Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-06-28

Of ihe delegates to the second Corgrss In which he
ok his sest on tho 2id Of June, ITS
On the Of June. 1855, the gates from Virginia
Jefferson eene one i'm obedience 10 instructions IRON
."er commitments, proposed 10 Congress Ia declare the
Colo, les Independent o. Great Britain. The proposal
wac sdcped, Jefferson drew up the Declaration, which
aver u rec days OF dtcusior, wss carried with
alterations, and -ignrd by every insmber eseui,
cept one. affords . remarkable proof Of The general
coed sense and ju 'gsment Of the mrnbsrs Of tbis
Congress, that every change which s,ioned 10
this o'i imporian, OF documents was change for the
better
Ga the LII OF June, I779 j. H.rscu wa, appointed &c.
vernor OF the Commonw esih Of virsicis. At tho end
OF tho see"n year he resigned his administration, from
persuasion Lat under the pressure OF aston the
civil and military power should be unied in a militia
~ scmmandsi; General Nelson was appointed TO sue.
| eesd him. About this time he appears to have heep
\ Cornw allis.
| Lord Cornwaii, hen proceeded to the Point Of
Fork, and encamp d hi, army from hense ali slons
h main James River. to a seat Of mine, called Ek.h
opposite 10 Elk leland, and Iitic below the mouth
OF hs Byrd Creek (You VIII all thsse places ex-
asly laid down in the uap annexed to my notes on
Fir,ioia, printed hy S;orklar) Hs remain, in this
20 ion ten day., his own head quarters beipg 10 my
house a, that P,cs. had time 10 remove most Of
effects on, II tho house He de,roysd all my grow
ing crops OF corn aud tobacco; he burut all my barns
con anirs the same ucles Of the last yclr, having
6f,i taken what corn he wanted; be used as was 10
oe expected, all my stock OF cattle ep aud hogs for
tue susienancs oil Lis army, and carried of oil
the horses capable OF servie Of those TOO young
Tor service he cut the tbioas; ADD he burned all
20 fences OF ihs plantation, SO as to leave II an
4 asso'ute waste. He carried CT also about thirty
slaves Had ibis been 10 give tn IN freedom hs woul
have coae rgh but |, was to epnsgn them 10 ine
Ola dea h. from the small Pox and puti fever 'h,n rag
ging IN his camp. THIS knew af.r ards to be tho
ias OF twenty Sew OF tbsn had news of the
remaining thr~s, but presumed they shared tho same
fate When say that Lord Corn "allis did all this
40 not mean that hs carried about The torch in his
hands, but that IL Al. demo under hi. eyr; the stu
alton Il The house in which he was andpg a vie W
oil every part OF the plantation, 20 that he must have
ma a.. thaaa htro.
knowledge. 10 great degree; as was on the ground
soon alter he left it, He treated bs re,t of tho neish.
"erhood son sha' In tn. same .yie bui no, with that
spirit oil total exerminaon with which he seemed 10
rarRe over my possessious. Wherever he went the
dwelling houses were pundered Of every thing " hich
could be carried oH. Lord Cornwals's character In
E'gsnd would forbid tn, belief that hs shared in tn
rlunder; but tba, his table was served with the
PLATO thus pi'ged from private houses can be proved
by many hundted eye wi'nsssss."-vo. H. p. $50.
o. the 9Th OF June, 1883. he was appointed by the
Legislature OF Virginia delegate 10 Congress, which
was then sitting at Aanspo, and one OF the DELE
gates who ratified Tho dc 6nvo treaty of peacs which
was signed at Paris on the third of September, I7s3
and rs'ih ID in Coogre, without dissenting voice en-
IN. IA h Of January, 1854
On The h Of May following. hs wa. appointed a |
min.tar penPoen,iary, in addition to Mr. Adams and
DIR. Frahkln, for negotiating treaties OF commerce
with foreign nations He arrived at Paris in August,
accompanied by DR.. Franklin from Pas,y, and beipe
sheriiy at.,rwa d. joined by Mr.. Adams Eom h.
H,gus. He remained 10 Europe till October 1889 and
Witnessed the origin Of the French Revolution, respect
~
and aubertc detail ard mu>h valuable opinion; and
his observations are reeap ulated in his shed Me-
mir. In this MeUor begun, be it remembered, in
1871 he winds up this portion OF his Gu tbu':
'Here diseou'ioue my relation Of The French Revo.
la n. The mnuteness W tn which have go far civ.
an ts deia -, is dsproportoned TO the general scale
my narrative. But have thought il justified by the
interest which the whole world lake in this revo.
lu'ion. AZ yet but in he fret chapter of 10
history The appeal TO The rights OF man, which had
been made In tho u. States, taken up by f ancs
fret OF u European nations Fem her the spirit az
spread thoee OF the South. The Tyrants of IN
North have allied Indeed against H. but il isirre,i.tbIe
Their opPo on will only multiply its mill of human
Vieim'; their satellites viii b. finally and greatly
amo ior ted This is wonderful instance OF
fssm email csuses So ibscrUtabie is L Arrangement of
causes and consequences 10 this world, III two PEN
ny duty on TIA, urjusly imposed in seqss.iered ma
oil IT,, charges he ecndi'i'n tf oil its nh biians"-
Vol. 1. p. 90
jefferson returned TO erica al the end Of 1850 nm
Temporary leave OF absence; blu, Re had scarcely
land in America, WI en- he received from General
Washington hsn Presidency .he apponnen, of Secrs-
ary OF Stats and prevented his intended return Pa
r'. Much as The cessation Of bis invaluable testmo
ny 10 The progressive events of the French Revolution
10 to be lamented II Is still evident his proper sphers
OF action was in America HIS residences in Europe |
had served, by the contrasts which coniinu ally
before his eyes in the eond ion Of the people, to con-
arm him In the love OF the young institutions Of hi,
own country and his presence in America essen
'isl TO the existence OF those ms i,ution.. Hamilton
the Secretary OF the Treasury, st,unoh federa!isi,
carried through many measures which fferson cord-
ally disapprcveo; amoDgs, others tax home dstil.
cd spirits, wb,h laid the foundation Of Excise pro-
duced d'ssssc ion and open resistance, and had ne
ly broken up The Union. Hamtob's object was, to
s,rsng hcn the hands Of the general government, to
give i. sufficient strength to do right in spite of The
people.
cat cabinet dinner, in April, 1901, Adams having
said OF the British Constitution, Purge that Constiu
s u,ion of its corruption, and give TO its popular
equality Of and would be the most ne
feet Constitution devised by the wit Of mani"
amiton paused and said, "Purge /, OF it's corruption
and give 10 its popular branch equslity of representa-.
ton, and it would become imPraciicsble govern
n; as II stands at present, wi all it's supposed
feets, IL 10 the most perfect government which
i,ted." "Aud this" says, JEFF rsoD, was assuredy
the exact line which separated the political cresd OF
these two gcptlemep Adams was for two hereditary
branches and an honest elective Hamilton for aa
hereditary king, with House Of Lords and Commons
corrupted 10 his will and standing betwee him and the
people."-Vol. iv. p. 46l.
Certainly Of all the that sci shout establish
log "frm Of Corrupsr- General and Company on the
ohsr eide OF The Auaaiic, Hamilton one of q Q
most jealous and I'll sient. Proceeding the prin eli
p., that nisn could be governed by two motives
only, frce sinister interest, and that force in tbs
United aes was out If the question, be adapted his
financial tchsmes TO ihs securing Of mtjority in Con-
gress. The act Tor paying on at par the certificates OF
debt given in the latter part OF the revolution, was
one OF these schemes. Many Of the certificates had
been sod by ihs original holders sbig in The
pound. AZ soon the passing Of the eet foreses
by Hamilton and his tiends, expresses were sent oil
the Union TO purchase up the certificates, be.
fore the holders, in The most distant places especially
could possibly know that Congress had provided for
their REDEMPTION at par. "Immeose sums were thus
hIcbed from the poor and ignorant, and fortunes accu-
mulaed by ih'ss WHO had themselves been poor enough
before. Men thus enriched by tho dexterity OF lea
der, would FLOW OF The chief who leading
them TO foruLe and become the zsaous instrument Of
his enterprises"
Anofhs o( E..I Ill