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


Go OH, sir, pray YOU: proceed will,
your pleasantries lish, up Ire dungeon
with ile flashes ofyour merrimeni: make
us familiar, make us pleased, with The an
guish of The captive; teach us how 10 look
upon torture and tyranny as agreeable
lrires Lf Whips and manaoles become
the play things of parliament; let patriot
ISM ana principh' be preserved ONLY AS
VAIN names, the materials of a lest and
as You Lave convulsed the bed o, sick
ness With Your unbal'owed mi,ii. disturb
WIN appropriate mOckery, tho long Fore
told approaching EmAanasie of The expir-
ing constitution.
Dut C0nf;ne your Efforts TO that assem-
Diy where they have been so favorably.
SO thankfully received. You viii tind no
oiber ho arers. Inn are EUilimg i.rt On
mar stare The clerks, the ca. ,lles. lie
pea'eo amos here, the mummeries aud
decorations, the trained, packed. naner
aW'iehce, confused, bela'cdand faded in
loa AN appetite tor the grDssest siiinu!ants:
these are The preparations indispcnsable
10 your exhibition.
hank Heaven, however. the House of
Commons Is not the only tribunal; Yndit
Is possible That IN spite of your extlaor-
binary progress and probable success,
',ere may sim he, III this countr, a BODY
OF men, now dispersed, but whom Ill. If
'oihnen,nteresis Will Que day coilrctand
uhiie Tor the defence of their rights and
The punishment either oppressors.
beisVe me, Sir, not an echo of those
shouts oiiaughter which hailed vonr ies,s
upon rebeIlious ell! age and fraitnrous
disease, not an echo has b en- lost i'm the
woe circumter, ne of the British Islands.
nose Shouts still ring in eur ears {: iEey
VIII never die away until we are finally
extrpa'ed by your triumph, or YOU are
ann'ililated by our Indignation. Do not
ilatleryourseif that, by securing the con-
nivance OF Parliament, you are safe from
all national cenSure. Parliament does
not represent the feelings, any more than
The interests, of the British nation. Ii
would be an insult 10 this great, this glo-
rions people to suppose HAT their repre-
sentaIivcS were sent To The House of Com
nous to encourage the playful ferocifv of
a hardened politician. The nobler por-
non OF The nation are certainly not mem
hers al either House: The better educat-
ed, the more enlightened, and the more
"ea'thy, at least the more independent.
are TO be found without the walls of Par.
lament You are (and what dishonest
man Is not y an enemy 10 Reform. But
you shall be told, sir, that tile extreme
necessity OF Reform, and of choosing our
representatives from some other classes
OF society was never so decidedly shown
as In the reception Of Your speech. If
MI. canning was, on q former occasion,r
! appiauded for saying that the consiiiu-
ton OF that assembly could not he bad.
which " worked so yell an practice as 10
admit OF The selection ofsuch men as Mr..
Wind'am and Mr.. Horner, am sure il
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sembly can have no feelings or opinions.
III common with the rest oftheir country.
men, which would receive, with shouts
OF approving laughter, such speech as
this OF Mr.. Canning.
our practice, sir. may Work well in the
House OF Commons but are we 10 be-
come accompllces IN the crime of acQui-
escehce I'm suchrIotous, wauton ribaldr,
Ood forbid. Your IMMUNITY will be our
| reproacli; let me, therefore record the
Judgment of one who shall be heard.
since he speaks the sentiment of your
countrymep. You cannot be far from the
close oiyour career, for either we shall he
so lost that all your farther efforts will be
supertiuous, you will be so resisted as
10 disable You forever al once from all
noxious cxertion. This, then, NAV be
the time Tor summing up the evidence.
! furnished by the unbiased, uncOntrad;c.
tory witnesses of your life; and for enab-
| ing your couDtrymen 10 pass to verdict.
your current Is muddy, even al the
| spring, ana runs clear IN no part of its
winding, babbling course. let him
| speak, whoever knew you in possession of
any respectable reputation. The rag Won
stole from MIR. Sheridan. mantle. was al
ways 100 scanfy foCOver your nakedness.
Like all nilnics, you caught on.y tie
meaner characteristics OF your archet, De
| oTatorical, not orator poetaster, moi po-
ct; willing, not vii. You were never The
hrst ar best in any one line of action
| iou might not have been altogetheriBept
OF SLOW IN playing second parts, bat on
| no one occasion have you ever eyinced
tildt integrity either OF prlHciple or capa-
| Guy, WHICH The lowest amongst us are ac-
customed to require from the preteuders
10 excellence. Your spirit was rebuked
III presence ofthose accomplished persons
whom the followers Of all parties recoo-
nized as beings of higher order, and
we're willing 10 yield even more Difference
than their unsmbilious merit required.
The chances ofsurvivorship have len you
a great man IN these days Of little men:
but you keep true to the epic rule-zyou
end as you began power las conferred
upon you no dignity elevation has not
made your posture more erect. The de-
eency OF your character consists in lis en-
tire conformity TO The original conception
formed of YOU in early Fife. 1T has Dor
rowed nothing from station, nothing from
experience. II becomes you, and would
disgrace any other man. Mean and trj-
ming as Won are, IT is not, however, to be
overlooked. that you lave the power Of
mischief. You belong to class of men
| who have been adiudeed most nernicions