Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-07-25

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! 10 make phiiosophic estimate OF human affairs,
noher and more interesting subject OF conte mplaon
aud discourse, than the which led 10 the
foundation oil this mighty empire-than the wonder
tai and almost incredible history of what has since
done and Is already grown io--ham The scene of uD-
mingled prosperity and happiness that opening aud
spreading all rouGd us-thaU the prospect dazzling
Is is vast, that lies before us-ihe
career of ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and nnprov ement which
We are beginning Ia run under such happy auspices
amd with the advantage oi having started ut point
where 1t were we'll los the species had it been the
lot o' many nations even To- have ended theirs.
" true, we shall not hoast to-day that the pomp
oi triumph has three hundred times, assembled The
steep oi capiUiur that the national temple upon
us brow, hlazrs in the spo,ls of n thousand cities
ltue We do not send iurth our precious 10 plumber
and devastae, the most fertile aud beautiful portions
oi tue earth, in order that haughy arisiooracy
may he enriched with booty, worthless populace
! be supplied with bread--nor every region under
The s', from The foot of the Grdmpian hills, the
Land oI fiankncense and u,,rth is The spirii Of man
hrokon aud debaset by as beneath the iron yoke of
military domination. No, my friends This is, i,,-
deed, what the world calls gtOry-but let he glad
tina, we not come here TO boast OF such tLings-
! Uhr triumphS are the trumphs of redSon-of happi-
| ness-oI human nature. Oar rejncings ARE greeted
with the most cordial sympathy of the cosmupoliie
ana The phlanihrnphlst aud the good and the wise
All round the globe give hack the echo Of our nc-
claniaons 10 * the singular iortune-or should
rather say--u is The proud distinction of Americans
Is what we ave now met To thanks for AMI TO
eNuIi in--tbat ~ the race of moral improvements
which society has been every where runninn for some
centuries past we have outSript every competitor
and have carried institutions in the sober certan
| ~ ui waking bliss, TO higher pitch OF perfection
ihan ever warmed the dreams Of enthusiasm or the
specniatinnS oi the theCrisi II is that n whole con-
u"enI mas heen set apart as IL II were holy gronnd,
or the cultivation of pune truth-i1r the nursuit of
happns - upon rational principles, aud in the way
maj - most agreeable To naiure-for the dcvelope-
'ntn ot ali the senSbitcs, and caparities and pow
ers, OF the human mind, without any artificial res
! lrdhi or bias, IN the broad day light Of modern
! science aud political liberty. Il is Iii, over the
wn"'s extent OF this gigantic empire-siretchng as
does itom the ST. Croix 10 the Sabine and iron, the
"'lers OF the Atlantic almost TO those of The Pacific
wherever man Is found, lie is seen TO walk abroad
~ an ihe dsnIiy oi his nare-with none Ia intimi-
u"e' or to insult or to Cypress him-wh no superb
OK upon inns earth, that does deserve Ia he
and that IN the proud uf his privileges
has soul IS filed with the most nuble ehens;ous
ana ms aspirations lifted up the most exalted oh.
JectS, 'nd hs efforts animated and encouraged in the
p"rsH'! oil whatever has tendency bless and acorn
/ ms existence This is the boast we make--.his is
me theme oi the day we ceehra,ug-and do AN,
"' You envy te feelings of the man-who denies that
he one IS ms rational and just, The other is noble
and Transporting
IT has been usual on This Ucchsiou.-as nothing GER
t'inly can be more appropriate and natural-to ex-
pah'e upon the events of the revolutionary contest,
"nu TO honor IN u suitable strain of panreyric such
OF TIE founders u che Republic AS we're supposed 10
have rendered IL the most impbrtnnt services AZ
crisis So iu OF peril aud glory But as these opics
however intet testing III themselves and emiuentv
wei, hueh Tor TIE purposes Of popular defamation,
are become so rite that IT would be difficult 10y any
arr OF compositions TO hestOw upon Ihcm the graces
OF novelty, have chosen rather to exhibit some of
'G Sete' al JeaeSthe great lending characteristics
by winch, conceive thai memorable event TO he
distinguished from all others Of similar kind tia,
| are recorded ~ The annals Of empire.
! me .HrSt OF these pecuaries which shall no
uce' S' thai the Revolution altogether the lrork
/ ~ principle.
Whoever is any wise conycrsant with noI;,ical
history KNOWS, Ihat such has always been The blind
,''.uI"",'' me supine caeessness, the abiect
seI'ty Oi mankind, taJ only have ihey submit
yea WIN patience 10 The grossest abuses and misrue,
hut that they have seldom been reused up to resist
""Cei eNccp ny long course of posiiire SUFFERING
or 10y events that pow erfuly affect The seJSss and
/ nv te noSo"I even of the most Indifferent SPECTATOR
%''h Indignation and horror. The expulsion of the
! i"PWhs-IIe overthrow Of the DcCemVirs-ihe Ie-
Feaied secessions of the people OF The sacred mount
with many other incidents Of a like kind are Ca-
m''Iar examples OF this truth-a romantic tradition
nSe''oes 20 a similar cause the origin of Hevelic
/ therty-ihe dcspotism Of Philip IL wouId meyer
nave been resisted and sh0kea, nor Holland eto.rp.
ei IN The glory and greatness OF Freedom ONT of that
p'7c"''y 10 winch nature seemed sIudoIsly to
nave condemaed her, had it been for The Internal
| '"",iues oil AIVA, and the mHrtyrdom of EGMogr
| anu fioRN-and even the Revolution of 88 which
seems ~ ihis respect, approach nearest TO our
"w"-hot tn mention that grew Of The heats of
religious and even bgcitcd and fanatic zeal rather
man the love of civil berty-was not effected until
whole century had passed away ia strife nd per-
Ssculoh, ANA cruelty, and wOe--nntIl Kindred hosIs
"au Deen arrhycd against each other in many a field
| OF bIond-uuiil 3LGERNoS SIDNEY had died like
/ itlon hy The bands of the execu,ioner until in
snort me daring though feeble attempt OF he second
JAMES, had left his subjects no alternative Inn IN
'd themselves AT once OF the pieeslindtrd and in
Cntahe peTversengSs of a race, that had ne;tbnr
learned nor forgotten any hng, even uuuer The dis
CP'he oI adversely aud exile. But in accounting
WI ""' "t''r''on OF independence IL IS quite by
periodical To spehk-as ii has heen too common 10
do--"i tie tyranny of The nInihPr country and the
eVi'' Under which the Colonies laborcd as 100 prev-
Gus q" nc endured. They were, indeed, inlolerable
/ but only 10 such men rs our fathers There vas
must he confessed good cause Tor resiSiance--but
! q mly be affirmed wuh Condolences thar no other
PEG, u" upon earth, would have rcbeIIed for such
case. lhrTc was nothing ~ hcH situation To ex.
! rue me passions oi vulgar men. There we're none
"' me 'uocHieS by which other nations have becu
goaded INTO The fury of civil waIuo ROYAL ou,r,ges
-"n p'Iicihn tn~olence-nO religious prrsrcufion-
! no "'"nuy prescription nj the WISE and the brave
Even lhe iigW OF taxation against which they were
! c"n'fnd,ng was prospective and contingent evil
rather than an actual - cvnuce and rotIug can he
more just than ilic quaint metaphor Of BtRuy that
! Wey ""s"red inisg0trrnmrnt ~ = distance and
Nnu'd tyranny ~ every tainted gale" The CrsI IN.
"Hg'nce ~ NE stamp 'cf. Threw The whole country
;" me sane ''sinni into flame it was even then IL,
tttr o. open rebellion. The encrnaclmeuts Of te
o'h'S''N were resisted NJ The very threshold and the
h'mrh me Cnl"nEs became conscious nr The woke
! ihty sho"k II ri. One spirit one mind pc,vaJcJ
| ana 'iinaicd the whole mlss. Thry argugd--re.
hn-d-'islingr ~rImed, with Ill The learn
! ~" ingenuity OF the schools But f They reasoned
""n' ihrr rights with the suinlcy of d1ciors-tbey
were prepared go maintain them ~ iil, tl,c co,,st,,c
Oi martyrs, and for the first lime in the histnrv al
c'''' society, metaphysical dispute resulted in the
crc'u"u OF great empire.
LUIS Tact, sufficiently remarkable for its snculori.
", Hs-i mes sfl more important asprrt rrlen v;c
| ed a. ~ ought 10 he, IN cnnnexinn itb ,i. roo.
81 NotflN, with ine CAUSES that account for If a,d
WIN s"uis M "nces and anilcuaiinns which il
seems r"ort'ly 10 suggest. UndouhIedly the situn-
ton OF ihc Colonies such an immense distance
lrum hC centre of the Brush Ern,ro No., -.