Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1825-08-23

may send to Georgia, that she is an independent
state, and that whatever they may think of her
constituted authorities they entitled to exemp-
ton from insult if not to courtesy and respect
Efforts like these the part Of such writer will
20 farther to restore tranquility among the people
of Georgia, than any notice he may please to take
of the course of the editors Of this sheet.
We love the Union, but we are not less attach
ed TO the rights of the states. Break down the lat
ter; sink them into obedient corporations; teach
them to obey the "will'' of President, through
fear OF his willing bayonets, and we may bid adieu
TO the happy results we have heretofore enjoyed
from the beautiful theory of our system. The u
MON will become curse instead OF blessing
With the sword and the purse, and the power TO
do whatever may be thought to conduce to the ge-
neral tre!fare, the government will soon become
an oligarchy; and the transition to monarchy will
be easy five know our own heart, 1t IS Tears like
these, arising from the increasing tone OF superiori
~ on the part Of the government and it's agents,
and the continual assumption OF power by Con-
gress rather than hostility to men, that have for
some time dictated course as TO the measures Oh
the Federal Government. Neither our tranquility
nor Union. is to be preserved by the bayonet.
Moderation and lustice kindness and Cancellation;
mutual respect for The peculiar situation, interests,
feelings and preudices of each other the only
chords by which the happy confederacy of these
states is to be made permanent. With sentiments
and feelings like these, we deeply dePlore the ex.
listing state OF things between our common govern
ment and our sister state of Georgia. We know
not what have been the means adopted to soothe
the dissatisfaction and to concate the rritated feel
ings of that member of the Union. Say that she
is in the wrong; that she has had no just cause 10
complain OF the L. s. respecting the lands and the
removal of the indians; that the U. S. agents have
not intrigued in her local affairs her election, &c.-
that through hostility to her constituted authorities
they have not intrigued with the indians not TO
make the late treaty; nor after it was made, that
they have not exerted all their persuasion and in
Auence to make the indians dissatisfied with it, to
murder Mcintosh, and finally disavow it as atraud
procfised 6y Georgia Say that the u. s. agents
sent to enquire into these things and knowing the
state of feeling and parties, have made every allow
ance, conducted themselves with the utmost cir
cuinspecton and treated the authorities of the state
with marked respect Say more if you please !;
say that all her fears ofextraneous interference with
particular species of property held by her in COM
with the southern states, are idle and visiona-
ry-Say all this and still there is something due to
her as an independent state. All that has been
done is not yet before the public. The origin Of
the dispute is no mystery; but we know not what
efforts have been made adjust il, either by recon-
cingthe indians, or persuading Governor L. to a
ban1lon his project of the surveys The issue TO
which things have arrived must involve dread
responsibility somewhere. Itmay, or 1t may not
fall upon Gov. Troup. Neither his manner nor his
temper, (of which we have already expressed our
strong disapprobation, affect the rights OF the
State Tor deprive her of the courtesy due TO her.
Ifher agents have been guilty of fraud, let them
be ferreted out, and exposed
yARIErIEs.-Generdl Lafayette returned to
Washington from the Leesburg Festival and on the
18th inst left that City in the Steam Boat Mount
Vernon, on his farewell visit to our venerated
citizens Jefferson and Madison. He expected to
return to Washington before the oath On the 18th
the General arrived in Fredericksburg, where he
was received with the wonted cordialy of that
hospitable place He.was welcomed by the cheers
of the citizens and escorted by the military to the
Mansion ofMr. James Ross, where he had been re-
ceived on former occasion. The Fredericksburg
Herald makes the following just remarks in noticing
the Generals arrival:
How beautifully interesting is every thing
which appertains to this great man. Who can be-
hold him without being lost in reflections of
love, gratitude, wonder and applause. He COM
templates, embodied it were before him, the his
tory of half century, fraught with the most por-
tentous events. and followed by the most supendous
consequences: and then, by slight change of ideas,
he views nothing but anable and unassuming
individual, breathing good will and kindly feeling to
all around; while from all around he receives the
deepest tokens of heartfelt esteem and unsophisi-
Gated admiration. When one Of the sages of
antiquity desired to say who the hapPiest
man alive, he replied that &c man, while living,
could be considered happy" Yet, could that sage
now behold in this grateful country this benevolent
stranger, he would admit, that in ONE instance at
least, he had been mistaken-Yes Gen. Lafayette
must be happy
e" He left town early on Monday morning with
his Son, in a carriage provided by the citizens, for
the purpose of paying farewell visits to Mr.. Jeffer
son and Madison. We understand, that on his re-
turn to Washington, he will pass through the
ties of Cupeper and Fauquier, and embark for
France early in September. He was accompanied
by the Mayor, and Col. Mercer; and attended part
of the way by Col. Thomas Minor and Major Ben
jamin Alsop, OF this county-men, wbo although
fast, sinking in the grave leave with their former
compeers names behind from age to gather strength,
and from time Immortality
The Norfolk Herald, gives the following
count of the arrival of the French Fleet: " II
is the largest -of-war fleet that has been with
In our waters for nearly thirty years, except that
under Admiral Cochrane, during the late war;
We had the pleasure Of full view of them from
Willoughby's Point, as they stretched across the
bay, from the Cape to Old Point Comfort, under
easy sail, with fresh easerly breeze, in line, with
intervals of about swo miles between them; and a
more grand and imposing exhibition, better
calculated to inspire admiration, cannot well be
conceived On coming to anchor, the senior Ad
miral's ship, the Eylau, fred a salute which was
answered by corresponding number of guns from
Fortress Monroe. We understand the squadron
will remain in waters, until the hurricane
in the West Indies is over. The novelty of the
exhibition of large naval force, had its full eff
feet the curiosity OF our citizens, and large party
went down in the steamboat Virginia, on Satur-
day morning, to enjoy it. After running down the
line Of the squadron, the Virginia bore up again to
the headmost ship, the Eylau and on coming abreast
of her, lay to for few minutes, to afford the pas
seugers an opportunity of leisurely view Of that