The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-12-12

.-.' truks'S war. StIl lie c.tIOli si1ECEt OF
ths l'iuds eneierce, he would not cc,dcsceDd.
10 hcaeN'e that thcirincans were diminished
By theii rosperisy that their vaior was Chill
odby thS Blessing whiclithad procured them.
or that their attachment 20 liberty would
ever sntcr them to crouch beneath the new
ousrages of their ancient tyrants.
lie weiid net attempt, as YOU have done,
sir, 20 d pirit the energies Of his own c;tuD-
try, b. craving a con,cmptuous picture of
her res a.rces. Whatever are his real SEN
timents,a pious son would sometimes hesitate
Tor one moment, ere he rudelv and unucces-
sar'iy opposes the weakness and frssijtics CT
bis parrot. lie Wou.d not iabour, as you have
done. toawe the spirit CT his cointrvmen, by
most exaggerated picture ot the resources
of the eseny. He would disd lin, Sir, TO a.
inmate the eager avarice OF Great-Britain,
bY.exhlhiting the means and resolution OF the
people OF the United States t. the contempt
OF Europe. But if warseemed inevitable, he
would have reused all the energies and re
sources OF his Country to resist ene common
enemy. II the war was to be oniy averted
by negotiation, re would scarcely have at
tempted to persuade the cremy, that we
We're weak enough to submit to any diploma
tic concessions, rather than to defy the thun-
ders of her power.
Had not Englanda sufficient stock of mini
SELF among that respectable nuribcr' Were
You appTehcnsive that her supply Of risera-
bic sophisms was nearly exhausted that
you must send fresh cargo across the allan
tic. Did you blush to see the firisincss OF
the pretences, with which she covers her en-
croachnents upon our commerce, that YOU
have thus attempted to strengthen their tex
ture by the tinscl Gcclamations Of your elc-
qnence! Depend upon it, sir. the people of
1S,,r. IL, i L.
cxcrtions than the venal minister, of Great
Britain. 1t is to them, and to III err only, that
you must apply, for your reward. You must
expect to reap your laurels i'll some other SOL,
than IN the honest and patriotic bosoms OF
vour countrvmcn. You must seek them in
the praises and peans Of British writer's and
corrupt ministers. And indeed * must DC
confessed, you have already gleaned very
/ plentiful harvest, from the fulsomc praises
f! OF the author OF "War in Disguise" which
according to your own words, us said to have
been written under the eve OF the British
prime minister" Enjoy this recompence, sir,
without any uneasincss, for presume that
there is none ofyour feliow-citizens who will
envy YOU the iull possession OF them.
It's Impossible for you todispute the truth
or these statements. They are indeiblv re-
corded IN the speeches that YOU have deliver
ed before Congress on the 9Th * 9Th OF March
1906. 1t is impossible perhaps TO extract a
clear and luminous argument from the g crude
and desultory observations" which you then
delivered but I defy evcnyour ingenuity to
conceal the general spirit which pervades
them or the force OF some particular express
I sions.
t You viii not deny, that YOU have attempt
ed to spirit up Great Britain against the u. s
by ridicuiousy persuading her that we had
already submitted to the insults and a ggressi-
oiis OF SPAN You have declared, that (" G.
bi1taiu viii say the American people have
great cause Of dissatisfaction with Spain that
she viii. see that we have not repealed the
SPanlsh ontrages, nor made any addition tC
our army, and navy, nor even classcd the mi
Ltia, And you contemptuousiy ash, Vhethc.
g al,cr shrinking from the Spanish jack-ail
1--WE CAM presume TO bully tie British lion
90 delighted are you in lavisilng abuses a
gainst the administration of your country
that you do not hesitate to consider the at
tempt to purchase territory, when it cannot
be oDtainedby exchange, as a ''silrinkin!; from
the Spanish jacis-all." You do not even hesi
tate TO pronounce this Language ii the face o
the world, as If YOU were anxious to invite
the ferocity o. the British lion by curiousl,
describing the cowardice OF his prey.
.HaNe you not, Dir, too much exaggerated
the powers or this ferocious monster! You
. l4hSiSo .A--iLiJn SCSlslS I'd nave DGGn SO niiCi
struck with awe and wonder at the novelty O
the spectacle, that you have not approached
near enough to measure the length OF hi
tangs or the dimensions OF his limbs Xoul
argument Oil this point is distinguished by tho
most contemplate sophism.. on presup
pose iii ali yolr speeches, that as the wal
originates in some confessed rigat of the sea
50 the sea must be the only theatre of It's eX
er,ions. You say Il will never consent K
go - war, for that which c,nnct protect.
deem 1t no sacrifice OF dignity to say to the
! Leviathan OF the decp--wc are unable u
contend with You On yotr own element, bu
ii YOU come wishn our actual limits, we will
SHED the last drop OF blood in It's Ge.encc.'-
/ what! ohaii this great Mammoth or thC
! American forest leave his natiYc eiemen
and plunge into Che water in mad contes
with the shark Let him beware, that Ia.
4, Proo5scis is not bitten oil IN the engagement
I Gentlemen say, viii you not prctcct you
violated rigdts? and sat, Why take Co wa
ter, wnvre yod Can neither iight nor SWIM
| And ThCn mounting On this visionary clouC
which yoI have collected, you huried all tnC
maritime thuBdc9s 81 Great-Britain agains
all the resources Of this country. You threat
! ened Congress win Il perfect war Of ex
! termination. You insc.Uagv declare that
"the moment she lets sii,, the dogs of war
she sweeps (us) at blow, from tue ocean
You seem to nave forgotten, Sir, that youi