Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1825-11-11


powers of the practical government, has he yet
given any ntiinatons of his intention to give this
s-important information 10 Congress, and solemnly
TO call upon the legislative body instaPy to Furnish
remedy for this great misfortune, which was di-
covered TO have befallen the code of fundamental
laws! Has he no<; ON the other nand, given the
most alarming ,iorebodings of the uses, he wishes
pr intends TO make, OF the term general welfare!
Do you not find the unlimited scope gwen to his
Interpretation Of its meaning in his Ohio Letter
and in his Inaugural Address? Ia the dilemma in
which President "a. would he placed by this new
discovery, is lac not called upon by every consi-
deraion arising from the love OF country, and love
of future fame, TO deliberate well, ard To decide
wisely upon the course he ought TO pursue! And
can this be better done, than to see what Others
have heretofore done in the like dilemma; and what
destinies have waited each actor in the scene, ac-
cording to his conduct pursued, oa each great
casion? Let p. "A. then enquire what would Wash
iugton now do. if placed in President AS supposed
dilemma, ii he had discovered this great in1dver-
tent defect in the fundamental laws9 In sad a
dilemma, his former acts would prove his present
conduct. He would on the instant, nobly, honora-
bly, and openly proclaim the fact to the proper tr
bunal, and call for the proper remedy. What did
Washington in a former dilemma, When his dis
contented army offer Ell him diadem, lie disdained
The aliurng glirtering overture, and crushed the
wicked spirit that dared tempt him with a crown.
When the rights and liberties of his country be-
secure, he retired, honored and dignifed, to
private station. When his country again wanted
and demanded his efficient aid, in forming funda-
mental laws, and establishing practical govern
mcn,, he again left his beloved retirement; and
after he had the government fixei upon
an mistaken foundation, me ardently hoped, and
FIRMLY believed lac again sought or happiness in
his eiiamoured retreat Bat, upon the instant oil
doing so, he left to his beloved county inesti
mable leglcy:-His Farewell Address In that Ad-
dress, with wisdom and patriotism, almost divine,
iie admoniShes his countryuen, against the very
political shoals, and quicksands, upon hich the
practical government seems intent to place IT.
aelf:--eXciling occupation against occupation,
section against section. Washington well knew
that the great and stable pillars of the government
OF this Union, were generality and equality
He therefore PRAYED with the holy iervor, that
these might always be deemed too sacred TO be
polluted by any sacrilegoSs touch whatever. Where
now are these hallowed pillars? Pulled down, cut
up, and given TO the devourins asmeS!l! OccUpa-
ton, is set up, against occupation; section,
against section, and worse than all each section is
stripped of its constitutional ederatve protection
State suhorities--Siate rights. Where is now the
great, the good. the patriotic Washing on !? He il
no more seen IN the land. His inspired admoni-
tons nave become the sport, and contempt of the
political ashionables. But his soul is doubtlessl,
in the regions of the blessed. His memory is en-
balmed in the hearts OF his couutrymen; and his
great good ZANE is coeylensive with the civilized
Nworld!M What would Bolivar 10 in this dilemma
HIS former acts, would also prove his present con-
duct He, like Washington, would nobly per-
form his duty. He would disdnin the accumulation
of ungranted pos ers by forensic suDtlety. After
being invested with the dictatorship, and liherang
his own country from the mort oppreSsive bondage,
he, like Washington begged permission to retire 70
private station, declaring TO the legislative body,
that his couatrv was about TO be relieved from two
of the most frighful curses that could attend it;
| the war and his dictatorship. Such noble
siisin crested patriotism could never stoop TO low
nsurpations of Illicit power. Where is Bolivar
| And where his present fame? He is now hailed
as the L.berator of hisspwn counry, and the bene-
factor of mankind. The whole civilized world is
now pa, ing homage to his profound wisdom, hi,
heroic bravery and his sublime patriotism; and moro
than any other people, the liberated people of The
u. S. In all the SENTIMENTAL incidents which have
been called forth bS The visssS ofihe nations illus
rious guess. alike honorable to the nation and It's
guest none has beeR better selected than the pre-
sent bestowed by Mr.: Custis upon Bolivar. How
great the honor, how great the reward, TO seec
Bolivar, lately risen up in The world, amiSs
bigotry, superstition, ignorance, barbari-m and de-
potsm, the most worthy to be presented viii
the precious rectaof bis own great prototype od
would julius the first Cesar doc if placed in h,
dilemma, His former acts too, must prove his pre-
sent conduct. He would avab himself of ever
tllse pretext of every forensic subtilty to rais
his own greatness upon his counIy's ruin" Wha
has become Of the great the splendid julius Cesar
and his fame? Ask the Roman patriot; ask Cesar,
! bosom friend; ask his Brutus. He viii tel
YOU. g Cesar was ambitious and slew him. !!
Under Brdlus' fatal siSb Caesar lies isnc.ly low,
I y. roll
along and the human intellect becomes more rpprov-
| ed, the memory of Julius Cesar, and of every
other tyrant, becomes every day more detesied
The enlightened world now bestows IFS homage anc
lis pIaudits not upon the destroyers and plunder-
ers; but upon Inc benelactors of the human race
What would the great Napoleon. the last Cesar do
| if placed in this dilemma: His former acts would
| also prove his present conduct. The Trier consul
The Premier consul. The Emperor for life The
Emperor absolute, prove that he. like the frs
Cesar would avail himself Of every sub,ilty So 10
raise his own greatness upon his country's ruin'
Where is the great NAPOLEON: Where his fame
His awful destiny has been recently skeched; End
therefore, need not nov be repeated. Let ii suffice
to say, that he e- low in St. Helena, the common
subject OF reproach, with every patriotic philanthro-
pic mind: His own, the just and awful doom OF
every other yrant j. II not truly shocking To eve
r philanthropic mind TO look back, and behold
The many destroyers and the few benefactors ofthe
human race. who have appeared in the world,
from the time of julius the first, to the time oil
BonapaIle, the last Caesar!
Ou; of these fsr-famed originals, President
a. hesitate to choose the model for his present
glory, and his future fame? Have bis first impress
sions seized so strongly upon his mind, to de-
prive il of is own proper energies in his weighty
contingency? If so. he still may fad an inialble
index, in 2 recent impressive incident He may
G,I -, he ate Of
Nations late lustrious Guest, 10 his Own beauti-
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