Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-11-21

freenlen-that the peOole hare their rights in. !
IL. Sdent OF sovereisus, and that all the pow ef
" h!Ch kings exercise, is only a tInst for the,
common good -
None OF the English Radicals, with Hunt
and Cobbett at their head. could 20 farther IN
,indication OF popular tights, than Qneen Ca
rVline has done. Gerald, when trieu tor high
treason. before the Jnsiicisr, OF Scotland, ne.
yer uttered Il more animated deDuucidtion a
gaiust The impoteucy OF oppression To rule the
understanding, than when she declares III
nearly similar terms. that " il is as vain to
oppose the commands of public opinion, as il
would be TO order tile earth not TO revoive up
oil its axis
Her eulosium npop The love of liberty is rot
only Just. bit IL Is impressive, Ii is truh dress.
ed up in the gTaceS OF eioqueuce. Ii is scarce
ly inferior 10 some OF the fine bursts OF feel.
ing, which distiDg nished The boldest period Of
the French Revolution. Strange TO hear such
language from the lips OF Il Royal Consoft i
Strange, that tho occupants Of thrones should
preach UP doctrines that wouid in fact over
Throw them! OF course, she does not pen
these things herself. Bnt her amanuens.s must
be amongst The most fesouieo of the English
ketoimeis, or theS dre playing upon the ieel-
ines OF ihe:people Tor the beL,tit Of their mis-
trees. They ate striving perhaps by = raising
the whirlwihd," TO ave tho tbrone--or in case
Tie bill shoulu 20 ainst her, to r0nSe the p.o-
pie 10 amy deed, We know not what, ut fury or
| OF revolution. Ii is Impossible, that such doe
uines eau be heard without producing some
teinient in their minds.
There is some ddrOiiness in CONNECTING her
fate with tic liberty ct the peop,e-iai per
suad;ng them that " The real object of her Der.
| secution Is To prepare the neck OF the nation
tor the yoke OF seIvitude"--but parade Alcal as
| II ma. appear il may have some Truth in it
| For, whatever strikes down any OF tho estab.
| !iSiied bnlwafks of the law, whether to reach
| queen or pea'ant, may let in ilsOd OF OPP.
| piession upon tire whole einpiis
| Her expose OF the purposes OF tie holy
/ alliance" is as bold his il i, justin spite OF
| It. may some " member o. the self III iaction
| have leisure TO write The epitaph" ct tyranny
| Deacon Rodgci was hard enough upon the
| hing'-bui the Queen is equally severe upon tie
\ whole doctrine OF the les Inmates AZ d proof
| We submit the following answets-the first, to
| the inhabitants OF the city OF Exeter-the las,
| 10 tie people OF Coventry. TCompiier
| To The Inhabitants Of Erettr.
| General information and enlightened sen.
| timonis are well known 10 characterize Ihe
| iEhabltants OF the city of Exeter aud It's wei
| nIiy. This atiectonate address ptoyes. thar
| with cultivated minds, thew mite feeling
| hearts ; and that TO those sympaih.es which
| ate the ornaments of human ns,ure, they add
that love OF liberty, without which man instead
| OF an Intelligent being, aspiTing TO the hea
| veus, rs only strvile reptile. crawling upom
| the Garth. The love OF liberty is what, mure
| than any Thing else, ennobles man--it adds dig.
| nifty IN his cnnntcnancs IL may ba read in his
eyes; II is visible i'll his attitude il is paipab,e
| IN his steps-it maniests itself in all thai he
says or does. In the social state, il is the palm
| OF excellence without IL man degenera,es
4 u,
| The higher regions of civilized excellence.
| 1t is Liberty which gives such an energy 10
| tHe pionncHve powers OF tnan, soou con-
verts desert into a garden. 1t gives luxufi.
ance 10 sieriliiy ii imparts n soft verdure To
| The rocky soil aud uuder its bland Influence
| The land OF vapor and fog assumes the serenity
| or a happy CLINE. Ii Is liberty which soF,pus
| the asFeJiJy OF human Intercourse : il smootIis
| oil the abrupt rnggeduess of the soci,d scheme.
| II does mol, for.it cannot, make the iutoualir
ties of lite disappear-but IL causes them 10 be
! untet. Where liberty prevails, the idborer
| smiles, ana tue poor man looks as erect ,s tne
! rich Where liberty prevails, no s,am toils in
vain, aud the disparity OF conditions operates
| only as an encouragement. 10 superior activity
| Liberty makes the gieatest addition 10 tie
stock III general happiness as under a free
| government, not ouiy no man iabors in vain
| mt The labor OF every individual IL most urO.
life Ia its result. Ii causes superiority Ia lie
! materials of enjoyment Tor the labor OF a
! freeman Is always Twice ds productive as thai
| OF a slave.
% la early life l caught the love of liberty.
and consider Al the best boon amongst IKE
| gifts OF heaven 10 man>iud.
| no was placed III circumstances which
| tend TO obstIuct the avenues 10 tru,h vel Iruih
always had tree access 10 my ear, anu, trust,
! tony heart.
| g Hence, | soon iearut that mankind had
| rights independent OF S9veteIgHs and ali me
| power which soversisns exercises, Is ouiy a
| trust tor the common good, Thee notions
which were Implanted IL my nina 10 early life
! have acquired strength with increasing years
| ana hence, perhaps, l eShibIi the singular
| spectacle of queen coDsort contsndn- tor
| The ii-hts OF the nation, against the enact
| mentS OF power. The attempt 10 crush me
/ has an object far beyond that OF my Individual
| Immoatlon. The blow is Glmsd directly Al
| the queen, Dnt The real object is 10 preIar.
! the neck OF the nation for the yoke OF ,efyl.
| tudP.
| " In the question between me AMI my adver
| SaIles, have never ceased to regard nv own
| uHn
| have defended them with more perIiGa,It,
| than might have done, 1t | had viewed Them
| only as part OF my own personal enjoyment
| IL tie generous Roman was to consider hims
| self as created not for his own individual gra-
LITIGATION, bnt tor the happiness OF his species
| surely such sentiment ought not TO be "A dead
letter, but living principle, in the bosom OF
a christian sovereign
The Queens dHSrtr TO the PeOple Of Cocrgtyy
" In Ihis se,wben knowledge Is gebei allied
aud inquiry uuTestTained, the power ut pubic
opinion Is become SO great, That every other
| innSt finally bend to its DEGREES. \ Temporary
resistance may be made to tie measures II
suggests or the conduct IL prescrihes; but as
| long as the press preserves only "A mode rate
degree OF liberty. public opinion must be mIi-
| mately OmnipOteHt; and il Is as VAIN Ia oppose
| its commands as II would be TO order tie earth
mol TO revOlVe upon its axis,
" When God gave The power of thought 10
| man, he evidently designed il to be hes....
1ytanny may fetteT tie legs, or handcufI the
arms, but II cannot impose chains on the iDte.
rior operations of the MUD. II may restrain
the freedom OF intellectual agency through the
medium OF the press (; bnt, IN the present con.
dliion OF man, 10 restraint OF this kind, can
well be tthcaCiOus, and my heart vinrates with
JOY when reflect, that tyranny itself is on ibe
point OF expiring in almost ,eVety part Of ihe
European world. The holy alliance, though
made for the purpose, can hardly Keep Ii alive
Its extinction IL decreeJ and some member
OF the selfish faction mas have leisure to wife
iisepliaph."
BOAT RACE.
Nfw YORK, Nov. I2.-Oa Saturday. abont
! two clock, the great Bout Race, which has
occusled 90 much attention tor some time