The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-12-08
rnoM rue NATIONAL IsrrLLIoEvoEn

FRoM THE NATIONAL INrELLIcENoER
Inetriss;!s Of Pecce-it high time that the
party wnieh usurp this title should be stripped OF
their borrowed piumes We had no conception that
they wou pretend to claim this distinction alter l,c
facts. disclosed by the late Executive communications
TO Congress, lad become public and nOtorous.---
Whi,sl administration mad recommended War ON
our part, as racan OF obtaining honorable peace
war hayiag bcsn wascd by the eneny against
us Tor lhrec antecedcnt years--the Junto men Job
serve. readers. do not Say the Fcderasts--those
who ieei sensbility 10 their country rights and
dignston ut her wronss)bu, the Jun,o men, who had
NEARLY exhausted the Bnigsga;s vocabulary IN terms
of vituperation against tl.er government fur iabec
ity and ws,t OF spirit; these ve;y men immediately
became the fast Friends OF Peace. Now, that our
administration have practically proven their sincer-
ity in declaring ior the purpose OF O.: AIM n
pcace-now that they have proved that they ia fact
p,e the I" friends Of peace - why DO not the same
and let loose the dogs oi war - Not they truly !;
with them there is principle OF seton superior
70 their spirit OF opposition. 1; IS that which the
British government too highly appreciates, when il
speaks Of tie 90 friends i'll Congress" In a word it is
prediction Cor Britain.
I" There is cover large enough to hide ITSELF"
saysa old Spanish Iroverb. appropriately quoted
the other day 10y mcmb y ut congress. Ii they be
genuine Friends Of Peace, the mas, tecome sup
~porters OF an administiat winch has m,de such
unexampe,l efforts to obtain 1t 4 they do not, they
must throw off the mask aud assume character
more appropriate To their views than that they
counterfeit Let them, If they please, call themselves
Is Friends ct Neutrality T" from their own mouths
we know that they so, although they dare not
answer to that watchworG, because they know ia
what light those viewed who declare thcms selves
% neutral when their country IS The time
IS coming when these issnises will not avail the
hour is. when there be but two parties in
relation 10 the war-thc friends and the enemies of
their country's independence.
he question of REORGANIZATION is again presented
10 the American people. Can they hesitate what
side TO take Honest and honorable may differ
to The conduct of the war; they might have
differed as to its original expedieney but not i,
seems 10 us, as to its present necessity. How could
war be avoided How can terminate it Only
by surrender of rights nseparable from the eharse
ter of soverrignty only by base submission to the
terms enemy might dictate in the arrogance O
spirit her supposed supremacy of naval power begets
The friends of peace, then, who are not the friends
OF the present Administrations friends To suhns
sion aSd advocates oG the slavsli doctrines of non
resistance, which were deservedly Odious durinS
the glorious Revolution which created this peopl,
an Independent nation.
IL has given Va pleasure to find, that difference
of opinion, lars to exist amongst American Fed
eral'sts and Z ublicans ne to the conduct Of Oh,
British goveri.iHe' Its friends and agents in thi
country may palliate and dare defend its
sontnct: but the sentiment of those gentlemen al
the kederai party who love their country, wlIC
have a'eeling for its wrongs is oil widely different
character.
Witt their government, we believe their suffrage
wonid be given tor an honorable peace, a vgo
fons prosecution OF the These being the alter
natives, who can refuse TO aid lis government il
prosecuting the one to obtain tho other