Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-05-06


grew out of existing circumstances, and sup
pose that provision las been made for all The
Narou, and complicated interests of the body
polite. ".A policy IS rery suspicious that sd-
cr.fces any part 10 the idedt good Of the rhoie."
Apply the doeitine of rnsrrlstion, and the
country becomes the prey of the towns
Linden Instead Of eight members, four of
them elected by the livery,l would return
nearly sixty representatives of ST. q less, and
Sriialfelds, Of the brewery, and the disiill-ry !;
Que ninth part of the representation of Eng
land. 1.-THE anarchy which ravaged France,
" owed its FIRST successes To the wrrtchet.-
6 n s., the corruption, and the fury of the po-
pnacc Of Ills towns. II might have been
checked IN its progress by the courage of
:" the inhabitants OF the country. These f,co
:" classes, Of ,chich he one is erery ichere The
r'!.St as he other is The most useja of soeieib,
constitute that part Of the people in which
The physical strength Of the state resides :;
opposed one TO the other every thing will
:" Be 10 the advantage OF the peasants if they
' are we'll conducted. There is hut one thing
" commoa ~ fheA the ignorance of he one
:" and The simplicity Of ne other render them
equally susceptible Of enthusiasm. The pea
sahtry give themselves up To good impulse
= with the same facility as the town popnacc
" hi themselves he led away to erii." If New
York and Philadelphia he objected Il may be
answered, that the evil there has been COIN
tcracted IL 4 certain extent, by the settlement
oil new lands; hut when this counte r-chcck is
removed, their influence, already too great
must gain upon their respective states. Upon
such u theory, Baltimore must govern abso-
ioleiy u State like Maryland.
Cd. Next grievance a.dgcd is the freehold
suffrage. Uni, crsai suffrage claimed upon the
principle of the nataral equality Of man. Not
ii MED, Il II be confined TO rights This great
hs"ad principle, like every other abstract OPT
non, when it comes ro he reduced to rrac
t..., n
mos" Tor whose use and benefit fiji for any
god purposrl it was first perceived and ac-
knouiedged. Accordingly, the hardest of
our retnrm-rs, The holdpst leader in that cause
frm MART guam .Rercurio-" equal to both and
arnd Tor either f..id"-nay, the commune
"i Paris and the clubs of Cordeliers and Jaco-
b'ns-nerer attempted To introduce il into
psacice IN sbvering, stark, abstract naked
ness Some have worn the dress a little high
er-!n me + lticoat, or lower abou; the bosom
1trging upon the nude too far for modesty or
health none, howeyrr-fsr be the slightest
irrryerence Of alusion--hsye denied the fig
nj. No, not even Anacharsis Clootz him
svlf and his ignotlp army Of martyrs, who
Seated. ny their blood on the guillutine, the
sincerity af their political faith; "for when
" men are furousIy and fapaticaily fond of an
object, they will prefer il, as is well known,
= To their own peace, 10 their own property
10 their OVID lives" If any thing could
hGhlen our adherence of the human butch
ers* who al that time bore sway in France.
II would be TO have bern TO see creatures, who
by the universal consent of mankind are not
moral agents, mao men 1.-The most nischiev-
,oils u IS True that have ever appeared brought
10 trial and executed, not for their misdeeds
but for some alledgcd defect in their wild
hnaSInaiions, Enthusiastically dressed out like
their ambassadors, of the human race,l in
shrds aud patches of cast metaphysics-in
the masquerade of theories and systems of
government Let il never be forg 1tten that
these, and enOrmities transccnding even these
were perrnirated in obedience 10 what was
called "public sentiment, the will of the ma
Jorliy." The helish fortunes of the Inquisi-
'ion have been Inflicted in the name of Hea-
ren-ihc desiccs Of the devil upheld by The
authority of Cod-and would 10 God in this
instance only. What must be the excellence
al real liberty and true religion that the sound
Is not hateful TO our ears; that the fullias and
crimes committed in their name have served
but to endrar them to the Use and good
Hypocrites aud ruiians, disguised in the garb
OF pIety or patriotism, command respect from
the multitude, who have been cheated from
the bPganing, and will be cheated tu the end
The condition of mankind throughout the
world proof of this. Fanatics q somewhat
less disreputable class, but hardly less danger
ous to society. Fanaiicism not incompatible
with hypocrsy--on the contrary generally
accom-, 'anicd by it. Examples Of this in the
followers of Nahomet. ia Cromwell, Vane,
&c. and the F.ench jacobins. Horrible in
st"sc' at Rcnnrs, the capital Of Britanny du-
ring Gamers massacre. "fThe cxecutioncr
g dird-many offered themselves for the Of
9 fee---it WAS given by public trial to the most
skilful, and the successful candidate was
" chaircd or, say in Virginia, carried
" burgess" So true it is lays NJ. de Put
saye, writing cf the event that courtiers
" arc 10 be found every where"
no roiurn: This great broad principle of
natnmil oqualiiy must be mOdifrd before i;
can be fited for the use Of man # and not
mat IN The abstract, but in society, and that
particular form of society TOO, that may have
adopted il as fndan1rntal principle. Of ts
government aud this necessity, which spurns
all CONTROL converts tbs question las will he
seen n the segueD like every other rnaiter of
human institution and poIity, into question
Of sheer eypcdiency-- Of sound discretion
II is 'be neglect, or Oversight, Of this alrno.t
sclf-cl id' nj truth, that has led 10 so much alb
surd'y aud misery in governments PROGRESSING
10 be- lrcc which has kept the dcspnlic forms
OF rule Tor misrue) in c0uuienancr Men
cannot lie upon distractions food in The ali.
siraci WI 10 more support the body than alb
sirHct rel glon will nourislI the soul As the
one lthe iasfl does by ineeilable conclusion
Trad 10 abrism sn does the other tn agrarian
Llw-aud agFaran law is anarchy that is. no
law AZ all; according to any received drfni-
ton OF the term. Both end ia DEATH MOI
We must have something solid - FOOD will not
dove must have bacon or beet nr bread
ave, and The bread Of eternal life, or wepersh
We ask not " vi, q us In orifE - t,ut rive ne