The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-04-30


January last, with remarks
Gentlemen If the Senate. and Gem
Henen o. the House IF Rrhresentatiueat
In the elections which have taken
place IN this state since your late session
" the people have manifested an unusual
degree of unanimity.''
That unanimitf is blessing tn any
country, is proposition which all will adj
mt. In Leace It produces happiness, in war.
saie'y. nut there are two sorts of unanimi-
~ the one geReraI the other local. tho
one source OF every good the other. in its
character and essence schismatical no.
been IN all republican governments the orr,
gin ct incalcuabie mischief. The peonIe of
a few counties IN Massachusetts, NAV be n
nanmuusly opposed, on a SUBJECT of an inn.
portant, but domestic concern, 10 the peonIe
OF all the other Counties, CONSTITUTING =
great majority, in the State. This local ma.
nimi'y. II Is presumed, would not be select
ed even by the gov ernor, as a subject of Of.
hc'al c0ngfatulation. In like manner. the
people OF a State, may be generally opposed.
to the declared opinion of the nation Such
Is the tact, the governor gives us to under
stand, with respect TO Massachusetts. We
all know, that the elections in that state de-.
pended on the opinions of the candidates.
with respect to the present war, The corn,
',etiti"n was. oetween those who called
VINO were called by their opponents. the ad,
vocates for war. Now this war WIS decI.r
ed, by the majority OF the nation and The
governor mentions with appreciation, the in
creaslng undnmity OF the State of m
ciusetts, III opposition to this mai ritv.
Ian TINS circumstance, afford any satisfac-
ton, to the mind of his Excelencyl Does
n really believe, that any national benefit
WI De secured. or promoted, by the oppo-
e nm N Cl..,
nous, to the measures of the general GOV.
eminent? He must know better he 6us+
kn1w. that much evil may result from If.
tnit the sentiment, which ought to bind to-
gether, the people of this Country. NAV ba
greatly impaired, ii not entirely extinguish-
ed that the strength and credit of TIN.
general government, may be diminished
and that the enemy may he encouraged. bv
our divisions, sanctioned as they are by meTy
high III ofhce, to persevere, in maintaining.
pretensions, which our union would indnce
HIM to abandon. Does the Governor recoI,-
iect, tile tardy movements of the BritiSj,
ministry, the long suspension of the Prince
Hegent's manifesto! Why was.this DELAY
| why did not the British government. if If
Gid solely conhde i'll the justice of its cause.
at once, assert that canse before the world
and meet its enemy, as upon all occasions as
heretofore, by an instantaneous defiance
L he reason is obvious. The ministry were
taken by surprise. They had believed, that
oppressed as we had been, we were SO much
divided, that our government, had neither
the spirit nor the pos er, to declare war a.
gainst Great Britain. Mr.. Foster had en-.
conraged that belief. He thought with Mr..
Quincy that we could not be kicked into
hostilitles. Surp ised, say, by the declara-
ton, they took time to examine the polite
cal ground which might, most advantage
ously be occupied. They watched to see it's
effect, on the pc pie of the United States.
ihcJ "oPod, and II natural Tor Them
to hope, that the spirit which had b!azed so
hercely in Congress, had rot Immediately
sabsided, and that the party which, though
in 1905 and 1906 SO clamorous against &,
Britain, had within :: few years apparently
espoused its cause, would not fail, to con-
vert the war itself, into a powerful instru--
meDt of attack, upon their political oppo-
nents. / his hope has been realized, beyond
the calculations of those, by whom il was
INDUCED, because the governors of the New
England States, have actually withheld
from the general government, the aid
which had been lcgitimately required, for
the common defence and general welfare OF
the Union. The consequence has been. that
the British are now unanimogsiy resolved.
To maintain by force, principles, which thew
could not have expected, and therefore
would not have attempted, to establish a.
gainst spirited and united people. They
know, because they have felt, our strength.
when we were united. To separate the
states, TO break down this grand coneede-
racy, which with the blessing Of Cod. asd
by means Of common sense ed common
honesty, may and will attain a state Of han
p'ness and prosperity, never enjoyed by a
NY nation ancient or modern, has been and
MI ting b. one great 3ject Ut their ,.Cl,cy