The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-02-05

uenoer Vi the SENATE OF the United States
should be expelled from that body for trea-
son and msdemeanor, with which he was
charged, Mr.. Adams in his able report to
the Senate on that subject uses the following
strong and perspicuous language -" 1t the
ingenuity OF demon were tasked to weave
into one composition all the great moral and
| political evils, which could be inflicted on
the people OF these states, It would produce
nothing more than a texture of wtr, dismem
berment and despotisn." These are the sem
| timen:s and feelings ofthat dis inguished ci-
tizen who is snow our minis er at he court of
st. Petersburg. They breathe the spirit of
an American who chershes ,he constitu-
ton under which we are assembled as the
Chief stay OF his hope as the light which is
destined to gladden. his own day by the pros
pect 1t sheds over his children Let us ex-
anime whether the gentleman from Mabsa-
chusetts falls "not behind him in such sen
timents The inhabitants of the country
which our minister in Russia declared to be
OF such Immense Importance ,othis union are
| about To be admitted tn a participation Of
those rights which belong TO every Ameri-
can citizen, and the Country itself incorpora-
ted into the United States. Compare, be-
seech you, sir. the language of the gentle
man from Massachusetts, Gith that used by
the Russian minister IF this bill passes,
luton in This coun ry-Ihe union will be
virtually dissolved-Livil war will become
sanct'f1ed as "A matter of right in each of the
states, II they are not permitted to separate
psaceaoly-Political jealousy is inculca; ed
between the Eastern and Western stales-
Every circumstance which is calculated in
the remotest degree to excite discord and
division, Is s'udiously adverted to. The in
haoitanis OF Louisiana are represented as
via ana uncovered IN the woudS, and de
pendent onthe Eastern states for clothes 10
cover Their nakedness they are called at
one time the wild men OF Missouri and at
another the Anglo Hispano Gallo Ameri-
| cans, who bask on he sands in the mouth OF
lhe Mississippi; and to cap the climax we
are alarmed with the apprehension thar six
new states are TO be formed in he Wtsl,
winch are to swallow up the power of the
original partners to the Constitution and CON-
troi the nation Are these the suggestions
! OF mind which "yields to none N its at
tachmen,s to the constitution 20 Sir, they
are The ebu,litions of political drunk mess,
de signed to produce internal "war. dismem
6erment, and despoiism." | do not think
the gentleman from Massachusetts mas any
reason to congratulate hin,set on the refer
e"ce which he made to the opinions of the
Russian minister On the one hand, we dis.
Germ nothing but patriotism a ID union and
N the other. political jealousy, revolution,
disunlon. and the Inseparabe associate OF
these, despotism.
but, MIR Speaker, The people of the Eas-
,e'n States will never give the y Assem-, to a
diN olutlon OF the Union. They are bound to
ne "es ern conntry by he inst p .rabe ties
OF nature q ot interest. The hardy and ad
venturous sons OF New England will, in a
SCR 'i'"S, Compose ivIge pr port OLA o. the
population Ga The water, OF the Nj ssis iuui
nj undt rtake to assure the gentleman
from massachusetts, th 1t they will never re-
turn t. "break mt his house or the houses
OF his friends, t. hlcn their cniidre,'s clothes
In order 10 cover their ndkedn, ss." In that
| new and fertile region, the hand of Industry
is rev arded with rich return of the com.
ior's OF life, which the iberality of its NH b.
it"hto dis' rioutes with benev olence and hos
pita ity. Besides these natural bonds which
are every DAY increasing between the Eas
tern md WesGsrn portions of the ". s.
there is reciprocal advantage in the inter
course which rs preserved between them
ne western coantry is pecuiarly adapted
to ne pursuits or agrIcuiure, and the river
| Mississippi is the great high way thro' which
their bulky articles are conveyed TO 4 suita
Bile and profitable market,
The Eastern States have long been and
will long continae to be the Carriers of these
surplus products, 10 the seaport cities of the
| u. D., 10 The Wet Indies and To Eur one. Il
Vt not then tile interest OF those who are en-
gagged In the carrying trade TO give encou-
| agement to agriculture? There are mutual
benefits n this interchange of labor which
| tends to promote the welfare of each secIi-
on tthe Union. No collision of interest can
ever exist between the growers of hemp,
liour, Cotton tobacco aud sugar, and the car
rier who finds employment in their trans
| portatlon to the countries IN which the v a, g
consumed. 1T any advantage could be de
| rived from separation of these states. il
would be found 10 prepOnderate in favor of
the Western division. We should at once
become possessed oft public lands which
are said to be fund ON which the nation
may rely for revenue to an incaIculable
mount.
! These lands have been acquired at the ma
tlonal expence and it would therefore be mn
| reasonable and unjust, to- confer them wholly
on the Western states. But If the deleteri-
Gus consequences which have been predict
ed by the gentleman from Massachusetts
should be realised, such VIII be the inevir af,,e
effect in relation TO the territory belonging to
the u. ).
| Surely, sir, there is patriotism enough o
ven IN the city OF Boston 10 coun: eract he de
ttroratIng principles of that gentleman
let us adhere to the maxims of wisdom an,
| by a union Of sentiment and action Convince
the nations OF Europe that we are TO, nov
er'u' to be conquered, and too happv 10 Inc
seduced from the allegiance We nwe tn Pin.