The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-02-06
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to do this immediately.
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On the elegant quotation made bya Pseudo-
american from the language "ef the giant
bi he legends ofI1faney."
Fee, faw, TOW, furs'
spy the Gold EneIshman,
Far foul, Twill have same ,!
PLAIN TRUTH.
Phocion.-We recommend the ESSAY o
iths chaste and euegeiC writer to the natl
on. IL IS no ordinary zen.
TO the Editors of the National
IntelGgencer.
L avail myself of your gazette, for the
purpose of presenting few remarks to the
consideration OF the people of the United
states. The individual, who offers them.
Is indeed obscure-but though obscure, he
will no longer be silent. The members of
the majority, confident. or careless, indulge
siumosr, which may prove dlsgracetul to
the country, and fatal to themselves-
Ear different is the conduct OF their oppo-
nents. They neither sleep, nor rest
hey have already assumed a name, cal.
culated to delude the nation, and Co iniure
and degrade all who do not Join their stan
dard. Thy are the advocates of peace-
| they are the friends of commerce. The infe-
| renee meant to be presented to view, and
| indeed openly asserted, is, that the MA
Jority are the enemies of both. This ma
IJority are charged. with having =" foolishly
and madly' declared war against Great
britain-a war unjust In its origi., disas
| trous in its progress, and inevitably dis
graceful, and rninous in its termination.
1t Cannot be denied that deuuucations, like
these. necessarily repeated, may excite, il
they have not already excited. sentiment
little calculated to promote the public
good. What effect, indeed. can they pro-
duce, but to embarra~ the govern
| ment, to depress and to divide the
| people, and to encourage the British-the
enemies Ut our republican institutions. the
oppressors OF our people, and the plunder-
ers OF our trade : to encourage them to
perSevere, in the assertion of those AFRO
giant professions, which many of these
friends OF peace openly proclaimed, thu.
| aation, or, this governme nt, had not the spI-
TIT to resist. But resistance has been made
and although treaChery, or cowardice, or
| both. have produced temporary cmbar
rassment in our military operations by land
it has been the good fortune and the glory Q!
| America, to make Great Britrin feel Iur
power and vengeance, on the ocean which
witnessed our wrongs. We have Inflicted
a deep and CALLING wound, in the very par,
which her pride had long believed to be
lnvulnerable. B.. i,'. =
/ we have met her, in her, march
'er the mountain wave :" we have attack
ed her" home upon the deep" & thrice al
ready has the meteor flag of England 81
Seen the glorsous prize of the skill, the va
Tor, the superiority of the mariners" OF
| dmerica.
| Viewing the actual situation of this coun-
| try, at moment SO critical, the o6jecfs OF
| the war, and the Course of the opposition,
10 beiieVe, that the time has arrived, at
which every member of the majority should
exert all his talents, whatever they may be,
TO support that war, and to coun eract tina,
opposition. The question. now to be deci
ded. is not whether a republican govern
ment is calculated merely To secure civil
liberty, but, whether it has strength, and
| energy, sufficient to maintain, BY force the
| rights and houor ct an independent nation.
| on, sirs, know that It has been said. that
sur government, is government only for a
ime ofpeace. IF this be true, 1, for one.
am willing to abandon it.
cannot be the friend, the advocate of
constitution, so slightly put together, or
made OF materials so frail. that every blast
OF war IS to scatter it in ruins. But this
idea is not correct. Ii is calculated ~
fitch" from the cause of republicanistn
= its good name" and unlike an ordinary
calumny, it does enrich the enemy
while it makes us poor indeed" 1t is.
IN truth, mere deiusion. The people of
Nmerica. held together only by the slender
ties OF the old confederation, asserted their
rights and esfdGHsIed them, after g tong
and desolatng war; war too, let il be re
nembered, of aftack, as y ell as of defence
Commercs was extInGuished, and hostile
armies marched in every direction upon. .,ur
soil. But 1he assertors of our rights were
not then denounced as the advocates Of
war the destroyers of trade. MOI they
were sages, patriots heroes, thssl the 81;
lects OF nations love, and confidence and
nope, and now the objects of its gratitude
land admiration. But fhrH we were an
united people. Party spirit, inordinate am.
bition, Unsuitable cupidtV, had not ,ben
crossed the waves ofthe Atlantic. Enyaye,l
10 Common and glorious cause, the nco
pie from VI aine to Georgia, were friend.
and brethren. National Independence ~ A.,
| the object, and, thanks be TO G I'd the re-
! ward OF that fraternal union. Let ne n
| united non, and soon we shall convince the
enemies ot America, and every toe, every
reviler OF republican government. thai
It's energies may always be called out. e.
defend and to protect our country aeains,
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