The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-05-02

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nercial 4 trading Interest," Loud cheer.
ng)
| Air" The Castilian Maid.n
Lord W. Bcnilnek rose To propose the
nealtli OF their royal aud illGstrions visitor.
Tue Duke of Sussex. (Long continued
i5udiis.1 In doug 50, he MS quite sure
That bespoke the sentiments of every man
IN That room, when hr sad that they felt
very great delight and satisfaction nj In,
'lsit with Which his Royal lliehness had
been pleased To honor them. tCheers. -
lie begged leave Ia propose " the Duke
oi SUSSEX and the ather members of the
Royal Family The toasi vas given with
three times three, and the most lively ap-
! plause.
The Duke Of Sussex said, he rose with
extreme diia4ence, and certainly under
strong feelings of gratitude, towards 50
highly distinguished and respectable a so
cleiy, Tor the honor which ihev had con
TERED on him in drinking his health, and
likewise for the gratifying distinction they
md bestowed ON him by invtin. him IN
assist them on this occasion. (Applause. J
lie could assure the gentlemen prescn; thai
never did any individual attend meeting
win greater satisfaction, never was any
man more deeply impressed w;'h the i'm
portance otthe occasion than the individual
g. Aao now addresses the society. Cheers. J
u ntlemen must he well aware of the de-
lleacy of the situation in which he stood.
lApplause.) They must also know, that
n an Englishmau, and member of the
Royal Family whom the will of free m
ton had placed on the throne of This coun-
Try tanlmatcd cheering aud waving ur
handkcrchlels)- yes, as a member Of that
Royal Family whom the will of free na-
ton had seated on the throne of this coun-
Try, he must necessarily feel more deeply
Interested III every case where national Ii.
berty was concerned. lGhcerug) Hay-
! lug sad thus much, lac trusted the Comta-
ny wnuid give him credit for his siaeerty,
and ti'at taey would permit him to sit
down, aiirr expressing one cordial wish
namely, that as IN former times, WHEN H.
heral sentiments were more circumsctibrd
Than They are At present, The county re
pndiaird thu idea of a social compact for
the purpose ot Interfering with the freedom
oil other states. whenever Il Nas proposed 4:
so he trusted in the present day, when II
must be admitted that librrd lrclings were
far more generally extended. that such a
banelul principle would never BIZ recogni-
scd. (Chrrrs.) H. should conclude with
making his acknowledgement To the com
pauy for the honor they had done him /;
aud lac begged TO assure them, that those
principles and feelings which such meet
M could not fail IL inspire, he.would con
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life Great appIan.c.)
Glee--" Let this night with Joy be
crowned"
The Marquis of Lansdown said, he
would claim the attention of the company
for n few moments, while with the permits
sion of the chair, he ventured 10 propose "A
toast explanatory of the motives and feel
Tags of the people of this country at the
present crisis. They must all feel, not
withslandInS the respect which they en-
tertained for thr iuslIuus nations whose
representatives they were So Justly proud
To receive this day, that il was not rom
that respect alone, but from a eo4s.irTa-
ton of the great cause in whist 10y found
those nations So giOriouslt eeE8, i, that
they were anXiou, to proehfH en this &c
casion the sentiments 'heN catcrfHIued with
reference 10 that canss as BIZ fessectrd this
country and The WhnIt void CHEERS
That cause was, in 90 sarl, the indcrcn.
denee of nation. i.oaa continued APP
plaase,) Il wa a nasIe Struggle for that
great principle, f,am fte assertion of which
flr need not tell .yenl. 'tpncd an assembly,
T. all countries, la an aocctirs, and in all
naliooe had flowed Al that had most tend
II 10 devclope, to refine and to exalt the
human mind, and out of the violation of
which, on the coniraff, when that viola
tioa unhapplIy proved successful, were to
br raced, The baekesi spots byWhlch his
tory was defofmed -ihnse scenes of pert
dy. of tyranny and of deb,sement, which
ai!honorablc minds must dcplote. Cheers
TIE violation of that principle was now,
for the first time, attempted to be erected
toto mothodizcd system, ha wonld nCt
say oil international law, but Of international
! tyranny, (cheerine) by which system, if it
were IL be applied and acted on, by the
will of Providence, or by the supinencss
Of nations, (appIausc) the world would n
gain bp thrust into state OF mental dark
ness, and every free aud civilized kingdom
would ultimately be east into slavery
| (Cheers.)
Yes, the world would he plunged into a
state of degradation, from which even the
! high character of England, or the services
which she had rendered to the great com
munity of Europe, would not ultimately
exempt her. (Cheers.) They would be
called Oh, perhaps, to redeem what might
be considered The original sin of thci, an.
cest"rs, who, with their tempered swords,
| nd Invested themselves of the letters by
which they were bound had severed them
Ink from link, and assumed the noble at
l,tudr OF Independent men. Cheers But
England herself must fall, if the system
which he had Described were once firmly
erected. tChrering.) Before he could