The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-01-14


against the Indians. What
was the history of ie9 We all recolect the
under Narmar, and its bloody
scenes. The campaign under ST. Clair
cannot be fArsotIen. We then suffered de-
feat uppn i-t-it. disaster upDl dis lster ia
the Course OF the war. which was not ter
lnina5ad I'LL the treaty oF q rccnvliie ia IL s..
though 1t may Dc Sd al 10 have virtaiIly ter
IpiN,tci By me previous defeat ot the lndl-
ans under General Wayne. Ii this country
be willing to "a into the contest heart and
hand. We shall in u very short time demon
str;,te to the enemy all we want 10 convince
her uf, that il is III reality her interest to
be ~ peace with this country. | hope, sir,
the motion to amend the 6ili viii not prevail.
1 am convinced that the bil! as It is Will ena-
Bile us 10 call n valuable force into service,
and am sanguinc in the hope that with its
aid, together with the other force we shall
have; we may clear the continent OF tle
enemy's dominion in one campaign. though
Ito not undertake to predict that we shall.
Mr. MACON
Moved to strike out one and issert fVs
wears, as the term OF enlistment He re-
GREETED as much as any one tho disasters
which had bcfa!icn the country and there
was but one way to o3viatc their effects, *
mat was by rising superior to them. as
part Of the nation had already done-hc
meant the western country, where a pat
riutism had been exhibited eoual to that
which might have distinguished Rome i'll
its best days. Thcir zeal WAS equal to
their bravery, and the only drawback on
their enterprise, was the difficulty of find
ing something tc eat in the wilderness. We
must rise after rcverScs. What, sir, SAID
MIR. NJ. would have become OF Rome, had
she Responded when Hannibal defeated her
ssrmes' She rose upon it. and became the
mistress of the world. What would have
been the situation OF our cause i'll the rcvo
luton, if, after the British successes in Ier-
scy, we had desponded But the men ct
Pennsylvania and New Jersey rose on it,
and victory aud triumph followed. Our OBJ
ject now ought to be, to recover the ground
we have lost, and meet the enemy with
troops that will ensure success. We are
told, sir, that this war has united Eng
land to a man. Sir, never expected
aid from our enemies. Let US follow so
good example, and unite to man
let us remember the old continental max
i'm" UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED
wEsFALL. IF we were as united in de-
fence of our rights, as England is in her
usurpations, this war would not last 4 sim
sic campaign-and hope, in teis respect.
we shall, at least, learn wisdom from an
enemy. The calculations about one or two
campaigns, however, in present circumstan-
Ger, are visionary. We have engaged an
enemy not in the habit OF yielding very
soon. But, we were to unite, the ques
tion would soon be settled. The cause and
object of this war has been more concise
ly stated by ore of those actively en-
gagged in it, than hy any other person.
mean Captain Porter's motto" Free
trade and Sailors rirh:S'--no man could
have given a better definition of it. 1t APP
pears 10 me that one part of this continent
ought to be Jealous for the rights OF seamen
another part fer n free export trades,
IT we were, as we ought to be, United, the
war would be carried on with energy and
success. agree with the gentleman from
New Jersey, that this thing is NOT to be
done by paper men. My opinion is. that
the best thing we can do, is to raise men
FOR five years. Let the Legislature Of the
country do it's duty. If the $1,000 men,
now authorised. be not enough, let us get
as many as will be adequate &c the end we
propose. Gentlemen have thought proper
70 review former transactions, 1 would be
willing to pass them ever.-l believe almost
every measure adopted by the general go
vernment would have had its destined effect
1T adhered to. You have always got the bet
ter of the argument you havebetter proc
,amations but what avails all this Britain
has impressed your scameD, and given you
blows for good words. You have been here
totore told your paper measures were worth
nothing now, that 1t Is proposed to give
blow for blow, what is said that you are
departing from the pacific system, which
the same persons before reprobated, and
TO which they have become friendly only
alter every attempt at pacilication had
failed SIR. we are now engaged in war
and we must succeed, OF we must yield the
right o. sailors and free trade. Does any
man doube that the is justly unde:ta-
ken Is there man in the nation,--I care
not Of what political sect. many as there
are--who believes tbat the war is not un-
dertaken Oh Just grounds-th We had not
borne with their ihdignites until we could
bear with them no longer9 After plumber
ing your property ard impressing your sea-
men en- the ocean, their agents have beer
sent into ibis nation TO SOW divisions among
us VINO ought to be but one family. What
injury have we not suffered; Could one be
added to the catalogue 1t seems to me
not. no man loves peace more than do
and If 1t had not been for Great Britain
sending her agents to our tiresides, do
not know but | should have voted against
che war. 1t seemed TO me like an attempt OF
mans daughter. Not content with vexjng 8
harraSains Won whenever you went from
ho1'e, they come here to put strife in your
family. You have been told that the prince
regent and his ministers are firm. Sir, we
never calculated on their receding, but on
the energies and force Of the nation, to Oh
t0iU redress aud IL yyf. haJ Iaar ,,nitaI