Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-03-19

AIRY auyeme TAI ~ France, which soon swell
led lnio mighty tempest, that made
every ihrene III Europe tremble, Mira
beau boosted that he carried the French
revelation up u his shoulders; he was
the master spiri, that rode i'm the storm.
and directed lis lightning. The proud
ambition OF deserving the confidence, and
achieving liberty tor his coantry, sunk
under the Establishments of aristocracy-
he sold hiaiselt 10 lie court. aud expired
IN the conflict between his ambition and
ms avarlce: his ireachery dissolved The
elements OF assoc;aiiou; confidence in pro-
LESSONS vanished suspicion infused itself
into the mass of revolutionary materials,
which was working for The emancipation OF
man, and produced those tliroes aud con
vulsions that desolaied Europe, and left
france exhausted and Cnslaved.
he constitution not demanding the u
dopiion of the resolutions, justice and
policy both forbid il. You are now en-
gagged IN proiractcd negotiation with
SPAN the tone of whose minister rises
with every denunciation against the add
nnnis'railoH. He considers The, interest
of liis master taken into your goodly
keeping. Your bankrupt merchant has
died, IN the vain expectation of indem-
MITIGATION TOR Spanish spoiiaion upon
your commerce. He has left The distant
gilmmerlng hope as a legacy to his impo-
Verished family, vino in vain look TO this
government for justice. Spanish diplo.
macy SPINS out negotiation, and delays
stiii longer retrlbut,oD. The high DIES.
my nf this growing empire demands the
requirement of Floritla-ihe peace and
tranquility OF a large extent OF popula-
non depends upon its puSsession and In
stead OF acceleraiing her marc h, YOU are
employed m moOiing constiiuiioEal
points, invisible TO AN ordinary mind, and
escaping technical inquisition The con
siln'on Is the palladium of your liber-
ties, so plainly written, that he who runs
may read--a sacred bequest, TO be trans
mitied un,mpaired 10 posterity moi
an instrument TO be perverted 10 the
purposes oi oppression. General Jack
sou Is to be stricken into. dust by these
resolutions You recolect, sir, when this
House was covered with gloom and des-,
epndency that editice, now rising into
spiendor from ruins, presented the sad
spectacle of national disgrace, inflicted
by the Vandal spirit Of British haired
your resources exhausted; The nation pa
ralized; powerful party in this House
GRIPPING all your efforts; The fall of
Orleans had been loudly proclaimed. Aw-
fnl apprehension and aching s0icitude
filled every patriotic bosom, aud the birds
OF Ill omen had began TO croak the down
fall oil this republic! You recoliect the
bright morning that succeeded that dark
night. You recollect the day when the
news of lie 9Th of January arrived-joy
lighted up the counIenance, and pride
elevated the crest of the friends of fiber
ty. You then acknowledged Jackson
your deIlverer. Berot tired with hearing
his deeds recounted; his glory is the pro
perry OF the nation, and has surrounded
your country with wall of fire. Give
not to America "A Bellisarius, nor pemit
the historian, with his immortal pen, to
inscrIbe the name of another Aristides
upon his page.
Sir, upon every view of this subject, |
shall vote against the resolutions.