Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-10-19

ing to receive boom that which had been claimed
and should only be enjoyed as right. We do, we
confess. deeply lament this result; for we feel that
the labor of years is thereby lost
Some years ago. in reference to the pretcnsons
or England, and her doctrines of commercial inter
course and national law, Jefferson in one of his let
tiers said, The day within nv time as we'll MS
yours, when we may say by what laws other nations
snail treat us on the sea; and will say it," That
day, which if.rson toresaw, and which Madison.
and Monroe. and Adams fastening on Gen
Jackson has, by his West India arrangement in
our judgment indefinitely postponed; and we must
still be content TO the law of the Sea and of
Commerce from England.
To The Editor Of the W Y american
In asserting that foreign vessels not permitted
to export Sugar and Coffee from the British West
India Colonies, your correspondent, Mercator dis
plays degree OF ignorance the subject, which
should have prevented his communication from OBJ
tanning place IN your columns particularly consid-
erlng that its object evidently create feelings of
anImosity towards country both the Government
and people of which have evaced the most FRIENDLY
disposition towards those of the United States
The acts of Parliament of 1925 (Sec g. Chan d !
permit the ire" exportatIon in foreign vessels, of the
produce ofthe North American and West India Colo
mes, wit h"ut single exception, 10 anv part of the
world out OF the domInons of Great Britain; and If
American ships admitted the benefits of these
acts they Will be at liberty to export any description
OF produce or merchandise, which they can procure
IN the Colonies. 10 any foreign country whatever
Canadian -four, German linens and French wines, or
a cargo of Jamaica sugar, Caracas cocoa and MexI-
can dyewoods, for the Hanse Towns without paw
ment of duty.
fence to any one, renewing discussions viii h. now
that The matter is likely be definItivelv settled
could only have the effect OF producing angry fee
lings. without leading any beneficial result; but
cannot help remarkipg, that the very insertion of
such a communication, the above referred TO-
sufficiently accounts for the many mistakes which
have, from time 10 time, appeared IN the American
Sir yours respectfully.
A FRIEND OF TRUTH.
From the New York Herald We COPY the follow
ing extract OF an Grafton delivered at New Haven
on the 7h uit oy THOMAS S GRiMKE. Esq of this
city before the Connecticut A pha, of the Phi Beta
Kappa Society. The title of the Grafton is lon the
advantages to be derived from he introduction of
the Bible, and of sacred Literature as essential parts
of all educatio II literary point of view, merely
from the Primary School 10 the University" The
following extract on The necessity of preserving the
integrity of our Federal Union, is the conclusion of
the Oration-C Charleston Courier
"Nor, Gentlemen, while remember our fellow
Ship and our common parentage, let US forge our
common lnheritance-our country. We cannst ho-
nor our country with too deep a reverence: we can
not love her with an affection pure and fervent;
We cannot serve her with energy of purpose or
faithiulness of zeal steadfast and ardent And
what is our country? 1t is not he East with her hills
and her valieswith her countless SAILS and the roc
KY rampar's of her shores 1t is not the North with
her thousand villages, and her harvest honle-w,tb
her frontiers of The lake and The ocean 1t is not the
w est, with her forest sea and her inland isles-with
her luxurant expanses, clothed in the verdant corn
with her beauilfu! OhIo and her majestic Missouri
N or s yet the South, opuent the mimic snow of
the cotton. in the rich plantations of the rus,no
and in the golden robes of TIE rice field IVhat
are these but the sister families IF greater better
hoier fln,ity, COUNTRY? | come not here to
no In ftI,a
statesman But come, patriot scholar to vindi-
cate the rights, and to plead for the interests of Anne
rlcan Literature. And be assured Gentlemen that
we cannot patriot scholars think too highly of that
country, or sacrifice much tor her. And let ms
never forget let rather remember with RELIGIONS
awe, that the Union Of these States indispensable Ia
our Ltterdu,e, as IL is to national Independence
and civil liberties; to prosperity, happiness and
improvement. It, indeed, desire to be hold a lii
terature like that which has sculptured with such
energy OF expression-wbIch has painted so faithfully
and vvdiy the crimes, the wees, the folIes of an
cient and modern Europe: if we desire that our land
should furnish for the and the novelist for the
painter and the poet. age after age the wild and ro
mantle scenery of war; the gitterIng march of ar
mics and the revery of the camp; The shrleks and
basphemles, and al! the horrors of the battle field:
the desoIatIon of the harvest, and the burning CT
tage; the Storm the SACK and the ruin Of cries: IF
we desire to unchain the furious passions of jealousy
and selfishness, Of hatred, revenge and ambition,
those lions, that sleep harmless IN their den: IF
we desire that the lake, the river the ocean, should
blush with the blood of brothers: that the winds
should walt from the land to the from the sea to
Tue land, the roar and the smoke of the battle; that
The very mountantops should become affairs for the
sacrihce OF brothers; if we desire that these. and
such as tbese-the elements to an incredible extent
OF the Literature Of the ole worId-should be The
elements of our Literature. then, but hen only Jet
ue hnrl from its pedestal the majestic statue Of our
Union and scatter It's fragments all ou- land
But 1t we cove for country the nobest oveIiest
Literature the world has seen, such Literature
as snail honor God, and bless maDkind LITERATURE
whose smiles might play upon an Angeiss face,
whose tears would not stain Angels cheek" then
let us cling to the union of these States. with pa
trofs love, with scholars enthusiasm, with Chris
t'an nope IN her heavenly character. rs hoio-
caust seif-sacrhced to God; the height of her go
ry, as the Ornament of a free, educated peace ul
Christian people, american Literature Mill find that
THE INTELLECTUAL SPIRIT is HER VERY OF
LIVE, AND THAT UNIoN, nER GARDEN oE pARAD1sE.'