Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-02-16
MIR. JEFFERSON

Inc application OF this distinguished man seems
to have excited great deal of interest The nub,ic
prints elsewhere are noticing the subject with the
most intense concern The following are the re-
marks made by the two papers in the Town of Pc
tersbuIg
1t VIII be perceived, reference 10 the su,nma-
ry OF Legislative Proceedings in another mari nj
our paper. that Bill in conformity with The viii
es OF Mr. Jefferson has been presented TO tina House
Oh delegates. We cannot permit ourselves 10 en-
iertain doubt OF It's success for single moment
Next 10 our immortal Washington what so, NJ
Virginia has performed such signal services for his
naive State as Thomas Jefferson, Who's. name
stands higher on the rolls OF fame as a civilian. a
statesman, patriot? The Old Dominion has eyer
been justly proud OF the Author of the Declaration
OF American Independence and when such man
presents himself before his Country 10 ask a small
favor OF the Legislature, shall he meet with cold
denial, and be told that he has made an i,nnroner
request - That what could be granted 20 every
Citizen, should no, be yielded 10 him Shall H..
veteran who has served his Country faithfully for
sixty years, be placedo on footing with the men nj
yesterday or to-day! Forbid it, gratitude In our
view, the Legislature should not only grant all that
he asks, but his country should do more Should
the situation Of his affairs demand indeed the sacri
flee OF his chosen retreat, his fsvori.c Monticello
the State should be the purchaser, and present it 10
him as home. Let the Eagles eyre become the
nest of inferior Bird (: but let that spot. 90
long the seat OF elegant hospitality, yet continue
the residence of the great Republican Patriarch
let those groves, familiar 10 his walks still remain
devoted TO his phosoph.:s al studies; and finally
when he shall cease to think and 10 act TO, the sosJ
Of mankind. let -MOnticeiio be The tomb of JeiTer
son, as Mount pernon is the sepuIchre of Wash
ington! Intel
The reader will perceive, by reference 20 the
proceedings Of the Virginia legislature, that the
pecuniary affairs of the great and good man, whose
name is at the head of this paragraph, are not in a
prosperous condition, and that he has been forced,
in his old age either 10 sacrifice his property 10
meet the demands against him, o, of appearing as a
supplicant before the legislature. He has preferred
the latter course And for what does he suppl
cate p The simple enactment of a law, 10 enable
him TO dispose OF his property, by lottery, at fair
valuation, in preference TO placing it under The
hammer oflhe aciioneer. How has this supplica-
tion l,se received by those 10 whom it was adj
dress.s,! Most ungraeiously; bare majority of
four having agreed that bill should be broug ht in
on the subject
From this state Of the vote on the preliminary
question for leave TO bring in bill, we have no
very ssnguine hope that the bill, which will be re-
ported by the committee, will ever reach farher
than second reading, but that it will be strangcd
almost at its BIRTH md what will be the ronse-
quence p The man, who has done the republic
more good than any other being now in il, will, al
an advanced age, be compelled 10 witness his pro-
perry go into stranger hands, ~ for mere song -
for less than oneihrd of its real value; while he
who giorousy aided in the erection of the great
fabric Of our liberties, will he compelled either to
live upon the charity of his friends, or spend III,
remnant Of his days in a work-house. Repub.
sCF~We are happy to inform the Editor of the
Republican, that the proposition daily gains ground
We have no idea at this moment, that the bill tcL
De, can be, rejected Enquire.