The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-08-10

OBJECTS or their accustomed Solicitude and re.
gard, are their impulsions to action. II
these mo'ives suffice not, their fathers
ghosts would croud the battle field, and ter
rity INVASION
Liberated from the thraldom of foreign
oppression. Columbia moved ON with un-
blenched majesty" Plenty crowned the cul
iivator's toll. Science and art. vyirg with
successful emulation. conferred the need
OF merit and the classic bay American
Commerce yoked the winds of every sky, aud
ireighted every billow until the Gallo
Comet which has swept the orbs. CLEANED
desolation ON the seas until The lawlesS
ambition OF Britain essayed to usurp the ele-
ments.
Independent America could not bow her
proud spirit TO tame acquiesence i'm injuries,
To compliant submission to wrongs. she
shuddered with mothers fears at the re-
collected horrors # war, and hesitatcd to de
vote her children to the slaughter. A tenn
perate, dign6ed and prudent policy resorted
tothe sole and salutary alternative, an EN-
barge. Had this measure been enforced and
Continued. the Commerce of our Country
might at this day have been free and iln-
shaok led, as the wave of the ocean the
property OF our Citizens secured from spoil
alton, and the honor of the government pre-
served untarnisned. Unhappy Nation !
Hitherto thy escu tcheop, was spotless, as the
lilly, which no suHbea III has fIeckled. Thy
fame was fair and Brilliant as a ciuudless
morn, until it was blotted with the foul dis
grace of taCtious resistance to authority.
Commerce is the copious channel of wealth
and the medium of universal knowledge.
IL IS the patron OF agriculture, and nurse OF
the arts. II incites TO enterprise, and re-
compsnses industry. Ii associates the vari
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the regions of the earth and approxi.nates
the poles. AS prof able servant OF The
common veal, let commerce be fosiered and
protected; but let not the independence of
America be sacrificed in mercantile specu-
lation /; let not her distinguished immuni
ties and ineStimable liberties be the booked
and legered items in the account of foreign
trade.
The progressive Improvement of domes
TIC manufactures is Cause OF present ga
tulation and rejoicing. Numerous hills
written with f1eeces; unnumoered values la
Dor with plenty the plains wave with lux
uriant harves. $; the teeming earth disc. SEES
her secret treasures; universal abundance
iHvites the artist and the arts. b, remuv
ing the necessity of resnrtng to foreign
chimes for supplies of the conveniences If
lite, domestic manufactures promote the
strengthen the bonds of UNION between
the confederate states. by establishing inter
nal commerce and increasing their mutual
reliance.
While the tempest of war has desolaJ ed
the natiors while the whirlwind of destruc
ton has wasted the Kingdoms, and overturn
ed the thrones of Europe while the sword
has consumed the people. and a deluge OF
blood has drenched their fields. and over
flowed with polluted streams our native
skies have continued serene and fair Peace
has inhabited our borders, and security
dwelt in our towns. Our civil privileges
which were achieved by valor. have been
preserved by wisdom. Our comforts which
were gained by enterprise, have been IN
creased by industry. Our institutions which
were founded by hberali y. have been fos
tered by munihcence. The principles Of our
constitution of government rsmain uncaang
ed !; and so long as they shall endure, and
the integrity OF the federal union sh al CONT
nue. unimpaired, Americans may rejoice in
the freedom, sovereignty & independence Of
the u 5. They shall endure forever. BY
our brave fathers memories, by the awful
shades of revolutionary martyrs, swear,
they shall endure forever,-f for, . though
Individuals may perish, truth is eternal.
The rude blasts or tyranny may blow from
every quarter, out freedom is marcy plant,
that viii survive the tempest, and strike
an everlasting root in the most unfavorable
soil''
Columbia, favorite of heaven. and hope OF
the world Rejoice Nature and Art unite
to adorn thee! Wealth is thy handmade
and wisdom and honor attend thy steps
The eagle will SOAR to the stars, and build her
eyry, where danger cannot climb. Nations
will seek shelter under the covert of her
wings. The corners of the earth will bound
thy power, and the confines of eternity limit
thy glory