The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-11-27

Post III the republic committed 10 orr car.
we wou'si giyesrp Cur power and place, suo
lner than abandon the principle. WI
Dow to the majesty 0: ihc people but ra,h.
than abara!ni, he liberty ui oar countrymc,
Ito British press gang, We wc.ld bow viii
lsnhmissian 10 the VOICE OF the people. ;f thc,
lcnmmandcd the sacrifice, and seek the nus
,ei honor in "a private station.
ne VOICE OF covering people should
not compel US Co o&ciate in that service
nor should the threat of an infuria,ed iunte
lihtimldate US from our dnty. No ruREAr
Iot disGnion should drive us from ,nr
duty. We dep.ecate disunion; we re-
gard our union as the holy ark G. our cove
nant; and may the arm that assails it.
withsr at the touch like the hand o, Uz.
z'ah But the FEAR of disunion EXPO.
Ses US TO some OF the same consequences as
disnnion Itself. Our unio,i wouid he :, rome
! OF sand, if the fear Of it's dissolution should
lead to the same imbecility IS the disso,u
ton itself 1T the arm of the national 90
vernmens is to be continually paralixed Dv
tne 'errors OF the imagination, we cease in
| eiect to be one nation. If the republicans
ylcid up the reins Of power to the threats
OF an Essex Junto, we should be desr:sed
abroad. and oar government would lose its
best sheet anchors, in The confidence & affec-
tons OF our own people.
| he majority too would be liable to the don
bic calamity Of yielding up every thing to a
| lunto' and through them. of yielding up
every thing to England.--But we have no
Tears Tor the Union. 1t is too dear to the
feelings OF the East to be deserted Neither
the whispers Of desperate party nor the
oodings OF a Harper SO famous for his susDici-
ohs aud ms ItotS. can satisfy US that the
people OF the East are deaf to the voice
OF Principlc, or even Of interest, so careless
ABOUT their share in the stocks or our carrv-
ing trade. as To encourage such treason. Let
.he question OF Peace or war be once turned
INTO Il question OF unfon or no union, and the
people VIII rally AROUND. the standard of the
v. States. To use the words of Mr.. Widpc-
ry (otMass. in reply to his colleague Josiah
Quincy !" The gentleman might buster.
about his friends in Boston. but they would
not Commit the OVERT ACT There were
honest yeomanry enough in Massachusetts
to put them down, if they did. The house
had gone too far to retract. Centlemen
could not SO home as formerly and laugh &
say eve scared them out of :" as in the
case of the embargo''~
Let US then no more seek pacifcation
with q. b. Bmt let every man do his duty
and trust the issue to his God
NOTE.
Account Current q the Representation IN tic 18th
Congress, (tdking in the increase riVen "a each
party by the late Census,) as
from the present Go, 1eth) Congress-
GROSS FEDERAL GAIN New-Hamnsb;r.
II, Massachusetts, Is, Delaware l.
GROSS REPUBLICAN GAIN. Pennsylvania
Z, s. carolina, L, Georgia, Q, Kentucky, j, Ohio 5,
Louisiana, L.
Now, supposing that the opposition gains in N
!ersey-and that ". York and n. Carolina remain
in stdtu quo-and that the republicans gain in Yer
mont 4, in Virginia only, in Tennessee 8.
BY this calculation the Federasts will have gain o
1, x thus the new Census nearly operates as a cor
receive to the change of sentiments in the East
Debate in the III. of r. Saturday last on the
army bill, one Of the NEST acrimonious and iMpassi
oaed which we have for long time seen.