The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-11-08
THINK BEFORE IT is TOO LATE.
Independence or subsection
Peace or war;
i.,',',.,, vi submission


Are now the alternatives
Greater or more important questions, no men
ever BAD TO deliberate or decide OH.
nc tate oi the nation, oar happiness, auG kat
oil our children; depend Oh the ncn We entr.. .
with our interests
You WHO desire peace 6 independence, make
choice OF no man who will not with al. his .ucr-
yy, en- deavor to preserve them TO YOU and Tie
iattere ~ preference oil the former lie f..
Mef even al the cSpencc of some Temporary in
convenience, TO- war viii predIce mAny - IS
sue may be doubtful.
IL the measures adopted by the present a,.n,i-
hslration, have been success stui in preserving
peace, and in preserving the principles Of ou; ~
dependence o,sgat they not ra,e- TO be pa sued
thnl changed, untli we kn, t!e isSUG OF lhe W..
IN Europe May not "a change OF that system in
foive US IN wax with one, both of the nations
that have injured us
Ii with one only, which one Wilt be Whiei,
one Will we be inclined TO enter into IN alliance
with, and sacrifice 10 that principle for which
we are now contendlng, principle that in
wolves IN II every thing which is dear TO us
such would be the CONSEQUENCE. of our Joining
either.
1t is decidedly asce.tained, that both nations
ere opstnsteiy bent on pursuing TIE measures
they have adopted, and 7onich gou Ircire are hos
me 70 Jour interest and SoW indepsaIeHce.-Cs an
or wilt you then mold commercial intercours,
wan either, so long as they persevere in such
measures?
VIM YOU, ran you, relinqs!, all to one for AXE
OF attacking the other If YOU will not, what
measures will you adopt other than these now
pursuing This is serious question for you TO
decide on
For as itappears 20 be the wiscct, safest and
the only policy, to car III al !Heycaa,4e Ssith To-
reign "Gttons-to seal up ports, and set too at
once to provide internal resources.
Meanwhile congress are bound, at its earliest
stt,nSs, TO make p5o&bec.i0e ia1ps-thst is, laws
that peace shall MOI altcr nor abroeate-laws
which s',ali secure to those who now embark their
capitals IN productive industry at home, from ri :.
Vaisi'p rom abroRd-tea per cen. d4tiss I'd paios
fea' IN addition 10 the present, ali articles that
are or can be manufactured in the United State.
wouiu 40 more Tor our prosperity and for our in
dependence than even the ea,.5vgo-ard any one
VINO looks at the lists of American sh!i.s i,
French, British, and other foreign ports, vii. see
that we cannot take oft the emf r.o-. lie the A.
nierican people, as in Iva, nobly resclyc, As Dr
Franklin told the British council, yvbat thsy
would do, when asked by the President of the
council
Q What used TO be the pride of the Amcri-
cans
FEASILIN. To indulge in the fashions and
manufactures of .. Britain
o What is their prite now
fKANELIN. 70 sVear their oM clothes over a.
gam, nati. the5 can MAKE ue.u ones
AoE!d AmericanS - What say We my hearties
are we worse or as good no as our pretle cessors
OF 1774?
Let one of you spcak-far when it 60 mes TO
the Pinch, you'i, be found sound in 500 as in
IVA Ha@@a the thirty thousand WhiSS OF Penn
syivanls '..dnTOya.