Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1827-07-13
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PErERsDURG. July G.-Tbe assembage at
the Mar ket Square very numerous At o.
CLOCK, the procession moved in the order tlssig
mated. and when it reached The Theatre found the
entire front of Hat spacious building filled 10 n
Yerhowing by the beauty of our town and the adj.
Jacent country The troops, committee OF arrange.
ment, SIC. having been arranged on the stage
MI H. x. Collier Iroceeded 10 read in clear s.
distinct voice the Declaration of Independence to
Z" Ia ch he subjvined the following biosrsphicsl
notice of its great author
friends and EeELotv Citizens
HAVING read the D-claration of American In
dependence, bespeak your indulg ence while /
take cry brief view of the character OF its au
NOR In speaking OF man, TO whom IN eve
ry bosom Is erected n cenoIaph, and who has been
eulosised until eulogy is almost useless. il is 10 be
expected that many things will be said, which
uough not new, cannot fail to be interesting-
" Hh this remark, will hasten touch the in
ciden'7 by wlnch Mr.. EeTson wac introduced in
10 the trying scenes of the Revolution.
by birth he belonged 10 the sTisiocTacy OF Viz
ginia But such his Unborn love of eimplici-
ty, that he attached himself OF choice 10 the stur-
uJ yeomanry ut his native state. Possessing a
mind not to be charmed by the luxuries of a 70
iuPtuous LIE, nor TO be luiled by The siren song OF
Sioih be cultivated with an sssiduty which no
Tolls could tire, the genial grace. of literature and
science. Pblsn: hropist, lie foresaw nobler
system, and brighter order of THINGS and this
vision o! his youth the vision of enancipated
man cheered and ed hin, add gave fresh
Vigour to the energies OF his mind. A democratic
republican, lie surely read with rapture of the
brighter ages oil republican GIeece s. Rome, and
saw with stern disdsin and Indignant execrstion.
the monaIchies of the old world under which ee-
MUS sickened and liberty languished.
RAISING over the incidents of his early life let
US contemplate this patriot who loved bis country
with passion invincible, intense and holy, 81 ils
listening TO the eloquence of Patrick Henry the
great champion colonial liherfv
not thoroughly reused from her slumbsrs- was
not goaced from her passive for'iude-- Till '64
when the British Parliament adopted lis resoluto As
preparatory 10 the Stamp Act, against which our
io[eiahers, though disregarded solemly remonstra-
ted 4 he Stamp Act came, and met a resstless on
ponent. In IS, Mr.. Henfy's resolutions. aoains
the tyranny of this obnoxious act, were iDlTodu
GEO; and IN reference 20 them, the present pur-
pose, It 10 necessary TO remark only, that MIR
Jefferson, then student oil law, at WILLIAMSBURG
was present and heard the whole OF this naenifi
cent debate. OF the character Uenry's arsu.
ment, and its effect upon Mr. Jefferson. we arr
not lett TO conjecture: After the orators quick
and pa!piiaiiaS summary of our wrongs, and pro-
pAetIc glance INTO iulurity, he saw The opposjti,
covering beneath his impetuous eoqnenee and RI
sing >" The strength and awful majesty OF lis gent
Us, ethereal, towering, and sublime, tyranny ouslS
ed, and thrones seemed uofil for his fooiatools-
Our fathers were then made 10 hear the claDkiDe
Of the new cbains, which the tools of fyrani
bad forged to letter them with they then began TO
burst the bands OF colOnisl vasssIsge-- then and
mere tue breath OF lie was infused into this colony
- then and There Jefferson girdeI his oins for the
onset, and relying on The justice Of his country
cause, and tie eventual triumph Of truth breasted
the angry surgs with confidence and courage
Let ~ "ow, fellow citizen, advert for mo-
ment to a lew Of the monuments Of the genius &
The patriotism of this iilustTious man.
his correspondence Nth Mr.. Hammond. on the
afIl ri ft q D. 49, l.
No'ih's cOnciaiOfy proposition are eyinciye f.
Ike Of talents aud iervent love Of county,
Cool, close pregnant with compressed energy aad
Keen acuteness, they are numbered amOng tie most
nervous end manly productions even OF " the times
hat TIED mems souls"
The Declaration OF independence, 70 which YOU
listen with reverence on every returning aunivrr-
safy OF Us adoption, was peonsd by this great
man. After having been pruned Of some OF ID.
brightest beauties, Il was adopted but not with
out opposition Ia The onset - It's ablest advocate
aad champion" says its suihJr, was John A.
dams, who by his eloqusnce moved his hearers
from their seats" The objections Of bis adverse
fics were lost 10 the sgitsiions Of that o
cesp, which the spirit Of the storm had
hhed up on high; and these c0-pQlri0is Of the Re-
rofttfiO,,, who were taken from earth TO Heaven.
on the fitch recurrence Of the day Of its adoption
while they looking back on the sublime Ell
fsets OF The impulse which hey bad given 10 the
same glorious cause, achieved victory, before
which. in moral submity the trophies Of M
TeBso and lie Nile" sick into insgnifcsnce
During the revolutionary struggle, he was ever
active ~ the glorious cause aud when the con
lict over, aud The victory ours, ne wa strenu
Opsly engaged in furtberine and confirming the OBJ
jects OF the revolution. Much remained 10 be
done. Many vcstiges Of tyransOus coutroul were
to be erased. Marking with sagsciOus discernmenf
p' 'osenioa1 Inventions Of desfsism 20 mloF rs