Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-06-05
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Brambcr, whom lie saw Just returning to
hls place, nigh, perhaps .!ink he was
treating this subject With too much levi
( ty; hui lie would iIeg thai honorable gen
tielnau 10 consider again, whether his
(MT. Cannin2's) notion of spies and Sifor-
m'rs VAS not al least the most practically
correct. a vast deal had beer said about
the suspension of the liabeas Corpuv, as
If bios had been *iru,k al the liberties
% The whole people. This was not The
case. lie was as much dispos d as any
man 10 think that crisis of affairs most
-la0rntablc, which required such an cx-
eriioH of r0wrr. Nay more--Ic would
so further: he moi ouly lameutpd the sns-
pension as a misfortune, bu, he charged
II as crnne: but moon whom did he SO
charge !, /! Not on the government, who
{ had ta'rlV come forward and laid before
5 Parliament The al Slair Of the co,,l;rx----
? not upon Parliament, lilo had deliberate
: iy acted upon The report of :: committee
/ oi the first rrspcciahili,y--n upon The
/ people oi England, as had been most un-
justly insinuated, brt 10 whose steady
| loyalty the utmost homage " as paid--bui
upon those designing and malignant
wr"iches. who attempted, out Of The dis
irrss oi a day, "a effect the dgsola;ion nf
the work OF ages who iuoked u2on The
not as subjects Of compassion, bur as In
slrumenis at crime. An Memorable ard
learned gcn'i man (Mr. Brcugliam) had
dpolosisri for proneuncing an elegant
panegyrc on Tie constitution til re- as
40 need Tor any apology lie should he
glad In JON III II, II l:e SAW tia, the con.ii-
tnlion was III any dagger; but tie case
WAS different, fer hoWerr the best frien s
Of the dclnded people; those who were
ALWAYS ringing ~ their ears that they had
rights, on those VITO, while they told them
OF their il3lis, told them fheI had dur s
also He would say 10 the real irieuis
OF The peopie-inSlruct and eniighien
them, and then there would be no danger
But do mol teach them To feel jea ruSy n
wealth, haired al rank and q general ha-
tired a. all superiority. Ii WAS ind ed a
proud boast OF our glorious constitution,
that the poorest peasant might emerge
rom the m aneai hut, and himself, or in
his descendant, rise 10 the highest rank in
The state. But was il therefore TO be said
that there rasio be 30 peasant, no nObies ?
Those who would 81 level, would not T.
qmaIze, bur destroy all ranks. all society.
Vel, IN spite ai tins truth, hatred to gov
eminent as government, 10 rank a. rank,
had been iudusiriousiy inFGlcalrd, and
tie starving artizan was told by his scdu-
Ger, all his dlstreSSes arose from a bad re-
presentation III Parliament | this asscr-
ton meant amy thing il must be ihis-that
far!iameni, a al present constituted en-
couraged unnecessary wars; that uune-
cessarY vars produced eXtravagaut exnrp
td"ure ;tha' eNirayH Eani expenditures pro-
durNd cyorbliant taxation; and that cx-
or2itanI TAXATION produced ovorw hciniius
misery. Now, what was Tic inference OF
Parliamentary ReformVrs Was il THAT
ParllamcRt, more popuiarizcd, more de-
lmocrailca!lS constituted, would be less
inclined 10 war lie would arnpaI 10 ali
history, ancient or modern. whether de.
mocratic states we're not lie !Ondest of
war. Look al Athens, look al Rome. and
the petty Republics OF i;aiy. Was no; tie
lappetite for war in all those governments
perpetualIy excited and perpciuaIly in
dulged Would the case be different II
mong ourselves? Was j; rot notorious
that the humbIesi peasants IN This coun-
fry had been used 10 symDaihisc with The
lvictories OF IFS warriors, and 20 feel them
selves partakers in their honor True il
vas that laiely the most scduious endrav-
ors had been excited 10 make them dead
to the giorIes of Waterloo, and alive 10
the lmpertections Of Old Sarun7. Put il
would not do; and lie must saw he dis
man who could build any hope on such
grounds. He was no. 10 mndcrvalue the
evils that might arise TO the constitution
from suspension of tie Habeas Corpns.
especially III The light of a precedent bmi
he could not think that Parliament had
shown any leaning against the peoplr.-
| Those but I'll read the signs Of The Tim 8
who thought so. The dangers that now
threatened society sprung from differ
eut source. II was not more idle i'm the
time o. imperial Rome, ts drclaim about
Hruius and Tarquim, than it was now TO
talk about >ervllc Pariiamenls or an nsmrp-
my Crown. II was al all times the du-
Nv ni Parliament 10 guard against lie
blasting OF the lightning from above, or
me destruction by an explosion from h =
low. IL would he The boast of the present
| Parliament. that although lhev had fallen
| nj 9 lime when ibe very ark Ofthe consti-
tuition trembled in IFS shrine, vet they had
| the happiness of seeing, through their
means, The shrine still srctEe, The temple
still iirin and unimpaIrcd.
Mr.. LAMBToN rose TO ask an expjana-
ton as Ia tie terms dolt and idiot. so
literally applied by the Right Hon. Cen
tleman, (Mr. CanniugD
| Mr.. CANNING observed, HAT the words
dropped from him uuinieniionallv i'm the
heat OF The debate, and that he had no de
sign of applying them IN their common
acccptaiion.
MIR. LAMBToN supposed so : indeed it
was not OF any consequence, except i'm one
lsense-and that was. SORT Of fear. that as
the Right Hon. Gentleman had applied
ilIe same terms 20 The dear friends now
united with him in office, the use Of them
might be prelude TO An intimate union
between bIm and the Right IIoa. Gentle