Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-12-18


compared With wh,ch, the reluciaIt upIIuhaiion ut
political adversar,,s and even The wai,n PRAISES oI
his iti.nds, eight IN the balance, THAI .ppuhs-
uon oil he own mind, which results Il Oui
consc that he has, the utmost OF his pow
er, uuly aud faithfully served his counry.-(Ap-
piduse.) Gentlemen, II mas often been good for
iuu-, IN obedience 10 Your din cctious to p ssent te
dom nj Tins boio ugh some OF the most disn.
gushrd characters that Tins or any tnb-r age az coun
uy has produced. can the zig Int honorable
geniirmaa, thai never perforated duy OF ihis kind
iruni which derived IA greater pleasure than thai
nn' now "aecuting nor higher graf iicaud than Ia
beng lie channel through which the testimony oi
our high esteem aud respectful consideration passes
into tie reht hun. sentlemau's possession Goa
tmued aplSANse)
The keGoIder having, at the conclusion of his
speech, presented the right hon. gentleman wuh the
patent, enclosed in handsome bvx, ont Of ve,y
| hue block of the Breakwater narhle, i,chly
silver, Mr. Canning and SAID
" Mr.. Mayor ard Gen,erter,-I accent, with
ihankinine>s, and with greater satisfaction ,had
express this aiteriug testimony oi Your good opinion
aud good wall. must add that the value of the GIFT
| itself has beeu greatly enhanced by H. manner ia
whirh worth, und honorable Recorder has de-
,soped the motives which suggested 1t, aud the
tmemIs which II is intended To convey Gen.ruien,
your Recorder has said very truly, that whoever,
tins Tree and enlightened state, political
hence, aud discharges political duties expect
have his conduct scrulnized aud every action OF hi,
pub''c'iIie siited with orn ~ Jealousy, and
no spaiing criticism and such may have been any
I lot as much as that of other public men Bui, gem
uemen, unmeri,eJ obloquy seldom fails OF an sde-
/ quaie, though, perhaps, tardy compensation. must
tiiuk myse rs honorable fiend lIas SAID, emf
neny fortunate, such nsaiion as he describes
has idileh To me AT ear her period ian many
others VI dare uauer ayselr, as his partially has
BATTERED me y that the that you kind
enough To entertain iOI me, unison viii, those
ui the country VI, IN addition the Justice done me
by NY lends may Gas he has I'd nr) rey up
on candid construction, even iIOm political oppU
Icnis
But, genilemen the secret OF such "a result does
not lie deep II consists only IN an honest and unde
waiting pursuit of what cuusccniiously believes
/ To he ones public duty pursuit which, steadily
continued Will, however detached and separate paris
oi mans condsci may be viewed, under the iuliu-
ence OF parialities or "judices obtain Tor it, when
considered as whole, the APPROPRIATION Of all honest
and honorable minds. Any may tie occasionally
mistaken as 10 the means most conducive to the end
winch he has IN view hui If The end be just and
Prase-wortty, iii y that ,ai he " III be ultimately
judged, either 10y s contemporaries 10y pusieTity
/ lapplausr) Gentlemen, the end which couless, -
nave always had az View, an, winch appears
Tie legHimate object OF pursuit. la Brush states
n'hn, can describe IN Que word. The language oil
modern philosophy is wIsriy and diifusey bene,o-
lent ~ nnlesses The perfection of Species aud
The anne 10 atom OF the lot Ui ai mankind Grnr-
rial interest Of humanity hope iia have as friend
~ disposition towards other nations of the earth as
any Que who vnnnis his philanthropy most highly hu,
am coniented 10 confess, ,haI, IN the conduct uf
polical affairs, the grand object OF my cune uatio
Is the interest OF Ensland.-(aluch applAusr J
" MOI, gentlemen, that the interest OF England is
an interest which stands insulated and alone. The
SITUATION which she holds ioriids AN elusive efsh
ness her prosperity contribute 10 tile nrosperil,
OF other nations, aud her stability the safely Of The
wo'id-(Bursi OF nppause.) But, intimately con
necled as we aIe with The system ol Europe IL does
not follow, that therefore called upon u mix
ourselves, On every occasion, with arestless and med
dung activity, ~ the concerns at the nations which
surround us Ii is upon just balance Of conflicting
duties, and OF rival, hui sometimes incompatible ae-
v""idSes, that government must judge when to pu,
ioiih is strength, aud when 10 husband IL for
sons 10 come.
- Our ultimate object must lie ihe peace of the
world That object may sometimes lie best attained
hy prompt exeItrons, sometimes by dbsiineace f,oui
interposiiIon W contests which could pre-
1t Is upon these principles IhaI, "a has teen most
truly observed ny my worthy friend did ear
10 The government of This country Le necessary
that Great Bitnin should nugie IN the recent cou-
test between France and : ,ain.-( Mach applause
" our worthy Recorder has accurately casSed
the perscnswh would have driven us'mu that con-
test. There ~eie, undoubtedly, among them those
vino desired To plunge this into the Difficult
i,es oil war, partly from the hope that those d, lcui-
! mes would overwhelnI the administration: Dut n
would i'e most unjnsi not ~ adult that there were
Others WHO we're Hctuaied by nuDier principles and
more generous feelings, who would have rushed for
ward at from the of indgnaI At agrees
s"u, n"d who deemed that no act OF injustice could
he perpeirnTed, from end OF The universe to The
other, bur that tise sword of Great Britain should
leap irou' lis scabhard 10 avenge t-(Applause y
But as u Is the province of law control excess
even oil iaudabie passions and propcustieS IN
individuals so is the duly of government to
resunin, within due bounds, the ebuhion OF ma
iiohal sentiment, and t0 regulate the course aud
direction OF impulses wlTiciI it cannot blame. Is
there any among the latter class of persons des-
crIhrd ty nay honorable friend, (tor To the former
hENt nothing IN Say,) who continues doubt wie-
iher The government did wistly n Declining to obey
the pIecipitate enthusiasm which prevailed a. the
commencement of the cOHiest in Spain -(AppHuse
Is there any bnGy who does think that II was
the niIce OF the government 10 examine eiusey
all the va'iOuS bearings Of 80 complicated u question
TO consider whether they were called upon TO assist
an united nation, plunge themselves into the IN
t-ra, leHis by which that nation divided and
~ rrpeilihg foreign invader, 10 ake part in 4
civl war ~ Appduse.) Is there any man thar dues
not now what would have been the extent OF bur
dens That would have been upon this country !?
Is there any one WHO does. not acknowledge, that
under such circunst .nces the enterprise would have
been one To he Characterised only by borrow
ed from that part of the Spanish literature with which
we are mns familiar QHirOtc enterprise roman
tic in It's origin, and thankeSs 10 its end -(Much
| appause.)
Bot, whilP thus control even our feelings bv orr
d"iJ, let il not be said, thai cultivate peace snher
because ~e fear, or berause unpreparetl for
war. On The contfar, Ii, eight months ago. the go
'ernmsDt did not not hesitate to proclaim that The
country WAS prepared for war, IL war should unfor-
iheIy he necessary, every month of peace that hap
snce past has but made us much the capa-
hle oil exeriiOn. The created by peace are
means Of wat (Applause.) In chcfishng those
RESOURCES, we but accumulate those meaHs Oar
present TepOse Is proof OF inability TO act
Than the stale of Inertness aud inactivity iB which
have seen those mighty that Goat in the wa
! irrs above yOnr town. IS proof that they devoid
oi strength aud incapable Of being ftted for action
gu we'll know gentlemen, bow Of those
siupendous masses, now TcpOsing their shadows
:" perfect slnesS--hOw sUOn, upon any call Of pa
tiosn OF OF necessity, ~ would assume the likeness
OF an animated ihng--iDstiuct with life aud motion
how sooh u would ruthr, rs were, its swelling plu-
mage--how quickly 1t would put forth all iIs beauty
hnd us bHVtry-coleci its scattered elerienis of