The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-07-30
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on IN modern times that has bv her conduct uttra-
ted the truth of the maxim. The United States have
the rare felicity, the diitingihed honor Of hav;n1
maintained in this reipei with equal harmony and vi;
gor her theory and pracfife l, is probably to this
department tina, The owes more eirne,,ly her pr.
tent properity than to any other circunitlnce that
! can be named. We may add. that The vii, cou,;u,.
to be more indebted this circumstance than to any
other Tor the duration of her liberties and happ;nes
IL becomes then obje of the rR rate ccnircuence
to iecure to 4 diaan, period this great rei. How
mail this ne accomplished In no way 10 efFe taualIv
as by producing in the whole nation tie nronp and
permanent conviction that peace ought TO be main
tanned with the utmot care by all means confident
with national honor. We have feen in many ares g
IN fsveral parts OF the world that few barriers 70
efficient, can be RATED uganl the ahuie of power as
the deep rooted opinions Of people. when thoie
opinions Were the offspring prejudice. IF prejudice
univerialy difined, hasuch extenive power, can we
doubt the rre6fibe weight Of truth under niIar adj
valtages?
1t becomes from this confederation duty of no Epht
obligation in all who poIiels the power to ur. the
means OF enlightering the public ON this ponr-rh;s
can only be accomplished bv uniform conduit and by
| proper explanations and illufrations unmtcrrup;edy
made. Such the infidous and ieducng charms Of
war, and 10 potent the PATTON OF reientment for niu-
RES, that thee IS con!tant tendency in nations 70
ABANDON conciliatory neaurcs, and To ruth into an
appeal to arms To check this unreAe6iiuy fpirit, 70
cham the paions into liberalization to reafon is al,
arduous effort, requiring TIE conflant vigorous and
! uHted exertions Of wife and good men,
Ii tn-ie remarks be ua it is at all times feafona
Bile, BY facts and argument to thew, no, oniy the
general superiority OF peace war bu, likewil the
peculiar benefits which the United States have der;
we'd from peace, comparing their ituation with that
OF Enrope-Iiere 1T we pai. in review the different
nations, what do we behold but proilraton of their
Liberties, dehrucion of their happineis and an ex
tineton OF their hopes Never, perhaps, has that
quarter ct the globe lowered with 6lacker fky and
never has The been the more afIli4ed viam of war
than during few pah years. To 90 no further
back than the era of the French revolution, we be-
hola at that period, compared with this, a relative
eiyiium Then the different nations reAed in ecuri
ty. There were Tome caues of aninoiity among
them, Tor the ultimate adjuament of which an APP
peal might, perhaps have been made to the fyvord
But had that been the cafe, there was little prope
OF the fames of war being marked by any con.ide-
rable extention, or producing thoe dreadful cenes
which have ince dfgraced the annals of humanity &
IJuitice.-Never did reform wear brighter afpeta
than at the commencement of that revolution.
The whole French people, with holy enthuiiafin rofe
at one infant from their Plumbers, and nobly WED
with each other in patriotic iacriiices to liberty and
their country. Under thefe fplendid aufpices the
good work went on until the allies, who had receiv-
ed no injuries, without cauie carried their arms to the
borders OF France. and dared TO invade ground "a,
cred to liberty and human happrnefs Here BEGAN
to be unfolded the bloody cene which is fill vivid in
the recollection of the reader
This was the Pandora box from which ten thonr, nd
plaques intfantly rufhed into the world II is un,e
cetiary TO dwell on the iuccefve acts of murder "a
pine, and deiolaton which covered the greater par.
Oh Europe 1t is iufcient, for our preicnt purpoie
20 ooierve that not nation who roe in arms apa;na
france has not rued the raihneis of their condutl
Belgium, Holland and Italy have funk into vanouif,-
ed provinces, where Perional drels only keeps pace
with national dlihonor. Auaria, Prulia, and Por-
tuga are iubdued into perfect nfignifcance Ruflia
lecture III her ditance, furrounded by her facilities
sweden and Denmark, alone maintains her ftation a.
mong the powers OF the earth. England unfortunate
England, worthy ola better fate is doomed TO a war
without the Proipee of an end, and to exertions def
rnetve oil her peace, her fafety, and her proipcry
With people towering in their habits of enterprIe
and indutry, above all the nations of the old world
we behold the dreadful fpeetace of more oppreiive
taxes, and more individual difref than is preCnted
by any other region Of the earth
IL may be computed, very moderate eRi-
mate that IN Europe there now under arms two
millions OF folders failors, and that their mainte
nance, with the incidental expences of war COTS the
annual FUN of five hundred millions of dollars Tb;
then 10 much lott to the flock of national wealth
independently of its effects in withdrawing f,cb
large portion OF effective from the plough and
the loon in leaving 10 many millions of wives and
children to the precarous fuftenance derived from
their own labours, ard of the increaed confirm pton
OF thoie, who railing nothing themlelves, are occu
pied III deitroying the productions of others. Who
does not perceive that the inevitable efe9s of tbee
things to abrdge the circle of innocent eu;ovments
OF the lower claes of focety, by rafting their value
10 high as to deny them means Of obtaining then,
How different would bethe refult If all the eve Ia
Dor OF communities directed to the production of
articles OF utility-There would then be epourb
wholeione food and good raimept for all No man
would be poor, unefs difabed from WORKING bv bo.
dry inhrmity, or mutual misfortune COMBINING
all the circumstances enumerated we NAV EafeIv ea;
mate the lois of Withdrawing two millions ofmen
from labor, and the effects incidental to it, at an e.
quail lum with that required for their maintenance
making together the annual amount of one thouC,nd
rnions OF dollars. Who is there that feriou1v cor,
Lders the magnitude of this FUN, and views tbe er
feet' OF the exteniye deprivation (of which il Is the
repreientative) OF the power Of nations and the han
P"els OF their fnbjeet that does no, fee that :, IL
mitone round t1er glory defined ultimately TO bo
attended by incaculable Dlchiefs
With this rapid Gsetch let us COMPARE our ov,r
h,uaiion; aud We fhall be enabled to form f,in,
idea Of the advantages and fuperiority of pacific over
warlke policy.
Far twenty three years pa1 we have maintained
a'aH,s the dIitraetons Of Europe, Gate of peace
which can ieareey be conGdered as diGurbgd h. o,,
dIierences with the Indians the pirates of rripoI
DURING b,..