The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-07-09

plants, thcy Stoppcu our VcssSiS VA TIC "
cear, carried from them by force the native
as well as the foreigner whom they thought
proper to select, aud left the residue ex-
posed TO the mercy of the elements.
Al this we bore, until June, 1912; and
vet there are persons in America, men 81
the councils of the nation and vi the states.
who say that we ought still To have been
patient, and that the war in which we are
engaged, is wicked and unjust. If this be
Srne, let Us dispense. in sorrow aud in ST.
lauce. Let us speak no more of the states
men who planned the revolution. or of the
heroes who Conducted us through it, or fell
in its support The revolution was folly, the
war was wiSkedness, Washington a traitor,
our goverpGent usurpatiou. and that indie
pendence which we have here met to cele-
brate, tie shame. and not the glory OF A
snericaI We have felt for years the hand
of oppression our father. would not suffer
II to ouch them even for moment. II we
are unjust and wicked, wha' were theyf
Thus before the war, the conduct OF c
T<itam was in direct opposition To all the
Jaws and principles established among ma
/sions for their government in relation to
neutr2!s. Since the war, 1t has been equal
iy irregular and offensive. She has e,ud-
ed the drunken Savage of the North West
Into an alliance, which she knows must e.
yeasuate in his destruction. She has turn
.ed him loose upon our frontier, and even
brought him 10 night by the side of the Bri
rish soldier, though taught by experience,
that he will rush on defenceiess captive,
end murder in the fort, the enemy whom in
che field, he vas afraid 10 face. G.. Britain
knew that this mischief could not be pre-
vented, and yet she has formed this infa-
NOUS alliance. thank God, that the Gov
ernnent OF. the United States disdained to
employ the hand of the murderer, in main.
tanning the sacrsd rights of this nation
But this is not all. The British not content
with combating men, armed for battle,
have commenced q brutal war, on those,
whose sex claims and receives, at all times,
and under ali circumstances, frum every
xnan worthy Of the name, sympathy and pro-
tecjion. lcentious soidiery have been let
lCAse, in our own staie, upon matrsns and
rreidens, aud purity and Innocence have
sunk end persisted in the internal struggle
Yellow Citizans, you are all sons, husband,
.athers- or br'thers-you have mothers,
Ulinm on venerate--v.ve3 whom you love
.-daughters who look up t. you for safety
---sis'ers whom you are bound by honor and
affection Co protect ;--y"u have the hearts
eff men, and YOU mus feel this expected
bl"w :---ynu have arms. and YOU mDst a
venge ii. The hour OF retribut.nu WI, coma
bnt it must come Whsn you are in The heio.
The only retaliation to which magnani
IN us people, how ever in5ul, cd or injured ~
snd'uid2GE eIcesseS, will ever resort, will
Se shewn by pa rioisn and Courage against
en- enemy in battle And when this enemy
DScn abandon his mean and sordld SYSTEM
ef Csesultcry, piundering and lcentious war
fare, when he shall advance up'n our soil
~here its defenders can meet him III thc
S.cc, he will md tnat the terror with which
be has inspired one sex, has only Inlame d
thu courage of the other. Hampton will
be the word, that will pass from rank to
Eank. and along the line of our patriot ar
my (; and the pollution which Ne have sus-
tanned. shall be- washed away 10 the blood OF
sae nnmaniy miscrean,s. b. whom IL was
eomnitteds est
Here iet me aslz, what is c. Britain 70 gain
o. this miserable polcys What is she tc
gam by this infamous alliance, by shutting
our ports, by piilssing our Coast. by Burning
6e!enceiess townss or by shameless viola
zion of the laws of decency and humanity
She may expend one hundred millions more
she may add to the weight Of that debt. which
has already made every 7th man a pauper
she may employ ten years in the work o
death and desolation and pollution and after
ALL she WILL find, that our population has en-
creased. "that plenty waves upon our fields
that opuence giitters in our Cities" thar ouI
manufactures are prosperous. that our unior
IS confirmed, apd that experience ha;
taught us never again TO submit with pa
Eience to insult or oppression DO you not
believe that the British ministry must bC
sensiOe, that they Can gain nothing IL thi
war by conquest They are sensible o
1t. They know it. rncy feel IT, Whj
chen do they not listen to our complaints
and surrender the claim os Impressing
II we surrender, as we have proposed Il
do. tne right OF employing Brtish seamen
SVhV will they not accept terms of accom-
ynOdation which we are not bound e
pff:r, and WHICH are offered only from love
of pea z | will lell yous Their hope il
that we soail not be united. This war i,
VGgcd ~ganst our Union. This 10 The poin
IF our national fortress against which the
s' external enemy no. direc.s his battery. ,
Tis hope IS to disgrace cur republican go
vernment~-.to exp sc u to the scnrn Of tin,
world and to our owe contempt. III ne car
make enc part of this nation, feel exclusive
e VresSute OF his power, and neutralizt
tas ctae' hy keeping at a distance the Gala
misses o. iuvat'nn he trusts that we may Be
weak and wickPd enough. 20 quarrel with
each ether, and 10 pail down the temple
which We have cOnseerated, 10 union and 10
Independence. THen, divided, miserable x
esk. we sh all be exposed TO the peitIDg OF
q y piiiiess storm, which he will soon cause
burst III thunder, On OR devoted heads,
Iftlijs SCHEME shall fail, his next hope IS
cost she people, harrassed ~ the war, IN ay
change the administration, and bestOw the