The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-09-08

ance, together with such camp equipage. a.
prescribed by the <3d section of the militia
Jaw, of the 29th of January, 1904, the Com
nandanes will resort to impressment, as au
thorised by that sec on.
Unit! the troops shall arrive at the place
Tor rendezvous, where they will be furnish
ell ny re .,,,lar contractor, the captains OF
ihe respective coHpinlcs are 20 provide the
necessary supplies, and draw on the pay
master, To he stationed at Point Pleasant, Tor
| the amount.
! The Ritlemen will take with them their
| rifles and ACCOMPLISHMENTS, in complete order
Should any rifle company, however, be un-
provided with arms, the communicate of the
reg,ment to which il is attached, is to plao e
| IN It's hands the best public arms belonging
to the regiment. The Infantry of the line
and Light Infantry. will go unarmed 10 the
general rendezvous, to which place one
thousand and fifty stand Of muskets, of the
best quality, with the necessary accoutre-
ments, will be forthwith sent. ready to be
placed in their hands, OH their arrival
Tents and knapsacks will be immediate
ly sent to Point Pleasant, for the accum,no-
dation OF the troops.
Brigad;cr General LEFrwlcH, will or
ganze the detachment into Regiments and
Battalions, as soon as his force shall be con-
centrated, and will wait the orders of the
Secretary of War.
CiHzen- Soldiers, .,
Your country, after sub
hitting to every insult and injury from Great
Britain, which power, guided by I'M Justice,
could offer, or intiict,-after having essayed,
In vain, every attempt to procure redress,
which was calculated to influence nation,
which respected either justice or honor
alter practising degree of forbearance
Which, whilst il testified her solctude for
peace, exposed her character to a humiliat
ing lmputation, appealed to ARMs-In the
moderation OF our government will be found,
the most conclusive evidence that this So
Tenn appeal originated neither from Z. e
thirst of glory, nor the wish for conquest, but
from solicitude to maintain our honor free
from pollution, and our rights from invasi
on. 1t was a measure not only dictated BY
necessity, but called for by the Peotile, and
is emphatically their war.
The first effort has failed of success
Gen. Hull & his army are prisoners of war
Your implacable enemy, contemptuously
disregarding the dictates of honorable war
fare, have again called to their aid their old
allies, the INDIANS, and have acquired
thereby TEMPORARY success. Our Yves
tern Frontier is laid bare to their inroads-
Our women and children are exposed to the
ruthless vengeance of the Savages, who thirst
ing for blood, are advancing on, holding in
one hand the Tomahaqvk, that never spared
in the other, brandishing the burning torch.
To shield them from these calamitics, our
Brothers of the Wilderness call for our aid.
Rise, my beloved countrymen, obey this
sacred summons, and rally around the un-
furled banners of your country.-Conhding
IN the justice OF your cause,-reposing upon
the aid OF Providence. with your arms nerv-
ed with your country's wrongs, and with the
glory of our ancestors beaming from the
fields of Saratoga, Euta7v and York, a sa-
cred light illuminating your ath.-advance,
meet the perhdious foe, strike him home
and by severe lustratiop, wire off the
stain upon the character of our country
The present crisis is in travail with our
future destinies and calls for an exertion and
energy proportionate to the occasion. Our
enemies, foreign and internal, indulge in
unhallowed auguries. They impiously fore
tel the destruction of our government, and
the ruin of our cause. They reyel, by an
ticipation, in our misfortrnes, whilst rrmor
too monstrous, however to be believed, as
cri5es to desperate faction, the net to be
forgiven sin of preparing to lift its paricidal
hand against their country.-Let it be the
pride of Virginia, to exhibit an honorable
contrast to this picture. Let our actions
correspond with our professions. Let us en-
counter the privation and dangers of war,
even unto death. in the holy cause of our
country, looking for our reward in the plea
sure arising from the consciousness of having
done our daty, and the appreciation of
world. For remember, that impartial his
tory will delineate, with fidelity, the line
which separates the luke-warm friend and
traitor on the one hond, and the ardent, pa
triotic citizen OH the other, and succeeding
ages, whilst they contemn and eXecratc the
former, will pay due homage to the latter
Given under my hand at Richmond, the
day and date above.
s-. is. BARBOUR.