The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-12-24

WAN IL Out HID 0TcdI DIllaIn lnStlg3IeQ
the Indians, and he would fight, but not
for dominion. Our government was made
for the general defence and welfare. He
would not take Canada at the expense of
the constitution /; nor to assist France till
we should be dragged at the wheels of the
car OF poor Bonaparte for poorhe is in eve
~ sense of the word. For gentleman
from Tennessee, or tennessee or Lake
~Champlain. there may be some prospect Of
advantage by war ; their hemp may rise in
value. He would not assist in the spread
ing of that internal doctrine of fraterDiza-
.ion with which we have been inoculated
by France.
MIR. X. adverted to the defenccless state
OF our seaports. Tho late governor, of Ma
ryland (mr. Lloyd) while bringing his patri-
otic resolutions before the legislature of
shat state, was liable to to taken by night
and carried off with his amily by a Bris,.h
picaroon, in spite of any defence that would
&c made.
MIR. K. dwelt upon the danger OF the ri.
sing OF the blacks. What is the situation
OF the slave holding states ?-During the
revolution, from habits Of obedience. no fear
was entertained of their joining the enemy.
Not SO now. lhey are infected with the
detestable principles that have issued from
tile breaking up of that great deep, the
French revolution. Nay, there have NOT
been wanting, even in this house, witnesses.
L~egendre, the butcher that once had a seat
here (Sloan) men who nave preached these
lmprescriprable rights, this equality of man,
teaching the slave not to equal his master.
put to cut his throat. In Virginia and the
Carollnas we are In a continual state of
alarm, from the spreading of this Internal
doctrine, sometimes the preaching of them
by men from New England. Willie talk
Ing OF taking Canada, some of us are SILVER
ing tor our safety at home. Even now in
Richmond, the mother nightly more Closely
sngs her infant to her bosom, fearful of the
chic's and her own life. What might be
the operation of this f~raternizing system
among us this teaching the inhabitants 70
re0elf Coz forbid he shonld ever see tn,
triamph of a defensive war with French
pr.nciplesi in the van.-[.AW hyhcrboke II
How stands the sympathy of this house
with the patriots of Spain Are we, by q
TINS time taking Florida, yielding them as
distance against the arch-fiend, who is grasp
ing tne sceptre OF the civilized world p
Much as he hated a standing army, ne knew
not bat he should vote for one, could il he
sent to assist the patriots. The object of
France is more Spanish America than Old
spain.
He knew how easy it was to throw out
the imputation of British partiaIity. Fer
~ y AAO hOt OAlOulu CdIe IOT
such Imputations. Formerly by Adams and
Porcupine he was called a Erenchnan-
now, II worthy their notice, both would call
him an E4gLShman. He should not consent
TO nave his republicanism measured by the
teachers or it in, or those who had ESCAPED
from goals, nor by men who never gave o.
ther proof OF their republicanism than a blind
adherence to Bonaparte.-We view with
indifference all but two nations, England &
II I.l N ~ a tho ana .t.%I~
rted, the other with u~naCcountable affection.
Russia and the government of the knout !:
the Dey OF Algeirs, Mellimelli or the Little
Turtle, are all well with us, and their gov
well {; only let them not be English.
C we are satisfied-al are welcome. and we
may trade with all. Mr.. Adams made a
treaty with st. Domingo, for which he ought
to have been impeached. Name but Eng
iand, and all our antipathies rise against her
against her whose blood flows in our veins
W in common with us, claims a Shakes
peare, a Newton, a Locke, a Chatham
Snail we degrade our Ancestors l-And
shall all our partialities be extended to
France & its ruler, whom we are bound to
oeheye God suffers to be the great scourge of
mankind. On all other nations France treads
England alone she fears--England has
the freest government in the world
except our Owl :---From her have
we drawn our best principles of government
by jury, representative system, ha-
oeas corpus, voting for supplies in the popu-
lar branch In what school did Washington.
Hancock, &c. learn their principles of liber-
ty-unde dcrivantur /?
Chath1m was with us during the revolu-
ton we had the heart of the British nation
out England was under the power of a COR
and selfish administration, rolling in
wealth at the expense of the manufacturer
& agricuituraiist. From her authors he had
his prlnciples-from Shakespeare &
Milton he had instructed his imagination.
from Locke, his understanding, from Hemp
den his patriotism, from Chatham his poll
tics, and, if he had religion, tina was partly
from Tiliotson, Sherlock and Porteus.
Hence his English partialities.
From whom Come these charges of being
under British influence? From P%orcupine,
IRON men escaping from goals of Europe *
here teaching our fathers and sons their DO
litical duties such as have all the revolu-
tionary prejudiccs yet ask them where they
were during the revolution, & they are
BY whom were some of the best
men III this country dubbed English
men 1t was too much to endure that
those Who fought a seven years contest a..
q. b. should be now called English
such charges ought TO be met in this
mouse with respectful repulsiou /; out of it
with the lie direct.
dlnfatis ~mntandis, had France the Bri-
5lsh Navy, do we not see thatinstead ofstea-