The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-01-23

the most barren soil, has maintained larger
arm.cs than the honorable gentleman sup
poses the United States capable of supper
ting. The expense of the army too, al
though the nation would be unable to bear
It during war, will by the operation of the
liunding system, be chiefly thrown on years
Iof peace. Then it will hardly diminish sen
sibly the profits of returning commerce.
Yet, it is true, that in aid al loans, internal
taxes must be rcsortcd to, and these the
honorable gentleman snppt *es, that the
people cannot be persuaded tn pay.
Dir. the people have paid perhaps the.
third or their monies to the experiments of
the restrictive system, .by submitting to cx-
clusion from the trade of tie rest of tue,
world they would probably pay yet more
to the monopoly of England, and Twill
! suppose that they can refuse any sacrifice
OF their fortunes to an honorable defence
OF their rights.
! But our seaport towns arc to be laid in
ashes. We do not refrain however from
all resistance to the Indians OH our frontier
because they employ the .scaping knife &
the torture, and Indignation rather than
tear would be excited, if we believed En-
gland the incendiary which the honorable
gentleman describes her. do not believe
1t. She has not yet So far rcnounced the
rules OF civilized warfare, as to attack a
town merely to destroy, without the inten-
ton or the power to retainit.
| Such, sir, are the dangers to America
which the honorable gentleman supposes
that war with England will involve. Bnt,
| there is yet we are told another tanpe,. a
! danger to England. America, which cannot
raise an army, and cannot pay one, which
cannot injure her enemy at sea, nor in five
years obtain possession of a country on his.
own borders, containing perhaps two or
three hundred thousand inhabitants, Amer
lea is to subvert the balance of Europe. ami
to destroy the nation which the same speech
represented her as unable to resist. The
orders In Council, continuance of which rs
required neither by the honour nor interest
! OF England, our Intellectual hostility can fur
nisn no motive to repeal. And from this
intellectual hostility we are to refrain, lest Il
subject her to France. Such arguments.
SIR, II they were not inconsistent, would vet
be inadmissible. We must leave The case of
British interests to British statesmen.
Yet pretend not to the courage whick.
can view with Indifference the power of that
man who rules 90 millions of active and CT
IVillzed Europeans, who directs by his sole
VIII the whole force Of a people just escap-
ca from the violence of revolution, and UNI
ting to the submission of slavery all the force,
and energy of freedom. But even although
England should fall, though the trident and
sceptre should be united in the hands of the
French Emperor, the intelligent patriot
would place his best hopes in the unbroken
spirit of the country. We should be most
etfectually prepared for subsection to France
then, by submission to England now.
Ertracf of a ritter from a federal e s,atlc-v
man 81 me FIRST reshecta6iHty in .Nezo-
RamfiShire, 10 q member Of Congresss
dated JAMS, 1912.
We have some days ago received the
decisions of Congress, on the several reso-
| iutions reported by the Committee of foreign
reiatious. There appears to bea greater
degree OF unanImity i'll the national lesisla-
ture on this occasion than I have observed
on any important question, since the con-
| cluslon OF the revolutionary war.
believe that if our government will
take that attitude with respect to both If
the great belligerents, that is necessary to
maintain our national character and indie
pendence, they will be supported by every
well wisher to his country
I" There is no doubt but that Upper Cam
ada, and that part of Lower Canada. lyinea
south OF Quebec, in the event of war with
u. Britain, would fall into our hands in a.
single campaign-Quebec is very strong
both by nature and art, and could not be-
reduced but by regular seige, which would
probably be of long Continuance, as the
British would be able by means of their ma
Wy to reinforce the garrison in the summer
months, GIN winter the severity of the wea-.
Their is such that nothing could be effected bv
besieging army. Canada exports 10 Great
Britain, furs, peltries, lumber and pot-ashes..
to large amount-to the British West
India islands -four, pork, beef and stavcs2
and receives In return English manufactures
ed goods, and the produce Of the West-In-
dia islands. The furs and peltiies pay a.
heavy duty into the British treasury-and
on the greater part of the other Canadian.
exports, and on all their imports. con-
siderable duty is levied.
The loss of Canada, to the mamfacturt
ers and ship-owners in CT. Britain engaged
in that trade, would be severely felt !: ana
would be ruinous to the w. l. Islands. whs
III time OF war with the u. States. .soaltT
be cut OFT from those supplies of provisions
exc. indispensable to their existence. Still a.
war with G. Britain is to be Deprecated
She can iniiict upon us in war greater in
Jurles than any other nation, and in peace1
her trade with us is of great Importance
have no confidence in her enemy--hia
views are to make us, as well as all other
nations, subservient to his ambition Should
we take Canada from Great Britain, liz the
event OF a general peace, Bonaparte would
probably agree to use his influence with u.s..
that it should be returned to G.. Britain, As,
an equivalent for his w. ]. Islands, or for,
the Cape of Good Hope--or G.. Britain:
might part with her title to Canada to-