Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1839-07-19

,scti"n 81 his country Scurn d. NAL Of the mouth
ed ephhris. II Jac"hms Rpvuiunnrsts, Agrarans and
Lev'lkrs. with which they aspfrs. you s"rveie par
fnsng the abuse I" foreign urcngs agans. the theory
oil our Government Simply rpuind them, that II was
against these sPli.samp caumnps that the noble fer
son commended and hiss The sckrn,uE rPc"f cuon IN
their ears, that II urd'r oil thcsa, sseunn con-
irnTd n by the txcrsses At the French Revo!uon that
! hr hnally ard glorruusly irlnmphed
fui viii not content mysrIf with assertion hut stand
pledged this dry prove that fee institutions Of
oil OTHERS, the most compatible With private rights; and
that even IN this respect is drspolisn asufahly dis
iahced. You would not deem ii fair, that should IN
s'itutp comparison between well developed social
oganzati"n and that of the PROSTATE slaves that
BILE al The waving "f imperial scrp're. | hall deal
more literally WITH The subject and choose irr my
rarIson with our own bti"rrd country. England and
| Ff&rcr the most cultivated aud best governed Of The
nul;"rs al Europe.
We'll let US brr fy consider the favorable example of
England our noble m";hrr England! The mistress of
the aud the u ,!,r nations; peerless ISL
Covering every ocean with her navrs occupying every
continent with her cGlnnIes, suh.idsing people
with her ARMIES. There property reposrs IN thu prnrc
ton OF thr awful aud corn'nngled shadows of The cas-
tie, lie alIa and thr throne. There enjoys all Of
vrreucr aud sanction that royalty, religion and rank
can Afford with all Of security that "traGitior firm.
ond cpfemoninus duty can impar vi h very ray of
light suffered 10 dawn upon the national mind made
10 stream through the sInrrd windows Of tie cathe
dras dome; boosting with lie usually phoso phicai,
but here, think s"phis'icnl. Burke, that Their H.
betty hath ns prdrgrr ard illustrating arcestors-its
brarlngs and lis en>gns armnral-its gallery OF por
traits al n"nunrtal insc piI"uss recon ds and
evidences ot lille with heir patriotism ihus i,ri
ed and enhnbed BY inheritance and pr. scp'iun; with all
these supeaddrd sanctions thrsp expensive suirles
these blond bought guarantees these ivy bound barriers
scarcely less revolving IN the u philosophy (bscause
reared al hardly lrss expense Of mortal suf ng) than
the ghasiiy wall of human Of souls with which ali Attic
prince SAID 10 surround his palace and his yatdens:-
Yrt, alter oil his | ask, is properly in England mnre
respected personal safety less endanp ered than these
rude aud Thrilled Willis of licensed lbrry2 NJ!
no! No! No, even her game enac,mcnts rivaing in
rignr The mresi code ut Norman Tyranny; even her
laws Of apprenticeship, that forbid The FREE circulation of
labor; not even her parish settlements, that bind The sub
jet sfri slave 10 ihr soil; The cruel syspmnf
mpressnent by which sir conrrrvPs her boosted
navlrs her law restrictions which give 10
u wealthy irw The m"n"pn, Of lie p',r be ad-
Ian rave her secret soul from nightly leu
"Erom frc. !om'- cu:se, from cdor,'. t,a,s.'
] would punt Tor propi OF Tins Ia The numerous and
bi"ndy rufs Of her cities the hostility o her abnrrng
cassrs III improved machinery, and The present otnus
nrr'ng III the charsts within her ho,dtrs. | Will also
cite you The Statistics Of both countries which
show in England fur those against property. involving
years Imprisonment and more one IN every 100:
in y. " York. only one in every 500; aud ia Nassa
chusrirs, IN every 932 ntary our one, as
you VIII perceive Aud This too. without considering
the immensely dsprupuri"naie influx OF foreigners
anUI gel us Thus. we can understand tow England
has brra tor centuries coonziag Continents with her
ie!urs
Bn, The most unnnswerahle proof Of our position is
CONTAINED III lhe Parliamentary Eepurt the
pre- :" ra'sing s'iprndary p"ice for the whole king
d"m We are shocked 10 rsrn lhr:rirnm, that the hln
ways az The country have bccumr insecure that PER
cnmpr!.r! I" travel in hands as in Spain
ard liaiy. Far mutual prniPciiun. "On the highways
(snys The port "i large pant OF The country com
M rcal travellers and strangers who travel slnyy,
"thrrwise thnn hy pubic c"nvryancts. aud cnuy lu
Ery abut Them, abstain irrm uavrlllnI after dark
from lear al robbery and vlrnce; and farmers return
iron market in company. from The ike ltnr otter
dark The products "t cn"mrrcinI industry in
stu "n thu highways beng almost without projection
frnm any civil "ice, are subj CT Ia extensive and sys.
ismaiic d"prrl,tnn. Wareh"iS"s have been disco.
rerrd Manchester conducted BY persons living IN
respectable sphere Of HE, filled with HE produce of
plundrr "
Ailer this brief consideration of British insecurity
would draw. TOR m"m. nj. your attention tn second
ir.rancr have select, The monarchy al lhr French
brave, gallant. refined and powerful people but how
inir ur 81 that constitutes national S. 10 Tie
inhabitants of this lar Wilderness Will presently apuear
Her military establishment The most powerful her po
lice "rgan'zaiI"n the most IirCt Europe. her Go
vrnmrn' supervision extending 10 almost every branch
If industry her cabinet ministers required by official duty
I" regulate The affairs of the green r"n her yIgi
lance xaclIng not merely passp"r for admanre into
her h"drrs but permit from The pulcp Iravrl even
fr"m Paris 10 Lyons yet SILL with all these prprsu
iinns and supervisors, Royalty itself
cannot move through ihr slects Of The metropolis of
France, though double lined with soldlery, without
Grpadnu thr knife Of tie assassn and uppre ndnp
fr"G almost every house thai passes thai the in!rrnaI
machine pour for against il procession its sirram
n nnds,rrgu,>hirg death Why sir. anros, the last
arrival n"rnfd us that IN the most important crisis Of
his policy L"nIs Philippe dared MT PRESENT himself
the opening of hr Chambers; md that regiments of
The line were necessary 10 make lane through the dark
brvas and bs"rrd hands hat Threatened The progress Of
lhr Deputies The Paiais B"urbon! What turkish |
histnry-what Wild legend exceed in strange and !
powerful inter, The ROMANTIC and self devoted attempts
upon The life Of hp Cllzen King OF the Ba rcodps:-
Nerd contrast with this pear, Damned victim q! royal
pagranIry, alternately sUaytd by the threats of allied
10 ihp mi al tod
even in daily apprehension that The dynasty o July
will be swept away by successive wave Of rpssess
revnIuun-ihe PLAIN, unguardrd and unlacked i"drI-
dual who may be seen, almost any week threading his
careless way through The unconscious crowds Of The /
Pennsy lsania Avenue:
But il is merely The political institutions of France
which thus precarlous; her social rights. also. of
which those the guarantee vii! bear equally dis
adv min geuus comparison with own. I-nuk at The
dreadful rios, the almost civil vars Of Lyons luok at
the violence 10 which machinery liabl" look al the
o MIR Vipneuve, 10 The ahj'ct condition
Of wu hmPD through various parts si The gd0m and
the qIrnt drpredallons 10 which property
pns d; bands nf $40 men rvying conir utons the
department de E-7iSns. and the ndrs Of Sedan not
turing show themselves dressed in The streets for
fear Of wrechPs who feed their iamished frames with
The flesh of The sick horses which their imprisoned
comrades had slaughtered And, lastly, examine The
statistics Of crime in that country and you will find
very nearly The pruporIiun in The Of Eng
land, namely Tor crimes involving The punishment of
year 8 imprisonment and more one IN every 800
Of The population; and only three per cenum Of this
number foreigners. comparison has been
where we'll instituted between France and the State
Of New York. tpst The superior advantages Of Mo-
narch,cal and Republican institutions. in their PIE
servann Of guod gove nment and prn,ecun Of indvi-
dual rights In the latter, The electoral hoty comprises
mule lian 400 600 voters, fully in every five nf
the entire populations; u hls the former this fan
chise Of fpmrn is Confined less than 300 600. not
one in hundred Of her and in which. the
writer proudly asks is greater security en yrd3 hope
hiatt he i'm Elp have
riIy limited by the short compass o popular hafangne
and the many other imm.d DAIRY applicable re-
marks which design 10 offer you) will enable you 10
answer the inquiry
Bu, is not merely riot and r'voln'in. tel o~citi
7eus bv whirh The security Of property endangered
There - sucb hing IS public wt MS private plum