The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-04-23

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reader believe. that conduct like this. on The
part OF our press. t.nas to give us credit.
psd to do us honor III he eyes of the world 2
And what canthose who, in any way what
ever, give encouragement TO these prints,
and who feed aad fatten these venRl wri
tiers. say in defence of their own morality
and taste Does il not besides, occur to
the reader that this invitation to conspira
CO, :e.o!, and rebellion, may DC applied 10
ourselvess 1t it be right for our govern
ment to invite the French people to con-
spire against.their sovereign. and to encou-
rage and assist them therein, may it not be
SAID, that it is right in the French govern
ment To do the same with regard to our So
vereigAs<' Or, do these writer's suppose,
that even the immutable principles OF rea-
son arr to give way to their humors. wishes
and interests! Again, it it be justlfiable in,
the people OF France, or any part of them,
to rise in rebellion against person whom
we have, in so many ways, and by such So
lemD acts, recognized as their sovereign /;
it it be justihable in them to rise in rebel,
lion against. and "a dethrone their sovereign
does j, not require something to convince
the people of this country. that such an act
towards our sovereign would not be justi .
fable !-1hus you see, reader, that these
hypocri,ical writer's are. as far as they
have any influences. cutting the throat of
that authority which they profess to admire
and defend. They preach the RIGHT of
lconspIracy, revolt, rebellion and regiclde !;
and though hey would fain, pc, maps. ad
dress themselves to the people OF France
Exclusively. they do, in fact, address them
selves to no body. but the people of this
kngdom-t the subjects of their own sove
reign, who alone hear what they say-aud
who, of course, are the only persons that
sIxl ~
these principles of anarchy. aud bloodshed.
The third light in which we have 10 consi
der this publication from the Courier is, as
q description of fhe hu6kc mind in shis
country And here, one might reasonably
have expected good account. Of the Fin
ghSh jaco6ins. But this writer has, it seems,
discovered, that while the jacobins of France
are +" friends OF liberty" are animated by
g. the enthusiasm of the spirit of freedom -
are of a " benevolent" disposition /; have
| N Liberation" in their views and wish for
nothing SO much as 'the lettering of the
condition of France - he has discovered
hat. while TINS is the character of the ia
collins of France that of the jacobins of
England IS just the reverse. and that they
hate nothing but their own cuun'ry, and
would even hate their brother jacobins of
Franc, the moment these latter should
show any friendship for England Having
communicated this discovery tohis readers,
he proceeds to describe the classes and
strength of the English jacobins. He says,
that our HOME jacobins sympathize with
any thing iha, is in opposition to the En-
giish government and establishments, which
they wish TO destroy" There is. indie ed,
\ some difference in the words, at least, be
tween government" and establishments D
and country and it is possible, that this
ar m Fin
6 AID are not enemies of our country. Well,
then, we, the English Jacobins, or in other
words the English g friends of liberty, are,
as he says, the enemies of the English
" government" and " establishmsnts."-
Let us, therefore, now see VINO are and what
is the probable number of US. "One half
of the opposition, and nearly the whole of
| the Burdetites."-i is well known that, in
spire of all the inflnence of place and or
power. about one half of the members of
the two Houses of Parliament, belong to
what is called the pposition.--Thus. then,
this writer declares to the world, that a.
bout one quarter of those members wish TO
destroy The English government and es-
Establishments; and that the same wish is enc
,ertained by nearly the whole of the Bur-
dettites, who, without the smallest exagge-
ration, consists, taking all classes of the PEG
pie together, Of more than four-htihs of all
the abied bodied men in this Kingdom. And
this writer proclaims to the world---he tells
our enemy, thar these persons are moi only
Observation-Disclosures not only hostile to the mi
nisters Of the day--but that they actually
qsish TO destroy the English government
and establishments. / cough, tha we
were tolc, only the other day, that We were
an UNITED people and am sure / mus,
| have read, within these thirteen months,
some hundreds of paragraphs and poems,
| in which it has been asserted that the peo-
pie of his country, with one united voice.
best he day that the king was born, re-.
TUNED thanks for the good they enjoyed un-
der his government, and prayed most ear
nestly to the Lord. long to preserve the life
of him, owing to whom, under Divine Pro
violence, they enjoy so much freedom and
happiness. Bnl now, behold !! it is asserted
| by cne of the writer's of these very para
graphs, that great part of the people wish
tor the destruction of the English govern
ment ami establishments" in which it
would be treason TO say, that the King is
nor included These writer's, these pro-
found hypocrites. know that they publish
falsehoods and they know too that such
folse hoods must be greatly injurious to the
nation ; they well know. that such false :
hoods must tend to encourage the enemy,
must invite him oinvade US, must disincllne
him towards any reas'a. BILE terms of peace,
and, which is more thai all the rest, must
make an invasion truly perilous, by previ-
| ously making one part W the people look
upon .he other part as their enemies--All
this, these hypocrtes know full we'll; but