Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-03-26

|oithings. Now, for myself, however arro-
CANT It may seem, mus, he permitted 10 say,
that the time has long past ny, when inn
phct'y adopted opinions on the authority Ut
a name. Experience has taught me the me-
cessIty of judging for myself--as have often
found very serious heresies sheltered by the
lame OF their authors aud the truth has beeu
rres'sibly iprced upon me, that gre at ma n
'n'erts the general law of optics, by looming
most adrantageously at distance. On the
pohcy OF England, as TO imprisonment for
debt Blackstone INDUCES in bis usual compll-
mentary style. Blu. the courier is bad au.
'hor'ty. on The abuses Of government. Let us
ASCERTAIN The policy he thus comments, and
Judge Tor ourselves. There, the debtors are
confined without any limitatinn as To time.
botn sexes, not unirequen,y, promiscuously
huuui'u together, presenting scene Of what,
ever Is ioathsome and abouainable to the exc
"i the beholder-2 90 900 of whom are supposed
To fai annually, sacrifice 10 this barbaruus
prac"ce. But, notwithstanding this waste of
human HE, the jails continue To Gil to over
moving, when, from necessity an act of gen
eral jail delivery is passedby Parliamentary
winch the wretcArd survivors, squaIid with
h'ih' and corrupted by communion, are agar
.hfown on The lap of society-iit and ruthless
instruments al vengeance, in the hands of re
trlouli'e justice, 10 chasteu that society from
winch they have endured such multiplied
wrengs. appeal from the authority Of The
JUDGE 10 thtir own poet, who gives you :;
'"'u portrait of these ahodes of wretched
ness In which he himself had been sufferer
Where sickness pines, here 5irs and HUNGER bun,
And poor misfortune feels the h.sh If vice:
Mh"e' IN The Land of liberty, the land
With Gren f'eedon ii,tie iyrnnis rse'd,
Sn"tci'd The i, an norsel from The starving mouth.
iore from co,l win,ry limbs the latter weed.
tbs free-1 BRIroN 10 The dungeon eLsin,J
AZ pleasure marked him with ueorIous s;rues
4%d er r, out lives ICY 6arbr as wars,
i""' 'or their country, would have toil'a or brd7
These are the fruits of that system which
YOU nave every where, with slight nodifica-
lions, serslleiy copied in the United States
anu which now solicit you to abandon.
mere IS nnihiuS in my nature, and, NAV
Tie permitted /" add, in my situation, which
would INDUCE me To indulge in an adventurous
schrihe cf legislation. But the age in which
we i've, demands that fearlessly approach
every e'ii and boldly probe it to its snnrce.-
Ani'q"iy, ofilself, is no longer sufficient 10
protect It's errors. Our fathers thus reasoned.
when they gave birth 10 our freedom. and our
free Institutions ~
Inc 'nax'ms of Europe should no longer
ne authority la us. 10 the career of pol;,ca,
improvement, size is sighlIess distance in the
rear. OF the thousand instances to which re-
terence might be had, in confirmation ol the
ruin, take that of religious free dom
IL is nriu there, as a sacred tneXim, which
u would he deemed jnpious ia question. that
a Union between the state and the favored
sect, is Indispensable to the existence Of tic
S"NFinment and religion. In the most faynrcd
SPOT, wretched ,oieraiion is all that is ird,Ig
ca whi'c, In another portion, we are inform
"a 'neir adorable King, whether with or with
out The direction of his holy allies we are not
"u,'sru: is now seriously dclbfratirg On the
s's'ofa'ipn "f The inqnisition. Let rs turn
from ascene al which the heart sickens to our
own favored land, 10 do honor to ,br counsels
"i our fathers, while we are eninyipe their
nenrhcent results. JefIei son, nam. forever
Gear !" freedom, was the author not ONLY of
me DECLARATION al independence hut of unre
served equality 10 all religious sec,s-api,na-
Tea by holy zeal for the happiness of his spe
cues ana guided by the polarity of hts own su-
Peri"r genIns-tO him The high privilege was
XIV en- %! exploring the hilheriOunrndden path
OF political science. In the eyes Of this great
Apostle ofLiberiy, the huary errors nf Europe
hwind'ed into contempt, and dissolution be-
tween the church and state was the result az
nus Efforts Have the fears ofthe timid oppo-
nrnts OF that measure been realized !? No
The world has bebeld, for the first lime. tIie
realization OF that PROMISE whose charity an
n"unces tile div nifty Gifts origin. The partition
wa" oetween The Jew and the Gentle has, in
N. Instead
Insolrnt and hypocritical hierarchy eating out
The substance of the land, and looking down
win contempt on the remainder of MANKIND
the messengers uf the Gospel here 20 ont
Win the meekness aEd in the spirit Of their
great prototype, depending, and not in vain
on The voluntary aid of their followers incul-
eating, with sincerity and zeal, the sublime
ruins OF thfIr religion, aud practising what
they preach. Here religion no longer srakq
10 erect It's altars upon the ignorace Of man.
KIND, or propagate its doctrines by fire ar The
sword. Reason has been substituted for sn-
Pers,liion- Charity for persecuiiun.- Mem
bers 0i different creeds sit down .tngeth
VI, and participate at the same table of the
awful mysteries Of the ir Religion and every
where we hear nculcated, from the mstrop0.
lis To The wilderness, throughout all oar Dor,
ders, Peace an earth, and good will Iolnau.-
rms IS the fruit OF the cGunsels Of our fathers
80 on, then, and complete the work fl,ev
have SO nobly brgun. Let us erase from our
code this bhrbarUus reIict, and whatever else
is mischievous. ~
10 Us, ~ part, q great trust has been con,
hded-the welfare Of our country. and of
generations yrt TO come. Nav The w,rld
hsfli looks To US MS 10 "a great example, vhencc
to draw the Oraclrs Of political frnrl Fiji
then, tnf measure which has been assigned
you. Never tire I'LL there is nothing to be
done and when yOu shall have reared (,
monument OF benehcieut legislation, if il be- IN
the order OF Providence that We, too, Inv our
turn, shall be involved in The darkness ufslaverv
ana superstition, let us hope that our labors
thOugh Obscurcd for season in the genera,
gloom, may survive tire eclipse. aud become
the guide Of some faiure deliyereT of bjs