Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-10-12

the gems Of his house, adorned with his ducal
coronei, and commanding and receiving from
the ignorant their ser,e wonder, aud from 4,
crafty their hollow adulation ?-No-but
man IS come amongst US who has cast oil the
graceless garments of The nsnamed noble, who
has Hung 10 the weak mind that first may
snatch at them, the insignia OF his rank, who
has left his hereditary t:-s brhind hi.n Tor
those who can be- caught wi,h triaes, 10 eth
Joy-whO has ROBBED himself with the supple
but dgnfied vesture of republican, who has
aspiret TO the h0nOurs of u freeman who ha.
assumed to himself what he deems higher title
than royalty itself can bestow-.;an American
general !"* Who has come an exile from
the courts Of princes and the palaces vi the
great, driven from his family and his home,
because he has dared to assert the dignity of
human nature, and the equality OF human
right :"-NO-but there has ;arrived amongst
usa spirit that thinks itself enuobled by the
change, who b-held the unboly alliance, the
unsanct'iied combination against the human
mind aud human happiness-whO voluntarily
di'eeted himself Of the digHitg and spiendor OF
his station in Europe-whose ear was quick
ened at the cry Of agony that arose in the wes-
tern world-whose soul yearned towards the
afflicted and the opptessed-whOse indignant
bosom burned with wrath against the unnatu-
raj oppressor; who abandoned the powers of
'o'S ohu tIc VI itOtDc 4 WIN lieu tTOIn
the tears Of affection from the warning ac-
cents offriendship from a monarcb's impe-
sious mandate who came amongst the chill
dren OF the west, when the heart of the patri-
OF was shrouded in sorrow and his temples
arrayed IN sackcloth and in ashes LA FAY
LITE came, like the angel to break the seal
OF the despUt, Ia "roll away the stone from
The sepulchre Of long buried Freedom" to bid
her come forth from the damps of the grave
and the worm Of the oppressOr, and ascend IN
her white robes of majesty 10 her native region
in the skies
Let the people stand forth and do him hon
or !Ilet every chivalric spirit that bows down
20 freedom as TO a goddess, hail with acclama-
toD her hernic champion.
The benevolent and perfectly disinterested
sp'rit which has characterised the life of this
great man, Is the most pleasing feature in his
ilistory--he spent fortune, and put forth all
the energies Of his mnd-he fought in the
cause of freedom from the innate love of it,
What was his matchless answer when the A |
merican Agents in France told him on the eve |
oi his departure for America, that Congress |
by their last advices, were in most deplOra- |
BILE situation and that he would be involved in |
their ruin ?-"Then it is so much the more |
incumbent upon me TO hasten my departure %
w nat,were his words when ship could not be |
provided for him ?-What was his address |
alter his return 10 France with the graifca- |
ton OF seeing America free, to the eleoturs at |
Paris . For a nation To love liberty il is suf-
hcient that she knows it--and to be free, it is |
sufficient that she wills il !"-What did he do |
when the guards proposed to make him Gen
eralissIuno Of The whole He proposed that
the National Assembly should decree, 1T uncon
stitutionai 10 command the Guards of more
than one district What did he rely TO the
shouts of the Guards at his appearance in |
1883 =" Reserve that enthusiasm for the |
cause OF liberty and that unbounded attach
ment only for the laws!' IPh,l. Semi,
This was hs declaration at New York-why will, |
some people imagine that they please him with The
tile Of Marquis