Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-01-03

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by desert, completes the measure Of human clory-and TO
discuss your fitness or unftncss for il, should be- as much
Die right of every citizrn.
When you reflect upon the late sudden transition. t,ro'
wnich you have passed-irom the laborious, contracted
duucs Ot n lawyers Office, To the great comprehensive
concerns Of legislative chambcr-ffoin the construction
OF those q%uibblimg quiiks that suit a Nitrous cl;,nt TO
Ut management oil that vast machinery which is to NAL c
I"at'on Srea'ahd happy, you cannot but sac and feel,
that YOU have run into some errors. which were natural
e, 4 change SO new and unexpected. Nor can a thousand
pleasing "reminiscences Of youthful aspiration fail TO ulav
beiorc your delighted fancy i'm being thus recalled
10 that field i'm which you carly SOUGHT 10 ulan, Tho scions
winch a warm imagination had iondly cultivated. in tho
nope oil one day seeing them entwine your brow will,
wreaths OF impcrislmblc honor; but which an unpenc.
rous SOL and their own exotic nature caused TO submit To
an untiinely blight. Discounted i'm these early homes
by an unfortunate selection of the principles aud ,neo
sures which you cspouscd and suppor,cd-too proud
70 examine dispassionately the symptoms of the age.
or bend To the general indication Of events. vour d.
positon led You to recoil wholly upon the contcmpla-
uons OF sell, and to cast an eye OF Indifference unon
ue passing evolntions of man and of government;
anu excepting only two occasions of recent date. and
winch mag hereafter form incidentally subjects for dis.
cuSsioh, the most that we heard from you, during the
oig period winch elapsed from your first defeat as can
didate for political p~refermcnt. to your late promotion 10
ne senate OF the 7. 5, was, that you were wholly Vir-
ytnian. aud altogether for Virginia.
ms independent rcscrvc-this boastfnl affection Cor
your native State, at once dcvclope your true character
endthe cause OF your Observation-Disclosures both spring
rom inc same feelings, and are both receivable into the
same principle. You have, no doubt. read the dialognc
related IN a late work entitled s.Englnnd and Tho Fyr
i'sn, whlch took place between an English patriot. and
d rrehch gentleman, who had Just arrived in London:
ana as the conversation is rs truly characteristic of ina.
ny, AN American as it is Of an E~nglishman | Will quote
1t here. for The benefit of others:
What n superb street is Regent street, cried tho
frenchman, ON being introduced to the Englisl,man.
= rooh, Sir! Mere lath and plaster - replied the Eng
"iwish to hear your debates, said the Frcnchmnn.
MOT worth the trouble, sir" groaned the English
q shall do homage to your public men"
a-days." s"" """-
" Well, | am surprised-Butat least | shall see vour
Authors and men of Science"
" Really, sir, answered the Englishman very grave.
ly,.l don't remember that we haze anu"
The polished Frenchman was at n loss. for n moment.
nut recovering himscif--"Ah!' said he, taking a pinch
OF snuff but you're avery great nation--vcry !"
himself up.
"The Englishman, then, = continues Bulwer. ais vain
OF his country. Wherefore' Because ofthe public build.
lngs: lie never enters them. The laws? He aliases
them etcrnally. The public men: They are ouacl,s
me writers . lie knows nothing about them. He is vain
him r"
Win you draw the parallel bctwixt this Enolishmon
ana YOURSELF You are proud of Virginia. Wherefore;
because OF her great men! Are they not nearly all
dead! Because OF her great prosperity and Increasing
PoPuiaton. .SNere they not %imPedcd and thrown back
Dy "a extension oil The right OF suffrage and other alb
surd innovations upon the old Constitution? Because of
the great blessing of equal rights and privileges. How
admirably they are secured by the creation of Banks
IL olner monopolics:-ln fine, sir, if YOU will examine
yourself narrowly, you will probably discover that your
great attachment TO your native State has arisen. cL;c6u
from the circumstance, that she has producod VIM. -
secohuarhy; because OF those aristocratic features i'm her
government and laws, which, To the eye of the true NH.
lanthroP;st, appear as disgusting and swollen protuberan-
cs 10 deform the general beauty of the body polite =
DO yon behold any thing great in Virginia nov,-o day..
ana are not her present fame and glory. in vour est;,,o
non, mere reflections thrown over her by the lustre of
FORMER uLics DO you regard with any sort OF concern.
the great body Of the community ? Do Won not look n,on
them as mere "hewers of wood and drawerso of water'--as
asses, who were destined To carry the pack. and beor the
u lhSU u IlOSc VINO nave the sl1ncItv and MINI - -
1t upon them? i wonder that, in your vcncration for Tho
WISDOM ana customs OF antiquity, which you extend, in
cases, to that of 4 phrase or n word. YOU should
so entirely have overlooked, in most of the princinles and
winch you have supported, the qlorious trnths
ana n~lagnanimous sentiments announced i'm our Bm oc
i@'Sh'si OF, DO you regard those equal rights, privileges.
ana enJoyInents, which it asserts, rs the exclusive pro5cr-
" oil the aristocracy, in which the common herd have no
concern: iour whole political course seems to confirm
TINS suggestion. In the fervor of your youthful career
you were found in a warm and violent opposition To tbr
most democratic Administration which tiis oovcrnn,cnt
eyer possessed-and against Thomas Jefferson. the
great father and founder of republican simplicity and in
whose triumphant success over the elder aristocra,ic and
hilsly ADAMS, a second great revolution in favor of the
rights oi mankind and of liberal principles. may be es-
ieened to have been effected. youarrayed yourselfin bitter
ihvccuve. NOT only were you found vigorously opposing
the measures OF that administration but al the same tiinc
heartily supporting and justifying the PRINCIPLES of The
most UNJUST, oppressive, arbitrary and tyrannical act of
The preceding one,-and the Alien Law which ,vns
odions and offensive to the American people. and in an
especial manner, disgusting and loathsome 10 Vir0inia
received your sanction and APPRECIATION. | most hearth
- JON Ai t-S Ritdl error oil YOUR NOntn am
wiling to ascribe it TO the reckless excitement of porty
strife, anu to view 1T AS one of those excuses. which arc
100 common with the large rs well as the small politician
! mention IL only to show the bent of your early incli-
nation, and the consistent, uniform preference which
you have ever manifested in favor of the principles Of
ohgarchy over those of democracy.
Ihis, SIR, has been the great error of vour polficoI lie,
4 ne bright haIos which encircle the phases of wealth.
nave dazZlcd your fancy, and the affections of your heart
nave ever been prone TO distinctions and of orders i'm 40
cioty. The noble truths contained in our Bin Of Richie
knaugre their claims to antiquity.0 sthat all mon are Inv
nature equally free and independently % that all now
or is vested IN, and derived from. the pcopIe;p-i that
magistrates are their servants" % that Government -
.lhat no man or set OF men arc entitled TO exeIu-
slVe or separate elnolumcnts or privileges &c. Sc
&c, hit before your mind in all the wildncss of Tito.
pan spcculatons, bedeckcd, indeed, with the Grace
anu beauty OF virtue, but without her inspiration. Their
enumeration IS TO be esteemed, like the faith of an inf
del believer, merely as a recognition of PRINCIPLES which
arc never 10 be thought Of in practice. The idea of ma
KING a Walton happy, has never been made a contention
OF your ran-you have been ever engrossed with tie in
tcrests oil a party. No generous emotions have ever NOV
cd your bosom, 10 behold your country in the uossession
OF equal rights and privileges. No spark has vet been
struck by your powerful intellect, to conduct and lead her
TO Their full enjoymcnt-but, enveloped wholly bv the
concerns OF the particular class to which you belong.
all Your efforts have been directed to cxait it by tie
depression OF the great body of the people. Are Won
tile resident Of u town That town becomes. i'm your
view, the sun of the political system, around which
every otlcr interest must reyOlvc and surrender fri
Dutc'-Ihc member Of a party Heaven and earth
must succumb, and yield to its behcsls. Sir. You arc
indeed, "tar behind the are" You have been blind
70 the rapid march OF improvement. to the prorress of
knowlcdge, and 20 the great destination of mankind
Diited wan a mind capable Of comprising any difficulty.
a genius to discover the most hidden trnth. and am ard1r
% i"lIel 10 mighty action-with proper direction il might
indeed, have been your happy lot,
"Ihe applause Of listening sountcs 10 command.