The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-07-10
THE ENQUIRER.
RICHMOND. JULY 10. 1879.
II s KE ten.

Congress rose on Monday night, and will
meet again Oh the first Monday of Novem-
Der.
They met OH the particular call of the
President-they met under circumstances
of peculiar importance--it was crisis, big
with events, and requiring more wisdom &
spirit to encounter than any which had oc-
Cured since the Revolution.-How have
they met it Like men. They sat for 8
mouths, brooding over the wrongs of their
Country, and over the means necessary to
avenge them--piacing the u. S. in an ar
mour and an attitude demanded by the cri-
sis-givng us front to meet the enemy
passing through all the tedious details of mi
itary preparations and evolutions /; and if
some time was wasted in the operation, it was
because they were passing from one state of
things to another, without those lights which
d long course of experience only can impart
They have, i'll fine, wiped off the stains which
the 10th & 18th Congress had contributedto
cast upon the mantle OF their Country-their
spirit has atoned for the indeCision> of their
predecessors the Iabors which they have
undergone are written OH the statute book,
ud we defy any one to produce acts of more
pith and mportance-and now, after having
done their duty, and fatigued their minds &
heir spirits, by session of eight months,
-hey RISE to return to their own thresh-
holds, to mingle with the mass of their fell
ow -citizens, and recruit in the bosom of
IN cir families those spirits which they had
wasted i'll tie Councils of the public.
They have declared Uar against Great
Britain and to make coed their challenge,
have freely drawn on the means and
the resources Of the nation.
They have ordered the enlistment of S.,
600 Regular troops and more than half
that number are led Tn beliPvp are
already on our muster rolls:
They have authorised the President 20 re-
ccive the services of $4,000 Volunteers.
The President is to cali into actual SER
vice loo, 900 of the Militia or any part of
them i'll all the cXigencies provided by the
Constitution" s consequently ne is TO be the
sole judge of the exigency OF the case, but
lest some constitutional bar should be thrown
in his way by those who choose to avail
themselves of an unsettled clause in the
Constitution, he is empowered to coDsnliSSi-
| on, without the interposition of other au-
| thorities, such parts Of the militia, as may
| voluntarily step forth in the service of their
| country, to guard their own line of coast Oh
that of their neighbours to be ready for
war before it comes and to beat eff the
! storm Before it lights upon their shore.
| They have directed all our frigates to be
put into commission and four new ones K
be built.
| They have authorised Letters Of Maroue
to be issued to- Privateers that private
enterpiize may unite with that of the state
to hairass and distress our enemy at sea.
They have laid up supplies of arms ant
munitions ct war; they have strengthened
our forts /; they have raised Ran
gers to aid in quelhng the ferocity Of the
Indians, and slencing the stroke of til,
tomdkawk.
In fine, on every side in which we cal
reach the enemy, our resources as soon a
they are ready, will be directed with vigour
We cannot give law to the sea. for orr ma
Wy is too inconsiderable to support the claim
| but what can be done to annoy the enem'
and defend our cities by as gallant a LITTLE
navy as ever crossed the sea and what cal
be achieved by band of bold and enterpri
sing priyateers, pouring out and seekinj
the enemy i'll all directions will most Ger
tainly be done by our frigates q cruisers. W.
cannot Immediately rush into Upper Ca
NADIA /; for oar troops are to be embodied
trained tothe camp; but means will be takel
to organise * discipline them,S in the mear
time, Gen. Hull may attempt to carry 7 or
Maiden e to dismay the savage Indian
the ally of Britain.
AS to money i. the means will not DC wan
ding: loan Of 81 ! 600, 900, will be Effected
md though no new taxes have been laid, We
it is said that we can dispense with then
tor twelvemonths.
} Such are our military means--our trad