Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-03-02
For The EnquTer.
EMPIRE-ITS MORAL lNSTklINENrS.

For the Enquirer
EMPIRE-TrS MORAL lNSrkUMENrs.
In surveying, with p,snphc Eye, ac vast !~! Of En-
pre- ard lac;ns lis progress from the ages Of
Ey 10 IN" prcssn; iimc II" patriot ant statesman cannot
iil 10 avc observed Dsr greet principles which, al
lhGugh coursrg parallel along Tie history Of nations r
Centuries and sci.ralcdty widely extended Interests wuGd
i,ciEehty in the strife iof supremacy hurst their proper
thEitlS and iNntIie each other with Iprtaul- fury
lh tEpArnrd;i"ns ci society eaiiy cxeiapiseh In
e history OF lumc under tie distinctions Of Patlican and
Pltbriaa. The one ionon0zinr u!l c cIccs y. honor
ana p.1i would ci convenience Dictated crowd upon
ihe iis q The other "", bounded by circumcfib phi
ftgeS ana roadc 10 drsprrat.rn would often sweep
"i ven"'ancs their iodIy oprrcs.urs. The cIumb.
";2 l4s of ancient c!pc stand forth in history. div,
~ 9" INC s'umndouS political fabric tuv sustained,
Ike tIL? ardu;s ;nr roSicry, indicating The place
Were the rHpGra. {" government, whether OF pn!rrci-
AL iaona ciul republican form, has filled sustain
pr"GaHalc its ktstGw political benefits or general hap
pines! urnn tspeor@ Ar'rc equalization Of socicy con
eutg the widest extension Of happiness has always ttc"
and hl"ars will contiauc to ba the proper objects o III!
To become wise by tho experience of Others
10 profit By their rxpea,er;stn the of tiG;g
dcc!:n subjects worthy The tispassi3nac contemplation
oi republican people. asty lccsaton Is always danger
Gus. The statesman looks in vain for political principles
among hc atcicr,;, based upon foundations broad enough
IL stand the test III limnsnd i".c iumbsiunes of n.cs,
which lse in the sands OF Egypt are ali that are left for mo
dern Conjecture.
But instead Of lille conjecture of The past. ear s
s!anns! !ti tic canking sound Of practical purpose aG
Tie ircessani rear al progress.
The !scr Efforts oi Rome developed in day and
the moral power OF paca liberty and human happiness
stretches from the Alc:hanics to the Pucitc shore.
Old Europe lGU whose soil has often te'Ih!ei with
Revolutionary dn Is again convul+c and otterng crowns
Rang Ter their impending fate: there, the experiment o GO
vcsnmcG has been uly rcd rom the p1lmy days Of Rome
20 itc present lime and what Go row behold? Cover
neEta earthquakes and political chaos Where then, does
the weary statesman for hope? It is i'll the western
sky hat the approximation political perfection shoots up
rs r;dL beams; n tie history OF county this is
cumf!ai:ch and at THIS point s'and Thus rock
built Confederation Stands AMID the storm.
Tile Institutions OF Onr country ale human and require
human abilities Tor their guidance and control. Who hnd
where. thun is he whuac hands ts "rnd Of empire
would sway? What petty nsp iranl wnu! seek such
spnns!e disncGu1 How sinks into lnSign.iicancc all
sectional inercsls-the Efforts o; political cormlrans-
who seek their party berrl!tof ambitious polit
cGns, whose hopes and fears up nlarnls their
Vaccinations exposed. All! their Cc. gms endangered?
Tie ru5lC eye las long Sincc surveyed The political fir
mancDi aad has star elc nnote! shed lie soft ray
and, geiing for awhile, disappear in space another and
another dies away, and finally leaves the sight dazzcd by
the Crsa Major Of the fcij and Let bu; the naoas mirror
which is assemble in their convened wisdIm reflect
back this glorious light the IeutGst Of county
will shout Let them . shut The eye the
nations c:occ. but, with unanimous and "heiEng
voice proclaim hm; nor let them SEEK village ilamp-
den whose inexperienced virtue and talents sht be woI
OF his rnntrys ada!lon bu! who would make sad bust
ness in ;nanagi ing the affairs ct State.
Ia the astonishing changes which have taken place in
country, but ts be fiund, whose far RI hled
sa.acl: could pierce the clouds OF fu'iy for fifteen years
and ECGuvOc3iY meet The Two great and unexpected Issues
of the present day States Rights and Intervention. Need
his be told! Is hcrG citizen G This broad domain u
i,cen:n who would not know him! fE:i%svLvA'iAs rA
yoI!TE son.