The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-01-27

our uetenceiesS Country, could've successful.
ly resist them! 1t we could, how much bl .oti
and how much treasure must we spend in
our defence Let every American serious
| ly ask himself these questions.
/ Are the people Of the United States ready
to So to war with England. and thus assist
France in conquering herr SUPP s,e we
should be plunged into such war; sup
pose we should be as successful in it as the
most Sanguine OF our advocates for war could
wish suppose We conquer Canada, starve
England. nay suppose III the language OF one
OF The enlightened majority in Congress. we
shonld render her downfall inevita5tc--what
then why, we shall dig our own grave,
We shall have destroyed our own Liberties,
we should Inevitably become Freuch provin !.
ices
But shoud we be unsuccessful against En-
gland, Should she annihilate our lmmerce
destroy our seaport towns, and land tnirty
Thousand men among our negroes in the SOUTH
might we no then ne compelled to sue for
peace and could we in such an event ex
pect more favorable treaty than we cou d
get now
IL we So to war with England. we must
either be successful or unsuccessful. II sue
ccssful. we should be ruined, "a nor, sequi-
fur Unsuccessful, disgraced.
why then do our rulers raear to force US
into war which must injure es materially,
let lis issue be what II may; let the advo
Gates Tor the. war answer torthemselves--
they tell US because tie BRITISH minister hus
dared 10 inSinuare mat Robert Smith. CIR.
secretary of Ssate. knc7u sVha; hc did not
KNOX,. and aohich he lad fofd ne british
minister he did not kno5v. This insult. a.
1t Is called. is the avozved reason why MIR.
Jackson has been dismissed why rcsoluti
ons nave been passed by large mJiorities in
congress, declaring in language the most in .
decorous and provoking to g. Britain, tina
the PRESIDENT Shall be SUPPORTED. Is it for
this that every thing has been done which
our rulers think may induce Great.
Britain to make war upon u.s.. iii which we
shall be called on to shed our FLOOD, to spend
our treasure, to risk the existence of our ma
ton Are the people Of the u. s. ready To en-
ter into such war for such areason
What then, | may be asked. would sub
NIT to any degradation. rather than go to war
with England? No; rather than see my
country dlshonored and d, graded, l wouid
risk her existence. For existence, without
honor and without reputation, is q bauble
unworthy the pursuit OF a man ar a nation
III England, in defiance of 4 solemn trea-
ty, should capture our ships pursuing a law
tau commerce-if England sllaul, arbitrarily
seize our vessels upon the high seas, and
burn them. without any compensation if
| England should seize our citizens and send
them captive into prison in the interior Of
the country-if England should sequester
all the property OF cur citizens, upoD which
she could lay her hands If England shou id
dare to inform our Secretary of State, tina
she wanted money and must have it, and
| thuS endeavor to render us tributary to her
If bngld a should tell US YOU shall not re.
main neutral-then, sir, would my feelings
get the better o. me, and would go to war
with her Instantly. And where is the indie
pendent american, who would not willingly
spend Iii: last shilli;:s and his last drop OF
blood IN such war; But England has done
hone OF these things-but France has and
yet we hear none of our good republicans
saying word against her II British nj
Mister dares to make an insinuaiion Of an in
suit, 1t is good Cause of war, and no means
/ are spared To excite the passions aud intlame
the PrJuaices OF the people against her
IL France Violates her tr-aty--burns cur
vesseis---Sei2es our tixeus,--icnauds
our money--and insists upon our becomiu $.
party III the war with hcr-this is To be:
4 submitted to without murmur, because
1t comes from France. Americans are
yon, or are you not independent! While you
assume the bold front Of lion to one. foreign
nation, will you cringe Ikea spaniel to ano-
ther! While your administration are artfuiiy
turning yosr attention to England, will you
suffer France to trampie yea under foot p
Liberal =
Mr.. Ogden then stated that Washington
mad early declared it to be the. interest of
the u. . to be perfectly neutral in the war
between France and England, and our pre-
sent rulers, had professed to be neutral.
nave they been SO! In 1906 France finding
ail per attempts to Conquer England by in.
Vaslon ridiculous, determines to DESTROY her
commerce, and passes her Berlin decree,
making all vessels bound to or coming from
Lhsiand o. having British manufactures on
board good prize, this was in direct violation
OF her express treaty with us and vet in
stead OF resisting iii 1907, our Embargo la W
was passed. by which our own citizens were
much injured and our own country distres
sed, to aid Napoleon in his war upon the
commerce of Englands measure was
then declared by the Federalists TO be, what
u is now unanimously admitted to have been
destructive and destructive to ourselves alone
but Tor this we were appauded in France
ana our rulers were satshed-We suffered,
ana france thanked us for our sulferjugs in
iler Cause.-The moment However that G..
Britain rctaliated by her Orders in Council
the administration were ready to take up
arms against her. Nay, they did not even
wait TO hear that the Orders had passed, but
hurried through the En5arg, act in antici
patton Of the event.
MIR. y. said MIR. Jackson the British min
ister had been dismissed and for what? For
an insult winch no man could point out-and
yet before the fact tolk place IL YEAS exnrseS