Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-01-29
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
THURSDAY. JAN. %
THE GREEK CAITSE


On motion ef Mr.. Webster, the Hous.
went into Committee of the whole ON the
olale Oi Tie UnIon on the Greek resolution
Mr.. BARTLETT of New Hampshire. said tina,
Tue sufJect before tie cominre had called lin, ,u
Ihe srvrres trial Ol ihe impulse Of feeling and the,
more solemn dictate Of duly NnlhlDg mt ,l,. min,
III result To winch deliberate Confederation of the
question had brought him, could have inducpd him
10 make tins AN exception To the ssOod resolution he
had formed, not 10 demand more time for The rx-
pressios or explanation Of h's opinion han should b,
Necessary to answer IN single mono-yllahle To The
call of the Clerk And r,se, sad Mi X a. tb,a
tinie, noi 10 make speech. IL there were no ollie
obstacle, the topics all on the Other side ,f The
lt"hse, and the Inducements ton There are nn
Grecan wreaths--pO ready pennrd vote, ur thanks
i"r 'hOse WHO may feel compelled by 81 sense of ,Iuiy
TO stem The torrent Of popular cScurment.
am aware, said he, that the resolution beCo, p
yo" IL n"e touching cUunty -. the very ,n.uIton f
which, all the prOudesl assuciInus of human H. ann,
are NJ once neutrality-suspicious. extensive wuli
I'VE Im's o' ci,lized sOciey. a. fbe name at
bfeece, tue artist lorgets the than Two luSgnd
years that separate him from his masters and he
hdiIs rs the lgpd OF his naiity The ~chul,r nnr
y c"pVeises with thrir Bghiy dead and the soitir,
talks OF their deeds Of valUr aud hrtosn as the a.
chicysmenis OF his companions l. is = RESTITUTION,
too, 10 iei"ii01 10 = Struggle for Lbpiiv--a word
w." has enchanlment in itself. Librri, 10 whcI,
that static sbews, as we'll our almost iduIany, as
the source whence we derive lLe pnwe, To yise ,,p
goddess " local habnsion. Liberty Tor which, our
kindred have bied ~ defence ni which there ARE
~ ,lns hH, those wiiU bear mafks of the Wrsun,,s
o her enemies. THIS Struggle, too i hv t,rsa al
onr comm"' Christian iaIt, " jnsi ~ r,mis barbara
an, muiderrrs ! II Is = tesOlNon, the sul,irct of
wi"rh has excited the sjmptlh'rs nf the whole IA
h'n-Oi All nat'ons, capable oI sympathy Our lr-
gsiH0rrs are da'y sending pledges Il then feel
nv oocieiies are formed To aId the Greel~ Ind
F"iHds are pUurtHg onl their urAsures Human
~ literally ~ tears, ~ iir recital vi their snerIngs
Az" mere Is, sdd Nj. b. IN reluoh 10 Ills subject,
=" 9 hOrnce upon me, connected with The di.iu-
g"'sheh individual Who moved his resolution, ilat
nave prilher the INCLINATION power wholly ~ re-
sis. While u has bee" urged upon Us with y force
"i'ch she"s Thai elOqncncc expited with the re-
"Owntd orators Of ancient Greece, we have lsiesed
with pleAsa'r--"nh pride, for the American cha
rarIef p'ide more cherished iy mr. - the clam,
OF New DFml,shTe deuer still, ~ Of NY own ma
I'VE village. Though such Is the resolution, under
such circumstances, aud thus urged upon es--, E.,
mast yoie ,gsinst II.
10 voting against this resolution, shall assent 10
he chngrd wih tOfgetlulness al fle debt which W.
winch The world, owe TO the ancient seal of science
aud Tue arts-wdh waDf Of afdoi, Of zeal, w the
caose Of ireed0m-wi ifdi ference 10 The salIrrioVs
st Ihe Observation-Disclosures, tolerance Il, t,,y 49,.