Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-11-24
THE OIEEN

TIE QOEEN.
We have copied into this DAVIS Gazette. from
the London Merning Chronicle, IA strikiuy let
ter OF the Rev. j. Cunningham the author of
the Velvet Cushion, and other verv popuiar
works OF religious character. a great sei.e
sation appears To have been produced by this
letter among the adherepts Of her Majesty in
LODdsn. lNut Cgz
Letter Of The Rer. j. ". Cunningham 10 S c.
Uhddredd, Esq. AZ. Il. for the County IF lid-
SiR-As freebooter of ths great county
WHICH you represent; As an individual for
whose vote aud assistance in the county YOU
have been move than once pleased TO express n
ueslre-aud as the minister of IL parish border
ing upon that on which yen are probably at
thiS moment intiictins the uui,auco OF which
ihls letter complains, take tho liberty however
reluctantly, OF addressing il to NOu.
l have seen with mixture of re.ret and
indignation Dlacafd posted over macy OF
Tire walls in the neighbouriOod announcing
that you were TO take the chair az meeting
o" psddingion-greep, summoned TO collect aud
convey The confidence, sympathy aud appro-
baton of the Married Females of the ve-
Lliy 10 The Queen, and Ia take into c0nsldera.
lion the investigation now reuding in the IL. OF
Lords
Now, Sir, my anxiety for the interests of
good morals In general, and especially for
'ho'e OF my own pnlish, part of which is al.
iDobt sure TO be drawn within the vortex of
'his pubic meeting-and the fear that such
meetings may he multiplied, and other homo
Fable men be tempted 10 preside over them
all THESE motives Constrain me, with mnch
pain to my own feelings, TINS to address you.
wish then, 10 take the liberty 81 asking
What Oeactt You conceive likely to he con-
ferred on Individuals, or ON tho state, on the
cause oil legitimate freedom, or of sound mo-
rails, by the convention Of snct an assembly?
Consider tie plain circumstances OF the case
The Queen is moi, indeed, proved 10 be gu,lty
OF adultery; but she is solemuly charged ny
the ministers OF the Crown, a body of men ac
Guitied even by their enemies Of perjury or
cruelty, and ny committee of peers, compre-
hending III their number individuals polii.
calty opposed TO those ministers with crimes
OF the most gross and dcte.tabte nature And
This charge is supported by iheSicStimony Of q
great body OF Witnesses, as yet nnconvicted,
and according 10 the persuasion of thousands
OF recollecting aud impartial individuals, not
likely TO be convicted OF PERJURY.
What then, | repeat the question. Is the
GOOD hke,y to result from such meeting Il
II your object 10 TiaGicats The Queen Surely
no reasonable man will be- the mare satisfied
OF her isnoccnce, bec2U1e yon, witt! few gen.
ilemen who can read aud write ard a Iarre
Number al bo'6 sexes who shrink froEl all such
arIslocraticai distinctions, think proper to as.
| sert IL III speeches or in shouts upon Padding
| ton green.
Is the objectto alarm the House of Peers into
a decision Favourable to her AfajeSty Bat surely
Sir, you know too much of the high spirit OF
Your cOnntIymen in general, and OF that noble
Honse ia particular, TO believe that tEey will
yield that 10 terror which they deny 10 arsu-
| meOt, honour, aud humanity.
IL your object 10 get rid of the present nil
nsteiS! Bat who will DOT prefer what Is
called the Tyranny of ministers. that Is, Of nlsn
OF sense and honor, to the worst oil all tyrsn-
MES, that OF mob, under whose dominion II
is the untuTaI tendency OF such meetings 10
place Gs3 Is your design 10 CRAFTY the poIitl.
cal party With which you Gct1 But how dis.
ierent line Oavg most OF the leaders of that
body pursued Ia parliament. Have they sub.
sntuted Glamour for ISsSonng-tfeated the
ne vrtFl har
courier as sli-ut oFeGCa, called on IA cir owe
~fFen and daus hters, OF the wives aud daught.
ers OF others, 10 uunpeI forth tue praises of
a woman who zdy within i xlonN, be prorsd
10 have violated ri! the common dCcencies OF
life9
Finally, is your object what wonIS least
suspect il 10 be, the seating Yourself permn-
nently as representative for the county of Mid
dleseXI a seal so won and so preserved could
be neither an honor nor comfort 70 the vim.
neT.
But, sir. if yoH cannoEinstruct us as TO the
advantages OF snch meetings, you will perhaps
allow me TO speak as 10 their miScLief.
]. In the iiTSt place. you are encouraging O.
Tiers to lnsnlt your sovereign, as suborneT of
peJnred witnesses.
2. In the next. place You are bringing into
contempt, the highest court OF ludicatuFe In
the land.
3. You are, by giving light names to gross
offences, sapPlog The very foundation OF mo-
rats.
4. You are, with the maxim in vour mouth
that, every man is to be esteemed innocent
ill he is proved TO BE- guilty." treating all the
witnesses against the { Icen AZ periured liars
though as yet upconvicted of fsIsehood and
the ministers OF the crown as base and profit
gate conspiratOIs, though their honour and
humanity have never beea called into cues
lion.
3. You are holding ont TO the females Of the
couniry, as a model IN individual of whose
purity you must at least entertain spr,e uues-
ton, and whom yon would not probably suffer
wife, mother, sister or daughter to visit
q. You are ch0rishing iu the mind Of the
multitude the spirit of radicaiSp "a spirit
OF which the first elemsnts ers a rejection of
Scripture aud contempt OF all the institute
lions OF your country aud Of which the Tesulfs
unless averted by Il mercItu Providence
mnst be anarchy. atheism aud universal ruin
You, cir, will not, think bs unjust or un~
generous enough to say, In reply TO all this, that
am clergyman, and have nothing TO do
Win SUBJECTS Of this nature" Others, howe.
yer, may urge this objection. To them there.
fore, / would say, That this is not question of
mere politics kut of morals OF deCencY, and
OF religion "a question involving. in my iudg.
ment, the moral purity of all sur families and
parishes, and counties This brief letter il but
a practical comment on the doctrine am COM
maDded, on the highest authority 10 teach
from Sunday to Sunday" Fear God"-Honor
the Ming CHcieGnSGss let II not he once
nafur q among you TIE clergy are the con-
siituteh guardians Of mpTaisp in the conn
Try and nov % ever, tbfy are called moon
so stand IN the breach" and endeavoT TO
stay the plague" OF political anarchy aad mo-
raj pollution.
am, Sir, your obeJient servant,
j W. CUNHINGHAM.
BsryOp on The mn, sept Is, 1870.
THE AURORA.
Tue election for governor iu Pennsylvania