Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-12-10

ing the Frozen Sea from Nova Zembla TO the
shores of kamschatka, he proposed TO pass the
winter in the Island of Spi,xbefgen, and start
ing in the spring with sledges, drawn by dogs,
to pursue q direct journey of six or seven
hundred miles 10 the Pole. He might then
expect to find continuous sheet OF ice
stretching through the whole tract
The Pope, by "a bull, has granted the Inuui-
sition permission TO torture, IN cases OF treason
and freeiUasonry.
A gentleman being asked, whya mushroom
was like Il dandy replied, because tits rapid
IN IT'S growth, slim IN its u aux, aud thick la its
head
PENSACOLA.
From he Lire'TOot .l,fscrfissr Of Srys.l2.
The letters and papers received from the
Unlted States IN the beginning of the present
week are more ihan usually interesting. The
Repub {, having wisely Determined Ia prefer
permanent character to present advantage,
has agreed 10 the restitution of Pensacola
aud the recall of the American troops. \ sort
OF demi-othcial State paner or Manifesto on
thIssubject, said wtiiten by MIR. Jeff, son
has appeared Ia thc government journal, writ
ten with no common portion f candor. spirit
aud coed sense. The duties of "A powerful
state in situations Ut trIips temptations the
part which il ought To act when brought into
COLLISION with weaker powers and above all
the paramount advantages OF protecting the
national honor from the stain vi avarce or
Its reaSoningS are said 10 have convinced the
American government aud we should be rer.
tain that IL could sot fail of convincing the
I people likewise, If we were not aware that
nations were not always accessible TO reason.
There Is a degree of moderation and magIia-
nimity IN this procedure, of which Instances
are not often found IN the history of prosper
Gus republic, whose damninc vices are gene
rally the love OF power and the rage OF con.
quest. THIS conduct will be appiauled hy all
the w1rio, except, perhaps. few of tho MOI G
violent Of the London newspapers. whose loyal
tyis 50 intoeran, that they are afraid of finding
any thliig TO commend IN the conduct of a re-
public. The United States have already offered
tile example of a more rapid advancement in
wealth. population auG teri tory, than the vurId
had ever before seen. This astonishing career
has been carried ON under the auspices of 20
yernment, feeble in its power OF control over
individual rights, though efficient for the pur.
poses OF maintaining social order. But the
most important OF all the lessons which this
people Is capable Of -eXhl biting to mankind,
remains still 10 he shewn: tie possibility of
preserving rising and powerful republic from
the reproach of inordmate ambition avarice or
baughiiness. This great lesson is still wanting
10 the world, and a great part of that world
seems TO expect II from America. The reform
erS OF all countries look 10 that state as the
"a eat temperament which is to lustisy their theo-
ries. Placed thus in the arena OF civilized
nations, as spectacle To be watched. every
thing in its public conduct will be diligently
siited with view either 10 praise or censure
This is only The second quarrel in which
America has been engaged since her advance.
ment to the rank of powerful states. In the
first she did not escape wholly without re-.
ptoach (; her proceedings savonred of spirit
too iMplacabie and vindictive. In the last she
has thus far exhibited dispositions in which
lie advocates OF political Improvement can
scarcely ind amy thing 10 blame.
Since TIE receipt OF this Intelligence our
public funds have rapidly advanced, and have
now nearly reached the point OF their former
elevation. Some Spectators will have il that
their previous extraordinary fall was come cted
with the dispnte between Spain and America
and the affair of Pensacola. We shoald DE sor.
~ 10 think That sach was the case, though the
superstition seems TO be confirmed by their
subsequent rise. Such circumstance would
seem to indicate an opinion III the public mind
that our present executive government is al
Ways on The alert tor war. and ready TO mix in
the quarreis of tnreisn powers OH every occa.
sion. We cannot believe in the existence of
dispositions SO devoid of common sense, aud
so pregnant with the future aud irretrievable
destruction OF our national credit. We now
possess such stock of national honor and
such deficiency OF pecuniary means, that we
can afford on the one hand TO carry our pacific
dispositions even TO an extreme /; and on the
other, we cannot risk any present addition 10
the fabric of our public debt without eHdan.
serlug the ruin of the whole sdifce.