The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-05-14
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For -gE Enquirer.
20 she. Congress IT rae Ul.:ed Stases
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One OF yout Constituents ijees leave to
Address YOU About to asserr,hie a. this
important crisis. an obscure Citizen pre-
sunes to approach you.-In times porter
'eous TO the existsaoe of america indie
pencance, lie wishes to address you.
he comes NOT forward, fellow citizens,
tor the purpose OF upbraiiing YOU. Far o.
ther%iss. He offers you the incense os his
deepest gratitude. for tie nob.c stand you
have m aae, against the modern CARTHAGE
which assails US. He leaders you his warm.
est thanks, that you have not Welded up
without struggle. the noble heritage de-
rived to US from cur ancestors, and which
tecatom1s of our fathers poured out their
blood TO establish. Itdcpends on your pa
triot'sn and hrmness, citizens representa-
uVes, under divine providence, whether
their generous blood has not been shed in
vaiDt,
Your censtituent addresses you with ne
caiiar pleasure, fellow-citiZers, a. a BODY
purified, inWgorated and supported, by the
late election; an election, which has equally
testified to the magnitude of the stake We
SS'tShthib d1u the OCtermln alton
OF the American people never to abandon
1t. In time Of actual invasidh. s,is conso-
ling testimony has been givca.-What, tho
tne cradle OF the revolution, owing to mer-
camille cupidiiy, has suffered T. .cmrorsry
eclipse What, though the native land of
ffZncock, or WaTreJI and. Of adams, has
Welded temporary & ii.resoIute mujorifU.
to the Ccunsels OF Pickering, and of Sfrong !
me shades OF the above named illustrious
and departed patriots, will beckon their
oeioveo New .EnSlanders, Co repair to the
standard of tfe,i country; to Cooperate
once more with tina. immense body of their
felio|-cltlzens. who, from the Delaware to
tne ot. Mary's. from the Atlantic to the
Mississippi, are united. as one man, in de-
! lence or n American liberty. Pickering and
&c. VIII experience the fate of e*..*~**,
and retire under the frowns Of AN Injured
ineuited and indignant people.
II was saying of the celebrated Athc-
man Lawgiver, that that was the most
perfect iorm OF popular government, in
which an INJURY done ia the meanest sub
tiect IS deemed aninsuls to the Whole com.
lhur'tE' IL IS :ot the magnitude of the
eNi', Out the principle, which is to be re-
Satoea: On this ground our forcfathers
acted, in the revolutionary contest.-Prn-
oence, indeed, will dictate, that the nation
is not to be involved in war, for light or
transient Causes; but when principles are
avowed, acted upc0, and obstinately per.
sisted IN, which assail the Independence of
our country, there is ~ alternative In
the present Case, 1t isnoL merely the hri,-
ekrfe WHICH is i'll contest for while il is
aiiedged By our governme en-, IS the truth
IS, mat thousands OF cur native citizens are
ihGarcerated IN British ships, and COMPEL
ed to light against their country. il is nd
| IselffSN i,y TIL Rrifisl,
seUcntecn huadred of them, are thus de
| tanned lis not for uS to enquire. AS the
hFinsh ministry and their confederates here
nave done to what particular sections Of
the union, these unfortunate citizens be-
ionSed.-HsinS .1nHerican citizens, an impe-
flouS ooi'gdtlon is imposed on the American
government. to rescue and protect them.
Ii, tetio~-citizens. the real object of the
bTitish government is to reclaim their own
seameh, and not to acquire ours, that OBJ
Ject VII: be entirely answered, by our, a
greemens not to empty Their subjects in
future. AS to the naturslized British sea
! men, now IN cur service, time will remedy
tha} evil. ID oIr national faith shall forb;d
as 10 extend the exclusion also 70 them ar
they may 6e thrown into the scale. undo
an agreement to exclude the seatt,en of each
nation, from the ships of the other, To conn
pensate us for the vast inequality gccruine
10 our government, by such ayreement
n"'ng~to the superior Inducements to the
hritlSa Segmen to sHter INTO our service -
SUCH concession should readily be made. on
the part OF Britain, on the ground that trsa
tles should be really, and. not nominaily. re
clprocal. That nation would find her {ntpr.
est IN an arrangement, yielding her per-
msnent benefit. in consideration of z rsIin-
punishment, ola temporary and heetirg cha
rscter.
But i: is said, on the part OF Britain, that
tbs important right of that ration, (ri,at of
lmpressmeGt from American bottoms.I q
no. sGSctp.ibIe Of any modification, and
ought not to depend upon the acts of the
American Gorerlntent Without admitting
tor moment tho possible existence of such
4 iisht--ot a righl in one Independent natl
ON tn enter the territories and arrest the
citizens Of another, and which in. It's exercise
violates the priacipie "..Sgc Itsye fuo nf
ahenj4m mon te9as." ~e nay remark.
that there arc fVo parties 70 thc cc7trovcr.
5y, and that faith and credit muss Of neces.
si,y be given by ore nation, 10 the acts of
another Unless this is admitted, we ar.
degraded trop the rack Of 4 civilized ia
tom 2 8 confidence most be placed sor,e
where, IN the case in question, ought it To
nc yiclded to the acts Of tbs American 81
vcFnTcnt, with fall liberty 20 the pritisb
agents to see those acts duly executed. four
soveroment p'actnS \ reciprocal confidence
I'm the correlative acJs fGres, Britain or