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

| delighted as it taught that ear Which ne.
yer heard strain-that eye which pevr.
opened on scene but those of careless,
crimcless, cloudless infancy. was now
bout TO change It's dulcei tones and fairy
visions for the accent and the couniry Of
| the stranger. eut she had heard the cha,
: racier OF Britons-she knew that ctlvalf1
| aud courage cO-eXisted-sbe knew thai
where the brave man and Tree man dwell,
| The very name of ts0man bore charmed
| sway and where the voice of Eng land
echoed your Royal pledge 10 Glove, and
| worship and cleave To her alone" she
| but looked upon your Sire's example, anu
your uation's annals, and was satisfied.
Pause aud contemplate her enviable sta
| lion at the hour of these unhappy mp
falls The created world could scarcely
exhibit more interesting spectacle
There was no earthly bliss of which she
was not either in the possession or the
expectancy. Royal alike by birth sud by
allance-hOncrcd as the choice of Eag
lands heir, repuied the most accomplish
ed gentleman IN EurOpe-lier reputation
spoiIess as The unfallen snow-her APP
proach brraldeh by apeople's prayer, aud
her footsteps obliierated by All obsequi-
Gus nobility-her youth like the lovely
season which it typiiied, one crowded
garland of rich and fragrant blossoms, re
iresliing every eye with present beauty,
and filing every heart with promised ben.
fits n" wonder that she feared no famine
in thai spring tide OF her happiness--mo
wonder that her speech was rapture, and
her step was buoyancy She was the
airing ot her parents hearts-a kingdom
was Fer dowcr-her very glance. like tn
sun of heaven, ditlused light, and warmth,
IL luxury around ii--in her public hour for,
tune conceniered all its rays upon her,
and when she sunk from lis too radiant
noon. IL was within the shelter of Il iius-
bands love. which Gsd and nature, and
duty and morality, assured her nureluc-
'ant faith should he eternal. Snyh was
she then, all JOY and hope, aud generous
rrrduliiy, the cseduliiy that springs from
honor and from innocence. And who
could blame il You had a world t.
chuse, and she was Your seleciion-your
ages were compatIble-yourb births were
equal-you had drawn hcrfrom the house
where she was honorable and happy--you
had a prodigaI allowance showered OIL
you by The peOple-you had bowed your
Amounted head before the altar, and sworn
by lis majesty 10 cherish and protect her,
ASA THIS you did i'm the presence of that
moral nation from whom you hold
crown, and III the face OF that church OF
which you are the guardian. The ties
which bound you were of no ordinary
iexiure-you stood not in The situation of
some secluded profligate, whose brutal
safety might leave lis victim 10 death
oil solitude, where no eye could see nor
erhe tell the quveriugs OF her agony
Your elevation was too luminous and too
lofty 10 be overlooked, and she, " no con
hded with vesiars faith aud virgins
Ia. "A A
a corrob"ralive pledge III that publicity,
which could not leave her 10 suffer or be
summed against in secret. All The calcutta
tons or her reason, all evidence of her
experience, combined their confirmation.
Tier own parental home was purity itself,
and yours might have bound Republi-
cans To Royalty; il would have been little
less Than treason 10 have doubled YOU
and, oh she was right to brush away the
panied vernIin that infest Il Court, who
would have withered up her youthful
heart with the wild errors of your ripe
minority Oh she was right tn trust the
honor of" FAIR England's" heir. and weigh
but as breaih' blown grain of dust
thousand follles and thousand faults
balanced against the conscience OF her
husband. She did coufde, and what has
Ucen the consequence
history must record il, Sire when the
brightest gem in your d,adem shall nave
mon!dered, tina, this young, comiidlng, in
experienced creature had scarcely heard
lie last congra'ulatOry address upon her
marriage, when she was eAicd from her
husbands bed, bahisled from Der hns-
bands society, and abandoned to The pol
luton OF every s!anderous sycophant " no
chose TO crawl over the ruin ! MercituI
GOD was 1t meet 10 leave a human br-
Ing so situated, with all her passions ex
cited and enflamed 10 the impulses of
such abandonment Was it meet thus
to subject her inexperienced youth 10 the
scorpion singing OF exdsperated pride,
ana all IT'S iIlid, nial natural ie mpiatIons?
was II right 10 fling The shadow of a
husbands lrown upon The then unsul-
lied snow OF her reputation? Up 10 the
blight OF that all-N Iihering hour 10 human
tongue dared 10 asperse her character.
Inc sun OF patronage was not then strong
enosgh 10 quicken into life The serpent
brood OF slaDdeTers no siarvelng aliens.
10 hungry tribe OF local cxpecianis, then
hoped To fallen upon The offals OF lie
Royal reputation. She was not long g.
nouSh Ill WIdoWbOOd 10 give tile spy and
Tie peTIUrer even d colour for their juyeu.
tons. The peculiarities of The foreigner
The weakH ss OF the iemale-the na,u-
raj vivaciiy of youthful innocence. could
not then be tortured iuio demonstrations
strong;' Tor you, yourself, in your record,
ed letter, had lett her purity mol ONLY nm
approached but unsupported. That in
valuable letter, the living document of
your separation, gives us the sole reason
tor your exile, that your " inclinaiious"
we're no. In your power Thar, Sire, aui
that alone was the terrific reason which
YOU gave your consOrt Tor this pnblic and
near ndIDs degradation Perhaps thew
werc not but give me leave 70 ask, are
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