Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-09-09

peaceabie and gradual conquests OF pubic opinion.
IL q SINGH Cos sgiiment should nc found inadequate
To secure And i.sos = ia :,t. oi ,.,s peopl- iiy-
ing Under II, federation oi Republics may with
gu, difficulty, he substituted in It's place. Practi.
cal effect having once been given 10 the principle,
that lawful Government is compact, and not n
grant, the pretences for :esortng force for ELECT
ing political revolutions disappear"
In the foregoing quotations may be seen the true
language and spirit Of an American patriot, proud
9Th, American discoveries of the great iun,iamen.
al principles ia political seize ice--How fallen OF
,nd contrasted with the public avowais Of the same
American, when president in 1925 !. but when
unfortunately Invested oil any ves,ge of patriot.
ism and American feelings yielding up all tho
laudablc zeal, iIit ardour oil lis American ,u,hu-
siasin, for the wild delirous notions of. the supe-
ror benefits, which could be bestowed upon man
kind; by the unlimited powers OF governnig uts over
those, which palsied by the will of cons,it-
uenfs. It's not possible for any human being of
sound mind TO read the foregoing, and following
quo atons, al rom Mr.. Adams, himself, without
being struck with surprise ani horror at the con-
trast Of the spirit and language employed by Mr.
Adams in 1871, and 1923, TO get himself into the
Presidential oce; with The spirit 4 language en-
ployed TO keep himself in il, in 1925 to cuiarge
the scope s. indu gencc OF his ambition, 6, finally,
to extend the duration of that -indulgence-Bus
hear him id his own wcrds-ietlect upon them
analyse thein-IDar; the contrast; aud then de-
eide upon the TACT and the object
Europe, with a few partial and unhappy cx-
cept'n', has enjoyed ten years OF peace, during
winch ai' her governments, whatever the theory
OF their constitutions may have been, success
sively Taught TO eel that the end oil their institution
Is the happiness OF the people; AMI that tbs exer-
else OF power among men can be justified only by
'he blessings it confers upon those whom il Is
extended"
-9gair-.s The great objec: Of this institution Of
civil government. is the improvement of the condi-
ton OF those who parties to the social compact
And no government in whatever form constituted,
can accomplish Tho lawful ends OF its institution,
but in proportion il improves the condition o.,
those whom II IS established. Roads and Ca
nails, by multiplying and facilitating ,le communal
cations aud intercourse between distant regions,
and mutisudes OF men, arc among the most inpor-
tant means Improvement. But moral, political,
intellectual Improvement, are duties assigned by
The author OF existence, social no less tnan
TO individual man"
& In assuming her station among the civilized
nations Of the earth, il would that our country
had contracted The engagement 20 contribute her
share of mind, Of labor and OF expense to the i'm
provement OF those parts of knowledge which lie
beyond the reach ofmdividual acquisitions; and par
ucuiariy TO geographical! and astronomical science.
Looking back TO the history ouly of the half cent?
ry since the Declaration OF our Independence, and
observing The generous emulation with which the
governments OF France, Great Britain and Russia
have devoted the genius, the intelligence, the
treasures oil their respective nations, to the COM
mon improvement oil the species i'll these branches
OF science, is IL not incumbent upon US to inquire
whether we are not bound, by obligations of high
ana nohorabie Character, to contribute portion
oil energy aud eXertion 10 the common stock! The
voyages or discovery, prosecuted in the course OF
that time, at the expense OF those natious have not
only redoaned to their glory, but 10 the improve
ment OF human knowledge. We have been parta-
kers OF that Improvement, and owe for il sacred
debt not only of gratitude, bat ofecual or propor-
uonai exeriion, In the same common Cause"
Marx the debt OF gratitude due from Europe
TO America In lS2i-mark the debt of gratitude
due from America to Europe, 1929.
.dSofl - Connected with The establishment of
an University ,or separate from il, might be under
taken the erection OF an astronomical observatory
with the provision for the support of an astronomer
10 be IN constant attendance Of observation upon
th> phenonena oil the heavens, and for the period-
cal publication OF his observations Ii is with no
feeling OF pride, American that the remark
may be made, that, on the comparatively small ter
rilorial surface Of Europe, there are existing up.
wards OF one hundred and thirty OF these light
houses OF the skies; while throughout tie whole A.
merican hemisphere, there is not one. If we re-
fleet moment upon the discoveries, which in the
last four centuries, have been made in the plivsi
cal constitution OF the universe, by the means of
nee ""iidings,and oil observers stationed in them
shsi we doubt OF their usefulness TO every nation.
and while scarcely year passes over our head,
"i.iiout bringing some DeW astronomical discovery
70 iight which we must fan receive at second hand
rom EUROPE, arc we not cutting ourselves off from
the means OF returning light for light while we
have neither observatory nor observer upon our
nan oil The globe and tho earth revovcs ia perpct-
uai darkness to our unsearchinG cyes?''
ue spirit OF improvement is abroad upon the
EARN. 1t Stimulates the heart, and shurpens the
faculties, not ofour fellow citizens alone but OF the
nations OF Europe and of their rulers While dwell.
iing win pleasing satisfaction upon the superior
excellence Of political institutions let us nobc
IN mindful that Liberty is Power; that the nation
blessed with the largest portion ofliberty must in
proportion 10 its numbers, be the most powerful
nation upon earth; and that the tenure Of power by
man. Is, in the moral purposes of his Creator Upon
condition iai 1t shall be exercised TO ends of beni
ncence, TO Improve the cond ton OF himself and his
fellow men. While foreign nations, less blessed
with that freedom which is power, than ourselves
are advancing with gigantic strides in the career of
pubic Improvement; were to surnber in indo-
fence, or told up our and proclaim to the world
that we are pa!sed BY the will OF constituents
would it not be TO cast away the bounties of Pro-
whence, and doom ourselves 10 perpetual inferior
ity?"
h1arl; the'inferorty Of governments paisied bv
the will OF constituents to those of unlimited now
ers in i625-Mark the great superiority of the fun.
asmentai American principles of government over
those oil unlimited powers in 1925.
COMMUNICATED
AUDACITY.
Henry Clay in his last elec,ioneering speech in
Cincinnati, which sounds altogether in the Piano.
introduces an audacious defiance i'm the foIovy;no
words: ain these visits have frequently met larre
portions Of my fellow citizens upon their friendl
and pressing invitations. My object has been cali.
ed in question, and my motives assailed Ii has been
said that nay purpose CT r,ioneerng. II it DO
intended to charge me with improper or dishonora
and disclarn the purpose. defy my most maIjS
nant enemies 10 show that I ever durip, ,,,,,,oG