Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1818-06-09

,i'at can possibly arise from the former ia
ihe eXculpation of yourself and your hate
fui fraternity, from some unteunded
( charge (an excuIpation which own To be
! productive of mischievous results y but
The teast evil that can be produced by the
credulity OF tie Head of the Police, is the
suspension OF our Liberties is the inpri-
soninent, the ruin, the torture, of our in
n"ctnf fellow subjects is the present diff
fusion at suspicion and and treach
cry, and The establishment of wicked pre-
cedenis. which accusiem The peonle to
| extraordinary acts of government. and
| must finally he fatal TO the constitution.
Wien next, therefore, you indulge your
| legislative audience with the hypothesis
| OF Year d"liship and idiocy, do not fonrd
mat impIoba' iIity of so extreme 4, ase
upon YOUR prudent sceptieissu and dis.
ccuragement of all iniormers. The Sss-
pension Pill las been suspended, but the
asses mouths OF the home office are as
open as ever To any charge, provided only
that IT be TO Tic discredit and destruction
| on some suspected, HAT Is, snne indepen-
dent, member otthe conmupiiy.
is not, have before told YOU, m, OBJ
| lect 10 refute your detesiable doctrines:
Whateverwns tangible, whichever offhose
doctrines had any real existence (for the
grea,er part OF your arguments were but
The piiansoms OF folly and insornce J had
been bandled and disposed of before YOU
arranged them IN The hues OF YOUR own
nnrd rlequence, and, by appropriaiing
these principles 10 yourself, consigned
them 10 eternal intamy nor shall un-
dertakc the ungra,e!ul lahcr Of following
You through all your flinpancies nor
blow away Tie sup, fetal froth, 10 arrive
at The vile, vapid liquor beneath. 1t is
sufficient for my purpose to tell on, that
The general tone of your dis, curse was
such as would have disgraced the defence
OF virtue, and was intolerabc in the apolo-
S'st and defender Of depra,iiy and such
as Will not be borne as long as this people
nave II IN Their power 10 control, in any
way, the conduct OF their presumed repre-
sentativcs. Had your pleasantries been
| as poiite as they were rustic, had they
been as humane as they were airocious.
they would still have been misapplied in
discussion professedly treating of the
fundamental Interests of your country,
and even IN your own view of the ques-
| ton, OF dellnquencies arising confessedly
| from the disiresses of your fellow subjects.
mat you should brand with the uame Of
rebel and traitor, those whom YOU have
been unable TO prove reeeiiious and trail
forous, is bat in the ordinary course Of Of
| ncial perseverance and incorrigible folly
| Dnf that you should presume 10 assail
those unfortunate individuals, the victims
| OF your own recorded 'credniiiy. by Dak-
| iBg mockery of old age, and ofthe Datu-
| raj inhrmiiies which have been occasion
| cd by your own injust,ce!! Such an out
| rage upon your audience-how is that 10
he accounted for? An expression applied
10 MIR. Ogden, az used by Mr.. Canning,
| Is mere introduced, tie wit ofwhici, is not
as obvious as the indelicacy.l And this
| mao, 'his monstrons sally, was applaud
| ed-was received with roars of laughter
| and 1t there was a confession from some
more candid lips, that such illusions were
not quite IN good TASTE" an excuse was
drawn from tie uaymfh of the debate /:
| clear as II was, to those accustomed 10
! your patchwork, that the stupid aIltera-
ration was one of The i'll tempered vesp-
ons coolly selected from your oraiorical
| armory.
Certainly, sir, you found the legislative
| assembly more tractable than your sove-
reign, who has, more than once, rcpulsed
your rude familiarity. His Majesty, were
he now on the throne, would recognise the
tronliess upstart who placed the hand of
ms sovereign upon the seat of The wound
which had been Inflicted upon him as The
reward of his dupliciiy aud of him who
had referred him 10 brother Minister.
with the indecent freedom Of equal init,
macy. When, sir, you placed the King s
hand npor yOp thigh, when YOU told him
| you Wonld send to Pembroke, you gave rise
10 resentment, such as would have af-
| fecied your honest interests, whilst the
throne OF England was filled by gentle
man. But, presume, the silent rcbuke
OF offended majesty was not sharp enough
to be felt by the coarseness Of YOUR tex
tIre (; for the insult offered 10 those who
should be the representatives Of the peo-
pie, and TO the people themselves, is equal
| ~ rude and familiar, and is ten times
more Overbearing, IN every Respect, than
| that which before offended your Sove-
reign. You have never, sir, before, found
n body OF your countrymeh so patient. so
lost to all sense Of shame, as your fellow
members of the House of Commons.
Even the Underlings ofihe Foreign Office
| broke INTO murmurs az yonr unusual ar
rogance. The little knot of defendants
who we're willing 10 make common stock
and carry themselves 10 market will, Won.
| have become ashamed Of the tTifIin0 os-
cillatlng butioom, whom they misiook for
The head Ola party, and who accepted the
ilTst and lowest vacancy thai could replace
AIM IN Tie precincts Of power. Even the
miserable chuck fartIiug, Ward, who has
learnt from you how TO run riot on his own
Toguery, owns, that he hesilates between
The disgrace OF Serving without wages.
and OF being dismissed without cha
| racter."
In the House of Commons alone Won
md yourself taken on your word. with no
inquiries made and when YOU display
ne whole deformiiy of heart devoid of
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