Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-08-04


90 tiwe; "nu tao human eye CaI Yet ioIesee
The fashion of their accomplishment. Bat
great changes are evidently preparing aud
in fifty years, most probably fu "A far shorter
Time, some material alterations must have Ia.
kcr psce Ia most OF the established govern
nsnts 0! Europe. aud lie iightS OF tue Euro
.pean ratlons been established on Il smrer aud
more durable basis. Halt ii century caunot
pass away in growing discontenis oiI>the part
OF the people and growing fears aud prccau-
lions on that OF ,heir rulers. This pfeten.
sions mast at last be put in issue; aud abide
the settlement OF force. or fear, or reason.
Looking back 10 what has already happened
in the world, both recently, and in ancient
tunes, we can scarcely doubt that the cause of
liberty viii DE ultimately triumphant. Bur
through what trials and sutierings what mar
tyrdons and prosecutions, it is doomed to
work out Its riumpbs, We profess ourselves to
tally unable TO conjecture. The distiniou CT
the lower aud the higher classes, which was
gradually disappearing with the increasing in.
telligence of the former, but has lately been
renewed by circumstances which we cannot
now stop To examine, leads, we must confess,
to.gioomy aAg0,ies as TO the character OF this
contest; aud fills us with apprehensions that
II may neither be peaceful nor brief. But in
this, and IN every otheF respect, we conceive
that much will depend or the part that i Ia
ken by America aud Oh the dispositions
which she may have cniIiyated towards tire
diterent patties conceTued Her great aud
growing wealth. aiid popuiation her universal
commercial relations I; her own inpree nabie
dissenuOn must give her prodisi ons powerans
inhuence IN such cris,s, either as mediator o.
u1ipires OF, II she takes part as an auxiliary
and ally. That She must wash well TO The cause
OF freedom, il woud be Indecent 10 duuui
aud that she should take an active part against
II, rs thing not even 10 be imag in.d but she
may stand alooi, a cold and disdanfui specta.
tor; and, cOunterfei,ing u prudent indiifer-
ence 10 scenes that nelthet can OF ought TO he
indifferent to her. may see, uuIiiov "a, the pro-
longation OF a lameDtable contest, which her
interference might either have.pi evented, O,
brought to speedy tel niinatiUu. Aud this
course she Will most probably follow, n she
allows herself to conceive aniipathies tO ma
tons for the faults OF Il few calumnous iudi-
viduals and especially it, upon grounds so
trivial, she should uurrish such am anlmosity
towards England, as to feel repIguance 10
make common cause with her. even in behalf
OF their common inheritance of freedom.
Tile example OF America has already done
much tor that cause aud the very eXisteuce
of sHch csuntiy, under snch a government
IS tower OF strength. and staudaid OF ei.-
courasenieUt for all who may hereafter have
10 struggle Tor the restoration or the eXieu-
sion of their rights. Ii shows within what
limits popular institutions are safe and pracli-
cable; aud what Il large infusion OF democfa-
cy is consistent with the authority OF govern
meht, aud the good oder OF society. Bat
her Influence. as ell az her example. will be
waited i'll the crisis which seems TO he ap-
preaching :: aud that Influence mus, Ne para
lived anu imperative, IL she shall think il a
duty TO divide herself from England. 10 look
with Jealousy upon her proceedings and 20
iadse unfdYorably of all the parties she con-
tains. W r do not ask her TO think well OF thdt
party, whether ia power or out of il, which
has always insuIted and reviled her because
she Is tree aud independent, and democratic
aud prosperous; bat we do confidently Law
claim 10 her favorable opinion for that great
majority OF the nation that have always been
opposed 10 rms party witch has divided
with her the honor o. us reproscfes, aud In
bound, by every confederation OF interest aud
duty, constituency and common sense, 10 mains
tain her rights sand her reputation and to pro-
mote aud proclaim hvi ProSperity"
Alter these high, aud we do not scru-
pie TO say, deserved compliments, he vim
dicates The Review more in delaIl, but
first he makes The following candid ac-
acknowledgement
1t will be understood that we deny alto
sether The justice oil The charge But we wish
distinctly 10 say iii the beginning, that if il
should appear 10 amy one that IN The course OF
a great deal oil hasty writing, by variety of
hdn"s, Ia the course OF twenty long years,
some rash or petuIapt expressions have been
admitted, al which the ratiOual ptidc OF our
transatlantic brethren mig t tie Justly offend
ed, we shall most certainly feel no anxiety 10
JustfS these expressions, uor any fear that
With Tie liberal aud reasonable part of the
nation 10 which they relate, oar asowal OF re-
gret tor having employed them would lot be
received as IA sufficient atonemenj."
His Vindlcailon consists chiefly i'm cou-
Tossing that the Review has sometimes
spoken iiarshiy OF our countrymcn, but
that II has sufficiently atoned for those
cenSures by more numerous praises, and
that in truth they really think very favor
ably of the United States that though
they have asserted that Americans have
scarcely any literature Of their own
growth, they have at the same time ex-
cuSed us, by admitting that our circum.
stances have led our men Of genius anoih-
er way that They have treated The works
OF American authors as favOrably as those
oil Europeans Of equal character, though
They admit Tue injustice OF some of their
remarks thai what they have said about
American manners Was not of sufficient
importance 10 excite any i'll will, and that
when they eXuited al the innocence of
England, aud al The guilt of America, i'm
holding negroes in bondage, they were
not so well acquainted %ith the history
ct The Unied States rs they now are, and
that III Fact they have no cause 10 boast
OIL that subirct. With regard to the
character OF England, they assert that
u has been painted by Mr.. Walsh IN loo
datk colours, and that IL is rather a dis
ioTird and deioTmed caricaiure than
Just portrait, and very fairly compare it
with mast DattcyiMs account Of tie same
country given by the same geaicmat in
1910, ,@bfn his feelings were not quite so
warmly American ~ they have SINCE be-
come. This is a very lar hit, aud we did
not ieel dispieased al il, though Mr.. Walsh
has ai0ned iorihOse thugs by this work,
which has Ia truth exiUrled from this
Journal on acknowledgement of lis Tor
neT errors. This is no ordinary merit.
but il does not wholly belong 10 him.
Though he las pointed OUT Their misre-
presentations, il would only have prucur-
ed tbs rc3eIlion of abuse had not iIlese