Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-11-07

| u maticred nothing, that, for You she had
| -urrcndered all her worldly prospects,
hat she had left her home, her parents.
| and her co0ntr, that she had cnniidrd
IN The honor ola Prince. and the heard
| Ut man, and the faith of a Christian :;
shc had, /, seems, in one lille year "uut-
| lived your liking" and the poor, aban.
doned, branded, tcart-rrnt outcasi, must
bear II all III silence, for-She wasa defence
less womon and a stranger. Let any man
of ordinary feeling think on her situation
al this trying crisis, and say he does not
feel his hearts blood boil within him
Poor unfortunate who could have envied
her her salaried shame and her roy al hui
initiation The lowest peasant in her
| reversionary realm was happy IN the com
paTison. The parents that loved her were
| far, Ear auay--the friends of her youth
| were in another laud-she WAS alone and
among strangers, and he who should have
rushed between her and the bolt of hea-
ven, left her exposed to a rude worlds
caprices. Aud yet she lived, and lived
without murmur her tears were silent
her signs were lonely and when you
| perhaps IN the rich blaze OF earih's mag
nihceDce forgot that such wretch ex-
ited, no rcproach of hers awOke your
slumbering memory. Perhaps she che
rished the visionary hope, that the babr
| whose " perllous infancy" she Graded,
mign, one day be her haplcss mothers 81
| vucaie How ioudly did she trace each
faint resemblance! Each htIle casual pa.
| ternal smile, which played upon the tca'
lures OF that child, aud might some lis
TAM day be her redemption How, as /:
lispcd the sacred name Of father, did she
hope lis innocent infant toue might vet
awake within that fathers breast some
loud association! Oh, sacred iancirs
Oh, sweet aud solemu vision of a mother
who bni mi,si hallow thee BIesi br
Tue day.iream that beguiles hei heart,
and robes each cloud that hoverS DER her
| child IN airy colours of that hearts crea-
ton! loo soon lite's wiutry whiriwiud
mus, come 10 sweep the piisinea vapUur
| into nothing.
Thus, Sire. for many and many hcav,
year did yOur deserted Queen begule her
! solitude. Meanwhile for you ila,terius
| world assunedlish ariot smilcs-tAe ready
lie denied your errors-thr villain cour-
tier dehcd each act, which ia an humble
man was merely duty, and mid The din OF
pomp, aud mlrtb. and revclry, il remois,
spoke, twas iTar!lculaie. Believe me,
Sire, when all The tongues that ilauered
you nre mute, and all the gaudy pageanis
an awful voice Will ask IN thunder, did
your poor wife deserve this treatment,
merely from some disiasie of I" inclna
ton r Ii must be answered. Did moi the
aliar's vow demand strict fidelity, aud
was II not solemn aud a sworn duly,
Tor better and for worse" 10 watch and
tend her-correct her ywardness by
| gentle Gliding, and fling The fonJness of
| an husbands love between her errors AMI
! the world II must be answered, where
| The poorest rag npon The poorest beggar
III your realm shall have the splendor OF
corou% ton garment.
SAD, alas were these sorrows of her
| solitude; but sad as they were, t!Iey were
but IN their Infancy. The frs; blow pass
ed-a second and severer follow ed. The
darling child, over whose couch she shed
her silent Icar-upuu whose head she
poured her daily benediciion-in whose
| infant smile she lived, and moved, and
llau her being, was torn away, and III
The mothers sweet cDdearmenis she could
no longer lose The miseries OF the wife =
Her father, and her laurelled brother too,
upon the field of battle, sealed life OF
| glory, happy in soldiers dealh, far IIap.
pier thai Tins dreadful day was spared
ihfm Her sole surviving parent follow.
ed soon. and 'h0ugA they left her almost
| alone on earth, yet how could she regret
| them She has a, least the bitter cousoia-
tioD, That their poor cbil3's miseries did
not break Their hearts. Oh, misera bile wo-
man made 10 reJoicc over lie very grave
| OF her kindred, IN muuru.ui gratitude
| thai their hearts are marble.
During long probation of exile and of
woe, bereti OF parents, OF country, CHILD
| and husband, she had one soace still
her character was mublemishrd. Bv
refinement upon cruelty, even that coHso.
iaiion was denied her. Twice had she 10
undergo The ipquisliiOn of secret trial.
originating in foul conspiracy, and ending
IL compete acqui,ial. The charity Of her
mature VAS made the source of crime.
The pcculiariIies insrparable from her
birth we're made The ground of accusation
her very servants were questioned.
whether every thought, and word, and
look, and gesture, aud visit, were moi ali
so many Oreu acts OF adultery and when
her most sacred nom nts had been heart
lessiy explored, The iardy verdict WHICH
fTefd iIr from The gull, could not all
solve her from the huniilialing conscious.
ness OF Tie accusation. Your gracious
taiber, indeed, with a beneyolencc OF
heart more Roya! than his Royalty, inter.
posed his arm between Innocence and
punishment for punishment, il was, most
deep and grievous, 10 meet discOunteu.
ance from all your family, and see the
fame which had detied all proof, made
The capricluns sport OF HAT and insinua-
ton. While that father lived, she sIill had
some protection even in his night OF ile
there was a sanctity about him which
awed The daring f,the highway slandercr
his honest, open, genuine English look.
would have slenced a Whole bandilti ef
Italians. Your father acted upon tie
principles he professed-lIe was not more
reverenced rs King than he was beloved