The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-03-26


ned for Minorca was made p,ifoners; many vef-
ieis laden with grain were taken . and others,
| under the burthen of one hundred TONS were
, deitroyed. When were thcie robberies, thsfe
acts of treachery and aiidilination, committed?
| When-our foveregn admitted the i1,ips of that
nation to a free and uDdifturbed commerce, and
gave the neceiiary iupples to their illips Of war
what proiigacy and degradation in the one /;
what honor and dignity in the other. On the
view of this perfidy, is there Spaniard whole
indignation Will not be excited Is there A fol-
der who will not grafp the weapon of deRrsc-
ton! Brave feamen, three hundred of your
brethren have had their ulanged members feat
tered to the winds; one thoucind are deprived
or the light of heaven, in the dungeons of your
enemies. Valiant folders, an equal number of
your companions in arms are deprived of the
iwords they knew how to WELD, and are CARR
ed TO remote iland where they will rther pc
riih with hunger, or be conitraiued to unite with
the ranks ofthe detected foe. Remember, then,
your facrsd obligations. Generous Spaniards,
a few innocent and defence,efs fiihermen are re-
I dncedtothe lowef ftep of human mifrrv, & their
afflicted wives and de!erted offspring implorc
yonr pity, and demand your protection. I'm
! hne, thouiands of families, expecting fupport
| from the wifdom the tate, in feafon OF fam
Inc, are brntaly deprived of the fub.iRence pro.
vided for them, and excaim, with the voice of
N.
! my countrymen, obey the king expects II. and
honor and juitice require it at our hands IF the
Enghih have forgotten that the blood which cir
culates IN the veins of Spanards is the fame
which flowed in the brealts of thofe who tri-
umPhed overthe Carthagenian, the Roman, the
Vandal, and the Saracen, it is time that the re-
collection ihould be revived; t is time TO con-
vince them that we will preferve the fame of
our anceftors unfullied, and thew to them that
q NxrtIl
qulre that our ranks fhoud be thinned 10 add
to the glorious catalogue of Catlian hcrofin.
III thefe diftant FLANDERS have attributed our de-
tire to preferve tranquility within cur borders
TO lamentahls weakness, orito diihonourable fear,
let them at leaf be taught that the latter can
neve difgrace the bofom of Spaniard glowing
with all the ardent and liberal imprenions peru-
larto his country. Quickly will we teach them.
that loyal vrtuous, and brave people at
tached to religion, and enamoured of true
glory, can never he nfulted with irnDuuitv.
much lefs can it endure an inftance of flnguina
ry violence directed againft its dignity and indie
pendence- If the Englilh, unmndful of the
principles OF humanity rrlpeGted among civil
zed nations, abandoning all fhame and rernorfe,
have only fought to obtain poiiefiion of our trea-
lures, which we fhould have peaceaby deliver
ed to them, had they been entitled to the pro-
perty, we will recall to their memory a fan
w
ledged-that the abufe of power the violation
otpublic right, and the mad excefs OF tlefpotifm,
have ever been the awful preface of the fall of
empires. Let them hide their dfhonoured heads:
+ let them tremble in the contemplation of this
ln-gotten wealth; let them ihudder before the
bloody victims of their aggrefiion; and let an
eternal mark OF infamy be impre fed, and univer-
1al deteitatIon be excited for thele examples of
public atrocity.
I Snan rJet .ta r
ter no longer admits you to be inactive wtnefes of
theie dgraceful fcenes The love OF our king for his
people is perfectly known, and leaves no doubt that
his numerous veels will coincide in his wiihes and
crafty his expectations. To arms then. INV fellow
folders and countrymen, and engage in the war in the
way mott likely to hurl terrible deiiruGion upon
our enemies; but while pread the errors of bat
tie, let us not, IN imitation of enemies C,efert
thoie general maxms of humanity which are re(pet4-
ed by all regular governments. In order that the
chiefs OF the tate may proceed in this important buff
neis with the energv which the location requires and
! the kings command proclaim, in his royal name
that ii the iuccefs of any enterprfe houd not be e.
qual to the wiidom by which planned and the GAL
antry with which IT is executed they will not be con-
ildered reponhble for the event but they will be Ii
able to the consequences, fthey do not put in a6fi
witty the full extent of the refources with which thew
are entruited. Nations provided with the means
with which we lupplied and placed in fituation.
much more critical, have known 70 well how TO eco
nomiie their limited powers, as to make that peopie
which dared to trampe their rights feel the eaas
OF their recruitment. Fan the public ardour into qe-
neral contagration avail yourfeves of the nagnani
NIFTY OF whole country, and prodigies lole their cha
racter and become familiar
Under the preient circumstances it becomes the
governors of the Provinces to fpread the generous M
rlt OF enthulaim amongf the troops under their or
ders; 1t behoves the venerable dgnitaries of the
Church, and the Civil Officers in the various political
departments, to animate all orders and ranks of men
to aert the honour of their king and country bv the
powerful influence of example, and by the attractive
charms of eloquence.
in Gales out of the ordinary current of events. il
VIII be expedlent to recur means equal to the or
cation ; and each province Of the Empire will ar
cordlng to its peculiar tuaton, vary in the efforts !,
directs to annoy the common enemy. Learn how m
blend widom with patrotifm, and let every COM
mander, and every ditrict, in obedience to him nre
lent before the overegn and citizens of the fate and
before the eyes of all Europe deeds worthy of the
country to which they belong-When any oppor,un;
ty be afforded of deroyng the foe wait not for orders
from diltant officer of government let mot deIa,
dlminh the imPreons of nafcent valour, and et NOT
the natural courage of man be FILTERED away in the
coliiion of idle formalities
Contemplate contraband commerce. as the b;ob-
cit crime; it conducive only to fatsv the avaTce
OF our enemies the manufactures they offer YOU are
prepared by the rocking bands of thofe who are bath
| ed in the blood of vorIr fatbere ,rJ Lo.L r