Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-04-10

ports at The revolutionary territories, are
| 10 lhsplfe sentiments az al persons, on
eithe' SIDE, OF our friendly dispositions, SO
! lar as u ,ray compori with az ,nfprr|iat
/ neutrality" The reason of this strict netl-
trallty, III a cause which cannot but inlli-
ence The sentiments of nultiiudes III a re-
! pubic, Is gwen, IN previous paragraph,
IN true republican manner. "The Co
ionies Gays the Presidcnr will, In than
! event, Uhe establishment oi their indie
| pendence) become independent states, free.
from any obligations 10, or amy connection
with us, which il may not ihen lac ihcir
interest to-lorm osihe 5ssis eta fair re- S
I procation. This, the Liverpool Couinet
/ VIII tell us, IS not chivalric: no 1T las
nothing of knigh,lIood about II =; the
knights oil the dark sges never understood.
| SO much common sense, and the embryo
knights of St. David are not intended To-
understand half so much: and yet, it is
on this independent principle, HAT every
| sensible man, IN what are called tie mid
die ranks of life, whether he be Wig or
tory, acts towards lis neighbor. The man,
who, In his difficulties, keeps himself free
| from Obligations, rises into degree Of
| esteem, which secures the confidence OF
all around him and if every possible adj
hereace 10 this truth (for ii is undeniabic)
Is important with respect to individuals, il
must he many millions more important
| with respect 10 nations. The Liberation
foi South America, by the unaided efforts
! OF The colonsts, under the present cir
| cumstances of the world, is far from be-
ing predetermined : we are persuaded,
| that such liberation is possible probable;
almost certain. Would it not be treache-
rous, therefore, rather than beney oleni,
TO seduce them into obligations, which
might hereafter trammel their commerce,
| and throw impedimcnts into the way OF
| their acknowledgement, by oiher.naii0ns
| There Is generosity sometimes Ill with
holding aid.
The Liverpool Courier assures us, that
| honorable and vlriuoIts men On tile g.
| States) have been usually in the ,stiaio,it1
OF late years" We will take The liberty
10 conclude, thatin his destinations of hate
years, honorable and virtuOus meu have,
IN England, bec;i in the majority. We have
seldom looked over a list Of The nalorties
In parliament, without perceiving the
| tremendous prepopderance of pIacemem
AMI pensioners we have observed, more
| frequently than we liked, we confess, the
names OF our two worthy members, Mr..
| Canning and General Gascoyne, i'm such
| malorlties, and we have seen, united with
| the names of his Majesty's ministers,
| tTs).
are SAID to be put into parliament for The
rotten boroughs of HE Treasury. Yet
these majoriiies, i'll contradistinciion TO
The American maiorifies, shah, for argu-
ment sake, and that we may differ from
me Liverpool Courier, as little as we can
help, be honorable majorilies--" all hon
oraDle men J! Let us see, what is the re-
suit The ma oriiies of the United States
al the end of the year 1917, are found TO
have so managed the affairs of that peo-
pie, that the President is enabled TO give
the Congress the exhilerating assurance.
that balance Of more than SIR millions of
dollars 'OiH remain an the Treasury on the lSt
| Of January. applicable TO The current sergice
Of tie ensuing gear The honorable and
vlrtuous majoriiies of Britain on the con-
irafy' VIII ma, at The meeting of Parlia-
ment, that they have so permitted them
serves 10 be ontwttted, by the deceitfu
| calculations of our laundering fjnanciers.
that deceit eriS.S, bet.cee,, the estimates and
the receipts, Of fHie less then fo;rtse. mil
| ho1.s sterling. The President of the Uni
| ted States, who IS undoubtedly at The
mead OF The maJoritles, described BY the
Liverpool Courier as not altoe ether hon
| oTable or Vrtuous, concludes his message
| With recommending 10 Congress, THE
| REPEAL OF ALL INTERNAL TAXES -
while his maiesty's ministers, who have
| long been at the head of majorities. whicl,
| the Liverpool Courier NAV regard lust as
| honorable and as yiTtuous as he pleases.
| intended according TO report, and we
| cannot guess how they can do otherwise)
| 10 propose, IN THE TIME OF PEACE,
| LOAN or TWENTY MILLIONS STERLING!
| NOW, logically, The Liverpool Courier
ought TO admit, that The influence Of the
| IN
| Unlted States, Is an excellent corrective
! Of maiorities that are not altogether hon
+ orable and vlrfUous, or else, that the ma
Joritles III America he what they NAV.
are greatly preferable to the maiofitirs in
England. But as the latter conclusions
| would undoubtedly be very offensive TO
Mr.. Canning and his older friends in our
ministerial nlajOrltIes, we i'll take no adj
vantage of that wholesale abuse of tbe
| people OF all countries, in which ne has
asserted, that collective society is al
ways more corrupt than individual :" we
VIII permit him to say, that II is Tie force
OF the collective sentiment Of soc, fv that
correcis the actions of the maorties i'm
tie American government, though those
maIoTiiies may not be altogether llonora-
BILE and .viriuous, and therefore compels
them, almost in spite oftlicmselves, 10 be
lnstrumenialIn the production Of so much
plenty, public credit, and freedom but
M return for this concession, we shall cx-
peci the Liverpool Courier 10 aid us in
The cause Of popular sentiment and par
Elementary reform, III order lat the hon
orabIe and yirIuous maioritics of this
country, acting under similar influence,
may produce similar consequences
|
The following certainly exhibits an IN
! looked for instance of fhe freedom of