Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-10-29

mon consent. Every true Enelishnan
must now take his stand, and assert his
undonbied right. We are moi now met a.
consider under What .polilicaI mot.iiica.
ilon the liberties OF the country are 10 be
secured, nor on what fundamental laws
They are TO be the best secured and pro-
! lected but II Is whether that great essen
tlal principle of all liberty is To be any
| longer suffered To eAist-whetiler the
people are any longer TO have the right of
discussing, aStI,eir ancestors have done.
| public questions. This is The great prin-
eiple we lIave met 10 assert, and trust II
is one on which EngliShmen of every
party viii be ready Ia go hand in hand,
even TO death. (Great applause | hold
| that 10 be right not only of English
| meH, but one inherent in man-0ue ante
cedent TO all political Institutions, and
OF which no political institution can
Justly deprive mankind. |, is 10 be dis
cusscd by us here io.day whether Eng
lisilmen are any longer 10 meet according
To lau-wheilier the law shall p-nteci
them IN the exercise of this undoubi;a
right, against the madness and violence
OF their enemles-w whether we are 10 sub
mt lightly or arbitrarily TO a military
! sESteni--or whether ours Is in future 10
| be Government Of law, as il ought, or
Government OF discretionary aud arbi-
| Irary violence. (Cries Of 81" N,rr1 ~ |
trust yonr feelings this day will slew that
! adherence of the late proceedings al
| Manchester which will sci proper ex
ample 10 The counlrv-which will ensure
The support and cooperation OF every
man IN the country, OF every honest En-
| 9liSliman, who prefers government of
! law 10 government Of the sword-of
| every man who abhOrs "A cruel and unne.
cessary shedding of hlood, and who
prefers rational law that ensures his
liberty, 10 one which, by the application
of violence and blOodslIcd, can only end
| III anarchy and desrOiism. { Loud shouts.
| Every man who thus pre- lerS the dominion
OF English law, must express his detes
talon OF the late proceedings at Man
| chester--every man who regards his ow II
| interest and honor, must shrink from
| approving measures of such ii nature as
those lately resoried 10 by The Magistrates
OF Manchester, and must step forward
| and vlndicale The outraged liberties of his
country from the az, that has been COM
miited against them. II these things
| can be done with impuniiy, why, we shall
have then TO ask our masters, whether we
are allowed TO breathe ihe air, whether we
have right 10 use our own limbs, whe
Their Ne are 10 consider The noses ON our
faces TO be our own, and whether We, the
people oil England, are 10 be allowed
| TO shew them where we please, with
| out the previous permission Of his Ma
| jcsty's Government (L0md laughter aud
immense applouse.) know there are men
who think our meeting prematurc-who
| think there Is moi evidence enough vet
| before the country 10 Unable il TO Judge
| OF those sorrowiul proceedings. say
| there is evidence enough before u.s. Are
| not the facts before us-(Ciies of =" tkey
a,e."J The scandaIous, the shameful.
! the nndenlable facts, undenied even bv
| the party In administration, which is al
the bottom OF all these proceedings, and
| which has, since their occurrence, had
| The folly as well as the wickednrss TO
take the odium on their own shoulders :?
Loud applause ] say, after that, ], who
was never III my life before all advocate for
apaTilcular change OF administration, that
The time has now come when, from one
end OF the country TO the other, the
people should come forward and with
one voice call for a change of admins
fration against the men who have illus
conHienanccd the shedding Of blood.
{ ApptanSs.) IL would have this eiiect--it
would shew the great precedent and
example 10 the people of England of
disgraced and turned out administration;
turned out for a daring violation Of the
liberties OF their cnuntrymen. (IuHlui-
tHoUS applause Can any man read the
defence of these Minisiers-lhe defence
set up by their own venal scribes-can
any man read this and moi have, if there
were nothing else before him, ample evil
dence tojusiify his condemnation Of their
proceedings These writers have stu
| pidly and wiCkcdly tried 10 exc out
grounds 10 Justify the indelensible arrest
| oi Mr.. Hunt. That warrant OF arrest is
| Illegal, and il is 10 be hoped, in the end
| these Magistrates, these pre.eminentIy
| distinguished Manchester Magistrates
| Loud laughter will AT length find that
| they have gone beyond lie law. This
arrest - justified on oath, too. These
very wise defenders Of Government have
found that an oath what oath IAN
| oath 10 fact, to something chat n man
can swear TO No, but what iaink Won
| 10 an oath ol mans opinion Did any
body before ever hear OF such an cath Z
| ~ lhIs very moment, for any thing
know, some wiscaCre may be making The
same oath regarding It's before a person
! age inst as wise, think, as the MancLes-
! ter Magistrates. mean Lord Sdmouth.
the third Secretary of SLATE, as he il
called, but. III fact, according ls the old
SHE, The Lieutenant Of Police. a Noble
L"rd, believe, quite OF 4 par IN point Of
wisdom with thc Manchester Magistrates.
! ( Laughter anil 0ppiapse.J Somebody, for
aughi know. may be now swearing on
his opinion, thai our meeting will he
| hiHhs, end in the confagraion of West
Iinster--(Lougher.) by possibility, a
most respectable witness may be swear
ing similar oath before another sapient
! anthNrIi, q Clilzem. elecled no honhi for