Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1831-08-19

esdy a, ,heie eounGy's esi to afford 10 all The d,
in their power. promptly. faithfully, rssofutey and
az upparioiie-submssivs--iin will rot rotor
upon our sn'sxopss Many Of the are united 10 ne
by The bends oil friend br-mspy ,f ihem 1 sdmirs fo'
ms vgor OF Their Init l!est-msny Of them I rsspes
ot ih'r private virtues and THAR public .srviess he.
lev ne b-m 'c os IN error regNd their error,
row. roy IN anger. la. cad OF resorng to erinins or
w'ui, say 10 them in the nntu OF one, who living
I'd an &c o. great men. was pre-. n,ipehy, great iha
ts.rs zoe cur rouIty become III. brave:" .,hat midi.
wi regard TO ia well beirg 10 hesoie vif .ues "
TIL iusi US OF Oh than, breeding over the failure
OF he scahton stsnsi France, when ished u, OF
ire bed OF 'shner exhausted by debi i,y, ard rstked
with pain, forgo: bs own sIfierinys aud sxe lam,
.hb his siuos, 'Spirirg brss h. .Oa my country! -
Tee Phosepiic Fa kisnr, wien England wac di,t ac
W. civil war. ,iieratsd The word peace" with a
sh aud ct per,hed intrepdiy, in battle, dstendiog
n' fa".e which lie conscience icid h IN wss tgh'.
The chivalrous Iaurcns, whilst the council were de-
batting whether the capital Of his native should be
surrendered to the enemy, agated and pale. The
immortal Washington, as he expresses himself trem
bied when he anticipated tho s,ructon of the Union
rom the imbeciiiiy OF the Confederation Were these
men unpatriot'c! Would they have bowed to degrad-
ing submission! Would they have yielded base timdi.
"! The patriot, who in his country's cause, would
meet death in the field The scaiIold-wth a cheek
Vnoianched-wnh an eye unmoyed-with nerves UNI
quvcring-and with heart beating in its ordinary
ime-would not be insensible TO spprehe nsions and
leafs when dangers threatened that country with whose
glory and W hose shame he identified.
Amidst our & grievances, should bear in mind that
we became voluntary party to the Union that the
States are knit geiher by the suffer ngs which
theS have shared, and the common renown which thew
have acquired Federal Constitution like ours
sui cintends various interests and ,nnecs together
extensive and thnIy populated territories Gov
eminent howcve guarded by definitions and limitations
by checks and counterchccks be exempt from oc-
casiona nbusethat any other substituted Tor would
not be periecthat II could not against par
" sp't against the real the supposed of
maores, and the jealousy and discomfort OF minor les
that I'm the language OF Jcerson) "if OH Temporal
~ superiority oil one party, the other is TO
ln kedar
exist Tor ii ne reduce Union Virginia and North
carolina, Immediately the conflict will be established
between the representatives Of these two States and
they will end by breaking into their simple units -
Above all, those words Of him, who was first ia war;
nrs IN peace. and first in tho hearts OF his country
should be indeibiy impressed upon minds "lct me
warn you i'm the most solemn against the bane
iu fleets oil party spirit. This spirit, unfortunately
Is ihscparabie from our nature, having is root in the
strongest passions Of tho human mind Ii exists under
derent shapes IN all governments, less stihed,
contro'ed or repre.sed. But in those of the popu-
lar form, 1t is seen in IFS creates. raukne.s aud is
uiy their worst enemy. The alternate domin alton of
one party over another shapened by the spirit of re-
venge, natural TO party dissen;on, which in different
ages and countries, has pcrpeirated the most horid
euormities, is itself ghtui despotism But this leads
at length, to formal and pernanc mt
he disorders and miseres which result, gradually
incline the minds OF TO seek security and repo,e
III The absolute power OF indivdua and sooner or
ater, the chief oil some prevailing faction more able or
lion to his own elevation the Ct public liberty
Iow-cit1ens, the temple Of our constitution w as
erected by wise archecsthey il of dura
BILE materials its paris proporionae and symmetri-
ca-it Is formed to remain and long will il remain
proud monument OF national liberty uues, those rbo
are bound 10 preserve and defend it, with reverenal f.
deity shall themselves undermine its solid foundation
and PROSTATE IL in the dust.