Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-07-17

! name nj m, brave gentleman who s,oou Io'.'
as the mover Of The acl Of that Gay MA, W ia. To- To-
been done to cmbam his memory " na ne>
been done 10 secure 10 his Descendants 'hc ,a 80
lance OF his fame2 They know hn' 'lluetu, "a, a.
,he fonpder of a race OF gallant h,Sh'sPh' ~. y
non,lemen hur they know not his name IN con
peyion with that which should make II lnsho.'ai
Who WAS he Was he some low, ldc''ous
demagocue. rejoicing in The prospect OF d re'oi',
lion. hy which he might hope 10 rise rom oosN
nenurv 10 wealth and honor? One who coui'
hone i,,hiug from royal favor, or from The esap'
lishcd order of things? No, gentlemen 1T
was one occupying the highest rank III ',,d' W.
order he was foremost 10 pun oo"h r."s'an"
boas,s no noblcr name than his, ana ID MS WINS
10 Hoo, III royalty mingled with that OF Eng
land,s proudeet peerase. The head OF one niahch
- noble house Of which the other bfanch mas
s;ncr become extinct, his way 10 Inc tiouse OF
pcers was omen. and had he leil male descend
an,s The oldest of them might AT this day claim
= sea, in Thai august body. Who was he LIS
very children know moi One of them IS here pre-
sent He knows nm nol
Gentlemen, have no hereditary part I'd 1he
bonors Of that day. My ancestors were mol
there Put could | choose, would rather see
my fathers name standing where stands ihe
name of Archibald Ca,g On The record OIL lhhl
DAVIS doing, than trace myself through al lhe
| blood OF all The Ilowards even 10 The barohs VI
Runnimede. c,o
And IS !, not sad 10 think-'ihc stuff that lame
is made off, lever there lived a man VINO ''do
rich; and reason 10 appropriate 10 himself me lal'-
oaaee al Hcary V. al Aginconri-that man was
Archibald Cary, on thar day. liaa any sponeh
des7ondinsly OF The overwhelming force OF Eng
land braved BY The scanty population oil virginia
here was his answer:
| "If we are marked 10 die, we are enough
To do our country loss-but u 10 i've,
| the FRYER men the greater share oi hOnof.
Wish NOT one more would not lose 50 great an honor,
! Far the best hope have. Wish not ono more
! lie Ina. uutlivts this day, and sres old age,
| shall yearly on the viril, feast ms iIirnn.,
! And say, 'In mnrf"N's the lath oi play
Familiar IN mems months as household words,
! BE in their flowing cups, freshly femrnb'teu
! I'm. story shall the good man teach MS sou,
| And never never shall this day 20 n.y.
| From This time 10 tr ending nf the WORM,
! Bat we, in II, shall he remembered
We few, we happy few we pan" u p'''''
Alas! Alas! Of such glorious annc'pallons
what remains Freedom, SOVEREIGNTY, INDIE
rESpescE! These remain, while they 70 whom
w. oye these precious blessings are all forgotten
Mr. Carv was 100 old man TO figure iii the
coming scene His descendants in the fourth &C.
ncraton are now on The theatre OF lie.
The FREEpoM, SOVEREIGNTY and lNDEpEN-
pgNcc OF Virginia. then, are no n'oGc''l aos'iac-
ton They are faclS long since acknowledged W
all whom il concerned They are but what all
The olher colonies affirmed Of her and OIL them
selves and he who alone had denied them (ihe
King OF Great BRITAIN reluctantly admitted then
lfuh. when. by The Treaty OF Peace, he acknow-
legged the several States, @ridf'm ana ey name,
10 be free. sovereign and Independents States.
Il was 10 The same purpose, that Lord Chatham,
when asked when ana how the Colonies be-
came free. turned on his interrogation, ard de-
manded when and how they became slaves
in ,hs like spirit demand of those who deny or
question the sovereignty oil Virginia. when ana
now she lost ii2 She was sovereign ier WORDS
proclaimed ii her acls established II; she
maintained II with her blood, and The
whole world acknowledged it. When did
she cease 10 BE- So. appropriate The words q
Lord Chatham, and demand, by what instrument
did she surrender her sovereignty On what a.
lar was i, sacrificed In what disastrous Held
was il cIoven down7 She was then nation
When did she cease to he 50? Till these qaes-
lions are answered, | shall maintain, 10 my dying
breath that all thai can be p!eiicatei OF complete
nationality mag be truly affirmed oil her.
VIVA; does she want that is essential 10 nation
aliiy. Has she mol, within herself, every organ
necessary 10 ascertain, express and enforce the
common will? And, more than TINS, has she
moi her own peculiar distinctive character? Las
she 10, her own great names! Has she moi hef
own particular and glorious Hia0ra3
Her character II is hardly consistent 1r,ta Ter
character TO speak OF il, for gentlemen does mol
sneak Of his own character, and hers may he
summed up in that one word When Edmund
Burke (,he most afluen. master Of the English
languase) proposed 10 pay The highest cohlpi'-
ment to his roya master, he said ol him. that he
was the frs, gentleman in his dominlons ANA
what more could ne say? All o;her social dis
,nctons arc Fictitious ami independent q inenl.
This is intrinsic Il implies detesation Of az mat
is tasc-an alaorrcncc Of all that is bratat. When
10 these We add the mere eXlernals oil 9oo,s da-
dress, and Familiarity with the conVehliond'''es
OF society, VIC have before us The image " ss"-
Acman complelein all his lincaments:
| And is moi this The picture OF Vifgrlah i
And what can be added 10 il Z And when was II
ever heard that a Virginia gentleman did mol, N
| al, sorieles. take rank with The proudesi nobility
of every land 7? II nave seen" says an Europe
an traveller. .'amons others, all varieties of cha
| rar,er. mall conditions Of life; bu, have never
met. in good sociefV. Virsinian who was not
gentleman, hIsh-ininGe'i ana hohoidoisi hah",
| courteous and true.
cram IS would make up The history 81 The Rero-
Union. the history ot he Union? The world
/, NAV be defed TO produce from ten times her po-
| nnlalion in an equal term Of years, SO man. ex-
amples Of varied excellence; and TO the verdict
If Inc world their merits may DE submitted. !
will moi weary you with the long roll Of names,
10 which other names may be opposed IN rivalry.
name moi even Jefferson and Madison. Otner
| nations have their favorte statesmen loo. i
speak only nt those WIN Who;n o'hcfS presume !,
M, ~ compare themselves What ju'a Of the
aoe is named with Marshall2 What orai0r OF
ibe age is named with Henry, except his own
cnmpatriois Randolph and Ciay2 The first The
secoua-third, Of those most CITED IL SIR The
hearts OF nen BIZ the magic power Gi nc spoken
word--all, all Virsinia's sons. And he, whose
very name bows in reverence the hearts ~ al
men every where-he who BY the universal as
sen, OF all the world in all the hisior, oil man, III
every age and every cline, Stands sole and m
,na,cbablc. Great God can il be, that The nation
TIA, gave birth to Washington IS no more ma
lion Z and thai his name IS leil 10 wander Ike an
unblesl spirit without home!
And The history IL Virginia, is il noi written
in all her archive.l In her early denial Of The
authority of the British Parliament 10 interfere in
her concerns; in her devoted loyalty, when near
iwo hundred wears AGO faithful among the faith
less-among the iaihess. faithful only She, She
defed the power oil Cromwell, and denounced The
pains and penalties OF treason, against aay who
should presume 10 justify the slaughter OF hei
King. in the generous devotion which offered an
, | asylum and crown 10 ms cxied son; ana tie
holiness with which she shook of The yoke oil The
usulper and proclaimed The restoration OF hin
. she deemed her riehllul sovereign, in advance o
every other part of the Empire? Is ii not wri'ief
in her disinerested and masnanimous rejection
OF the detestabie and inhuman traffic forced OF
her by English tyranny and Northern cuPidity?-
The efforts Of Clarkson and Wilherlorce 10 put {
stop 10 il, have made their names immortal, am
heir imperfect success is The great boast OF III
present century But who led the way in this =
VIaalxlA-one iunared pears ago, halt a ccn'nr!
in adrance of autie arvrid rejected The advantage
50 eagerly sought BY others, so urgently iorcei
upon her by those who now repToach her with il
and pu. away from her all the benefit because i
came 10 her stained with crime. Compared will
such self.dcnying de7otion 10 the RIGHT, how pal
try. how contemplate is na emnifial philan
thropy, ever eager 10 make experiments a. he ex
pense Of others which, installing The reverse o
wrong lor right would repair ono injury b. in