Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-11-16

POLITICAL ADDRESS.
Sons Of the land, where, celn'y following Peun,
Rose the first group ot plain and simple msn,
Whose praise, obscure a, first now swe ellis sublime,
In growing grandeur, down the stream of time,
How shall tho muse attract your thoughts away
From the loud themes of thi. cventlul day
When cy'ry brecze th' astonishing rumour brings
o. conq'rins cities, md of vonquIsh'd kiogs-
OF mthase hong by batb'roui lcsions torn,
Now Now sivn to arts, the frantic pirates soon
Tn nvonyins crowd all transient 10 a dream
soon was tho itaudinl prince eniorc'd to hear
Three days suited for slaughter and for fear
IN. Inc next distant clitnos from public rage,
" guards conducted, and IN silence led,
Ito seeks spot to hide his crownlcss head.
No wonted plaudits rise no hattorrng crowd
Exalt their voices, serso, base aud loud
No hardy pcasaury assert his cause
No priesthood now resist IN insultsd laws
Neglect aud seorn pursue the right divine,
The warliko boast and long descended line
Not e'on the fame of marty rdom to know
Contempiuous pity spares the PROSTATE foe.
IA slow he passes, to return no moro,
silent recedcs tho woil-temembsrd shore.
Each royal pile of empires earlier rcign,
Bach wnrikc mound, each rvcst-covetd plain.
Each Roman ruin, each poetic valo--
All all rcccte iton his dospoitiug eyo,
Aud pride must check the sob aud hush tho sigh,
IhI cleans the sail that DER the hroad expapse,
SooycyS him Tar from splendour and from france.
To foreign rcalms tn ushappy Prince they So.d,
Ectom, unnote'd, there To wait ms end
Tho hideous truth TO feel and bear alcno,
Which cputtiot Al meier whispers 20 a throne,
Reign unbeloy'd aud uuiamented die.
Behind him swell tho contests wild and Free
That rouse to storms the new democracy.
The clam'rous press gives warning fierce and loud,
And wakes the fury ofthc ming crowd
while, common praise of all descendant bands,
joy of two worlds, the vrtuous Chicitvin stands
Oh! while tn uuminglcd glow vet gds thy shrine,
Be mild decay and euthanasa thinu.
Earth ne'et can call thoc TO "a higher doom,
Nor brighter rays Ger cluster round tho tomb
Oh may that Powr that guards the good, beifiond,
ctract each useful moment Ia ia end;
Md midst those awful Dssuios that guide
The F"iss of Nations, and the human tide,
That cheer with peace and wealth happier ago,
or sunk gully realm in factions rtgo,
b space prov iled for the scntlcr hour
on calm decline, hes ond Contentious power
Soit wnne tho years IN peace without alloy,
And sorsIal blessings usher future ioy.
Amidst the stirring tumults ofihe time,
To peace aud silence who shall raise the rhyme
fot ask wo why stern France aNnkes arms,
Aud staules waTlihe mouarchs with alarms.
ls't not for freedom Are these tho
Il uubud religion from all human laws;
The public faith, the peopln's veal avow'd,
Sole end of fowr deputcd to tho proud,
And, nj tho hour when loudost pcans swell
NeIcy, that reaches e'en the convcts coIi
Aud shall not we rsoic whore these have stood,
And blcss'd the soil, without the price of blood
Where thrive they better than DER these calm lands.
Where planted 10y more just and viriuous hands
~ nurs TO guard them with peculiar care,
Pride OF tho realm, fair Virtues happier hoir;
And value moro those rights, familiar grown t,bronc
For which towns srcnm with blood and slaughter lyhn i'm