The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-04-27

PohSy Oh tne measure, and proposed to pre- :.
sent the discrimination in a more pointed
ana Impressive manner by separate bill |;
b'it he was for holding on upon the discrim-
nation which had been already ue.eed to.
IN the lower House, untilt that bill should
make ITS appearance. The delusive> pro
mise OF the Senate however prevailed tl.ty
promised and deceived, the lower house con /.
Cured Ia the amendments, aid G. Britain
was yrati6ed. -
shall detain you with noticing only one
measure more, as exhibiting, i'm a striking
point OF light. this distinction between ne
men 81 heGrt and shr men Of no heart: it
occurred IN the payment OF the soldiers
Ciainis. The famous report of Secretary
Hamilton. OF January, 1890, proposing a
pan Tor the support of public credit, seems
90 nave been the Signal for general specu!a-
zion. nose rapacious and unfeeling val
."tes' 'he SPECTATORS. pouring forth i'm
swarhS from the North and the South and
'dHN"S advantage of the Necessities and dss-
Pair OF those war-worn veterans, who had
lousht the battles of our liberty, proved UP
on their vita!s. Their certificates, the. evvi
oehce OF their rights. aud, in many instan-
ces' the ohly property they had upon Garth,
were oooght up for song. and piles of hi /,
paper were accumulated in the hands of the
Moh'ed adven,urer. When. therefore, Goa.
gross we're, at last, about to- make provi sion
LOT thc payment OF these claims, MIR Madi-
sou' OIL review OF the circumstances which
nave just stated, which were OF public no.
torlety, and were admitted On every hand
in congress, proposed to make dis :inction
between the original propretors and the pre- :
Se"e holders OF those Certificates. that is. he
pIoPoSeo 90 pay to the speculator, who the n
NJ" ~. tue certIhcate, the highest price which
the paper had borne in the market and ,b..
oaiancs ofthe sum due Upon the certificate
ne , proposed to pay to the poor soldier, to
"hoi'l IL had originally issued. This mea-
sure moving from the warmest and mob est
leehhss of.the heart, and founded OIL that
pure and essential equity, which one wouid
suppose might stand the test Of Heaven.
chahcsry, produced an excitement and alarm
III IN the mouse ct most suspicious character.
e supported his proposition with master.
ao'hty. his argument was like great
lefu"2ing the vast plains through which l.
passed; He placed the subject in every va
i'ety Oh aspect, and one would have thought
II I'M apostolic but that he would have Carried
oUhviction to every heart & mind. But it was
al IN vain the effort to exhibit ii as a great
n.'iohai Question, not to be decided by or
iihaty rules, was unavailing with men who
NAG never walked out of forensic trammeis
anu appeals to the heart were lost upon those
~no hao no hearts, or who affected the dig
my OF ~ihdIns themselves up to a region o.
p'I',ica' abstraction so high that no pulse of
the heart could ever reach them. r. &c mo-,
mpossioie-hay, it is probable that before
n,any years, the secret history of those
.,ihes VIII Oe laid open and facts will be dis
etoseu' Which Will give another KEY to the
aoamantine impenetrabiity of CONGRESS- ON
that OCCASION. The measure was lost the
sPTEuiaeor was enriched and blessed the name
OF hamilton the soldier was heggarcd, and
,o1oilhS ON ms wooden leg or his crutch, or
ooy' IKE beilisar,us, he wrune the
neare or the PATRIOT with anguish unuttera
bic. as he was seen to beg his bread from
door to door. How grateful was this snec
.acie' TO U, Britain What i1eca tomb of
vlctnis 10 her departed glory! To see tie
very men, the gallant warriors, by whom
her PRIDE had been pulled down and her
standards trodden in the dust, reduced to ber
gary-aimost unpitied beggary--by Con
Dress OF their own country. as the reward
OF their heroic valor and exploits. donot
Say. nor 90 think 1t probable, that the
majority of Congress Intended ,h;e or
enncasion to Great Britain: SUCH. however
was Certainly the effect of their votes -.
1ha' sosie now or other, by some strange
ana aePiofaole fatality, it constantly han
pence that the measures Of the majority
were OF nature, either to- sooth the NOR
tiHcation, TO feed the ayarice, or to feast Tn.
vanity ct that naughty and perfidiuu, nati
on Whlie towards France they manifested
an lndifference as duh, an apathy as cold and
Torpid as death itseif-nay, an aversion and
hostility, assin their sanction of Gen. Han
llton's condact in diverting from France, at a
moment OF her distress, funds which he had
oesn expressly ordered to pay towards cur
debt to her. N'
AS yet, however, no man, nor even the
most vensi and corrupt press in the n :.
mon cared TO Cast reflection on the feel
ing 'or France: that feeling was too gene raj
ana TOO sacred for any SUCH reflection 10 he
hazarded on the Contrary, those VIII prov.
ed by their actions that they had il moi vet
iouho it their interest to affect IL, in order
people. VI '"e
:. II was not until the decapitation Of the
french Ning, and The accession of Great
0T1fam TO lite continental coalition. tha,
the excess OF our friendship for France was
objected as reproach; nor even then, ii is
believed. would any man have had the bold
ness TO hazard the objection, whatever his
private feelings might have been. had y, r.
the raslrness and folly of the French minis.
ter, Mr.. Genet, placed the friends of Br;
tam behind the shield Of Wasfrineton's M.
pularity. ~
This subject will be resumed in the
next number.
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