The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-08-18

nov. would indeed Justly sub;ce. our 90
,ernment In tie sign Of ,,,,sin.ni..,i:r
and our people to the charge VI u want Z.
patriotism. '-
/ On behalf Of the Republican c;iizens os
TINS stats, and OF ourselves, We therefore.
Sir, assure you, we are now as much in ia
vor OF vigorous prosecution Of the war un-
I'll our wrongs are redressed and our rights
respected, IS we have heretofore been uf
the preservation of peace. while it c,ald be
maintained without i surrender of our
rights and interests. And we are fully of
opinion that the confidence Of the friends
OF Government IN New Jerscj' will be in
creased rather than diminished, by the
measures adopted by the general Agovern-
mcnt Tor the support of our unuues,ionablc
and lnalienaole rights.
Permit us, Sir,to add, that your conduct,
as well IN your endeavors to preserve peace
as III your hnal Recommendation of a resort
ITO arms, meets with our most decided aD-
probation.
Ry order ofths Convention.
BENJAMIN LUDLOW, President
GEORGE CASSIDY, Secretary.
ANSWER.
Wash;nsIon, Jisiy 25th. 1872.
S1R,-I nave received the address from
Inc convention of the Republican Dele
gates from the several counties OF the
otate OF New-Jersey," explaining the SEN
ltlments entertained. at this crisis, BY that
portion Oh my constituents. The sentiments
are worthy the character of citizens, who
know the value of the nationa! rights at
stake in the present contest and who are
willing to do justice to the sincere and
|perssverihs eff1rss. which have been
employed to obtain respect to them without
a resort to arms..
The conduct oc Aa rat;o, ,r~,:..A
this resort has been proclaimed, left no
choice but between that and the greater e.
lvil, Of surrender of cur sovereigntv
on the element, on which all nations have
equal rights, and in the free use of which
the United States, as nation whose agri.
culture and commerce are SO closely allied.
have an essential interest
The appeal to force, in opposition ia the
force so long continued against us, had be-
Come the more urgent, as every endeavor
short OF 1t. had not only been ruthless but
had been followed by fresh usurpations and
expressions. The intolerablc outraees
committed against the crews of our vessels,
which at one time were the result of al
lodged searches for deserters from British
ships of war, had grown into like preten-
sion. first as to all British seamen, and next
as to all British subjects with the invari
able practice of seizing on all neutral sea
men, OF every nation, and on all such of our
own seamen, as British officers, interested
III the abuse, might plea Sc to demand.
The blockading orders in Council, COM
mencing on the plea of retalia ting Injuries
indirectly done to Great Britain, through
the direct operation OF French DEGREES a
gainst the trade of the United States with
her; and on protested disposition to pro-
coed step by step with France, in revok ing
them, have been since bottomed ON preten-
sions more and more extended and arbtra-
~ till, at length. 1t is openly avowed as
indispensable to a repeal Of the orders as
they affect the United States, that the
French DEGREES be rep called as they affect
Great Britain directly, and all other II eu-
trails, as we'll as the United States To
TINS extraordinary a,owal is superadded, a.
bundant evidence, that the real obi ect OF
the orders is, not to restore freedom to the
American Commerce with Great Britain
which could indeed be little Interrupted by
the DEGREES OF France but To DESTROY our
lawful commerce, as interfering with her
own unlawful commerce, with her enemies
The only foundation Of this attempt to ba
nish the American flags from the high way
of nations. or to render it wholly subservi,
ent to the commercial views of the British
Government, Is the abused and exploded
doctrine, that the ocean not less than the
land Is susceptible of occupancy and domi-
nron that this dominion is in the hands of
Great Britain, and that her laws, not the
ave & nations, which is cars as well as hers.
are TO regulate our maritime intercourse
with the rest of the world.
When the United States assumed and
established their rank among the nations of
the Earth, they assumed. and established
a common sovereignty on the high seas,
as well as an exclusive sovereignty within
their territorial limits. The one is as es-
sential as the other. to their character as
an Independent Nation. However couce
ding they may have been, on eontroverti.
BILE points; or forbearing, under casual and
limited injuries /; they can never submit to
wrongs irreparable in their kind, enormous
lei their amount, and ind efnite in their du-
ration and which are avowed and justified
on principles. degrading the United States
from the rank of a sovereign and indepen-
dent power. In attaining this high rank
and the inestimable blessings attached to il.
no part of the American people, had a
more meritorious snare, than the people of
Nev-Jersey. From none, therefore, may
more reasonably be eX pected, a patriotic
zeal in maintaining by the sword, the uu-
questionable and unalienable rights, acoui-
red by it and which it is found, can no o.
therwise be maintained.
JAMES MADISON.
BEHJAM1E LUDLOW, ESQ.
President, &c. &c,
NORFOLK, AUGUST 14-Yesterdav the
Troops, whose arrival a, Portsmouth we an
nounced III Mondays Herald, marched