The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-08-07

addresscrs) is the saiiy Of tbs, f,ortier easnr =;
a declaration Q, war, which adds the BSii..s u
the number os Cur enencs :" SIN harpias o.. tn,
Diif!sh. Any nauoa for an enemy but the BriisG
can, however, tell these uamphie:cers tiat Ma.
with Great Biitsin puts cad TO secret maelina,i
on among the Indians that the capture q; Fort Mai
den, aud Other British posts, consequent upon the
war, viii cons,rain the aborgncs to choose us at once
for friends foes; and that AN armed frontier,
pressing the enemy back, is preferable TO an
unarned frontier subject to perpetual alarm, pla
and slaughter Yet, in truth, it respects tat quar-
ter, the war, strictly speaking, docs rot add the
british to tue number OF our enemies. They were
our enemies beforethe only difference is that they
wall have to be answcrble, their osrn persons for
tker 0Scn deeds, and longer push the Indians ON
to- destruction and enjoy in security the fruits Of their
viiiainy.
L have now'arrved at the 9TH pages Of the Address
Ia tedious joarney-where nothing has presented
itseifin true colors. Bat the public must be unde-
eeived-these are no times fot .trifng-party men
VIII not be permitted to strut abroad in the mask OF
patrotism-or patriotism, Immortal truth herself
and all the virtues, become masks, when they are
used to vanish crimes and arueliorate the aspect 81
foul ambition. In times like the present, let no
man spare his labor in the cause of his country.
AT the 9TH page have arrived. After creeping
along the apology for Britain, the Addresses there
designate what they cal, the three principals topcs
OF complaint against her. They aedge them To
be- hn}PresSments, BiOckcGss, and Orders IL.
Council
Without varying these topics, shall meet them
They are certainly strong points, aud such as the
friends OF the majority have no wish to decline.
(Io be continucd.)
NOTE.
The Wabash expedition of Nov. 1911 precisely
corresponds with the policy OF President Washing
ton IN the year $780, In his message to Congress,
on the 9Th Of December of that year, he saws" II
mas been heretofore known to Congress, that fire.
queut incursions have been made on ou trone. set
tiements by certain banditu of Indians from the
NORTH west side OF the Ohio These, with some of
The tribes dwelling on and near the Wabash have
OF Ete been particularly sctive in their depre,lati-
onss &e' These a: gr;,yated provocations rendered
IL essential 10 the safety OF the western settlements
that the aggressors should be made sensible that
the government of the Union is not less capable of
pnn'slnS their crimes than it is disposed to respect
their rights and reward their attachments. As this
cblect could not be effected by defensive measures
II became necessary to put in force the act which
empowers the President call out the militia for
the protection OF the frontiers--And have aocor-
DINGHY authorised expedition, in which the regu.
lar troops IN that quarter combined with such
drafts OF militia as were deemed sufficient" Thus,
under Washington, as under Madison there WAS
no " express In both cases. the executive ac-
ted under previously existing law. There is a
great simiiitude an all the leading points, between
the expedition Of Chairman a 1890 and that of Harri.
son IL 1911.