The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-08-14
HE ENQUIRER.
viactxsA to he, Sister MAssAcuusErrs
RICHMOND, AUGUST IL, 1912.


20 Greetng:
"a ny is It, my Sister. that in these times
w party should spring up in ur DO.
som to oppose the rights Of America? Dacs
tins conduct c"oport with the dignity O.
Massachusetts Is it worthy of her who
roci,ed eae first cradle of the liberties
OF America"s
| remember the time with cxtacy, when
YOU and myself felt and acted together for
the good ~ our COMMON country. In rs
and 70, when the same enemy that NOW as
sails u.s. menaced the ruin of cur liberties,
The same spirit OF resistance united US toge-
ther. felt for Massachusetts, and She
,felt for me. We felt for our common coun-
1ry. The holy fame of patr;c sisin mel
ted US together. It was then tina; hanco ok
presided over our councils, and w ashington
fought in the field.
| Oar treasures and our swords were uni
ted together. The traitor was driven away
Tor awed into silence. No man dared TO
breathe tie Language of submission we
were one; the same sentiment run through
four country ; except amongst few dcgra-
ded tories, whose curses against us were
4" not ioUd, but deep."--.Rhere was the
man who would have dared tn proclaim it 10
| be impiety to wage war against Great Br
tam, because "she was the bulwark Of the
treliglon which we profess" ?--There was
no such man--for no one would have then
ibeen guilty of such gross hypocrisy or mean
!submission the shades Of your unhappy
Iforefathers who landed at Plymouth and
he'd from the prosecutions of the English
Church, would have risen up in judgment
against him. Who would have dared TO IN
culcate submission under the mask Of reli-
lgion There was no such man--but still
II the argume mt had been urged, our sword
has refuted it. We haze fought; we have
lconqUered--& Providence has thought fit to
lcrown US with success Is this proof Of
our impety /N
And who is this nation that's so pompous-
lly styled the " bulwark of the religion We
Iprofess"f One, who, at this very moment,
lrefuses the rights of conscience to three
millions ofher own people. Yet this is the
nation, this is the tyrant in her own family,
whose aggressions upon the dearest rights
iot another people are TO be patiently sub
United to. And who is the man that incul
lcatss this submission? A Governor Of Mas
Isachusetts >, one of your own family an
American who advocates the attacks of
our ancient enemy upon the rights of his
country. Whence this change? Whence
this degradation =
In '76 W fought and we bled together in
1.-THE cause OF our country.-It is the same
icause which would now invite US together.
ISAssaIled by the same enemy III our dear
lest rights our commerce interdicted; our
lcitizen- seamen torn from US : our rights
upon the seas invaded. and insulted, why
Is it that the same unauimity does not in
spire our exertions f-'Ehis is the Cause -
| There is small and ambitious party in
your bosom, who would rather rule in He'll
than serve in Heaven" party who has
been banished from the seats Of poaer by
their own misconduct, and will use every
effort to regain them these are the men
who would deceive you, and would ALLEVIATE
| Massachusetts from her Sister.
They tell you, my Sister, that the war
in which we are engaged, is unnecessary
| There were some VINO would have told
YOU the same of the war of the Revolution
But let us commune together, my dear sis
ter: 1T this war be unnecessary, they must
tell you So, either because we have rereivcd
no injuries ; or that our enemy was vii
ling to redress them. 1t is impossible TO
plead the first, for our injuries are of too
gross description to be DENIED. Her
Blockades and her Orders in Council, at
whose avaricious shrine 9i7 Of our vessels
have been Inundated rs her victims her
abominable impressments, which have torn
tfnore than 5000 seamen from our Country
speak in a language too forcibie tn be mis-
u1derstood.--And where is our redress p
: We have sought it, and we have been retu
sed. AS in times of old, "our repeated pc
titons have been answered only by repea :
ted injuries. Minister has talked after
Minister, negotiation has succeeded nego
| iation, until we have become the scorn of
nations. Deaf as the adder;s ear" our
Ienemy has only turned against us the
adder's sting Nor dtd we fy 20 arms
We tried every peacesble means OF
Awakening her to sense OF ustice.--Ihe
, Congress of the United States resolved
four years ago, that there were only three
alternatives left US, Embargo, Wcr, g Sub
DiiSsion-YOuf own representatives acouies.
ced i'll this resolution without exception
but yet when the embargo Il repealed b,
the panic, which ycur factious opposition
lhad created, and when; every other peacea
bic eZpedient has entirely failed, they VIC
lently oppose the war, and therefore ave by
! their own confession the recorded slaves o
Submission.
But these men tell you. that the war i
not only unnecessary, but that it is dictated
: by France. Where is the proofof this MAJ
Ilicious insinuation None. We show &C
cordng to the rule Of philosophising laid
down. by Lord Bacon, s. rpuscS that are
both rue and sufficient 70 eXplain the hhe-
'.omen =, ;" We recapitulate the wrongs we
have received, asamply sufficient 20 accoun
for the qOar and still these logicahs are
determined TO hunt up imaginary reasons
, for it's eXistence.--.--lt is ia vain that W,
&, express our sincere detestation for the ".
E ranny that reigns in France il is in vail
= that We protest against any alliances with
| that formidable and perhdious power the,