The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-11-23
FROM THE AURORA.


the national and state legislatures, to the
promotion of great fu6hc roads and inland
navigation.
1t has been constantly presented to pub
lie attention, that it was necessary TO pro-
vide in time against exigencies which were
inevitable ; that cause and effect were not
more necessarily one the result of the other,
than that We should from the unprecedented
growth of our commercial prosperity excite
the Jealousy and incur the vengeance of
England-that she would consider America
as her most dangerous rival and that she
would treat the United States as far as lay
IN her power, as she treated every nation
whose prosperity threatened to interfere
with her commercial monopoly.
We always stated that the poverty of her
natural resources-compared with those of
other nations-rendeicd if as necessary as
cause and effect, that she must either veun,
tarily or patiently suffer nations more favor
ed by nature to rise superior to her i'm com.
merce and arts--or that she would make e.
ternal war upon those nations, in order, by
their destruction or devastation, to destroy
or retard the prosperity of those rival ma
tions. and thereby maintain a tyrannical as
cendancy over them.
All these things were admitted such
no doubt is the effect" said some grave lie.
gislator--" that is the cause of her EN-.
broilng all nations in war" said a solem,,
statesman but the legislator and the
statesman having with equal soiemnity de
hvered their opinions-fhought no more O.
oouf the matter; as if the occupation of
public stations was the cause of the gravity,
and neglect OF the inference the necessary
effect OF the duty and power to provide a.
gainst the evils which must follow To socie
ty as well as to individuals from improvi.
dence.
1t has been represented, perhads ten
Thousand times in this paper. for fourteen
years past, that the neglect of military stu
dies, and the shocking ignorance which per-
.aded the ,1hoie country on this subject, in
the most military age tl.at history records
we constantly reiterated the Truth which the
last year misfortunes fatally verified tina,
our neglect IN military preparation-our
gross ignorance on the nature of military
organization and military tiutie S, would cost
the country niore money and riore lives in
one year. than would be expended in ten
years war conducted with a KNOWLEDGE Of
the science.
We stated that the neglect of past years
was a wretcheG and fatal error, that it was
sacTlhcInS future millions to the saving of
present thousands, & that the prodigality of
human sacriiice would be necessary TO save
US from the effects of fatal economy we
repeatedly stated that our best and brayest
and ablest men would be sacrificed
These were all effects which we foresaw,
and which are now too unhappily reali-
zed.
We stated also, when the embargo law
was repealed after the massacre on the
Chesapeake, that the repeal would not
save us from war. though it afforded us
the best time to declare and carry it on
with effect for we urged, that the enemy
would attribute our pacific disposition and
IN fIyye .l,o
our forbearaDce, after such an outrage,
would induce belief that we would tame
ly submit to any outrage or Insult we
knew that the temper OF the British gov
eminent was destitute of every idea of
generosity; selfish, Ineaa, sullen and AFRO
gantly conceited in itself, it was not to be
brought to terms of liberality by liberal
means no nation ever experienced libe-
rality from Great Britain none could ex-
pect justice /; here also we hare not mis-
taken effects.
But reserving further instances to another
occasion. let any man reflect for moment,
on the effect of past negiect--in the two in
stances of roads and canals alonei
he Wootlen and cotfon--the iron and the
Gotfer-the lead and the coal, which are
necessary to every part of this flourshing
country-which in despite of past neglect
are increasing in magnitude and quantity of
consumption, manufacture and demand, be-
You'd all example in history what do these
sources Of social wealth owe to the proyi-
dence or the bounty & Legislation ? The
fisheries OF the eastern states have been in
deed fostered with bengnity and liberali-
ty that do honor to the middle and southern
states and cast back cIoud Of shame on
the eastern, which the circle of genera.
ton cannot disspate. But what aid have
manufactures obtained from Congress or
state legislation
What aid has cotton received?
What aid has wool received,
What aid has iron, coal, leather, or me.
tails or products of any kind obtained from
the fostering hand Of legislation
None Manufactures have risen by indi-
Yidual irdustry--the cotton of the south las
hourished under private enterprise--the
looms and mills of the middle and eastern
states have been erected BY private enter
prize and even in the midst of war, the
enemy has been smuggling his goods into
our ports; and the outrage of law and poll.
cy, and the raoral order or society, silently
tolerated and conniyed a..
We may perhaps place these things in A
point ot VIeT yet more striking--at pre.
sent we shall point with /" dcHgIt u1r,fero-
6ie," at events which the adherenks oFlhe
public enemy, The English hitelings and a.
gents. affect TO treat with oeTfSion: they
cannot conceal their uneasiness. thoueh
they attempt to" grin NTH !shastiy srile,"
at the evidences OF American prosperity.
In the newspapers from east to west. and