Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-05-19

not consistent will, Z" "A repubIIca,,, form, n,
government" although il is tolerated in Geor
! GA anu ire tarohnaS, which have not forfeited
| the character OF republics. we pray, there
| fore, the Legislature OF Connecticut 10 weiyl,
calmly what they are doing. The. argument,
| OF MIR. Wolcojt Is more Snecious than salts
factory. The course which he has taken ~,
! TINS business IS indicative of a zeal which il,
1 apt 10 mislead him. W think il would have
been better tor him TO la We laid the re solutions
OF virginia before the Legislature, with little
or no COMMENT. We do not think il very re-
spectui TO the Leg iS!dtuTe of sister state I'm
| the GOcernOr of another stale 10 submit a lou1
anu lahoriOns protest against their proceed
| ings. Such criticism comes shetter from a
hody, gated with the same powers. and stand
Ing upon the same grounds with the lryisla
tnfr whose acts are submitted 10 their re yisiou
III rs more peculiarly The pIerogative of Le-
gisla:ures 10 animadyert upon each other
bnt 10 set upon Us AT the same time " iih
horse, FOOT and dragoons," is a species Of
courtesy, which seems =. more honoured In the
breach than in the Observance"
Whatever time may produce, we do
not expect 10 see The Spanards speedily
engaged IN contes, for liberty" $50
said The Edinburgh Reviewers in lSi4)
In less than SIX years, The prediction is
defeated The attempt la made, and il
IS 80 lar crowned with success,
Should they know how 10 improve the
fortune which beams upon them, what a
glorious career lays before them They
have but 10 pursfe the advice OF an Fuu.
li.h Traveller IN 1887. "Shoulti The Deo..
pie take advantage of The present crisis, 10
oan'Sh the anquiSitorS, and 10 assert their
freedom; should they, happy in pos.
sessing one OF the richest couatries upon
earth, contract IKE boa'lds of' tier mluieGiy
empire: sliouidihry conhnc tier rieus ui,hi,
fGp sfc Dfy Lag, l..
vate i!le arts OF peace should they. 10
cherish industry, abolish the nionssIic
orders, lessen the mum Der OF their fpsii
walls. establish, an ag,arian law, and strike
OH The letters by which their commerce
has barn bound considering the soil.
the climate, The abundance of water, the
natural productions, the rivers, iha har.
bors, and the local situation, we NAV
venture To affirm, that 10 country, Of the
same extent, would be more populous.
more wealthy, or more powerful, than
Spain"
Spain contains within herself all the
physical resources of a great nation. IN
Is her interest TO see her South American
provinces independent. To them she
owes in considerable degree the extinc-
ton OF her Cortes under Charles VIII
Their wealth made the monarch indepen-
dent al The contributions Of his subjects,
and II was 10 The purse which they held.
That the Cores was indebted for most OF
their consequence. IL she will but agree
10 part with South America, her mines
and her means trust 10 her own indus.
Try and resources and liberalze her in
s'iiutlons, Spain may yet rise up a great
nation.
We query whether Ferdinand will re
IN at nj, a.,
people can securely trust each oiher.-
He has most probably been PLAYING a
part 10 beguile them and fLe has been
iamperins with other states for aid, or he
be detected IN any new species Of peril
ny. his crown, If not his head, will pro.
badly pay the forfeit of his sins.
How tar Spain is qualified TO be free,
is another problem. Though Ferdinand
Is not INT TO reign and ought TO be de
throned, yet can they do w::hou, some
limited monarch II they are tried by
the maxim OF Scion, and receive not the
best possible laws, but the best of which
they are susceptible, are they fitted for
republic ? The great point with all peo
pie, who have been ensIaved, is 10 pre-
pare them by degrees for better and
better state of things, and during this
amellorallng process, TO guard them "A,
gal9st AMBITIOUS men, who are ever on
The watch 10 avail themselves of a crisis
10 destroy their dawning liberties. This
amelioraiing process is necessarily more
rapid than IN any past generations, owing
10 me press, To the multiplication of lite
nature, 10 The LancasiriaD schools, 10 the
activity OF commercial intercourse. 10
The example of one Tree nation "a no ia
before The eyes Of the old world. We
should hope The Spanish people to be
capable of enjoying n free constitution
bit we are not sufficiently acquainted
with iJe state Ct lie people 10 ascertain
the problem. The mode'0tion already
shown by the Cnnsiiiufinnalisis promises
the most suspicious results.
Tins is indeed an astonishing ape. In
how many points is liberal spirit said
10 he al work We hear of ii from France,
from Prussia, from Portugal, III Haiy.-
The genius of Revolution is yet unsalis-
fed.
The Baltimore GaEette st0fcS the HfSdaa IN 10
mare greatly injured the wheat crop. On The EaS
tern shore ~ is JeTcd that tn mann feIds nc cpOp
county Irfch joins AHHe dTu0dfI, me rdVageso of the
Ry haUe been erteRSiUeky iJljtTions."
We URdeTStGnd, thai in counties 0fihis state
('cc instance AiHettdJ the y is making considerable
TdpIgcS upon He Whedt.
We tearH That is Of The tobacso cOHpLjes Of
this state, as Hdtifdr. PnsSViV0nia and CharLotts
considerable, portion Of the PiaRtshqS 6efR deSfroped
6y the frost, TIE fdfe dry and cOtd ireGtheT md the
procure plants anu eVeH as late iaSf meek ehaue
heard Of planters SOffig the SeSh aLOHch the season