Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-01-27
WKpHKspAr, JAsuAsY ~. 1894.

nctis'use then agait resolved itself iuiu "a COM
~ &C OF the whole, Mr.. Taylor ia the char, on the
,,~ ni the Union aud iesuned the consideration OF
J.. Neb.i-rs resolution, for sending agent to
'"rSc, aad the amentuicnt thereto proposed by Mr..
}" "se't. which PROPOSES 10 limit The resolve the
SEA Ssi'n al II sentiment decisvciy favorable 10 Ue
-" L cause.
s'tr. GARY, OF g. rose, and said that he felt
':hself under sumo embarrassment, in re-
-',' iiioS the circumstances In which he WAS
..iced, with III. sentiments he was about Ia
alter. Ii he should say to the committee,
i.ai The circumstances, aud nature, of the
- sent subject of debate, pregnant with the
r'ss irnportaut consequences, had pressed
18th peculiar weight upon his mind, he
"rrd that he should he laughed at, because
ir lad rushed INTO the debate with all the
s":ipiate ardor ufan ancient LacedGmunian.
''ni, alter the subject had been debated, day
.''r day; wsn The discussion Of it had
cited the most splendid talents of this
'"use, and Of lie nation when the subject
'le Hrecian Struggle for liberty occupied
whole cUuntry-when taste. when I. tiers
'tn beaniy and fashion have all enlisted the
- .""', and e'iiced the most ardent zeal on
!'.il oi Greece-lt was not surprizing that
shhaid feel, very sensbly, his own made
'c!, and his need of the indulgence of the
'nniet Phiie he expressed his decided
,,s.-i'i i' iile ps,iicy 9th. resnlntnn now pro-
Sed, notwithstanding the very high source
IA winch II had proceeded. When the dis
oussi'd rnnver of that resolution, at the
'tSe ut ihe speech, in winch he had sup
7'.teu ii, took his seat surrounded with all
'.r spiendor VI genius, and all the gluries
r"9"entc, the concluding sentences Of
AT speech had powerfully impressed MIR
Ary's mind. The gentleman had said, that
''a:eser ,nigh, he The issue OF the present
r'ggie Of Greece, it would he To him "a
''i'l" al no regret that he had asked in the
"'ne al seven piIiions of suffering reempn
'''e wore lrh,n tins House, uf cheering aud u
F'npalhy. no, sir, he need not regret IL {; he
q III aufocated The cause of Greece in the
.r'rd of Greece he had spoken, az if The
''anile of Peritles bad fallen upon him, and
- the inrsi language of the Saxons he had
r.nrtu the spirit "f the Saxon race--
hlie he was speaking, MIR, c. could not but
l'hi', that even fhe failed, it would he glory
'"oush To have made such an effort To sue
@ru. Sir, that gentleman has ensrdfied him
n on the impcrishable column of Grecian
mquence Fur me, whatever NAV be the
@iue at the feeble eiTnrt may be able to make
'%a'n,' all The power of that splendid gentle
man, shaii enjoy one source uf satisfaction
.! Is not that | have associated myself in this
IAN, with the Slories offhe Grecian eiouuence
but mat my conscience tells me | shall
vince, upon this floor, the spirit of nv own
'"untry: that feel as AN American, and that
speak as one.
IN endeavorinS to support those views
winch entertain On this subject, it will be-
lscessary to direct myself chiefly to what
'as been advanced by the gentleman from
massachusetts,, since he stands the solitary
'orinfhian pi:inr in the Grecian cause, and
supports, with SD much ability and dignity,
q Ny,i rt a.
M 50 many of Our most ssluable social bless
hSs and | will therefore proceed to show.
at OF that gentleman's own mouth, that the
'easure he proposes 10 this House ought not
- be adopted. In the opening of his speech
iat gentleman mad SAID that the subject was
rae On which 1t was difficult to avoid being
dfried away by an enthusiastic ardour a
ingie glance of his experienced and well dis
'plined mind was sufficient to tell him. that.
leS!sla.iag on this question, feeling was not
- he our guide. He knew, as a statesman.
"ough not as an orator, that Il corporate or a
iehberative body has no suui-that il has, so
40 speak, 10 heart-that il must deliberate
'V"h stcrnhcss, with precision, On all the rea-
''pns oi the country. The gentleman cOnced
"a ihis when he said that our feelings would
.erd TO be " cilastiscd." And what was that
uastlsement? Ii was in The nature of SORT
u duel, In which the Judgment fought down
re feelings iii' 1t brought them 10 submit to
IN exact, sober, mathematical estimate ofour
Citations with the rest Of The world. In that
Spirit, Mr.. Cary said, he should endeayor To
investigate the Present question, aud would
.lresent his views uf IL i'm as concise and simple
Il manner as he was able.
The gentleman from Massachusetts, had
gone INTO able, a minute, and an attic ex-
animation OF the principles of that cOmbina-
ION OF crowned Leads, which threatened the
safety of popular liberty 10 Europe and he
'!in"rd, IN a forcibIc tnaGner, the Oninous
md dark ferebndinss 10 which that combina-
'~n led every thinking mind. He said that
he spirit OF the Siuarts, q, Nj. Chairman,
Foulu rather cali 1t The spirit of puwerl mad
gain appeared aud claimed the right to
tyrann'ze over men, by di.ist deIegaiiou.--
lie connected, in a most ciegpnt manner, with
iie de'ei"pen.. mt Uf these principles, the fail
~ mat military ruler who trampled for 30 long
70 period upon The world, and had iOsticd the
earth from rs equilibrium he said, that
society lad It's orig in ia sort of family com
{act, in which The indrprndente Of each nation
'Vao secured by Il Complication to prevent the
strong From expressing and swallowing up the
weak but that, iD the principles this con
icderacy, all these securities were merged and
lost by IA admirable and impressive figure.
re relFeaehleq society M uGderstoOd him
rShtiyl as di'ided, not perpendicuIary, iutu
Nations, but horizomttpy-alI the inOnarchs
1einS above, md AL The people below. We'll
be IT 50. Such was, unhappily, the state of
The Fact Bat, Sir, dira il lesuIt because this
IS the fact, that it acgurs any danger to us /?
l say no, Sir {; and il yJu ask me where is my
authority for such denial, answer, in the
p ai.aunIi's own declaration. He said, thai,
.rs s.oce tIr dlffu-inn of that light in Europe
'8hicU iat rlou.rtd lie French Revolution,
H s4st political Eau, whose every ernp-