Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-07-27

ultimately TO decide what belongs to ITSELF
or 10 ITS co-Eurce,;Or in government."-W are
not at liberty TO so more into facts; but we
would decide the matter with the Intelligent
gencer by laying any wager, in. the Virginia
style, that such was the great heresy which
MIR. j. had in view.
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THE FINISHED GRAFTON"
am not surprised at the course which the National
Intciiigcnccr pursues. Ii is bound to indicate the
speech which it has pronounced to he 60 finished -
aud to puff of the Secretary of state is nav yocotion
Hal"
asked whether this speech could he co,tpareI with
those oil Ciccto, Demosthencs, Wirts on the same
occasion, and with those of some other orators In
Stead oi tins, the Intcliecnccr makes TO saw that
lhis speech is g not ike the Philippines of Dcmosthc-
mes, &c.-NeXt, the Intcllucncer adds that truly
it is ike of these and vet it NAV DC canal to any
oil mem and then by way of mendne the matter,
says " no comparison he instituted between Ora
mons ON occasions so dissimilar'-In this single pas
sage The lntclgcncer not only msrcprcscnts what /
have SAID ior did observe that it was liz, any of
mem but in the same breath, contratcts himself ;
Ior' while he denies the possibility of making any
comparison between them, he says Mr. Adamss speech
may be . equal to any of them "-Waivng, however,
these MINOR criticisms, ask once, does this Speech
TINS =" finished" speech, come within hundred per
cent. o those OF Chatham, Demosthcnes or Cicero /?
Does Il exhibit one half of those qualities which con-
sutc The accomplished Grafton l. ii even equal 10
one OF Jonathan Russelis, delivered some wears ago
on inc same occasion !ifthe ncllinenccr can bring
himself 10 say without cquvocation or sophstry
why he IL So lie may pass for rood Stter laureate
bun certainly for no critic Non rihi magnus A.
polio"
Inc intolligencer, however, admits the possibility,
mathis Grafton may have delighted more in the de-
h'y than the pcrnsal of it," And then he puts into
The month Of the banishcd Roman the following
expression If it thus moves you to hear it read
Ehat would you not have said had yOn, ike me, heard
Cicero himself deliver il - ask if these were not
rather the words in which the banished .Eschincs
spoke al an Grafton of Demosihcncs against him p
suspect indeed that Ibis is the of Mr.. Adams's
oraiory Certain 1t Is have heard no man from
admiration"
The nollisencer also admits, dat by g finished"
c did net - 6tcss ~ and bv thar tern, he on
" meant 10 describe it as an Oyaion distinguished
from an occasional address, which only we had look
cd ior II can only say, that he is raiheruntorunate
III U'e use oil iiis terms finished oralon," then,
means only an g Grafton f'-lt NAV be so but can
mol SO easily pass liberal remarks of the In
teiigen eer--ihat' thus conescending TO carp at
l'0ra ~ hasty editorial paragraph bcrays AT bottom
r''"t''g IteinY-a determination not TO be pleas
cd'-that MIR Adams,) dcs e,suieur''-ss chat
we nave no patience with the affected objections
winch are made it, By those .ch0 1rere Dre-de,ero
ed not 10 IKE Ill will not condcscen TO DENY these
Charitable allegations but let ask the Intelligent
cer' whether tins sort OF argument might be cast
y retaliated Might | not say, for instance that
THIS sort OF pufing betraysa uisomc spirit of a,lula-
u1n, determination 10 be pleased with any thing
opportunity not 10 trumpet forth the praises of one
VINO IS now IN the second Office in the government
and whose , rising sun may hereafter into the
brst?-1h his mputaon of motiues upon the Intellpen-
ceriS at ierst rs fair, as his upon me-
Now, for my part do not think this as a finished
O'ai,oh, and cannot say so i understand that il
naS oecn much cahyassed upon other grounds but
certainly do not Subscribe to some which have been
taken do not Think for instance it is unbecoming
INC Secretary OF State deliver an Grafton OIL the
s,n 'oy-nor that the Orator ought to be debarred
from frank review of the British aggressions of that
aay-Were Ito analyze the sentiments ofthis Speech
would rather object (and in the emphatic man
ner to the terms ia which Mr.. A. has thought proper
" nhmcate our Character against the unjust attacks
OIL DfIush CRITICS regard this part Of the Speech as
aeounding in statements, extremely inudicious, some
oil Them directly erroneous, and others susceptible of
very erroneous conclusions. Because ace are FREE
WY should we undcrrac the arts and sciences off
britain why ridicuc all her painters or her poets
Tor the last half ccntury?-The Orator speaks indeed
IN terms which calculated TO dsparage the arts
and sciences. tbemsely es-Bccause are are free be-
cause our greatest glory is Hbert because il is the
greatest prerogative enjoy, must we tlie c.
lore despIse the ureHtice genius OF Europe Must we
resemble Omar, who burnt the Alexandran Library /!
'oes our liberty embrace with itself erery thing that
- valuable, and worthy of pursuit Mr.. a. denies
that America % wishes TO commend her inventive re-
mus by the detection Of the secrets or the compo-
siu0n oil new notifications of physical nature .
ms IS an absurd excess.-Americans ought to inn
prove themselves IN the arts and scences-they ought
TO strive to enlarge the boundaries of knowledge
'hey ought TO pride themselves upon their success
es'- They DO pride themselves upon it.--They do
boast OF a Fulton and West, Of a Whitney and "A
Perkins. May we always have such men to boast of
~ ADLER men)-men, who do assist - the march of
mind by developing the relations ofexternal matter
In despite Of the unguarded eOquence of this tn
tea OratioD, let us besides enjoying and guarding
cur glorious liberty, present county dcckod with
the spoils OF every art, and crowned with the wrcals
of every muses.
BRIEF REVIEWER.
Mr. A.. All of I.Iv Il
would ise bin TO read the praises which Cicero another
inshed orator. aud Roman ayished upon the study of
the iiJerai arts in his Grafton for the Poet Archias.
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