The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-06-12

all the wrongs which she has inflicted upoh
us, IN contcmptu0us silence-its stream of
eloquent invecti,e is reserved for very diff
Iferent subjects. Mr.. X. dared not deny that
we had abundant causes Of war, and there
mas Most wisely kept them out of view.
Does Mr.. X. ny 10 tie other ground, which
has been assumed BY the enemies of the
war !--ooes he tell YOU (in this Addrcssy
that though we may have adequate reusons
1o 1t, we are too weak to get any thing by
SO lar from it, he indire city eXpatiates
upon our resources and chances of success:
tor, he tells us what fearful enemy We
should prove i'll alliance with the French
Emperor. The blood OF American free
men must how-to establish his Entire over
the ocean and over the land that gave our
foretathers birth. IF, therefore, our" aid''
Will prove SO efficient, as to make him mas
ter even of the soil of &; Britain. we have
no more to do than to put forth our own en-
ergies tor orr oSvn benefit, and we shall ea-
silly succeed in bringing oar enemy to a
sense OF justice. Our rights will be secur-
ed, for England will live ia Justice rather
than sink into the grave
How then does Mr. X. screen his opposition
without flying to either of these pretcxts -
Frnclpally, by conjuring up the orson head
OF bonaparte on whichhis eye can never rest
but his heart is turned to stone He place =
before you. not your dangers from C. Britain,
ou' from France. =. He tells you, that we
snail become the virtual allies of Bona
Parte that the honor and interest of the A.
merican people are to be offered up as ian
idoatrons sacrifice on the altar of French
lrapacty, perhdy and ambtion"-,hat the
last Republic OF the earth will have enlist
ed under the banners Of the tyrant, and be.
come hGrfy to ms cause - that the met
Is spread tor your destruction & that YOU are
enveloped In the tolls of French dupicity'
What sayyeto theinsinuation which these
words would JUSTLY, that these were the mn
tiUes of the Representatives who advoc,ie
war-it Mr.. X. did not mean it in thjs iph
he ought to have said so and not saving IT.
he stands guilty of an ambigui.y which adj.
mlts OF rude and insulting attack on the
Majority of Congress.
1t he did mean it in this light, he has ut
| tered similar sentiment tothat which Mr..
Giles i'll the year 1913 told r q. Haruer vas
| a SANDER, utterly uoiG of trufh''
| Will your modest Reoresentatiye then
dare to insnuate that Nathaniel Macon is
tool of the Emperor Are Crawford r.
roup and Bibb, are Williams s. Lowndes
and Cheves and Calhoun, are his stern re-
publican Colleagues of Virginia, is Henry
Clay & all the representatives of the West
and East, the minions of France. Are
Nlessrs. Madison & Monroe likewise bound
| t. the triumphant car of France? DoYoU
seriously believe it Are these the men
who would pay, wirh your ruin. the price
! OF their consistency? Fellow tizens. if
tyou are indeed so infatuated as to believe
that these men are lost to all sense Of de-
cency and public spirit you are indeed wor-
thy Or the representative whom yeu have
selected.
No, Intelligent fellov-cit we shall
not fight for France, but America. We
nave our eyes open to the conduct oft
Emperor. We shall never trust ourselves
IN his power. The past will be beacon
tor the future and, we should be not only
the poorest, but vilest poll icians to offer up
ourselves as an idolatrous sacrifice OH his
ata,s.
The real republicans of this nation. know
nm as well as Mr.. Randolph Ner they
are not scared out of their sen ses bv hyster.-
&c Iniaglnatons. They will not stoop to the
blows OF one tyrant, for fear of the caresses
OF another They will guard their rights
against all; and pursuing the wise councils
OF the immortal Jefferson, will avoid =" sn-
tangling' alliances" with any.
MIR. X. goes upon the suppostion that the
war is to be waged TOR France-but is he
sure that war or some decisive meas sure will
not also so against her ? 1t yet hangs up, n
a pivot. Be it so, if Congress wills it soft
the rights and honor of our Country reon;re
it to be $50. t
| We torbear touching on the various other
points which he has opened His mind is
too much warped by prejudices and passi-
ons, to speak your sentiments fairly In one
sentiment he is correct" the people alone
are competent to provide the remedy
| or Nothing certain from the american Senate.
-Nhu rs runour, conjecture aud uncertainty-Re,
| ports, which
! Like bubbles, in the Of matter borne.
| They rise, they burst, ard to that sea return
I
~ The Resolution for petitioning Congress to a.
vert war, and Tor appointing comm ttee t. draft il
was taken up IN the Lower House Of the Legislature
O. Massachusetts, carried, Ayes i02, NAYS 27s A
Committee has accordingly been appointed.
| GJ History ofnte Remembrance, hereaffer.
4 SRAND EXHIBITION Of .4TJyiCK 81 DE-
~ WIN u, Sr,,ulI