The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-05-27
PHILARETCs.
FOR TIE ENQUIRER.
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70 The Congress Of tie United States:
1t IS we'll known to you, that there il " see
of men in this country IF most dang erouS
Intentions, and able from their situation to
strike US in the tenderest point, for they can
reach our vitals. The British are our a
voSed enemss these abhorre,j men are
Unknown, but lie hidden in the midst Of us.
He wh6is not Patriot, is an AFFECT wretch.
bereit q every feeling that is SUBLIME and
lmagnani:T1ous, and lost to the auiab!e aft
Elections Of the soul. r.Ge everv age he has
been scorn@i, and evtf the ahhropsd enc
mics Of his country look upon him as vile,
and ioathsome. 's'slc who is not Patriot is a
lory; and whas is a Torys Coed Hea-
vcns what is he Tie feelings of nam
kind must ever Erevtft at a lcharacter SO
mean in Principie,'"ah} comprising in ,,self
all the horrors and 'leforasities OF mature.
But it is not enousr,rtiat Tories be detes,ed
by the virtuons part OF society: 1t be-
comes you, citizens, to say whether or not
our enemies in war are to be aided, and
abeited ,comfortcd and encouraged Whe-
ther or not the common cause shall be de-
serted, and disaffeetion stalk undisnayed.
shall our liberties be condemned, ard our
eifArts to defend them, so revlled, as to
wound the pride of every true American
Shall men grieFe when we triumph, and Joy
in our misfortune? Shall the A merican
sPiFit be abused and outraged by the base
and flagitious And ali this, with impunitys
II daggers be suspended in secret over our
heads, paradise the hand that would strike
IF there be rgcachery " then, venom, do tny
work" ] would-not have you pull down
the main pillars ia our edifce: would
not have,you oyer-ieap The sacred barriers
OF liberty. But | would have you, within
the pale .ef the Constitution. AID within the
limits OF your prercgatye, 30 strengthen
yourselves against attacks oneyeTy side, and
defend the American cause from sinking
by al internal enemy. Our Fathers were
an illustrious race. Right ard Justfcr were
their guides, and the purest principles Of
Liberty were the lineaments of their souls.
J would point you TO them. They ore wor-
thy to be inflated. In the contest for their
liberty, they had to fight enemies 1T homev
and enemies abroad.
The Causes of war on our part are not
less Just ana weighty, than those that gave
birth TO the revolution, and the declaration
OF il not less glorious than the declaration oe
independence. Had our Forefathers while
in state of colonial subjugation, submitted
in silence to the wrongs ana hiquity heaped
upon them, their name aud glory would
now be dead and their bright example,
would be lost TO the world, but no reproach
could be attached TO them for they knew
NOT the blessings OF liberty. But should sye,
who have basked III its sunshine. ard tasted
its sweets, permit those chords that ara
eptwined aroDRd the american heart tn be-
broken, and barter our rights, Chose rights
that were so dearly bought,) for ease ana
de,usiyc peace, what shame would not CO.
yer Us, what lasting intamy should we not
deserve The surrender would have been
trcacheTy and cowaTdice.--But the Smeri-
can people could not brooS the wrong and
the insult. It belonged not to tbeir spirit to-
o"rreHdrr. They proclaimed theiE rights
tuey defined the liberties they would adj
here to, and declared war. Deathless be-
the names of those men VINO dared TO de-
clare it, and deathless De the gratitude Of
this country, for the deed. 1t was the mo-
ment of birth 20 our Rame, unto life. IT was
the spirit of 20 that awoke. Again our re-
public shall arise in the pride Of rs ycu,hs
and flourith with unrivailed greatness ano-
thcr age. The virtues of our ancestors
are deeply marked upon the memory of
their postcrity aud the tale Of their leeds
Ia been told 20 every son. Their deeds
we cannot initiate: But their spirit IS yet
amongst us--it lives in the american breast
nd is .oon tobe called into action. u jtt
! hall light us CloIy's fame. II Shall teach US
immortal ;.cts. and blazou our annals with
ur ZANE. .7etghtful thought {!
Hitherto, Cit1en Repre- entativc2 in the
,rosl -0tioi Of tic war, lhJ' not niiioTnilY