Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-02-23


gon loses all her charms, in the eyes of these or.
iosised newly taught European governments. how
ever lovingly wooed by them, on other occasion.
when she would stretch forth her potent arm ,r,
stay the bloody barbarian hand of despotism. 10
oieak 'he CALLING unrelenting chains of slavery's
.ic'''ns ana to restore TO suffering, pundered
degraded man, the blessings of liberty. his him
right from his God !! Did he meen I'd incI,,,. H.,
demonstrations of all the European eovernmen,s
IN n&ihg Their iron claws upon the press. M.
ifiend and guardian of liberty, and the ripb,s oe
man, and the dread and terror of tvran,sp ,n,,
turning the science OF political economy out oftb
doors oil all the seats of learning in MOS, IS ~
countries of Europea Since these demons,r.,;os.,
made by all the European governments. under ,he,
'heory OF their constitutions what is seen in CON
tinental Europe, but the silent death-ike calm Of
luespo'ism! All the iegtimates exertng the Iber-.
"a :"er governments In betterng the conditions
s .'ei. submissive subjects, unpslsied by the will
Oh constituents. Their submissive subject. beia,,
denied all will or if will they have, it must he
SeP' within their teeth; whilst the only right A.
waroed them, is The right to obey the stern mar.
oates OF their sovereign masters. To obev then,
100 without one murmur of complaint wLisperei
soo'e 'heir breath. Have there been any other
demonstrations worth regard than these. since th,
european peace, within the last ten wears. which
would have taught all the European governmen,,
10 ieei that the end OF their institution is the b,n
pness oil the people, and that the exercise of novs
among men can be justified only by the blessings ;r
-, oU"iers upon those over whom it is exerted.',
uiy Alliance IL The only great lesson
taught all the governments of Europe since the E,,-
ropean peace, within the last tell wears. and III Co.
are Inc demonstrations ofthe results of thar lesso
II there be any other worth regard the writer know.
them not. He hopes the President knows of soaS
o.her' 10 which he alludes in his high wroush, euo-
gum upon the practical results of the theories of cir
Inc governments Of Europe, developed within ,hs
last ten years. If he should know of Mons oh
'heh 'hs gitterins sublimaed message contains The
strongest demonstrations of his welcome of ,be<e
Denehcent results TO these u. S. perhaps tbe..
are amonst the European lights, for which tb-
PRESIDENT acknowledges debt of gratitude from,
.neSe ohied Ftates to the European governments,
and that these lights ought to be substituted her
In exchange for the great American po,itic,I Inn;
Hafy-Ihe blessed light Of libery.-FeIloyv cjri
zens! Look well al these thngs.-The nanera NOV,
iaia before you are all authentic. Examine them
Tor yourselves Ponder upon their contents. Per
maps 'he writer may have uninen,ionally mistaken
,ne" "eai'hs. Out ne Tears he has not Do ven
know OF any other great lesson taught all the fu
ropean governments within the last len veara nm.
oe' 'he theory OF their constitutions than tl,a
lesson OF the Holy Alliance? If Won should 80
coect none Others yourselves; ask the President,s
most partial friends ask his blind devolees; ask
we pa''"ers OF his VIII, and the sycophants of his
patronage, whether they recollecI any othsrs "a
| to tell you, what these other lessons arc
Ii there should be nors other, 20 Won ..,,
no danger in the lights reflect ed by .hea IessonS
II there be danger in them Is il no. lencre.s.,
one hundred fold through their eulogies. and w.
come mere, oy the highest officer in the nation ,
presume, few will require TO be told of Nh,
danger TO liberty from the Holy Alliance and ~
practical demonstration already made. bn, man
are yet 10 be told; that the danger 10 liberty fron
the Holy Alliance, and its results. is comnar-
auVeiy nothing, as the writer verify believes. to
the danger from the unholy alliances already form
eu' ana forming at w ashiDgton, tranple iustice
and principle under foot, as well as Ebersv~ ~
plumber one man for the benefit ofanother,u Jybsn
such cunning traffic becomes the law, then ;us,ica
virtue and liberty must all be tramped under foo,t
After their glirerng crowns had been made r.,
totter upon the heads of all the legitimates of En-
rope oy The French revolution, and might have
touered TO their tall, but for ibs mad ambi
uoh oil one daring usurper, it was 10 have beer
expected, that all their governments would League
together against liberty.
i lheJ have done no more in their Hojv Alliance
But could any thing have been more unexnec,ed
ana deprecated than the high eulosiums paid their
Developments here? Paid by the chief of 10
Union That the forms and theories IS
or federal system, should fall before them
That all The limitations upon the powers of The
practical government should be turned to naueb,.
ana that these new European lights, shed forth
within the last ten years, should be welcomed in
their stead" That the light Of liberty SHOULD be-
ehinguiThed before the more dazzling lights Of the
HoIy alliance! The great American western
4 lisht OF libeTtyu And once nut out INV Igb, ),
IN these United States, thou great bright Iminary
Thou celestial benefcent Goddessl!! Thou orea,
osnlgnant beneisctress of mankndm Until nov
the Goddess most worshipped, and adorei by the
American People, and goDeynment--" Once ms
out thy light" IN these U. S.!U and where is
.hat Frometilean heat, that can Thy light re!r,
February 10, 1926
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