The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-01-11

YOU to root out SO Deep so honorable prejudice.
You may laugh and sneer st the fouer which sup
ports you; you NAV. as you frequently do. speak
ofthen rs your willing tools, but in the end you
will discover energy, power and Intelligence
When the cowsrdiy murder, which crimsoned
the Chesapeake with the generous blood OF our
brothers, that widowed sisters, and cast upon
the world the helpless orphan, WAS announced.
did we not instinctivcfy seize our musket, and
was not our tiTst. out iasf, only thought, ven
geancc--you AssAssfNs, YOU sku;kinS DAsrARps,
did you then appear dare YOU then har1or
douSt MO, the Ecntiest mur'rur would have
been the signal for your ruin But wien time
had chilled the warm exc!tements Of our souls.
when circumstances had cast 4 Slight veil over
that horrd, that bloody transaction, YOU then
made full exhibition of your sentiments---yon Grs'
pliiiatea, then justified DO you think we hav,,
s'uWbered over, with unconcern. conduct like
| this-do you think, tina. we have forgotten, that
The rights 0f hospitality violated, that sove
,e.gnty was despiSed. and that our brothers we.
murdered, and others led fl into c,p'ivi,y-and
that you have pallated the offence, which dc
mands tor s,onement nothing less than national
reporation. or nafioaui war mo, we shall nev
er let d. part the recollection, that that occa.
sion, you even out-rivailed the numbering assas.
sins, 7Sho committea the decd, in malice and Bit
tefncss What enhanced your crime, was that
you called yourselves ouririends--we understand
these a.lairs, and we shall in due time urge an
argument that will admit vt no rep'y---we shall
speak with q tongue, that 10 power can resist
When the conflicts OF tie old world, threatened
to bury III one CONN; n grave tie altar and the
throne, when the regardless uhgove,Hrbte pi,cn.
81, which forgot all right but power, and ben, To
its'unnallowed purposes all principles but equity
when tue tyrant's plea of necessity, waited or
no answer but subnssOn-snd when you were
made a sacrifice 10 the mad fury of an unr;ph,e-
Gus contest, then your petitioang prayer for sup
| port and protection was heard aud answered.
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| head, whom we ever have, and will delight
TO homer, snatchea from the ruthless grasp OF
,i -aiical orders, your property and persons, from
| certain tGbfHre and slavery OF our bre;hren-wh.t
| then did you do !--you obtaiaed protection
whIca you abused yes, yt.l made fatal pass
| at the benevolent arm that sustained YOU you
uugratetuliy drew the poinard upon the govern.
inent OF our choce-you attempted in the East
To 6ehedd the nation All this we have ssen, and
all this remains fresh on the pages ofuur N, mo
lry--yOu bssely deluded some which opera cd
| more powerful evil, tim would the whole prss-
sure ct all continental Europe you talk ID of I, c
violation OF law as virtuP-you dcmoss,iscI
| oaimunity-you gave absoiut,cns 10 teloms anG
invited the commission oil by emission
OF duty-you r,sed The Il I'D gate of CIV ii ,,,su,
der, secure from dropping lower, you hoped To
rise upon the runs. Here too have on been
| watched, and Wien the last Column IN The
temple of American liberty stall le zssai!ed
posted upon Its apex shail stand u centin.i,
| whose tacsn spuI convince YOU. HAT even m
t'Rt moment a slum5ering nation AN awake.
| When thC olive ranch was ex;enaed ly in,
perfdIous hand % Britain, you lIjaci0usiy claim.
ed the honor of its pro'iuc'ioT-ln tbs you Did
not deceive us-we had viewed with p,ra.ur-
and satisfaction the un!em,tted efforts of our Ca
vernmeEt to settle upon fra basis the peace of
our country-we had seen ALL Its me tsre; d.!
rccted to that OH CT, and we had at all times
found you the authors of embarrassment and as
anion-lt was hence w'ii indignation and disgust
that you inside us'y stealing the kcnsr
of compromise which your conduct mad yetry !el.
and almost deSnOyed-but what WAS your suisse
Guent conduct ?-t was such will not, as can
no. tail To convince the world OF youy. degra,!a-
ton and me2nness-you are next found iustitying
the defeat of this measure, Tor whose obtainncrt
you thought yourselves entitled TO if,,7noytI;,y
Can you, with all your contempt for u.s. thin,
that such shallow hypocrisy will pass unohserved
or have you vainiy hoped that we should never
find the cord that bound you to the throne ~ En-
slGna could you believe that with this tissue
Of ,aCts should lie ScePfics Jour allegiance !?
| No--you could Motive have traced you in all
your hostility to us, and your sophslns up to the
| source Of your supreme afections-you forgot
Perhaps that zpe heard, that We knew, th.t wEIie
ETs6inc was at Washington, that your brinr;pa.
your oracle, and our most deadly enemy, desert.
ed his seat in Senate, and I'LL midnight broad.
! with this foreign emissarY upon the OF our
country-you forgot, that we have learnt that al
your speeches IN congress curing that session
was only commentary upon that agents seer. /.
| instructioDs-and that we know the Conduct of
England towards us was in degree shaped to
| suit Jour po!icp--can you expect amnesty for
these crImes-do you believe we sail roll them
INTO obiivlon-can you even hope for forgetfui.
ness, which to you would be the greatest blcs
slng-you must be mistaissIi--onr country de
mands it-she spurns with disdain those letters
which you have forged, and we should cease in
justice TO exist, could her mandates be sighted
You must prepare for political death--the grave
| which your folly has dug must be inhabited-we
rave great and paramount duty to perform L.
our country w hat confession can YOU make sui.
4 ticientiy ample to justify corruption can Pick
erirg urge that ne has served US in the revolution
will this plea avail him did not Duntogrier
| valiantly lead the sriEies of France, and he too
sold bis integrity for British gold, and repaid the
affections OF his country rebellion GndHeaSoi---
we too well understand The language IT this
| mans conducive plainly see that his personal
hatred and bitterness of soul, has sour ed his al
| tachments to his country, and pushed him from
| a patriot TO anGd in:D lated 7lonUchist-he
| seems to say, you have detected me IN the absn-
Comment of your rghts-you have fithomed an
intrigue which had for its OBJECT my own aggrsn.
dizement and your destruc sion-hy your high
and impressive command WAS Invested of tie
seals OF important ohice-I sunk into DISGRACE
before yon, aad you have told posterty to seal
my memory with nts'-y for this viii / be re.
vengeu-But when one OF our servants talks Of
revenge, 'tweuld be treason 20 llsten-It he has
done i'll his life good act, the catalogue of his
abuses 10 as, would, feAroiled, reach to Heaven
we can admire has Uiytaes, but 10 forget his IN