Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-01-13

II may moi I've useless 10 state here, that the article has
had a great run III Cnnada, where il has been used with
great effect against the nnor patriots. WIN arc Doomed to
cNI!2'e w!!!i tiE!r "!noc, lAeig rash. n"CaEsr premature
efforts Tor Independence. People OF Virginia, cn you
sympathise with IL triumph which has elected such dac.
tr!nes: Can you support The men who have made such
u victory the subject of Il Jubilee more exul,iug than
any ever occasiourd toy the defeat IF q foreign enemy?
Are you prepared already TO sacrifice those great prin-
cipes OF Freedom, for WHICH your fathers bled, and
which they consecraied by their wisdom, Ar you ready
70 admit tNal freedom is II curse, and popular sovereign
ty u deiuslon? Are YOU not satisfied with The great rx-
pertinent Of American liberty viii You pronounce the
labours Of your evolutionary heroes and snges, not oaly
vain, but pernlclous IN their consequences? Have you
made up your minds 10 set your seal TO the compact en-
tered into nj Faueuil Hall? Me,hinks | hear an indis.
nuni No, reverhrrate from The mountains to the valleya,
from the seabnard 10 the Ohio. The shades oil your
mighty dead, your Jetfersons, your Masons, your lny,
Tors, need not be evoked, TO preserve you from snci ioui
pollution. You cannot prove rccreant TO The noble &C.
neralion which has scarcely yet passed from the earth.
| will no. insult your patriotism by manileslIng any ahx'
iety abouLt The result Of your enli glicned Judgment
81 have been SO drawn on by The aniinating subject
whlct, expanded under my pen, that inul nave ltIS
room left 10 say any thing else. II affords ME no small
amusement 10 see The iluitering which my triii'ng ehu'
sions have caused among the pigeons. IL Is an enc"nfa-
ging proof that some III my shot have taken e!lect. Our
opponents have SO long munopollzed ms channel OF po'
lticaI censurship. that they treat every one who dares en-
cioach upon it, as 4 lord oithe manor would a puor poach.
er. To attack Messrs. Clay aud Webster, The Cog and
Msgog of modern federalism, is looked upon by Them, IN
the light Of sacrilegc. But all this pretended indisna'
ton, as | said before, will not prevent me from speaking
the truth, in the plnines, terms. am determined "to
keep 4 stiff upper lip" to USE The eirgant phrase of that
classical orator, Mr.. Henry a.. Wise. BY The way, | DO
not think, that this choice expression was exactly lnl'e-
rued from John Randolph of Roanoke, by his lineul sue.
cessor.
"a word about Canadian Affairs, and | have done! !
do not think that the harmony Of Great Britain and the
U. States, will be interrupted by these unpleasant coils:
ions. The two governments understand each other, and
are determined 10 act with good fath. The violent acts
Of both parties will be mutually disavoweG. Some OF
our people have acted imprudently. Their natural sym
patty, praiseworlhy in its cause, with the suffering and
oppressed, cannot justify a violation Of neutrality and
the faith Of treaties. But there have been acts of az
erosion from the other side, for which ample reparation
| ought to be demanded, and will, doubt not. he render
ed. The cardinal principle of our foreign policy should
ever be, nor. Intervention in the domestic concerns OIL
other nations.
With great respect, your friend and servant"