The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-07-09
o r II ITO II.
FELLOW Crr4zrss /!

1881 \ .
From the year 1875 TO the present fime
ne peHpie at Afner;c. have consecrated INK
4th day OF July, u joy, and gratitude: ioy
| II the assertion! OF our national intieUrI,
. dence I; and gratitude to these, by who's,
wisdom, patriotism and valor, it was efiec
| tsds The annivc sary OF that day, OF, which
re representatives. of the people Of he Their
| orltiSh colonies OF North America, de .lared
| heir constituents TO be free and indeDen-
,eht nation, and assumed, TO-: them, among
| he powers IF the earth, that station re
winch nature and natures" God titled
men, mas again come rouRd. And it ha, Come.
IKE the day on which our fathers met, fl.
naiiy to decide on the future DESTINY IS their
rountiy, While our ports are shyt, our ,.a.,s
invaded, our towns laid waste, ana s,r
frontiers exposed to all the horrors Of a war.
III which cunning, cruelty and murder in
coid blood, have usurped the place Of con
';'Sc- III then we are here met together. tn
lay inc annual ttiyu of orr unfeigned res
peCt' 10 me Statesmen. whom tina has suu,,
INTO the grave, and to the warriors. who
tell, OR us. in hatt,e, let US make the offer
'hS III the "ay' which they ,.it they could be
no" consulted, would most approve. lie.
US emulate their spirit {: let Is BE governed
py their preceptS 4; and following their hiph
example, UNITE IS they did, AMI encounter.
t'thculty prvaticn, danger, desolsti0s arid
death IN etery form, rather Ian sut,,nit.
niger submit, TO oppression al depredati-
on Let US attend 10 the vale6icforv adj
monl!ion OF HIM. who has been eIurhaticanv
called the saviour OK his countrv 10. -.
sac" that his uem0ry is dear tn cnl, hear,,
ana tnash's Prscepts arc held in our CRATE.
lui remembrance, BY resolving TO De, and
20 continue to be, one people, Let us At
'si'n 20 hin' and not . those false prophets,
ngr Ia. y
the sanction of his vsneratcd name. rrearb
a doctrine, which he abhorred. "yIn;,n
he tells us, % is the main piilar hf he edi6re
OF cur real indr peRGence the supo.,c of
'ef 1. a''Hpnf-T at hpiTe, Of oa1. t.ca.c,c. y
oroad; % cur safety OF onr prrsr ~ :.
o. that yer. liberty which we so hignly
prlze. jt is che point OF cur political for
tresS against which the batteries OF inter-
nal and external enemies, vii! be most
constantly and actively, Ono often covertIy
cAo ihHdiousiy) directed. FrowI! there
inre, indignantly trcwn," he comtinues, on
the FIRST dswning ofcvery atterpt. 70 aIi-
nate any PORTION our country from IT,.
rest, orto eniceble the sacred ties. which
row Ink toEether its various parts" To
MS NJ IL sed spirit, speak'ng from The
tomb the Pr+bF etc ard inspired ianrps,.c
OF t'u'h and patriotism, conjure Won. and
All the people of this nati.n to attend tc
attend with reverence. The enemy. nv .
iSCr'minatien beth military and commerce
al, oet"eenthe belIigerent and non-co,,hs
t''nt states, Is endeavoringto undermine this
Sceat p!iiar OF our Independence, while some
cur own citizeAs, fronl the phrsnzv of
parry spirit, CO operate with him, by at.
thptti'e to ALLEVIATE the people of the East
'rum tnei brethren of the South and e .be
west. at this very moment, when the @
.etny is upon our Atlantic and inland from
'eTS "hen all the energies OF the govern
mem ann 1.-THE pc ople ought to be direc
ca eo the public safety, when the men Of
hrntncky ard ,Ohlo. Gndismayed bv nast
caiamitles, go !ofth TO battle to surDort III
cause OF their country, and to aveuqe he
uea'h OF their murdered friends, a sullen
.eu'ranty IN the East IS observed, and ouss-
liohs deliberately settied by the best and
"isest meh of this country with Washiuotor
Mt their head, are revived and stren,,oHelv
pressed upon the pubic mind. Ousstinn.
hIch bave slept during FIVE and tventv
}ears OF pc &C AM pE sperty, are nov in
thc hcdr OF difficulty and darger, clarnorous
" i"tcei upon our notice. Wbv &c tbi,
GONG no." Whv is this done at ajlS These
arc questions which viii not nov qt,r -
answer but there IS one POINT in which Voc
ust al concur. We musl ali agree. tia,
the effect, rs far as any effect can he nrn
H"Ctoi IS hV' only TO encourage the euemy
bit : 10 aiicnstc one portion of our conntyy
fr'm he rest, and to enfrcbe the sacred
ties which now link toZ-ther it's var;c,e
parts RGi bis ae;E-tat'e plan can meyer.
succeed. The pc Re Of America. hove
too much Good sepso, - encer INTO Tho
gloomy and Perilcus scenes. into which the
yocates for dispni1H would lead them.
they will not h=atkcn, ~ The unnstursI
voice, which tells them, tia, knit .rye
ther, as they ave. Ivy so many cords az
. ttction, thcY can no longer live io,-,ther
, rs members OF the same gr.a, tar1ily cen
n" longer be the mutual guard,,ns, of ,l{.;,
! mutual happiness can no longer be feilos,
| c't'SehS ~ one great ard foyriehinr, 90,
pure. hdmonishcd by fne most disiin
| y"'shed advocates az the existing ccnC..dcro.
ion' they will shut their ears aeains;
tus nnhal|owcd lopg0a se--theV will shr,
their hears against We poison VIII On il COZ
vFyS. The kindred blood which flows L.
thrW VEINS, tie miurled blood which the,
nave she'd" (Jnd are now sheddingl {" /,
! defence ot their sacred rights. cor,,ecrat,
! 'her Union. and excite bcrror a. the ide.
"' t'ei'h -oning aliens. rivals snemiee -.
1uch, fellow citizens, le tho eloquent and r.
! hcnc eNhortal0n 1T ihe triumvirate VIII
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