Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-06-05


guilty, and more than the bodness OF
virtue-it is not, L say, sir, 10 be expect
ed, that such shameless, unredeemed
adyenturer, should be allowed more than
the mere privilege of Persistence, in acoun-
try where the public good is still al least
the pre,ext of all political conduct. II
such a person is allowed 10 enjoy, unno-
Tested, his ill-go,,en gains, we exclaim that
all honest indignation IL dead, aud our
patriots are sluinberiug at their post
What then must we think OF our condi-
tion +; what must We think of ourselves,
when we find this delinquent not only
clamorous But insolent not only iso-
lent, but insiead of the passive, umob,ru-
sive air oil convicted iupoSture, assam
ing, IN he iaee ottie legislative sVmbly
who KNOWS him, and of the whole nation
who despises liiGi, the tone, not OF limo
cence, bui oi accusation q! lo what a
state OF degradation are We sunk when Il
criminal becomes IA plaintiff, q, when maui
for whose presence !, Is necessary TO make
apology iii any liberal society, dares 10 in
suit rite suiterirgs OF the oppressed, TO ar
raign the motives al men of unsullled re-
puta,inn I, And how much more must we
bewaii our conttitl&n, wheu we Aud such
all airocious outrage of all common de-
eency, not only borne, but actually APP
our liberties aud our lives. You are YOUR
self aware, sir, that in no other assembly
i'll England would you have been allowed
10 proceed for all iastani III so gross a vi
olaiIon oil all the decsGcieS Of liie as was
ha2arded BY that speech, which found Il
patient, pleased audience in the House
GfCom nous. There ,uust be in that bo-
dy, composed, as ii undoubtedly is, OF
neA who, III ihe private relations of life,
may D. distinguished ior ulauy good 3uai-
tiles, there tnuSi De Hn hah3.ia. disregard
OF deceHcy, Il contempt of public prInci-
pie an absurd confidence, tina, c.iher IN
dViduaiiy or IA niass, they are protected
from TIE ceuSuIeS u their iciiu@ cite -
ands abSOlYed i.onI the rules al common
life. " ere !! not iur Suci, q yrouniess
persuasion, these IS MOI gentleman Cor
such beng is not Quiie extinct IN Par
hamenD Nh0 wouid aui have Thought him
scit compromised 10y listening Ia your IN
solenl attacks upon the national charac-
ter aud To ftdShy defamation, which,
from beginning 10 end, supposed AN an-
dience devoid Of all taste, Judgment, SPIT
ril and humanity.
a,n al a loss, sir, 10 account for the ei-
frontery even Of your colleagues an office,
who share with ynu The public hatred.
thougEi they are far from BENZ fair com
peiiOrS tor the contempt winch is con
suinnatciy your own. Those worthy per
sons must have dad some motive, deeper
than their usual Superiici; ! jeSig for en-
irustin. the.r defence 10 such hamgn.ans
hands" Were t'ley afraid of your par
italy redeemlng Your character by ST
leHce We're ihey resolved, that II
yUu were NOT yet known, some decisive
overt act shnRid reduce YOU below iii,,
ministerial level Djsi they suspect that
you were again willing TO rebel OF 10 be-
tray How was - that YOU were select
ed for the otlouS task OF iuSi:yiug the
only Vigorous measure of The imbeeiie
Sidmouih, direct. q against the aged, the
miIrm, the pOWerIesS OF his own country
men ii0W WAS II that YOu were relair-
ed ID emerge from your suspected. silence
il behalf az him whom yOu had first IN
suited by The c:ief OF your alliance, then
by your vulgar hostility and lastly. by
the accepted tender oil am insid.ous recon
citation
You know, sir, AMI lac world should
know, t'Iai when y"ar scducer, Pitt, was
lived ol you, yau offered yourself 10 this
silly vain indH, who thought your keep
ing too dear ut The proposed price, and
accordingly declined The bargain.
You know, and The world may remem-
Der. Tie Immediate consequence OF this
siighl al prorercd iulquity. Your lam
pooas ~ parliament, yOmSpecCh hes III the
papers,N forget where they fell, bat whe-
tHer ~ one or ;he other they we're equally
Mpprepa,ed and 0ppoliane,) these ana oth-
60 assaults, man.uiy directed against
those vhose iorbearance was the sole
protection % ,Cur Ilsolence, can hardly
have slipped tiro' the ncsIcs of the III
woven memories Of your colleagues.
Perhaps, then, 1t was Intended 10 reduce
You to irrelrieydble humiliation, and 10
n YOU 10 The lowest agency, By making
Jou the jOuHest enconiast OF tke most
undeieusiUlc neaSuse of him whom YOU
have Iiiiied as the most incapable OF
all Ministers, the most inepi OF all States
men !"
you had before given this satisfactory
pledge to the other Ot your colleagues,
vino might have borne your abuse but
did not choose TO bear Your treacAcry :;
anti Showed himself accordingly, more
tender OF his own honor iIraH lie has been
of HAT Of his country. You have kissed
the hand that chaslISed you, and have
lost but few Opportunities of tcstii'ying
yonr teigned repentance to him wllocOm-
hIandS you from that commence which vow
were adjudged incapable TO occupy, even
so as osdve The few ppe0ramcesrequred
from ministerial aIauneis.
Your submission TO Lord Casilercagh,
trickel out. a. be appears, im those deco-
raiions Of fortune, Which might well de
cclve ii vulgar eye, was not surprising ::
il was The natural delerence Of neauness
tosuccess. But il was not expected, even
trom yonr condescensiou, that the buii Of
bis party, the agent Of tliat department
which had, even ia these times ofpcace,
with infinite address, conuived to make