Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1825-05-27

| play such nrodigious antics ia the neyysnane,s
reckless of the painful sympathy they excite i'm III,
minds OF their feeling icllow-counrymen Woul,
not such unfortunate men, Fir. President. be ver,
appropriate subjects " HON to exercise the NH
lanihropy Of your learned association; do moi
presume to suppose that your grave and Identified
society would condescend to ponder for a single
moment upon the minor cases OF tag-rag and bob.
tan, which are sufficiently provided for in the hos
pi'ais with which our providcnt country abounds
But surely those soaring geniuses that scorn 10 be
mad except upon high-sounding speculative sub
Jects, taking care TO preserve sufficient eouilihri
INN Tor purposes of ordinary decorum, and lSeepipp
their hands from mischief, might claim of Won the
iaVor OF a special committee OF consultation for
their benefit in requital, it WERE for the rood
they have done. Perhaps the case of a certain re-
| nowned Mr.. or Capt. Sy,nes il r,,bor too
remote from the sphere OF your lunar observations
IL not too Innocent in its nature and tendency. 10
proht by the sanative counsels Of your learned So
cety; but there are two others nearer at hand and
evidently IN raving state, if we may Judge from
the yells they shout forth in tie last ENQUIRER to
he great alarm OF " the quiet and conten,e par, of
inns community; tia, is, the great body of the peoDle
who have probably never seen, or il they saw ne
yer heard TIE like before One is so afflicted with
the hallucinaton that all the world besides cannot
frame as good constitution as he could so lon,,
as 40, that he sees political perdtion in every
word that savours OF proposition TO correct Ibis
favorlte child of his brain: - His mind is So i'm,
oued with the lessons OF wisdom and virtue, which
he iaer OIL his country made it the last act of his
lie to deliver TO his Children that he sees treason
engenderng at every corner ofthe street where two
or three persons happen 10 be conversng about the
abuses OF government, and the defects of the Copst
tuition The other looks upon all the late cand-
dates Tor the Presidency, and the late President
among them, as babies in their political horn
looks, compared to himself; and that this ureat
Republic VIII be hurled into anarchy, or grasped by
tie hahd OF desPotsm as as he ceases to bray
from the WiStoam. Pray, Mr.. President. call
meeting OF your society to take these cases under
your professional care and if they do o, require the
aniiPhiosistIc regimen and straight Jacket, al
least put gag, or bous, in their threats till they
resume composure.
But Mr.. President, thought has struck me-
Can II be possible that of these gentry is ac-
tuared by an unconscious zeal for the presep,
nodhcaion oil certain courts? Is it Drobabie
'hat INC other IS fearful that he never will lee
put IN nomination Tor the presidency of the United
states, II he does not sound his own pretensions
under the artiul disguise of denouncinc the ouali
cations OF all others? 1t is surely within the pro
vince OF your learned and philanthropc society to
ahalise these cases and apply the remedy if they
oe not those OF pure deceii but if so, TO say So and
relieve the public sympathy and COMMUNICATION
If, however, as E" oil things are possible. ,bey
are actuated by sincere and magnanimous zeal
Tor the public good, for which no one can see the
occasion but themselves, like a poor delutled no.
tenlate OF Europe. whose overlooking Kindness of
soul prompted him at the close of the Revolution.
TO offer his royal services to preserve our political
existence as King Of .4mcyicaI have no other
thanks to return them for my share of this pray
NAUTICAL good Will. but 10 request that they gct
cut Of my sunshine