Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-07-25

Clal n result, ! Will HOC QIsuuot SOct
VIA, theatre can this appeal be more properly
made , The Metropolis of an Empire, TO whose
foundation Jefferson so essentially contributed "a
city, oyer whose infancy he watched with parental
care. On what day so pIopitious as this one WIN
which his name is inseparably connecteu--whs'
part of the ceremonial more acceptable III tiea'en
or on earth what tine repeat again, more sea-
! sonable /? The anniversary oil the Deciafauon "a
Independence, of which he the au,hor-the
day, furthermore, which completes the jubilee oil
our emancipation this day, Fifty years ago. TO
Jefferson was it allowed TO write, In the recorc OF
human destiny, the iairest page ever proauced IN te
| whole extent OF backward time. He was commis-
stoned from above (for who can doubt the source
of his authority to proclaim the glad udings OF
political salvation 10 a benighted world-to write
the sublime and unerasable truth that nation OF
freemen had that day been born =! The benetcent
effects of this great epoch have been already de-
scribed, with eloQuence TO which 90 not pre-
tend Ii is sufficient for the occasion TO say that
the roots of your empire reach IRON Ocean 10 "
cesn, while under its branches nation reposes In
peace. liberty, and happiness. Lear, IN the mo
ment of addressing you, the trump OF jubilee The
inhabitants of the hills and valleys are shouting to
each other, and mountain tops from distant noun
tains catch and communicate the flying sound 10
millions of freemen Shut, amid the nations rejoic-
ing see mounful exception-Jefieis on Is bow
ed down with us misortunes Monticello, like
another Balclutha, has become desoiate silence
has been substituted there for the orscles OF VISIONS
and the general rules of hospitality have disappear
ed before the meagre fiend OF penury
II am asked why Jefferson is singled out amid
his compatrots- my answer is, he stands pre-em
f,ineat alike for his services and his mistortunes.-
God forbid that should diminish the Just claims oil
the illusrious band who. guided by the polarity oil
| their superior genius, and by courage that was
| above circumstance, to whom The blessings OF Fro
V..,1 all a lfrrlt --hv
| were conducted through the wilderness to the land
Of promise. But as one star d;fereth from another
or in glory, 20 also is the lot OF man II was his
GOOD fortune to occupy the front rank among the
ill.trious. He is one OF three survivors, sgners
or ,ne Declaration of Independence Ais associ-
| a,ee are comfortable, and need no aid
If i. be inquired, now has it happened that he ha
! become Impoverished? answer, the decacy o
! the subject forbds the inquiry. may ask, howe
yer, what public institution is there In the Uniet
| States that has not prohted OF his bounty! VIVA
son or daughter of affection, who has asked tor aid
that has not received his charity? What nation
tongue kindred, that has not shared his hospital
| ity? His fame had goac abroad IN the earth liz
was Justly esteemed distinguished benetactor o
! mankind. He was resor,ed TO as an Oracle, tina
! hey might hear with their own ears, from his owr
lips he sublime and the eternal truths OF civil ant
religious liberty. His doors open 10 all. Hi,
responses were withheld from none. The seque
was inevitable-a loss of his property. He disin-
teresiedy sacrificeds his independence the al
tar of oil the virtues The character of his country
ennobled by the sacrifice. It will be still fur
Their ennoble by it's being replaced by the seneros-
| iiy of his counuymen.
! will not inirude further than TO say, propose
! no resolutions. Let act, rather than resolve
Let each man subscribe what is agreeable to him
self. I am against uniform subscription-t i:
| unequal, and therefore unjust. Wealth pays
hundred dollars with little Inconvenience po-
verify its dollar. W hat wish is, that every citi.
zen of w Washington may have his name inserted
among the benelac,oTs of Jetferson--the amount
| neither great small refers TO the motive which
prompts it, hch Will shelter j, from an unnend!
criticism.