The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-09-06


OF her government.
Let US not despise these means of hurting
back the thunderbolt at her feet When
but in the very gristle and not yet in the
bone OF manhood. we Captured. in the course
Of two years after 1776, not less than 755
OF her ships At a very moderate ccapu-
tation, it is said that we could now tit our
1900 fast sailing Privateers, manned oy
$4,000 of the bravest and most expert sea
men in the world. not very well disposed,
we should think, to forget the injuries
which their brave brethren have experien-
ccd from a British Press-gang. The very
first cannon, that should be fired, we should
see million Of dollars, FURNISHED by an
individual OF the northern ard another of
the southern states,) appropriated TO the
equipment Of privateers.
In the mean time, would put the whole
Navy of the u. 5. into requisition, & in COM
mission:
Fvrtify our forts-mount their cannon,
and raise and discipline Arliilerynen To
serve themi
Provide ammunition, raise troops, and
prepare by every possible means, for put
ting forth the force of the nation, in Gaze
wanton attack should be made upon OUR
Towns.
would give individual enterprise as free
a scope as possible it is a cheaper *
perhaps equally efficient means Of repr,sal;
But in cassEfhe British cover. menr should
send forth hSr7+'s to lay our towns IN ashes.
1 would exact terrible retribution upon
her---raise troops enough 10 sweep her from
Canada, or at least from the territory to
the 5. of the St Lawrence. The spirit of
an incensed people would Support the Go
vernment in this act of resentment
Such is my Projes--lf you have u better.
DrOOOSe tiff nor ssuse this uith
SPIRIT OF '76,
:'GsEAEING s---sAn Association has been
formed at Philadelphia, under the name
or g The MeriDo Society of the Middle
States of orth-A merica," for the purchase
and Improvement # the Merinoes in the
U. States.-The" United States" Branch
Bank at Charleston, has been robbed of the
following sums, viz. IL boxes of gold, con
tanning S 1924 l8 IL boxes of dollars,
containing S 1000 each; and A99 dollars
TAKEN from another box--in all, s 1878
IL cents. AS no violence has been done to
the locks. tits imagined, that false keys have
been made use OF. The Bank has offered
reward OF 10 600 dollars for the recovery
! OF the money, and a further reward of
1000 dollars for the discovery of the often
ders. The Governor of S. Carolina has
thrown IN his mite by offering a reward of
| 500 dollars for the detection of these meta
rlous robbers, and free hardon TO any per-
SON. the principal excepted, concerned
therein, who, shall inform against his &C.
comphces, so that he or they may be prose-
cuted to conviction.----Dr. Waterhnuse has
published the following fact. as decisive
proof of the virtues of Fascination = mo.
Their, who had been exposed to the infection
OF The -Sn2GN-PoI was vaccinated with
her child three months old the child tuok
II, but the mother. not equally fortunate,
was soon seized with the symptoms OF the
Small Pock; she was covered with its e.
ruptions, whilst her sucking iniaat was
protected from the contag:on by. me .trl-
Hing SORE on its arm.-I'he /" n. States
Gazette" asserts, on the faith of uthen-
tic accounts from Canada that ths quantity
or British goods in that country is immense
andsthat tneY are daily Introduced into the
u, S. in an Illicit manner, and TO an extent
almost inconceivabfe."-A Farmeriin Ere
derrick. proposes to acald The seed Waaat.
as means OF preventing the Hessian Fly !;
he says, that on the 10Th Of July he seeded
twenty bushels, from the same garner, and
IN the same field of which eighteen were
scalded and TWO were not on the 25th Az
gust, the fly was very perceptib!e in the
last, but not one of them was to be seen in
the trst--We are pleased to see, that in
Way last solemn dinncr was given by the
Catholics of Dublin to the Friends OF Tule.
ration at which. above 400 Protestant, Pres
| byterlan and Catholic gentlemen were nm
gied together, in spirit of the utmost har.
mony and union. The cause OF Catholic e
manciPation aud the repeal of he Irish
Union, are the mystic bonds of their conci
llatlon. The truth OF! Mr.. Grattan's re-
mark, seems pervadng the bosom of the
Protestant, "that while the Catholic con
tinues IN slavery, the Protestant Cannot be
iree" both parties begin to be con-
| vlnced, that 1t is only by a concurrent and
| united effort, that they can promote their
natioai enlranchisement" and restore their
Parliament. At this meeting, the strongest
marks of respect were manifested for CHE
| glorious and immortal memory of Charles
lames Fox. Lord Mora, Formerly Lord
Rawdon,) the favorits friend of the Prince
Regent, as well as to the Prince himself.
whom they hail as the friend of ireland and
OF federation, the Patriot Prince and the
Pupil OF Fox. They tell him very signi-
tcantly, that much is hereafter e1tpected
! tom his e5iertious that he will no douht
"JustlY appreciate The value OF DESERVING a
nations confidence and peoples love ~
they admit, however, that some excuse is
to De discovered III his present enthrailed
situation, Tor his present inactivity that
he would do every thing, but he can at
present do little ;" that Pcrceval has bound
down his political energies by the limitations
which ne has imposed on his royal power:
and that this minister may, indeed taunt-
ingly address him in the words OF Snakes
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