The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-09-10

were sent cut, OF The means which were ta-
| ken 80 enlist thcri into the service--tlc jsils
dad been swept, il IS said, OF French PRISON.
Ie,s, ;nd arts had been used To en;rap them.
which his Majesty's C,t,listers, with all their
audSciy, would scarf ely dare to Justify -
! These men haC b, en- vcgnit,rd on the shores
i America, and tksy VIC id have been the
! FRS e. rave turned their ctms against their
Employers.
/ fet atter all this eXpence, ard trouble,
that, rePea'ed MIR. w. hav, they done
Whet str kc have the struck? What lau-
rels have they reaped '-Ihey have MT ia
ken single ma ioDal Vessel excebs q Re-
venue Gutter with ter or twelve :nGn-Noe
even Gun eoat has alien into SER hsnds.
The Constellation F:igete, ach would
have been cact,,reti with = tolcraS!e-2-~rs
OF management and prove Sc, has enec,.:.i,y
elute,' or hravcd their power AID IS 80.
th}lr enterprises uEon the land. they are
w'ise thar uothins FIR they have disgra-
ced our arms much more than hey haye
ADDED & our strength, while thev have ti-
ven more lustle 10 the eneinp than thsy
have detracted from his means or MS vig,r.
Onr troops attempted a Isndiag on Crany
Island, but they "ere driven eway by a
handful OF militia and seaincn The f,h..
excuse is indeed made f,r them that their
bargcs ran aground, although che fact is di-
recFiy in the teeth Of the assertion. They
did indeed eject landing at EamDton
onF to run away in panic a few DAYS af-
tSf%a'cs. AMI 70 pevpcUae deefis, while
tbcy 3a:noS here, which any Britcr, pos
sesseo of feeling. almost bushes 20 near of.
And after this cnderfui adventure, nothing
was attempted which will cover a single
page ct history, except. such petty larceny
adventures as we read of in the anral, OF
NeTaate. They merely took a small Island,
called Kent Island. which had no o,her eff
feet than to breed Plot and a conspiracy
among cur troops, which terminated In tbe.
hanging of few and in the whipping of C.
'hers.
And this costly expedition has now re-
'ufned down the Chesapeak without making
a.sirgie friend. without taking single POI
ot any consequence, without cansire the
sligh;es st diversion in favor of Canada .
which it has only served TO rouse the energy
and visour OF the American character.
could wish. said Mr.. w. to drop the
curtain hers-but regard 10 truth & to,he
tonor OF my Country ccTipeis me to say, that
squadron hfs returned. with the curses Sc
contempt CT tie eremv, q with thc Eae'ish
standard stained with disgrace. You nave
carried OH war Of barbarism end plendcr.
which only assn,iiatts ,cu 70 TIE niraticaI
Danes wto formerly secuted the English
cas-. Yu have robbed hen-c.ous and
'moke houses. and What is worse, you
have Dur MT Harmless Villages, without ad-
Tancing he o'i~cts of the war You have
raupied on all the principles of an h .ior-
'hle war, just as the Americans say YOU
ave tram led or he principles of an hon
rable peace. You have embi tered the
ears Of a people, whom it was Your inter
st to have made 70 r best friends. You
have planted ranking thorn in their bos
oms. WIN years of peace will rot be able
to extract. EVe'v tine that the traveller
passes By the ruins of Havre-de Grace and
FTcnchtown, lie will say " Behold the mon
uments of The harbaritY ofour en-Evl'
will not address vour feelings or the nc.
ans OF Hampton, where Innocence was 81.
plated and the feebeness Of woman YVES -
bgssd----hu l am ready 70 declare. With
one wbo has gone befre me. that if sp~h
h9rhari'i"s arr ouerc. ked, " the ara # CHI;
AIRY is past. ard he glory of England ~
eXtinguiyhed for ever,''
Nc. w. concluded with saving, tina, for
the honor of England. for the nor IF hu-
mar nature itFelf, ne ihoreht that ne En-
quiry should be made which he had had the
hon of moving