The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-07-31

ttaek aud gyhtfe--wilh the names ot ~.
Games Craig, lac Governor Of Canada. anc
OF the present Lord Liverpool. and their
sabordinates. Their letters were record C.
violence and was the purchase to be decii.
ned For what ? Tosa the addressers
from "resret" Indeed Why did tnrs
regret the disclosurea Were fheu tainted
with corruption Alas poor nature Wh,
does not remember how the addresssrs
haNsed ! till they were assured that henry
had given up no federal names 2 That
once gay federal captain, ana loose betrayer
OF ms masters confidence, proclaimed the
names oniy OF those WHO sent him on his mis-
SION aud had falsihed his hopes OF recon
lpence--the nlen intended for thc victims OF
MS seduction, he ccncealed-atle least, he has
'Ssaid So What remains in the archives of
government, we know not /; somethinrr ma,
stItI be there to burst upon the heads of the
guilty Henry was paid, it is admitted -
out 1t would be truly extraordinary if, when
the vile ministers OF an abandoned court can
ma funds to purchase up a miscreant to
seduce our citizens. the American people
cannot AFFORD the little sum expended to
ouy the secret from the man employed.
IN political concerns, il is the easiest
thing in the world to deliver opinions which.
under certain circumstances, are incbntes
iuoiy true, whilst under certain other cir
c1mstances they are as incontestiblv false
nus, when the Addressers lat page 81 saw
that " 1t has always been the opinion Of the
undersigned, that system of peace was the
policy which most comported with the cha
racter, condition and interests ofthe United
States" they utter a sentiment which, in
ordinary times, and upon ordinary occasi-
ons, would be universally admitted by every
man of probity in the Union But viii any
person contend, that a system of peace
is " the policy which most. COMFORTS with
the Character, the condition and interest OF
the u. States" when that system would be
nothing short OF submission to the greatest
ana unceasing ontrages that nation can
suiier! If system ofpeace, under ali Cir
cniustSnces, and ut all events, is the best
Poiicy, WHY should we talk about cur rights
at all Z Why should the Addressersi them
selves sanction, as they say they do. g an
enlarged and enlightened stem of defence.
WIN provision for the security of our mari
Tune rights,r" The Addressers, I am a
ware, confess, by implication, that i0lhe,1-
ons nrcecSfty might justify war: bur to CON
tess this, and yet to say that the condition
OF affairs on the 18th day of June, 1912, did
not amount 10 this EnjaerionS necessity, IS
IN TACT, to contend that no injury short cf
actual invasion Of orr houses and lands
would anthorise hostiiitiss; for 9. Britain
has dome every thing but that, and even
IRaAloo, II we consider the, conduct of the
| Indians upon our Interior frontier as insti-
gated by the British. If this logic of the
tAddressers be sound, how will the federal
ISIS justify their own former policy |? Wa
the i"nerfoNS necessity for war greater in
the year 1913 with France, than in 1870
with G., Britain! Had France. at that ne.
r'od, impressed our seamcn, totally destroy !
ed the freedom or our trade, claimed ee /
neral right OF blockadIng the ocean, and let'I
loose the numbering savages upon our de |
ienceless women and children Did th.
tederaiists in 1898 forbear fo,. a long time |
under repeated injuries, as if they consider
ed peace the best policy? No not thew.
they pushed to war with the impatience {
aioyer, and treated with rude conttnel, |
those, who only requested them to be mode I
rate. land what, at later period. has
been the conduct Of these Addressers and
their trlends ? They have, weEnow. never
contended that France had treated ,is z1orge
1han y. Britain they only pretended that I
she had treated us as Bad. What. fben I
was the conduct they wished to pursue in ,
relation to France, even before her provo. /
cations were as great as they are now p
Let US recur to the governorship Of Mr..
Gore. DO we not all rememberthe official |
recommendation to "1sHfif7I tire 1eftubHcc,, /
banner against Tie in1be71ak sta,dqrd 9;, /
DO these facts so To shew that it has al. !
7rayS been the opinion OF the Addressers |
THAT a system Of Heacc was the policy which !
most compOrted with the character copdi !
ton and interest of the q. States 20 Do
they not ON the contrary, prove, demon I
Strably prove, that the fedeIalists are NOT
aYerse to war, even on slight pretences. but /
that fhey are only Gver8s 10 zuar- qvitb |
GREAT BRITAIN There lies the hidden
spring of ali their actions that. with thei,.
lnordlnatc thirst of power, makes them
rush impetuously before the public, through |
the Press, i'll the face Of thousand absnr.
dties.
Such is the devious current Of their l,5ic !
1t IS IN the same crooked disposition Of
mind, the same misguided temper of party.
that the Addrcssers have been induced IN
resort TO the authority Of Washingtou.-..-
" Why .(said that great MANI quit our o,en
to stand upon foreign ground WHY by
Interviewing cur destiny with that of ann
part OF Europe, entangls our peace and
prosperity ~ the tolls OF European arbiti-
on ilYalGnIp, interest, humol. or caprice d
nese questions, SO just 10 themselves. and
SO truly corresponding with he character
o. WasAng on, viii receive from every one
WHO unders aGds them. the same ansiys4.-
here IS no reason Uhy we should anil
our oftHto -,and Oh oreign grou d buf
Dies TINS imply tnet in keeping away from,
icreign ground, We are TO reHn0uish oUr
2727 Z DOES Wsshugton's admonitiou 90
ma jar : Does !. follow, that because is
! would be improper to-" inter weave our