Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-06-01

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church (St. Denys, in the Rue Caurnartin.
they refused to receive il, because NJ. Man
uei had been killed in a duel. An immense
populace, however, yehemently insisted on
us reception, and after some minutes the BODY
was taken lii. 1t was then found that there
was nopriest. A violent uproar followed,
ana at length priest appeared, but not in his
canomcas. A fresh tumult induced the
priest at length to robe himself, end the SER
vice was performed in the usual manner
All the respectable bankers and agents dc
,Change were present it was they who
forced their way into the church with the
body. The whole multitude present could
not be less than 5000 people. The BODY
was afterwards carried to the cemetry of
Pere lie Chaise TO be buried
AMERICAN PRESIDENTS SPEECH.
Our attention has been drawn this week
10 two distinct subjects, which we shall
briefly discuss in their order.-First. the
speech of Mr.. MoNRoE, on his re- election to
the office of President of the United States.
and secondly, the termination of the war, be-
tween Austria and Naples. And, first. as to
the American Presidents speech
We must confess that we read no other
state paper with one-tenth part of the salts
iacuon which is always afforded to us by the
speech of the American President. Its mat
ter, Its manner, IFS bold sincerity, its unsus-
Pected truth, always appeal, at once, to the
mead and TO the heart, TO the understanding
ana TO the affections. 1t puts forth the prin-
clples upon which great people is governed.
Ills the account of responsible rulers to their
subjects. 1t proves by the actual case in
practice, that a people as numerous as the
population of the British empire may be
governed with the simplicity of parish by
Its vestry, and that in all new governments
at least, in all governments which the vicis-
sltude OF mortal affairs may require to be
Instituted or endured, there is no need, for
any one useful purpose, of the encumbering
machinery SO usual in the systems of Euro
pean finance.
The Speech begins with a just self-congrat-
ulaton upon the actual state of America and
ITS people. The President then defends the
poicy OF erecting the forts, by which the sea
irontier OF the United States is now protect
ed.
The Speech then passes to the mention of
the acquisition of Florida by the United
States, and to that of the actual condition of
the war In South America. We concur in
the REORGANIZATION of the President upon
the attainment of the Floridas, and can fully
recognize all the advantages to be derived
from tins important accession. Ii gives to
the U. States natural boundary upon the
Guit OF Mexico, and therein at once cuts of
AL those fertile occasions OF war resulting
from disputed boundaries 1t gives the Uni
ted States the possession and the dominion
OF the mouth ofthe Mississippi And finally,
and perhaps most materially of all, it gives
them sea ports in the Gulf, and therein
opens new vents for the produce of their re-
mote states.
The Speech contains no other matter wor
my ofpartic'lar notice, except what we have
before made the subject of comment in orr
previous papers. America appears 10 be
suffering I'm commerce and agriculture
from the same causes as ourselyes-in com
merce, more traders than trade,-and in
agriculture, more produce than demand.
But being exempt from a large national debt,
from poor rates, and comparatively from
taxation: most of the farmers, moreover. be-
ing proprietors oftheir own lands, and thereby
not having to pay the exorbitant rents due
by our farmers under their leases, America
OF course suffers infinitely less than ourselves
under the pressure ofthe new state oftbincs
between peace and war;