Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-07-17

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ses OF oppression, so long shall itlis Dec!ara
.on iloiu out to the sovereign and TO the sub
Ject the extent and the boundaries of their res
pective rights and duties, founded in the laws
oil nature aud of natures God. Five and for-
~ years have passed away since this Declara-
uon was ISSUED by our fathers; and here az,
wc, citizens, assembled in the full enioy
n,nt OF Its fruits, to bless the Author of o,,r
\ Beng iOr The b0unties OF his nro,iiencr in
casing 10. in this favored land; 10 rem,,m-
her, with illusions of gratitude. the sar.s uho
put forth, and the heroes who ble,l for The PC
adjustment OF, this Declaration and, by th,,
communion OF soul in the re-per.lsai and hear
my Oh Inns instrument, To renew the genuine
Holy Alliance of its principles, to recognise.
uieui as eternal truths, and 10 pledge ourselves
and bud our posterty, to faithful and unde
waiting adherence to them
Fellow Citizens, our fathers have heeu
faithful! to them before MS. When the little
oanC Oh their Delegates, with firm reliance
ON the protection OF Divine Providence. 6,r
the support of this declaration mutually p,e6r
ed to each other their Eres, their jortp,es. and
their sacred honor" from every d,y.il;no
street, and square, Of your popu!ous cities, Il
was re-cchoed with shouts OF Joy and Sratuia
uon! And 1t the silent language OF the heart
could have been heard, every hin upoo ,iic
surface OF this continent which had been trod-
den by the foot of civilized rlan-ayerv val
ley in which the toll of your fathers had onrr-
ed paradise upon the Wild, would have ri,ng
with one acccrdant voice, louder than the
thunuers, swecter than the harn,onies of the
heavens, with the solemn and resoopsiyp
words, g We s,cear."
Inc pledge has been redeemed. Through
SIX years of devastating, but heroic war: thro,
iorty years OF more heroic peace, the prnci-
pies OF this declaration have been s,pnortcJ
by the tolls, By the vigils, by the blood, of
your fathers, and of yourselves. The conflict
OF war had begun with fearful odds of anna
rent human power on the part of the opprcs-
sor. He welded at will the collective FORCE
of the mighticst nation in Euronr. He VIII,
more than poetic truth, asserted the dominion
OF the waves The power To whose unjust
usurpation Your fathers hurled the gauntlet
oil defiance, baflied and yangushei by them.
mas even since, stripped OF AL the cnerries oT
,his continent, been found adequate 10 give Che
law 10 ITS own quarter of the globe. and 10
mould the destinies of the European world =
1t was with sling and a stone that yo,r f,th-
ers went forth TO encounter the massive vigor
ut 'tlis Gollah. They siung tho heaven direct
| ed stone, and
| With heaviest sound the giant monster fen,
AMID the shouts of victory Your cause soon
iound friends and allies in the rivals Of your
enemies. France recognized your indener
cehcc as existing IN fact, and made common
cause with you for its support. S;pain and
me Netherlands, without adopting yaur min
clples, successfully flung their weight info
your scale. The Semra,nis ofthc North. no
convert to your doctrines, still cOniuwed all
the maritime neutrality of Europe in array
against the usurpatlons Of your antagonist up
on the seas. While some Of the fairest of yoi,r
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VhaSes were consumed with fire while the
iiarvests of your summers were blasted while
| uie purity OF virgin innocence, and the chasti
~ OF matronly virtue, were violated while
| the living remnants of the field of battle v,ere
reserved for the gibhct, by the fraternaI sym-
iiatiiies OF BritonS throughout your land, the
waters oil the Atlantic Ocean, and those that
wash the shores OF either India, were dyed
WIN the mingled blood of combatants in the
cause oil North American independence.
| IN the progress of time that vial of wrath
| was exhausted. After seven years of exploits
anu acnieVements ike these, performed under
tlie orders OF The British king to use the Ian
5uaSe OF the treaty Of peace " If bayingpleas-
ed the Divine Providence 10 disposetbe hearts
OF the most serene and most potent Prince
George the Sd, by the Grace of God. King of
ureat Britain, France, and ireland. Defender
Oh The Faith, Duke of Brunswick ard Lame
Dlirg, Arch Treasurer aud Prince Elector of
the Holy Roman Empire, and SO forth-and
OF the United States of America, ton-,ybat .
10 forget all past Observation-Disclosures and
diiierences that have unllappiIy interrunted
the Sooo correspondence and friendship which
they mutually wish to restore"-what then >
Why" Ills Britannia Majesty ACKNOWLEDGES
tne saia United States, viz: New Hanlp-
snlre, massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and
Providence Plantations, Connccticut Ne,g
York, New Jersey, PENNSYLVANIA, Delaware
maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South
Caroina, and Georgia, to he Free, Sovereip,.
and Independent States that he treats with
them as such; and for himself, his heirs. and
successors, relinqulshes all claims to the go-
'ernment, proprietary and territorial rights of
the same, and every part thereof"
feiiow-cltIZens, am not without appre-
i'cnsion that some parts of this extract, cited
TO the word and to the letter, from tn, treaty
o. peace OF 1893, may have discomposed the
serenity OF your temper. Far be it from me.
TO d'sPoss your hearts to a leyity unbeconing
| the haiiowed dignity of this day. But this
! treaty OF peace Is the dessert appropriate TO
the sumptuous banquet OF the Declaration.
III Is the epioSpe to that unparalleled drama
Of which the Declaration is the prologue. Oh
serve, my countrymcn and friends how the
rules OF UNITY, prescribed by the great masters
of the fictive stage, were preserved in this fra
gedy OF pity and terror in real life. Here was
beginning, middle, and an end, ofone NIGH
ty action. The beginning was the Declaration
winch we have read: the middle, was that
sanSulnary, calamitous, but glorious war, which
calls Tor deeper colors, and brighter pencil.
than mine to pourtray the end was the dis
p0sd by Divine Pro'idencc-that same hi
vine Providence upon whose protection your
fathers had 80 solemnly, and so encctually de-
ciared their firm reliance, of the heart of the
most serene and most potent prince to ac-