The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-01-09

fee for an honorable state OF safety K tran
guilty Mission has followed mission
:--remoiistrance has succeeded rcnluDstranc,
---forbeavance has .stenped on the heels @
forbearance, till the lniii,i- rrvoits at til,
thoughts of prolonged submission.
VIII the fr:emcn CT still favored, soil
INTERESTINGLY groan Under the pressure o.
such ignorniay and insult !
This Assembly looks back, on the coiit.uc,
of the President of the u. S. relating; to TO-
reign affairs, with a consolation unembitter-
cd with the recollection OF single act of
Injustice, or partially, towards either of the
European i,elligerents. In a retrospective
view OF his department towards them, we
feel satisfaction, which alone can flow
from an entire and unshaken appreciation OF
his conduct. The sentiments expressed in
his communication to Congress, ct the open
ling of the present session, has given us ne W
additional evidence of his fitness for the high
station he occupies.
| The measures he recommends, are not on
| ly justified, but arc rendered Indispensable
necessary, from the critical posture of our
national affairs. The attitude he advises
Congress to asSumt at this momentous pc
riod--a period i'll the ,ieSnies of the Ameri-
can republic, pregnant With events of seri-
Gus import, the General Assembly of the
state of Ohio trust, will be promptly taken
and vigorously pursued. The report of the
select committee in the House of Represen-
tatives in Congress, to whom was referred
that part of the Presidents message which
related to our foreign affairs breathes
spirit in unison with otr own. The energy
it proposes is demanded by the crisis.
When we reflect ON recent occurrences o..
the Wabash, new sourcts of grief and svm-
pathy arc opened. This Assembly cannot
pass over this opportunity, without assuring
all friends to freedom and the rights of hui
mainly, especially the friends and relations
of those who have fallei i'll the late struggle
with savage periidy & fqocity, that we com
the shrine of their sorrows.
THEREFORE,
Resolved by the General .fsse,nbky of tic
state Of Ohio, That we will, at the call of
our country, rally round the standard of free
dom; we will suffer every hardship sub
nit to every privation, in support of our
country's rights & honor. Though we love
peace, and would invoke its blessings, vet
VIC will not shrink before the dangers O.
In behalf of our constituents, we pledge
ourselves that our government will receive
from them prompt and efficient support.
Relying constantly on the mterposing protec-
ion of Heaven, we will meet, with tirmness.
every event.
ind be ii further, resoived, That his Ex-
celiency the Governor OF this stare, be re-
quested to forward to the President &c Vice
President of the u. S., the Speaker of the
House of Representatives in Congress, and
to our Represe ltatives therein, one certified
copy, each, of the foregoing preamble & re-
solutions.
VINcENNEs, Dec. IL.
AT numerous meeting, (pubc notice for
that purpose being given) of the officers,
|non-commissioned officers, and pvivates of
the militia corps Gdargrove's company ex-
ceptedO of the county of Knox which served
on the late Campaign under Gov. Harrison,
met at Bccke's Inn, in Nincenncs, on the
9TH December, 1911, Col. Luke Decker was
appointed chairman, and Major Benjamin
Par e, Clerk.
A paper purporting to be an address from
e" II number Of the citizens O. Vincennes,
and its picinify," and signed by Henry Van
derburgh as chairman, 10 COL John u.
BOYD, being read, the following resouti-
ons we're thereupon unanimously agreed to.
l. Resolved unanimously, That we can
not consider the said Address in any other
light than as one amongst the many attempts
which have flowed from the same source,
to wound the feelings and injure the charac-
ter of Gov. Harrison.
- AhtS"tOtts hat VIC Sdlu stuttCoS III dt-
tempting to bestow the merit of the MASTER
ly conduct IN the direction and maneuvrng
OF the troops i'll the late action to any other
than the commander in chief asserts noto-
ri0us untruth, which will be nowlcdgcd
as such by the whole army.
s. That our Indignation is Justly excited at
the false and contemptuOus manner in which
the militia WHO served under Gov. Harri-
son, are treated, in the said address !; heng
there represented as an uututored undisci-
pliDed band, possessing indeed courage, but
none oil the other requisites of soldiers and
owing eternal gratitude to Col. BOYD and his
regiment, tor tic preservation of their lives
d. That the militia which served under
Governor Harrison were neither untutorcd
nor undisciplined, but in common with TIE
regular troops they shared the attention a
the commander in chief, and that b. his per-
sonal exertions, both the militia and regulars
were brought to- a state Of perfection in that
kind OF maneuSring calculated fer Indian
warfare, aad they were enabled to perform
all the directions Of the commander in chief
with promptness, facility, and precision.
>. That it is notorious fact, known TO
tho whole army, that all the changes Of po-
sition made by the troops during the action
OF the 9TH ult. and by which the victory was
secured, were made by the direction of the
commander in chief, and generally exc
cutcd under his immediate superintend-
anCc.
6. That we cannot but view rs n mos
Ia.