The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-12-09
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DECEMBER 3


transPired. A species of fever has seized
upon them--sanguine men mistake disun.
fointmeat for Disgrace, and cry/ out that
'iofhnY has been done, because al has not
been accomplished.
A man, who fails in his last speculation.
IS disposed tn murmur at his fortunes, be-
cause he forgcts the many luck, hits which
he has made in the course of the year.
1t is the same case with politicians. A
sense OF hyesent disappointment absnrbs, fer
a moment all the successes Of the haxf. He
thinks nothing has been done. because eve
ry thing is not achieved and fnrgets he
1aast in the present. It is impossible, how
ever. that this fever can long continue. AT
ter the first paroxysm of disappointment is
past, Common sense will re-assert her rights.
fhS tH1ecuator sets down to count his
gains and the politician Co rcvie " the sue.
cesses of the campaign US suppose
that this feveris passing away, that the art
full exaggerations OF federal partizans have
lost their effect w. shall prove, by re-
currenre 10 undeniable facts, that the las,
campaign is not covered with gloom or dis
grace. More miht have been accomplish
ed if the elements bad favored our enter
prizos: more might have been achieved. If
our Off ceEs had been more prudent but
the campaign has not terminated without
honor or without profit.
We will place this ject in tSvo different
Irss-
Let us compare orr hreacnt situation with
what it 1vdS at the commencement of the
campaign:
And let us compare, in the I'd place, or
osun ACHIEVEMENTS with those nf the eneoy.
The first will point out whether we are
In better worse situation, than we.
were in at the rising of the curtain:
The second whether the balance of suc.
Sess is clir side or that of the enemv.
When the campaign opened in the sprirg,
Detroit, the capital and key Of the Mich
gan, in the hands OF the eAamy.
Where is it now? IN our own hands. In
stead of being cooped up in Fnrt Nieips ri
an stockades of Sandusky,- our troops have
driven the Invader from the banks Of the
Detroit.
Nai9en, the capital ot The western resi.
sn Of Upper Canada, the pivot of the Tndi
an country, the ot iect to which Gen. Hull
had aspired. and in whose Conquest he had
sacrificed the fNwer of his troops, qvas in
the possession Of the enemv.
NJ lde1 Is noso in ruins--the ground on
which il stood is nnw trodden by the victe
pious foot OF th- Americans
When the curtain rose upon us i'm the
spring, the SAVAGE Indian, with his scalnine
knit and tomahawk, was arraved in arm
bao ks OF the Ouconsn to those of the Uta-
was wherever they trod assassination and
horror stalked in their train, and the blood
o he innocent and the helpless was poured
Before them. AS cunning as they were cru
el, as efficient in numbers as they were in
resolution, they constituted &c the most now
erfu>" part of the British force, though as
the event proves Z" not the most perma- =
nent"-suCh are the words IF Major Gene
raj Proctor's dispatch detailing the events
of the seige of Fort Meigs.
Proctor was a Prophet.-The Western
indians have deserted him to nan, thouph.
it must be confessed, that he had previously
deserted thrm. The campaign has cut a
sunder the knot which bound together the
savages IT the West to their no less savage
Allies" the Fast. The W-s,ern S ates
Iep"se in peace +; the squaws and papoo,es
ct the Indians have become hos.ag for THE
sa ely ct our own women and Children
From rive To ten thousand troops are struck
oft at once from the roll of the British ar
mv-and dnring the next wear, the enemy
Will re Obliged to look out for other troops
and thus tolessen their military resources
in other directions.
AT the commencement of the campaign
the British flag few triumphant on Lax =
Erie. Troops, provisions. and presents for
the ind'ans couid pass with rapiditv & ease
from Kingston TO Fort George, from Fort E
RE to Maiden.
Perry. the brave, the modest, the humane.
has stripped them of this ADVANTAGE. and
- 1T one fell swoNp" made the whole british
fleet ours" A feat of this description. ca
brilliant and so useful, will never be forgot
ten. while Erie rolls wave. young and
rising state, whose navy is just in its era
die, encountering nadon who has filled the
world with the fame of It's hag, can never
forget the hero who was the first to meet.
snbdpe, and cahture an entire Reef of the
arrogant enemy. Hull, Rainbridae and
Decatur, were the first 70 break thc smell
a. British invincibli'v, in single combats
but vt was Perry, who we FIST fortunate
enough to meet, and take an entire squadron
OF IN IN.
The Briti'h 7vere also the masters Of
Lake Ontario.
What are MeU morn ? Instead If contest
Ingthe SUPREMACY If the lake, t|ev have a.
cnlY Welded 1t to Oh uncev Ye, has f,ed
before him, like a hunted hare aud though
ms good forfHne alore has saved him from
the ca astrophe of Il r-lav on he OF er lake.
ne has lost two of his squadron.
The camoa;gn does not end here. Fort
George for the conquest Of which we used
~ lavish so many chs last winter. and
winch Smyth made So many fruitless efFsts
70 carry, is nozU IN our DoSscssiun-fhe fruit
at camoaign. which we are too apt to cen.
sure, because IL has M, dime e,,er,, tL;,,. e., ID,