Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1825-08-09

ance enabled them to establish The blessings secrs,
by the Pilgrims and the Patriots have descended r.,
us. In the virtue and intelligence Of the ;nhe-i,or,
we confde for their duration They who attained
Them have lett us their example, and bequeathed us
their blood. We shall never forget the one un.
less we prove recreant to the other On the Dorich
columns OF religious and civil liberty, majestic
temple mas been reared, and they who dwell within
Its walls, will never bow in bondage to man. tiIt
| they forget 10 bend in reverence to God
lie aemevement OF American Independent ce was
not merely the separation of few obscure co,,
MES from their parent realm it was The ,r.o,;a.,
annanciatioi 10 created man, that he was c,e,,es
gree and 1t will stand in history the spoch f,or,
which 10 compute The real duration of political IL
oery' intolerance and tyranny had for ages ieagu
Ell 10 keep their victim down. While The forme-
could remain the pious guardian of his co,scienc.
the latter knew it had nothing to fear from hi; 80,
rage. he was theirs, soul ard body. His inteIIec
tuai energies were paralyzed, that he might M,
behold the corruptions of the church; and his nby
seal powers were ietered that he could NOT rise IN
against the abuses OF the state. Thus centuries Of
uaiAheSs iohed away. Light broke, from time to
lime, but II Only served TO show the surrounding
clouds; bright stars, here and there looked out hui
'hey were The stars OF gloomy night. AT length the
morning dawed, when one generation of your ances,
tors wiiied that none but their Maker should guide
them IN their duty Christians; and the perfect Jav
shone forth, when another declared that from nom,
as men. The world had seen the former secure a
privilege, whose original denial would have Iofs
lheir 18th asleep in its founders sepulchre ard
they now behed the latter in the enjoyment of right,
"!hoGt which, their freedom would have been
paisied at the footstOol of monarch's throne.
H. In remembering the oppressed you think the
oppressors ought TO be forgotten, I mi,h, uroa
that the splendid result of the great struggle shonia
iuiiy reconcile US 10 the madness of those who
rendered that struggle necessary. can almost for
give the presumption which Is declared'' i,s rgb,
" TO bind the American colonies" tor it WAC We.
iuiiy expiated by the humiliation which" acknowl
ed those same :" American colonies 10 be Soxer
eign and Independent Sta,es.'' The immediate
workers, too, of that political inquity have nassed
away. The mildew of shame will forever feed IN,
on their memories, and brand has been set upon
Their deeds. that even times all gnawing tooth can
never destroy. But they hare passed away; and Of
all the millions they misrued, the millions thew
tcoutd have misruied, how few remain Another
race Is there to lament the folly, another here to
magnify the wisdom, that cut the knot of ernnire
Shail there inherit and entail everlasting enmitva
Like the Carthagenan Hanilcar shall we come nm
hither with our children, and on this holy altar
swear the pagan oath of undying hate? Even our
goaded fathers disdained this. Let US fulfil their
words, and prove to the people OF England. that
" In peace" we know how 10 treat them ne
friends" They have been twice told that. g in
war; we know how TO meet them as enemies -
aud they will hardly ask another lesson for it NAV
be, that when the third trumpet shall sound, voice
VIII echo along their sea grt ellis &c TIE GloY2;
has departedr
Some few OF their degenerate ones, taintine tho
bowers where they sit, decry the growing great
ness oil land they will not love; and others after
eating IRON our basket, and drinking from our Gun
so home 10 p5iiT forth tie seaseless libel against a
people, at whose firesides they were warmed But
few pens dipped in gall, will not retard our pro,
urle lR rnf i.tx, e.
disturb our repose. We have those among US. who
are able both 10 pare the talons Of the kite, and
pull out the fangs OF the viper; who can Law bare
Tor the disgust of all good men, the sanorene %.
the insoent reviewer, and inflic such cruel mari.
on the back OF the mortified runaway, as will lone
take from him the blessed privilege Of being for.
gotten.
These high and low detractors spea., not. wa
trust, the feelings of their nation Time the urea,
corrector is there fast enlightepng both ruler and
ruled. They are treading in Our steps and rra
dualy, though slowly, pulling up their ancient re-
ilsious and political landmarks. Yielding 10 the
liberal spirit OF the age, spirit born and fostered
here, they are not only loosening their own LONG
rivetted shackles, but are raising the voice of en-
courasement and extending the hand of assistance.
TO the 60 rebels OF other climes.
In spite OF all that has passed, we owe England
much; and even on this occasion standing in III,
MIDST oil my generous-minded countrymen, may
iearlessly, willingly, acknowledge the debt. We
owe England much, nothing for her martyrdoms.
nothing for her prescriptions; nothing for the in
nocent blood with which she has stained the white
robes oil religion and liberty-these claims our ia.
theirs cancelled, and her monarch rendered them and
theirs a iuli acqutance forever-but for the living
treasures OF her mind, garnered up and spread
abroad Tor centuries, by her great and gifted. Who
that has drank at the sparkling streams of her poetry
who that has drawn from the deep fountains OF epc
wisdom; who that speaks, and reads and thinl,a
her language, will be slow to own bis obligation
Que of your pureot, assembled pariots,s he, who
comprised sea and land for liberty, whose early
voice Tor her echoed round yonder consecrated hall
whose dying accents for her went up in solitude
and suffering from the oceanj-when he sat down
10 bless with the last token of fathers remem-
brance, the Son, who wears his mantle with his
name, bequeathed linn the recorded lessons of En-
glands best and wisest, and sealed the legacy Of
love with prayer, whose full accomplishment we
live 10 witness :--' that tie spirit Of LIBERTY
might rest upon him
While we bring offerings for the mighty OF
our own land, shall we remember the chiyal-
rOus spirits OF otter shores, who shared with them
the hour OF weakness and woi Pile TO the clouds
the majestic columns Of glory, let the lips of those
who can speak well, ballow each spot where the
bones OF your Bold repose; but forget not those
who with your Bod went out to- battle.
Among these men of noble daring, there was
ONE, young and gallant stranger, sho left the
blusiiing vine-hills Of his delightful Fraoce TIE
people whom he came TO succour, ere rot his
people; he knew them oEly in the wick cd story Of
their wrongs. lie mercenary wretch
striving for The spoil OF tho yanquIshed, the palace
acknowledged him for It's lord and the valley Weld
ed him its increase. lie was no namelcss man.
stalking life for reauiaiion he ranked among no.
ties, aud looked nnawed upon kings. He was no