Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-12-11
For THE ENQUIRER.
THE. INDIE E'NISi No. 9.


ENoriens nostio eiaiius Ofbe u',crit
| Han pride and spiendor % Coiuu,.ia'. .iort,
| For BIi,aiu's yNke uunound. anu urcc.lf won;
Hail wne IL. or,eni wa..s out n.oiu eriot,
AMI oaT ir=e pliins blush not to NEE, ilc pa.
Several years had elapsed .tncs had irit
! the warm and open-hta,tcd state OF NY ,iatiVi-
| ~, and t"ese years passed under c,ie"nsl dii-
Ses OF Jistfess aitd auAiTtN aud among pCrpie
| OF comparatively cold aud u.tcel,uc n-uCtrl
| had doubly endeared ils 'ecoiieciio" IA G,c--
| Ii Is ouly, when we arr taken NJ. "f.ei our
| sentiments aud manners are indeiibi, sndin-
| ehacabls. formed and impressed, and suddenly
| set down, among people OF a tempe taneot,
! diftereut IN its degree OF openness or reserve,
aud ieel, asst were, a kind OF mental shock
from the superior frigidIty or vivacity Ut treat
! Ment, 10 he compare ed III some desl ee, to the
| cOrporeai effect OF sudden exposure 10 nnusual
| heat or coid-iii rs then, that we long for our
accustomed homes witt species ut malddte
| dupaSs all Its iJNrerieCtionS ATE forgotten.
and all that We complain Ut dt home we are
| then tempted To euiogize.-ii IS mentioned
| beieve by ChateaGbraud, that several French
uobltmen, driven nom ihou country by The
I revolution, tell victims Ia oncls with torcign-
ers, occasicned by discuss Gus, III which they
defended the courage asd ccIduct of those
very Republican armies, Whose successes we're
perpetuatiHg the eAil, OF their king and of
| the Tselves-But {" Ieturh 10 my subject, l
feit increasing expansion OF heart on quitting
Tie colder atmos pheTe OF our MOI ihern bt eth
reu, aud approaching the banks OF the Poto-
| hdC-It va fnt'-SulnnleT evening, when ( Ell
! tered the boat which was TO pass consideta-
| bic distance down the river. previous To its
! touching on the Virginia side In addition tn
| me moral interest at the scene To me, there
WAS charm in the INCREASING Insurance of
! The foliage of the forests, the more perccptihle
| the more gained upon the s0uib The miiG
| rays OF the descending sun. play ed with tenn
pered wa,mih. upon the dark green leaves of
Tie trees upon the bankS-Ihe ditIusivc sheet
| OF tie majestic stream seemed 10 EXPAND It's
| arms. as we descended, while the eye turned
from the retiring hills, 10 trace the still unfold.
| ing outline OF the succeeding sh0res-Thffio-
Olenes> of the broad extending river, the tenn
pered majesty OF the setting sun. the varying
spiendor ot It's canopy OF clouds, then BRAIDED
with purple and gold, the stillRess of all sur
rounding nature, only interrupted by the ripple
OF tie boat all contributed To raise aspirations
consentaneous IN the scene, anu TO invite the
| mipo 10 associations sprnging from the gran
| neur oil surrounding objects-1u Ining the
view from those objects the eve restea or tJouut
| lerhon, and the spot that contains the gave OF
| HdShingfon-The moral interest, raised by the
| contemplation of such objects excited tram
OF thought. the leading features of which.
| we're embodied, OH the spot, in the following
stauZas-
| 7Hs red cross hero dosh'd NTH saord in hand,
Through dangers dire 10 S1fea,s hoIV shrine
and, tftert the Scm0On SusepS The barren sand,
| SHApass The pitgrims 70 their tomb diuine.
Ind tphere .4nsOuia trapes her rlsssic lrand
StiH t0t1rfstS trace the Footsteps ~ the nine;
and p05tHltO "Ods its myrtle brom,
" ME FiTgfs shade is kait.d. ana paid the poets
Bur nor Il pilgrim seeks gen fOmly grars,
No patriot forms high aspirations there
IHoHsh Recer Hope to human trishsS garc
n ritter shrine 10 rake the pat, iUf'S prayer,
Ahat, Ger the land, he0ueH destined him to SGr6,
ny, uho sleeps Ieior, as pure as hearers on air.
1he unt0iHtod breath " liberty may breathe
| 1fnd +fDarsRthiI,s tGIoiurbia's trreatEe.
The discussions relative to erecting mopu-
ments 10 Washington, subsequently brought
| on, both iii Congress and the Legislature of
Virginia, recently recalled TO my mind nv
m md 4 i.on
fence OF the foregoing verses. while the sub
Ject OF the monuments suggested to me some
o6seryatioGsl III regard 10 the merits and objects
of such erections.
Congress, soon after the death of General
Washington. and al subsequent intervals, pas
sed resolves and entered iuto discussions of
propositions. to build monuments at the Fede-
raj City and convey the bones of the beuefac-
tor of has country, thither- Virginia, likewise
with what was esteemed ldudable attention
10 the memory of her iiiustrious sou, has sug-
gested the pr0priety of the removal OF his re-
inRiiis TO Richmond and has actually entered
npOD preparatory steps for the erection of the
monument at that piace-Still, though INV
opinion MAY be considered eccentric, would
not wish To see any splendid monument erected
TO Washington aud still less 10 any such
editice located Of may use the terin) in any
great city, ar even populous place AS To the
dincreUi propositions about removing the re-
mains, whatever may be the wishes of the state
OF virginia in relation TO their transferrebce
from Mount Vernon 10 Richmond, | hope she
Will ever reinSe her consent, and use her most
strenuous endeavots TO oppose their being car.
RED from their native soil iHto any other state
or pace-As she ought to consider his being
born III II, "a legacy Of honor 10 the state SO
she should deem the preservation of his Teiiss
III her bosom. legacy OF reverence and of
sacred duty-And, as the bones of the saints
are considered, by the superstitions religion.
lists as blessing. TO the place in which tlry
repose so we should deem. lis grave among
us, as bequest never to be relinqnished-F For
Tho L.,
be thought as visionary as the virtues of The
sainted religion, yet as the preservation of the
remains is connected with that consciousness
OF nearer relationship with such character,
than others possess. i'll which consciousness
we consider something of bis glOries aud vir.
tues TO be more nearly appropriated 10 us than
10 Others, ana as snch an appropriation is cal
cuiated 10 excite high aspirations and ardent
emulation when We may be Joined in action
with those Others, what was thought vain as
ISOLATION OF ideas, becomes the source of
tangible gOOd.-We sboHld therefore never
wish 10 see Virginia expressing rerrats similar
TO those eXtOrted from Florence when disap-
pointed in obtaining the remains Of their native
poet Dante, from the citizens Of Ravenua who
eXulted IN tie possession OF ihem-Buf, though
/ think the most excellent monument for
Washington should be found in the bosons of
his counti ymen-in gratitude for his services
recollection OF his virtues, aud determination
10 preserve those institutions pure that he con-
tributed 10 establiSiI--Yet. if a monument must
be erected TO him, should wish to see il piac-
ca over hts graveat Mount Vernon | consider
That the feelings monument erected ~ such u
character, Oug ht to excite, would he PRODUCED
III better, and impressed in a stronger man
uer, iu such situation than in any other-I
consider, that tie only impressions, Tor the
production OF which such display ought to
be made in II Republic, are hardly ever pro-
duceu except III situations of solitude aad rec
tiTemeDt from the hustle of ciiiss-aud iu y hat
retired position, cOnld they be so powerfully
excited az in thisl tie home of the father of
his Countrywide place Of his domestic retire
ment-aud the scene of hid ath. II the mon
MmEml rs imlcLhnn for any IL1nn Inn Lnr L.