cna-
bled 10 boast of natural and political pros
perliy, which has moi often been even I'M
agined by the most speculative politicians.
al The same time, we cannot but regret,
that we see nothing like similar pros
pect OF prosperity for our own country
The Americans descended from the same
iorefatlers as ourselves, were heirs 10 The
same Liberties which those forslathers &C
CURED. How is it that we have squan-
dered away those rich iDheritances, and,
like the proud elder brother of noble
family, have retained the boast of nomi-
nal honors, which render our actual SER
grading! They were driven from the ha-
bitatlon of their progenitors witlino other
patrmony than their native sense ofinde-
pendence. Conscience, poverty, and the
love OF enterprise. impelled thousands 10
gut the Thames and the Severn, for The
Delaware and the Connecticut but these
thousands ana tens OF thousands, always
reeollected, and IN the course of time as
serted
That uheretoe'er Brtaunia's children spread
There spread her laws her constitution there
Spreads its wide shield the guardian their rights"
They asserted-they vindicated-ihev
northumberland they improved those
rights And what are now the fruits pro-
dnced from that grated branch of British
liberty which they carried with them, and
the growth of which they so carefully
nsurished { Look at the Presidents mes
sage. And what are now the fruits of the
injured and mutilated trunk which las
remained with us Our retrospect of the
year 1917, will describe the fruits and
the speech of his Royal Highness the Re-
gent, will parbaPs dirant mr. attention TO
some OF the gilitering honors that deco
rate the witheIed branches.
Enough the contemplation is full of
vexation-it is full of reproach Yet the
SImlle VIII recurto our minds. The Right
Honorable elder brother, surrounded by
money lenders and bill brokers, finds, in
his imprisonment, some satisfaction i'm
talking OF the fame of his ancestors. and
even oil the bold feats in which he recent
ly threw away the last of his borrowed
money. Though this right honorable
gentleman Is now prison himself, he has
still some satisfaction i'm Boosting, that
he employed his last borrowed guinea in
hiring some rufliaRs TO thrash an upstart
neighbor, against whom he had spite,
and who, thank his stars, is now in du-
rance for life. This right honorable gen
tleman is in prison but he has connect.
ed himself with knot of swinders, who
assure him he may live there very com
fortably, while they look after his estate.
His tenants are starving, and his creditors
are clamoTons-but what of that : He is
IN prison, without any expectation OF get
ting out and therefore ne endeavors 10
make himself easy, Notwithstanding the
clamor of the one or the misery of the
other. This, if will be admitted, is the
correct picture of many right honorable
IN the kings bench but is that correct
simlle OF the situation of England of our
country? We fear it is.
Now for The picture of the situation OF
America the situation Of our younger
brother, who cares little for titular lis
tlnction, so that he can retain the indie
pendence that ms forefatheTs begueathed
him.
Mr.. Monroe, the American President,
commeHces llls address with feliciiatings
Tie people OF the United States, in the
persons OF their true representatives, on
the prosperous and happy condition of
1rx a. "a -
freedom, are his themes aud they are
the themes OF which no person at the
head OF government, can discourse too
openly, or too frequently, TO the people.
lie concludes this brilliant exordium Of
his discourse with prayer, that the ON
nlpOtent. from whom The blessings of
pleHiy, public credit, and freedom are de-
rived, would endOw the people with vir
tue and strength 10 maintain those bles-
sipgs, and to hand them down, i'm their
utmost purity, to the latest posterity p
There does exist "A pTlnCely potentate.
for whose devGilons his people maintain
no less than three hundred and thirteen
chaplalns (; and yet, as we never heard of
their assisting hlmto make so good pray
or as This, we will venture 10 think he will
not equal il until, like the President. he is
lcfi 10 pray from his own conscience.
without lie aid OF SO reverend phalanx.
and without the official prOmptings Of a
Secretary OF State, or Chancellor Of the
Exchequcr
After some mention Of The firm, vet
cautious measure ct the Republic, in its
negotiations will etlier STATES. ihe Presi
dent proceeds to notice The colonies Of :.
America, who are nov struggling, as the
Morrill, American eO!0oies we're Struggling.
les than halia century ago, Cor iheir nat,
ural rights as men, and their dependent
rights as citizens. II is one Of The great