The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-04-10
{ No. 1O6.

read the Interesting history of the campaign
OF the army under General Moore, publish
ed by that gallant officers relative. IF
there Is man who has not read il, nc is
incapable OF Judging ebat is the true Cha
| racter OF the government under which ne
lives. Whoever has read it, if hs has The
feelings OF Biiton in his heart what must
be his indignation when he contempates
such General as Gen. Moore, going upon
AN expedition, the very plan and Object of
which was foreign trCU his own better judg-
n'ens Going to the south, when he knew
lie ought 70 5e ~ the north--G Ding omeet
! co operation. where he knew lie bad no
ground to expect co-operatioa. Figure TO
| yourselves tie situation Of that gali;.nt SOL
der, subject not to the orders of = supc-
rior officer. but TO the orders of a diplo-
matte agent, Of whom / must Say nothing
else, than desire you to recolect in what
nanner II was, he executed the powers en-
| trusted 60 him.
Il the injured spirit of the gallant Gene.
RAJ Could never over us, how wouid it re-
proaeh us. for attributirs, the caiaulities of
that campaign, in which he fell, 10 any o.
Their Cause than the power by which he was
controlled! II there are points npon which
Il is possible to doubt, With respect to the
Spanish campaigns, entreat you TO wait
until you are satisfied. whether .ne causes
which have nov prevented the success of
our armies in Spain. are not precisely the
same as those OF r.luch we before had the
experience. the conduct End achievements
OF cur troops in the field, are to be attrbu.
ted to their valor and the conduct Of their
General. The disastrous Consequences, e.
ven, OF their victo les, are attributed 20 their
want Of suppiies---to the want Of support,
combinatlor----to all those circumstances
which compel an army to retreat, even af,
ter battle, in which il has been victorious.
1t is to be attributed to the mistaken ustruc-
lions or his majesty's ministers, coupled
with the complete deficiency OF the means
by which they V ere 20 be exscuted. j have
stated thus much but when have stated
my decided opinion, that with respect to
both these failures, enquiries ought to take
IplaCe, am persuaded the result of those,
enquiries VIII be satisfactory to the cou-
duct Of the ciScers---i mean 10 contend,
that 1t IS not to the conduct Of the officers,
the failures our alEls have experienced are
to be attributed, but that the plans Of those
expeditions have been attended with circuna
Stances, on TIC part Of his malesly's minis
ters, OF such manifest, notorious, unContro-
Eertibie misconduct, IS would make it the
basest dereilctit u OF your duty. il you WAS
NOT on this day, when YOU are for the lrst
time, assembled, to express general Opt
mon OF condemnation. l will shew you .llTiI
Il is probsbie, from what have heard, the
result OF iurther enquiry will greatly az
srayate the impression OF the misconduct OF
his plalestys rnnaiste,s What am call
ing upon your Lordxhips to express an. cpi-
mon upon, IS with regard to those points
which are public and notorious, which arc
ohvIors to all the world, and no or ;4.!.-. en-
make your lordships better AGO 70 ain I'd win,
even IT you had here on your table al The
orders and Counter orders 81 ali che cohtend-
ing departments, belonging 10 ~ha. is CALI
ed the existing government | d." ,h,s not
solely for the purpose Of ceusurc, tho gh
do distinctly avow, that, TO sinirk igon The
! duty OF consuming ministers, would be to "a
oanGoA thc most sacred trusts repcseI in Us.
DO 1t Ter the more i.npOrtant purpose OF
! prevention tor, to my aStoniai. neat, it any
thing could create latter Wlia, nave heard
the princpic is this day avowed--the in
tention deciared-aye, aud you are called
upon TO MAX yourselves parties 70 the con-
hnuauoA OF these dcs.lrc.iyc, wantcn, and
| truitless expeditions. iher.core, the -
rNendmcn. nave 70 state does not merely
so to the Condemnation of ministers. 1t
VII make II Impossible you can suffer that
Part OF the address to pass, which, if YOU
do, viii make you individual partakers, &
| the sharefs in Tire consequences which must
follow from the mad determination express
| cd IN the address, which has been mo9cd
Consequences, winch shcw lit.lg spirit of
piCNiSttOiI "l.GS STATE, VIII be hluCn more
caIamitous than those which have preceded
them. The Noble Baron who seconded tho
address, advertcd to opinions and SUGGEST
ons OF policy, which, had they been passed
over IN silence by others, / should have
thought it my bounden duty once more to-
have brought before you. did not shrink
from the duty of stating them when TREY
were unpopular. If predicted the cons1-
| quences 6: the measures of his malesty's
ministers, when those consequences were
doubtful and uncertain, Certainly am not
| TO shrink frsm them now, when all ] have
said has been confirmed by melancholy ex-
! perlence, and when the great majority Of
the country perceive tbs deusions ander
which they have labored, the articles by
which they have been deceived; and the
dreadful results of the errors into which they
nave been led. ] do repeat the opinion L
have before expressed, that, frord the mo-
rnent OF the renewal Of the present war, the
policy OF this country oughI 70 have been
decidedly different from that which was
tpursued in the last war.
| Az the outset, Be during the greater part os
the last war, il was deSirous to raise ia Fa1
rope spirit OF resistance TO the overwhelm-
| ing power ot France TO encourage that spirit
q TO prevent, If possib's, Ehe subiugation Of
the Continent bat it was seen that our cndea.
vors were fruitless! Treaties were signed
by which the several powers Of Europe &c
knowledged their subjrgation to France.
though the disasters Of our allies were r, uclp