The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-01-30

1hat whole section has risen, almost as
one man, tor the purpose of driving from
power. oy one great constitutional effort,
tue guilty authors of this war. 1T they have
tailed, it has been not through the want OF
VIII or OF exertion, but in consequence of
.ne weakness OF their political power.
w men IN the usual course of divine pruvi-
dence, VINO punish es nations as well as inui-
Viduais, his destroying angel sb all on this ac-
count pass over this Country. & sooner or la
en- pass it will may be permitted to hope
tnat over N England his hand will be stayed.
Our souls are not stepped in the blood which
mas been shed in this war. The spirits OF
the unhappy men who have been sent to an
untimeiy. audit, have borne to the bar
vi DIVINE justice no accusations against us.
ms opinion, concerning the principle of
'his invasion OF Canada. is not peculiar to
me. Multitudes who approve the war, de-
test It. believe this sentiment is enter
tanned. without distinction of parties, by
almost all the moral sense, and nine te.ths
Oh tue intelligence, of the whole northern
section OF the United States. / know that
men from that quarter of the country will
tell you differently. Stories of a very differ
eht Kind are brought by all those who come
tfooping to Washington for place, appoint
"ehts and emoluments men who will say
any thing to please the ear, or do any thing
W
OF those fat contracts & gifts which it scat
ters men whose fathers, brothers and cou-
SINS are provided for by the departments !;
whose full grown children are at suck at
the money-distilling breasts of the Treasu-
rry the little men who sigh after great of
hoes those who have judgships in hand
or Judgships in promise /; tosds that live up
on the vapor of the palace that swallow
great mens's spittle of the levees that
un nj t,Il 81, L
they see there and most of all wonder at
themselves-how trey got there to see
tnem. these men will tell you, that New
England applauds this INVASION
But, Mr.. Speaker, look at the elections
What Is the language they speak? The
present tenant of the chief magistracv re-
Jected, by that whole section of country
WIN the exception OF single state, unanl-
mousiy' And for whom ? In favor of
man. out OF the circle of his own state, with
out much influence, and personally almost
unknown. In favor of a man against whom
the prevailing influences of New England
had previously strong political prejudices !;
ana with whom, at the time of giving him
thcir support, they had no political under
standing; in favor of man whose merits.
Whatever in other respects they might be,
were brought into notice, in the first in
stance, chiefly so far as that election was
concerned, by their opinion of the utter
want OF merit of the man whose reelection
they opposed
Among the causes of that universal dis
gust which pervaded all New England, at
the administration and its supporters, was
the general dislike and contempt of this in
vasIon OF Canada. have taken some pains
TO learn the sentiments which prevail on
,nls SUBJECT III New England, and particu-
, ,S among ITS yeomanry, the pride and
inc nope OF that country. have convers-
ca with men, resting on their spades and
Leaning on the handles of their p!oughs.
while they relaxed for a moment from the
TABOR by which they support their families,
anu "hlch gives such hardihood and
character to their virtues. They asked
" what do We want of Canada We have
land enough. Do we want plumber . There
is not enough of that to pay cost for getting
lt. Are our ocean rights there Or is it
there our seamen are held in captivity
Are new states desireds We have plenty
Oh Can those already Are they to be held as
conquered territories This will require
an army there. Then to be safe, we must
nave an army here. And with standing
army what security for our liberties 90
hese are no fictitious reasonings. They
are the suggestions doubt not of thousands
and tens OF thousands Of our hardy New
England yeomanry; men who when their
country calls at any wise and real exigen-
cy, Will start from their native soils and
throw their shields over their liberties
Ike the soldiers of Cadmus, armed in
complete STEEL" yet men who have heard
the winding of your horn to the Canada
campaign, with the same apathy and indif
terence with which they would hear in the
streets the trilling of a Jews harp, or the
twirling of a banjoe.
ne PLAIN truth is, that the people of
rev England have no desire for Canada.
heir moral sentiment does not justify, and
thcy Will not countenance its invasion. II
.'s.= ---:-@t. s:.S ,5'o,i,, vII wiluil tney
deem, and L have felt myself bound to
maintain, that this contemplated invasion
OF that territory is, as it respects the Cana
dams, 7oanton and cruel 4; because it inflicts
the greatest imaginable evils on them, with
out any imaginable benefit to us that. as #
respects the u. States, such an invasion is
SenScfeSs, because, ultimately, ruinous To
our own political safety and 7uicked, be-
cause 1t is an abuse of the blessings of Di-
VINE Providence, and a manifest peryersion
OF MS multiplied bounties, to the purpose of
desoiating en- innocent and unoffending peo
pie.
shall now proceed TO the next view I
proposed to take on this subject of INVADING
canada, and consider it in the light of n
means 20 obtain an honorabie heqce. Ii is
SAID and this is the whole argument in favor
OF this INVASION, in this aspect, that the on
~ way to negotiate successfully with Great
britain. To anneal m how f.ars ,.J