The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-01-15

rs public oGcer, &c cor!>r hapcinefs or the
community, wien We Contemplate the wife
ard humane policy Of thols - HE hels, of ma
,ionai st.Si.s, whence all authority in fubardi-
nate !ta;iC1s rs derived, az d thar we are mem.
beers ofthe great family of the American GO
veInmene, we ret aiiilr, that our rights will be
ah6uouly prs:vrvsd and cherihed
Living IS We de IN country 10 friendly and
hoipit,bic to the human tperies, poficfi;ng and
nhabtins lands 10 fertile and luxuriant with
many other natural advantages which might
here he detailed, AID which hitherto have been
but little known, we look forward with the
pleafng expectation that the time is not far
diitant when we fball become free and inde-
pendent fate. This happy period will either
bc hatemed or retarded by our attachment 10
republican principles, our diipuition for liber-
~, and the approximations of taofe who may
be placed as watChmen over us TO Give inforns-
ton of our moral ftnefsto enter into Z ft2te ce
abfol,.te freedom.
Although we are jun ctnancipated from fhe
chains of defpotifin, our country an infant G.t.
element, and our fiiuaton fuch as forbi,Is for
the prtient governments of our own chorc-a
government OF laws enacted by ourielves or re-
prtfentatives-yet we che,ilha fond hope that
theie privileges will be extended to US by the
general government f. foon as crcumRancs,
will permit, and in the mean time while under
the autPces of your benign administration, We
have every reafon to belize we nail enjoy nh
me eeit'Hss Of practical jufice, among which
the protection of our lives, iberties, and ptc
ptrty are the mott eiiential, iecurcd By iut ari
eqLai laws, whereby the people are not tie
iub]ects OF men, but the contribution and laws.
under the protection of which the mon de-
fencelefs, the mcft frnTle, and the mon ieno.
rant among the people may be fate aeainfs the
artfce, fraud, and chcanery Of the bodeit and
mott unconfcionablc opprcnor
Wereioice in anticipating the enjoyment of
thofr hlefiines n that happy fate, which CATS
from us the ihackes CT opprefion-which ra:r.
ed US from 4 condition to which we before weie
compelled to fubmit, and which joined US to 4
free and magma imous peoplc--who acquired
their liberty BY the iofs of their blood. Blef-
hnes ivcured to us to onr children and 10 potc-
rity, by mild and pacific means without call
TO arms.
We rejoice with you, Sir, on the enjoyment
of that equality of rights which Gecures the fame
protection TO each individual ard requires that
al men OF every deicription il,ould he amens-
be % jultice and the laws, which opens the
doors of honor and prcfermeBt to every one,
ana the pretenhohs of no citizen are limited but
by the ditin6tions of merit and capacity
Whit Sir, we rejoice in privileges 70 congo
NAL to the mind of every American, (let his es-
traction be what it may,) permit US in behalf OF
the inhabitants OF the diltri6is of ST. Cenevieyc
and New-Boui bon, to congratulate you on vour
appointment TO the executive authority of The
country, whereby an additional token Of the
good opinion of congrefs in your wifdom ard
/ talents to dilpenfe juftice and to rule over
; free people in their hcarts and afc ttions has
seen manfened, alto to prefer you their aid
and fupport to carry into effect ali flch laws,
as may be founded upon II ccred principles
OF Republican Liberty and lily.
tits not to you we look for the form of re.
preventative government, we only expect the
tubtance, andwe have the fllelf confidence in
your patriotifin and love of liberty, to beftow il
on us, with all its accompanying bene6ts.-In
! truth, Sir, the firm and dgnified meafores Of
your prefent administration july infpres this
confidence. At refs with you and your coad
tutors to confer the chofcn boon upon the free
| men of Upper Loufiana. And, Whit we con-
graduate YOU on the confidence Of your fellow
men, we offer up our mott fervent prayers for
your future welfare, and tender YOU our mon
cordial and fincere wifhes that You may CONT
nue. to merit and TO defcrve well Of your conn
try.
SAM. HTNCH,
w. FENWICK,
RUFUS EASTON.