Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-02-07

feelings are 80 different from ours as a nation
that il would b. better 40 let them alone
and let them fight their ba,acs in che hest
way they can. Let Us nor, il Is said, embark
in these QuixoIic enterprises, hut attend to
Our own concerns and should any urfnrlu-
nate Greek be- landed on our shores, God
save The mark !! we'll do IN. best we can Ia
assist him. Really, Nir. Chairman, is it com.
:" ths-are all rccullcciuns uf the pas, far
go'tens Aye, ar" we A Americans To he in
dtced 1" adopt such 81 line of conduct from
s'ich arguments Forbid il Justice forbid i,
gratitude ! think, sir, I see the Marquis DE-
W Fayette arriving from France, with the
munitions ut war anI art .s of cloihing, in
the 'essel which lie presented ,n this country
! thiak sre lim whrn lr came as a private
i'idi'id,'al funding On The shores of America
hei"rc TIE French government had declared
IN behalf of this country ;and think that
near thr address of such Americans, Z" Go
home, s:r-wr don't want you, ynu are "A To-
reign-i, and therefore have no business 10
presume Ia give us 4 hrre-lea,e us to our
selvesapd do '.nt interfere in our affairs, which
no way concerns you." And, sir. think see
The countenanr" OF The gallant young La Fav-
eitr, lighted up with the chivalry of the old
country, and cherred with the rrpublicanism
OF the new country-I think see the fash of
indignation darted oa such cold, calculating
Characters. And also think, that see the
snidier of Washington IN his camp at Valley
Forge, when the pr"ll.rrd bnon W rs brought
and rejected by his rn,iutrymau, because n
foreigner gave il. think I see his bleeding
feet and lacerated ancirs, alluded To in the
Preamble, and thu gathering rrnwn and dark
scowl ot his care-worn countrnancr, when he
heard the Declaration uf his rountryman to
carry away the military munitions and cloth
Ing. Aud | also think what mrrican would
have experienced, had Knsciusko, Miranda,
DE kaib. Pulaski, Montgomery Gates and
Merctr-Aye, sir, Mercer of Virginia-been
ordered IN sttrnd tn their own immediate
concerns, ana not To interfere with us, because
fnrsoot!i, they were foreigners. am csnvinr-
ed that this country must have ultimately
conquered ;and obtained lis Freedom without
the intervaniinn Of forr5 nrrs--hut am aIsn
persuaded tina, its frerdnin was accelerated,
and the devastation nj war was arrested and
shortened, by that iuiersprence
But some have, in DISCUSSING this subject,
said, that there was danger 10 our trade and
commercial Interests n well rs Ia the lives @
our citizens within the Turkish dominion,
should the proposed subscriptions take place.
Ii has been said that great excitement would
ensue among the members of the Turkish
government. should any assistance be afford
ed by us. But, sir, aI" we to cease Ia do right,
because there IS a possibility that Others NAV
do wrong? Are we 10 forget the claims nf
justice Nnd of mercy, because there may br
ruilians disposed to violate them? Are we to
fold up oar arms and indirectly to do evil in
order that gnod may come To what would
these phlrgmatic cold principles lead, were
they TO be carried into effect in private life /?
Why, sir, we must not inter pose in behalf of
Inc injured and oppressed sufferer, because,
perhaps, the brutal and outrageous tyrant
might, in his caprice and malignity retaliate
on some of our friends who might happen To
be IN his power. All noble, manly and Just
feeling, in private Iifr would he stifed on the
adoption of snch principles. There would
be none In inerpose in behalf Of another, be-
cause bad consequences might occur in some
quarter. But, sir, | have no fear, have no
dread ofany such consequences in the case OF
the government of the>Subm- Porte
They have heard of America, and they
have heard of what il Jas done mt Algiers
they know the lesson that was taught the dis
ciplcs OF the crescent, there and at Tripnli and
at funIs. Their own dependents have told
them what an American rGvy led hy IA De-
catur aud cambridge can accomplish, Let
them dare hut to touch the hair of the head
OF an American citizen, and those fir frigaies
with" old Ironsides" in the Van Division, and
our ships of the line commanded by officers
who encountered and tore down the flag % T
England, will make the very ruins of Constan-
tlnople," sing woe 10 the day" in which they
dared to infringe the rights of our American
citizens. LIT them but attempt it-and the
walls of the Srraglo will he battered about
the ears of the Sultan. Whilst England's pa
frlOts, whilst French, German-and Swiss libe-
rats are making such continued Efforts in their
behaf-ntither menace nor danger will deter
the Republican Of America, from feeling and
acting according 10 The dictates vt mind
free and independent in the enjoyment of
that liberty which has been established.
Bat, Sir, have detained this assembly too
long, and have to thank them for their kind
Indulgence, and the patience which they have
excrcisrd towards me.
Under the circumstances of this case, let
me however say, TINT | think hear from
Greccr, the exclamation which is rprniionpd
in holy writ, from the men Of Macedonia,
" Come over and help u.s."
By the shricks uf the murdered Sciofs
those shriek5 which have been waited across
the Atlantic, in dolpful cry-hy the grey
hairs Of the venerable Grpcian Sires that
were clothed in gnre-by the eye Of beauty
which now saddeps aud the cheek once tint
ed like the rose which now wakes wan AID
pale in the Turkish Serai by the Wondering
ediices, the prostrale halls al the colleges,
and the blackcDrd ruins nf The burned houses
and colleges by The dr5olatr hearlhs, aad
eXtngul-hed fresides, arnnnd which the So
cIal circle once mingled 10 dtght-by what
the exiles were, aud what they now are
" Target them mt"
4" Cold = the hearth, within iher bowers,
q" Zone is the hand hist rrnpl'd their flowers,
Unhrard their CHICK rcpra,s its hours"
But am persuaded that you will this night,
by your sympathy, and ~ your contributions,
however small, assist in again rebuilding the
demolished tdifcrs, and again lighting the
blaze Of the hosptdblr hparths. Yum will re-