The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-05-22
HE ENQUIRER.
RICHMOND, MAY 22 1910
LETTERS FRooI THE SIMPLE To
TIE GREAT.
LETTER 2nd.
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.Fogv al tame.
SlR-Nh at kOSciusho once said to fhe
foes, must say unto thee. Those who
are not Jar US, aie against u.s. Those WHO
are rot seen iii the ranks of .heir country
contending Tor her rights, " ere set down ~
an enemy to them.
Is TINS time Tor neutrality and repose
lie tate OF your country hangs upon the
vote at Washington !; for, measures are
now taken to indicate her long-abused hon
or. Ard where are you At your post
| In the Senate Of tie u. States ? No at your
farm, al Amelia not exciting Your ener-
Sies IN the cause of your country, not pre-
pairing to g subdue Crisis, the NE e
which has never occurred for nine {, twenty
years but devourcd by spleen, retiring be-
lore the Crisis which surrounds US. Is hi.
tee spirit OF d soldier? Is this the nerve of a
politician
Aon are eitherfor' the war or against. it
II against 1t, why do you not attempt to
wfest Its career !--it for It. why are you not
III our seat to aid and facilitate its opera
items WAS it fer this inglorous state of
supineness, that Virginia has called Won
into her councils she chose you to rci-
resent herin the Senate of the u. State
and not IN the Woods and Wales of Amelia.
And how long do you mean TO finch from,
the post which she has assign ed You MOI
ior a few days only, we must presume for
"u nave obtained " leaUe u absence for they
mainder of the session."
| Sir. do not mistake me- / shall NOT wall
nor Snash my teeth on account of your de-
scrtIon because am not sure that. we're
you III your seat, Jour energies would be c,,-
er'ed III the cause OF your Country. l have
seen too much have heard too much, to be
Tree from suspicious and apprehension
our late career at Washington is not very
wen calculated 10 command my confidence
E.St ls. cd ~, 10
an, and almost as man apparently ieapued
with small association of maIcontents
lyou nave drawn cloud of suspicion around
YOU, which all the resources of your eIo-
quenCe and ingenuity cannot Immediately
l.dispel. You voted against the Embaryn:
| you have retired from your seat when vote
OF war is to be taken: what must | infer
out that you are opposed to war, If this be
your sentiment, Sir, what will the world saw
10 Your consistency since artery Of pro.
icssion, after having once exhausted every
effort to recommend war. you now shrink
from the question And what will the
worio say OF you, WI en- after having assisted
III Saddiing your country with 35 900 addi,i-
ohai troops d loan Of eleven millions and
other resources Oh war, you hesitate to use
tnose resources III the only way in which
they were calculated to be fused ? What,
WIZ you hrst vote for the :,cans and then
refuse the use of them : Are you "a Repub-
lican, and yet will surround the Executive
with large StGndiDg army !? Is he to have
oo,oUo troops, not TO be turned against the
toreiSn enemy, but his fellow citizens p
Inc man who would Shrink from war.
'Jter having agreed to these preliminary
| measures Is mint for public station. He
had better crawl out the rem ainder of his
lie III inglorious obscurity.
| 1t viii not avail you to say, that every
thing has not been To your taste iuWashiup
Ton and that some steps have been adopted
which you have disapproved. And when
did you suppose that al men could think q
IKE Some concessions must be made 60
me splilt OF harnio"y. No party could
cling together, il its members did not occa-
Sionaiiy give up minor points to greater cnes.
II every man were TO fly Of from course +
measures, because every thing does not go on
| precisely as he wishes IT, there is no party
Dat must be rope OF sand. No, sir, these
minor differences of opinion, will lever Gre
ate ali opposition, where there is spirit Of
harmony, sincere Sood.viN, and friendly
disposition to Cooperate with the mai rity.
GU nave mad instances before you, this We
ry session, otmen relinquishmg minor obic -
tons to the great end III yicw-See mir
om,he oppose the Army bill &. vet what a
laudable spirit Of Cancellation does he nov
display
BE assured, Sir, that this excuse will not
avail you. What ! AFTER having so LONG cri-
ed up the necessity of war, when the war is
about to be waged, when the world expect
ed you to step forward and aid it To The ut
most OF your abilities, was this the moment
to yield TO subordinate objections, and sac
rhce your Country to yourfee4ings. Was
TINS magnanimity--or what was it
DIR, VIII not press this point further
viii merely add, that if it be your intention
to spin out the remainder of the session at
home, YOU are bound to resign your seat, that
| Virginia may havc~a representative in the
C. uncils OF the nation ; but fyou should return
| 10 washington to nIlsrcpresent her feelings
| ny Young against the war, you had better
| remain where you are. The hearts of her
people and her Legislature glow too fer
Vehtly IN the support OF her rights, to Justify
4 any opposition to- the. war. 1t pains me 70
see the Old Dominion hanging back at
TINS crisis, 1t is enough, that snch men as
Messrs. Randolph and Shelley disgrace her
| by mlsrepresenting her but that mem
Der OF the national Senate, a representative
OF one OF the most patriotic Legislatures in
! the Union, should turn his back against her,
| IS spectacle not very agreeable to the
eyes OF a Virgin an. Save US, beseech YOU.
from this Disgrace.
we have letter from Washington which
says, that the call Of the II. of r. is pre-
paratory to a decision, in the early part Of
juno, Of the question of issuing Letters OF
OIarqne ami Rrhrisai forthwith, which
will then, if decided aifirmatively, be fol-
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