The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-06-04

fvisstes ~ouid have been The vctors. That Demo
.racy, which, to The folly sndiatsty OF our county,
has been too long cried down and disre sarded, 10
still teit by all enemies the SEA, the inu6s
and muscles OF our brave tars America, htweyer,
must he excepted from the expression of 80 al CUR
eusmies" She is OF us--and OF US iaapro0ed We
are neither ashamed nor afraid tn say we Knew
II before now, and knowing much have uS,i-
tormy deprecated the going to war with her,
hose 10 whom this mpo!tc, this already disastrous
and still more otninous var IL, ow.is, .-ser,e ian.
peachment by their own county aud contempt
from every other. The Americans will be the most
terrible warriors we have lad TO contend mith.
we have like fools despised theis, as "a power ia
ar,ns What IL We beat tUom by land agan aud a.
gain, We shsi, ony thereby teach them light The
bsttsr They viii never Sue 10 us Tor peaee from
any discsiniture they may meet with in that way
they will advance 10 tue onset--bc repealed by
us and te,roaehed d thci. own coumtrylneu, tnI-
presently they viii IN that respect prove themselves
% Britisb extraction. They have bat too
Belly trietl rs. 'snee with the water, and the
elect Ct ,ie frat essay viii be kiad of preternetu
raj ineitemsnt ne;s ex.rtio.. The prospect is Ss
dishe srtnine is Gadefinable. We are. in fact,
warning will, tho PEI PIE OF America, ii VIC had
an interest Ia forcing theu 20 do without every kind
ot Misunderstanding suni,!y elrom England. We are
Ike nation oil y:i 3 anil resces We are eternay
warrng some wheie, If nee with aloreign nation
are among ourselves. Sut N,iy dwell upon effects
nile the great cause Of all is forever befor.
eyes Our establishments are unsoand Thee chiet
members are corrupt, si'i th;s infection srreads
broken force, which e-hariensd and we'll ten.
pered steel acquires, under the skifuI hend OF our
expert manufacturers. We every day become more
and more arisiocratie. We polish, and va, wess
ken.
We are, in short, assembsge Of sredlsi sr3
eorrnptior We Become psrpetualiy more tempt
my tn the hand of the invader and the unseen,
out not unieit national infection spreads, shall
nation become less and less qualified to resis. the
invader. Is Blow the insignificant navy of A Increa
to: atoms, indeed" make every Yankee lay down
his arms at the sight ct British regiment ,; all this
is hue taking. IL may suit tie views Of the Pos.
and Courier, but it shall De our ianguage.-
No, rs long as allowed to print. it shall be
publish nntk only. Vixen cannot do thai, we
will be silent altogether. We viii be panders TO no
men IN power Till a few such persons as we allude
to are tried, either tor their of honesty or abb
ty, we naSitan that the STAIRS of the kingdom viii
go on from bad 10 worse. The American war is
completely the war OF unqualified ministers Could
any but the most inexperienced ccnesited Statesmen
involve England in war with republican nstion
like America II we were .qthcRian, compared To
the other nations in hostility to MS neriea is Sbar-
ran compared to nc. We should have hoped that
some men in the cabinet might remember that Sc
vefsl newspapers, sinilSr 10 the zpsrfhy ones we
have mentioned, spoke with equal coutame,y OF the
Americans, when they rose against rs for not eriep.
orS ony, but sor unequal, for arbitrary taxation
wsieh We were tsy'g them under. Those vehicles
O. ministerial hatterles, snc national mseieis assur-
ed the public that the Yankee Dooales would not
light day, for that tGey had neither brooches nor
10 wear. OF Knowing thinking that
msn who fight from principle wi fight hare .breeeh.
CT. and bare-tooted too: The treatment the French
aristoeracy met with FROM the sans cufo.fes in the
breaking cut q! the Revolution, ought to hold uI;
lesson to every statesinan in Europe. While the
sy stem we have so long complained of continues to
be pursued, disasters of the Kind of that which has
given rise to these reflections, some other equally
fatal to our posterity, will occur in one shane or
other The delete rous infection 1.-THE poison, it you
will It may be said SOY is in the body and will break
out, from time to time, in one member or other
Reform the great. the only antiseptc the antidoe
wi'ch isaione calculated TO renvigorate the consti
tupon, and purify every meander of its complex ope
ration. due filtration, and due estimation of;ts
three essential qualities chicaI, <aristocral-
cal, and (thoush last least in our esteem) demo.
cratica alone can ever enable again te assume
that attitude abroad aud at home, which make
the name BR1ToN future boast among our ma
tves, and an honorable passport among foreigners.
OUR NAVAL VICTORIES, Sc
EstrGot 1T letter from pleri can
in the North Of Earope, to III. jiierd in Boz
ton.
The English government hSye declared block
AIDE of Chesapeake Bay and Delaware river--New.
York and the coast Of .NeSv- England they leave o.
pen They follow captain Henry's advice; rust as
at the beginning of our revolutionary war; they dis
irsnchised Boston in favor of Salem The spirit Of
i775 seems to be extaot in New-EDgland, bur i
hope the pro1gacy Of British policy will not be more
successful than it was then.
The war between us and them is now reduced to
Que single point-iMPREssMENr! A oatise, for
which We should not have commenced a war, bat
withoutan arrangement Of which our governm ent
now say they cannot make peace. If ever there was
just cause of var ia sight of Almighty God, this
cause is on our side just The OF this
ON the British side oppression, our side Personal
liberty. We ave fighting for the suffers caRse-
tie British cause is the press gang. l. seems me
that IN the very nature of this cause, We ought to
find some resources for maintaining il, by opera
ton upon the minds OF our searnen, and epon
those OF the sdversary's II is sometimes custonia
ry for the commanders Of ships to address their
on going into action, and to inspir them by motives
drawn from the cause they called to support.
commanders have tho best possible materials for
cheering their tsen ia extraordinary exertions of
duty. How the English sdmIraIs aud captains will
sequit themselves on Euch ssion, cannot east
~ conJeeture-but fancy to myselfa captain telling
them honestly, that they fighting Tor the cause
81 i71t6TeSsD,eHt. Thet having been most OF them
impressed themselves, in the face of every principle
o! freedom Of which theT country boosted, they.
mast al be sensible how tHSt and how glorious the
Hgt at tie press-gang is, and how clear the right
q Practising itupon American sailors, we'll as
upon themselves, must bel thiuk they viii noe We
~ readily reear to such argum snts-no doubt {iey
vi ssep then, At their guns pth ethers Bet there
may be Gnesanj occasions upon wheii the English
ssfbpen may be made TO understand Ton what he is
10 sat in this val, and when Il 1--we eject
upon the spirit with which lac viii igiit. The Ere
ist thik OF Toe seduction rractsed Dy upon their
ssauGen. There is dusti0u IN the very nature ri
tiB oause, which would be strange indeed &c tl,air
SeamaA were inser5bIe to. have heard, that many
OF their seamen takes 10y US have siswn reluctsuco
20 being exchanged, from unsiiii1gness to be