The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-05-11

eho0s tNo uuuSSS aiC CJINts 1lo HOSCo al =
wasted. Its harmless women are driven
away without warning, without mercy and
without necessity.
Who has the effonterv 20 justify this at
trncious & wanton act of iDhumanity ? The
ravages ctwar have their assigned limits. lie
laws Of nations forbid the use of poisoned
weapons The springs 81 Il country are not
10 be poisoned. "'ln battle, quarters is to
DC given tn those who lay down their arms.
and at siege garrison Offering 10 capltu-
ate are never to be refused their lives
in the ancient days of barbarlsm, "a pris-
oner nigh sc pnt to death. This rule was
sotfsned so far as to- make slave Of him.
Civilized nations have at last adopted the
custom ofexchangiag all & parolng as many
as they can. Similar transitions have taken
lpiace in the disposition Of immovabie pro-
Irerty. Public stores may be destroyed /; the
munitions of war may be wasted, and forts
may be diemantled; bat private property.
WIN very few exceptions, is to be respected.
Does q. Britain intend to leap back to tue
barbarous day o. the Goths and Nandals :
"All damage to be done to the enemy
tsays VatteD unnecessarily. every hostility
which does not tend to procure victory, and
put an end TO the war, is RIGHTEOUSNESS
condemned by the law of nature" He IL
illustrates his maxim in the case Of towns
which are sacked or burnt !" without ne
cessity"-calling them "savage and mon
sfroas ea-ceSsea"
But the destruction OF Eavrc de Grace.
let 1t open our eyes to the real views of
the enemy. Let it satisfy .us that they mean
to put no rein upon their inhumanity and
That we are to expect nothing from their
iorbearance. The same desolating genius
which has laid waste the humble villages OF
Havre de Grace and Frenchtown will, when
m 4. Il. r.
carry tre aud sword into the towns of Bal
timore and Norfolk. Let as then hrehare
jor fhe qUorsf. The war is now marked
with character, which, while il excSes
our Indignation, should impel us to the ut
most eXertions,
Federaists will Won survey the ruins of
your cities with Indifference Your rights.
the rights of your children, are all involved
in the honor and the rights of your Country
IN this interesting struggle. II we fail. your
chi!d, or your chid's child may be torn
from their ships and dragged into captivity
1t we fail, new wars or new violations Of
our corr MERGE may spring up from our dis
comtiture in the present contest Are no.
these sufficient Inducements to rouse you
TO assist your Country in her present strug
gle! VIII the great mass of you hold off
with the view OF promoting the ambitious
designs of your leaders whom an honora-
Bile peace would az this very moment dis
please, because it would disappoint their
selfish designs of mounting into power. By
the spirits of the great dead by that COM
mon blood which flows in our veins by those
common rights OF which we all participate,
let us conJure You to pause, to think, &c rally
around the unfurled banner of the nation.
But if these motives are not sufficient 10 excite
you, turn to the monumental ruins of Havre
de Grace /; and let them remind you, that
your own houses may blaze, Your own friends
may suffer, your own threats NAV bleed un
der the visitation of the "tender me rcies"
of the enemy.