The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-02-06

\ no. calculated Tor submission II 1t be, it
| brightest glories arc gone, and his solicituds
cor Its preservation must vanish with is yir
| ines. lie did not believe this was the fact
| What is this constitution, Ii is a system o.
government Which combines n vast variety
OF interests q character iii one great national
Famiiy. In this family are many peculiar in
terests: how, then, is it to be kept together
| lie wished to feel for the people OF New
England he felt for the people of the
oouth-each have their Peculiar interests.
nat OF the eastern section of the Union de-
pends upon the right to navigate the ocean :
enat OF the southern states, in the possession
ora certain species OF personal property.
you withdraw the protection of the general
government from either, what is there lett
to cement it's attachment to the Union p
VIII any man contend that the rights of the
one on the ocean are not AS dearl or ought
not to be maintained, as far as ptactca6 Die.
as inviolate as those of the other OH the
| land! But it has been said, by tine same
gentleman, the people will not support a
war TOR any object that does not touch their
SOIL. There seems TO be SORE of magic in
| these words. The British capture Ameri-
can vessels laden with the products of ou,.
own soil, destined to Frarce-the people
VIII not resent this. because the soil is not
touched. lie would be glad to learn from
the gentleman what principles there, that
VIII Justify the seizure OF our produce on it's
passage from Charleston to Bordeaux, that
VIII not equally justify the capture of our
vessels bound from Boston to New-York p
What then becomes of your coasting trade,
the most important branch of commerce p
IL may all be destroyed; and yet, accord
ing to the doctrines of the day, the soil is
not touched! But the destruction of the
coasting trade is not sufficient to satisfy the
implacable hatred of the enemy the bays,
and rivers and harbors are infested with pi-
rates; every thing that f1oated on their
broad bosoms is also destroyed-this comes
still nearer the land, yet the soil is not
touched. Suppose The soil is touched, the
hostile standard planted on the castle, and
Boston laid i'll ashes-will the gentleman be
contented to drive the enemy to the lines !?
he dare not follow them-beyond it would
be foreign war! Yes, sir, Just as much TO-
reign war as we propo.ed to wage-the peo-
pie will not bearit Thisis just such Stuff
as dreams are made of The soil, sir, is
touched-he felt it-every man must feel it
IN his pocket, if not In his heart, that the
soil Is touched, is violated. The violation
reaches to the fire-side of every man in the
nation, and the violators ought to find that
the day of retribution is come
But, 1t is said, this war will not do, it will not
be popular that the provocations in 'e8 were
SiS"eSi ehah tney now are, ana vet the OLD
republicans opposed the war of that dav
1t was not his intention to follow the gen
tleman Mr.. Stanford) through his long de-
tails OF those times. He was unwilling new
to excite feelings long since buried 1t ap-
peared to him that this gentleman's opposi-
ton was induced by singular reuss ;i.iee,,.
1T seems we have adopted a new rule at
the present session--one not practised on
in '9S; and as there was no war then, 1T will
| be out OF order to resort to it now.
Mr. Stanford explained, that ne had not
said there was no war then, but that ne had
been opposed to the war;
he thought, continued Mr.. Williams, it
was not material to enquire whether the pro
vocation was greater in '98, or now ; but whe-
ther the present causes of war can no other
wise be removed and if not, is war there
tore necessary and just But if we must
| LOOK back into the amount of our loss
| es then ii gentlemen must be met upon
their miserable calculations of pounds, shil-
ings and pence, let us examine the state
Inents OF ne gentleman from North Caro-
lima if mistake him, / shall be glad to
be corrected. l understood him to say, the
proof was indisPutable, that the injuries then
were greater than the present, because, in
| the Louisiana treaty, there was a stipulation
| tof the payment OF more than three millions
u dollars to American citizens, being the a.
mount OF depreciation on our commerce bv
! france /; and that this sum far exceeded the
| losses sustained by the Orders in Council.
he gentleman is unfortunate in his com
garrison --Although there are no documents
IN the possession of the House which shew
he number OF captures under the orders in
council, from the best estimate he could
make, and from the opinion of practical
men III the House, that amount falls far
snort OF the recent Captures which are eve
| ry hour increasing. Since the decision Of
olr WIN. Scott, iii the case ofthe Fox, nine
" others he spoke from memory had been
condemned.
| The average value Of these vessels and
cargoes, is considered low at fifty thousand
dollars, and in the aggregate, far exceed
the losses he has alluded to. When it is
remembered that during the operation of
the Berlin and Milan DEGREES, American
merchants withheld their shipments to
France--for after the case Of Che Eorison.
every one was alarmed it is very evident
that the orders lave been MS deadly. as in
such circumstances they could be- is other
proof required Look to the insurance of
noes they will not insure against captures
under the orders in council for less than a
var premium.
! why. asked the gentleman from Virgil
MIA, (Mr. Sheffey) shall We raise an army
now when we refused to do it in '98 Was
II because we were then out, but are now
~ ihe sheer politician, the man who
| ieeks Il scat in this House for what he can
get, no one can more heartily despise than