Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-09-21


lllustrious chief, Bolivar, who MAS sufficiently
informed OF the generous character vi the peo-
pie OF this country, TO enable him TO appIec-
ale the value u Their apprUhatIou. Here the
General pronounced an elOque al pauCgNiic ON
The character and talents OF the President, Boz
livar, whom he described as a mau of an eniaI-
sed aud pbilosophic mind who had travelled,
aud learned 10 Know the human character, by
personal experience. There Was "a cirCun-
stance, To which he would beg leave 10 claim
their attention. 1t had been reported, that
arts ana misrepresentation had beeU used 10
cajOe Young gentlemen To embark in the We
heLuelran service he was uov surrounded
by Il large number of those Officers who had
honoured him sy placing themselves under has
4 command he would ask them, before this nIi-
ulerOus and respectable company, u he had t.
yer used snch artet (iie,e scrernl co;ces cried
out No, Herer.l Ne, on the contrary, lac had
| uniformly told them II was "a service OF much
danger, where great prvations must oe euGu-
red, aud that their ultimate reward wugiu de-
, pend solely upon ihe success of their enter
pi'Ze. In the event OF tins success which he
most fcrventlN hoped AID confidently locked
Tor, The reward would certainly be giU,iuns
one. They wHuiG cIjpN liberty llItv nuuld
ENJOY independence i; They wOuid tie the nos
seSSo,sota rich soil, with all the pecuniary ~
wards decteed by the Government OF Nrne-
! Lueia. Such will be their return tor IiIe SET
vices they may reader lite cause OF iibc,i, and
| suffering humanity; hut, ia obiaiunu: The al
Nahta:es nave aientiontd, l shal! uuw say
! what have always said Il shalt now repeat
toWS brave companions IN arms, that thCy
! "iIiaVe many ptiSatIoDs to endure, a;d ma.
| ny dangers Ia eEcou.fer. | now tell them
thiS (; aud iei II no; he saId hereafter, that
nave s'uuctdmy ConEtrymen rom their homes
! OF ueiuhed or deceived any MAN. Although
| II might SAVIOR ut esOiisn, he " unlu say of HIM.
sell, that his character stood so high that ,lu-
! thing tut loily as well as basencss, could lead
| HIM To practice arts .iiat Would disgrace il:
ana thous Ia his FANNY c"u,d not boast OF oh
antiquity equal 10 ihat OF the O'Conne,iS. and
| "A ~ N,I
| ne con'd say, that Tor d PERIOD of six centuries
, h!s ancestors >GccessiNeIy oCcubied their ma
I've heids ia In. county OF WeAiUrd ; and, he
trusted. he Uever would be guilty Of an act
| To tarnish their name, or cast a shade upou
t"eir memory. lie was vain, lie admitted, AT
| being honoured this day by the countenarce
h'" Support OF Two OF iiis personal tiends, na-
ives OF " eAtord aud also tic friends OF his
falniIy lac meant the venerable and hOuOura-
| n!e SIR Frederick Flood, and Colouel Hay, Of
| MS maJesiys service: he was also proud TO
see near MN anoi her Wexford man, Colonel
i'Sster, vile had placed himSe, II under his COM
| m'hd, and of whose conduct as an officer OF
| ms stall. he could speak in terms of unmixed
| Appreciation. Bot perceive, my Lord (said
une Ge"eraD that in speaking thu, OF these
| KehiIemrn "fmy native ceunty. am, in fact
| Watering myself; shall, therefore, desist and
speak OF what more immediately concerns
| lh'S enlightened assembly. Tie General then
vook eo'SprehenSiVe view of The state OF
| south America, and of the great advantages
| which Tie British empire, and Ireland IN mar
! ocular, would derive irem The establishment
OF independence aud iibe,ty, in that fine poi-
! 'ioh OF Inc world. lie observed, that British
couhtrce and manufacturers were driven out
| OF their ancient channels bv The events of the
| 'atr war, aud by the growing isduStry, and
| daily increasing Jealousy OF the continental
| states OF Europe. Great Britain and Ireland
| must lben seek mex iket, aud in no pIace
| can She fimd il but in South America; ;hat
| market may yet save her from ruin: aud for
Tue linen trade OF Ireland, If the South Ameri-
tahs are treated accSrdirg to the rules Of d
| WISE poucN, ii wall more than compensate the
manufacturers of Ulster for Il \ loss OF every
oueI mark Ell III the world. lie was anxious
TOT me independence OF South America ; he
| ioVeu hneIty lie loved X cherished her iui.ge
| III his heaft since he could FIST sCafnper over
| the green hills OF his native country. He
| WouIu 10 all M has rnWer to see il enitroneh
, IN The new world; he knew their sutie iiy and
was nefP'S Interested for The late OF The South
Americans, but lie never could forget 10 feel
| Tor ms own country. And IL was the cuuyic-
Ton ut has mud, and the best calculation of his
! Judgment, that he could mUi serve his country
| DttteF IMAM ny lighting the battles ct the SOU
lhtih provinces OF America d country hie.-
sea ny Heaven, but cursed hy man rich in all
! mat nature can beStOw. but for ages blasted
ny The most whitening despotism that ever
shocked ana diNsraced humanity. lis would
| not enter INTO detail of the various matters
| connected with this important suhiect-this
| was not the place for II lie had already taken
| up too much OF the time of an assembly, whose
! membrance-lhe recollection would be useful
! as well as consOling, to his heart. u would he
! useiuI, because III whatever situation lie mi ht
| chance TO be placcd-whetlIcr in council or in
me held-he wonid consider that the eyes of
tndt assembly were upon him-he would con-
Sider II ever present, and with such a sentinel
over hts actloms he felt confde mt that he could
never 20 Intentionally astray. trust that the
oihcets OF The legion will also keep this assem-
bly, III remembrance, and reflect that their ac-
4 q he frhp nd
Judged by the most lIOnoura BILE men of their
own country. He felt that he had trespassed
loo long upon their lme.-[ No, no! rtSounded
| through The rom. H should, however con-
cIude with once more returning his heai tteIt
| thanks Ter the honour conferred on him aud
| the cause of South American freedom-an ho-
noun Efeaily enhanced by the rank aud cha
| faCteT OF those bestOwiug it, He concluded
| an elOqneUtspeech, delivered with ease aud i'm
! preSSl'eneSs, by proposing the health of the
| Noble Chairman. 1t wonld be needless for
MN 10 attempt TO pronounce AN euiogium on
Inc vITinous aud patriotic Nobleman who pre.
| SIDED. His merit was not thar he was ard
SAL" Gen. DEyereuX emphdtically, but a noble
man.
General D'Erereur stood up to thank the
coihp any, in the name OF his friend tile brave
aud vruous President of the RepubIic Of
Venezuela, General Bolivar. The General
was extremely happy i'll giving an ouriiue Of
ihe public and private life OF lllIs celebrated
cblef. lie was descended lac said nf an auci-
enI aud noble family, aud found himself. AZ The
neSlhiIhE OF the reVolutiOu,a proprietor of
lioJ slaves, aud with "a revenue of 200 900
crowns. Onjoning Miranda, his first act was
t"e emancipation OF Ills slaves ~ soon after he
embarked his whole property in the cause.
General Miranda proposed to make hin, Sc
coma IN command hut such was the diftidcuce
ana CHARACTERISTIC modeSty Of u.is eAralent
man, ti'ai lac would not accept tie cunlinapd
OF regiment TecoI!ect (>aii the general
having sailed in company with linn though
nor ~ 'he same ship, from CdriIa.rrl. al n
iime when, by the chance of war, he had lost
every thing-Dut lac did not despair. lie was
subsequently invited by the Republic Of Bue-
nos ayes 10 takc Il command in thai state
| against the coiHmon enemy but this offer he