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

ueiry ana tfuih, he like The inst. eiarions
I iikt the last, eternal.
Let us not only emulate the sui.it. but
follow the example and pnrsuSN Csolcv q
the founders of ,,ur repu1hc. pe,,n.
iable Congress of iT74, invited he Csnatyi.
ans to cQnshlt their own CORY and wt fare
a''o 20 unite wHh .t'iem, III the great CON,
pact, which they had .torr.ed. Your pro.
vince. said they, i3the only link, rap,irg e.
.compiete the bright sind strong chain of the
union. But, according Go all l3rciisn histori
an, the spirit of liberty was too ,a;nt and fee
hie IN CahadS, and the aristocracy & Drirst-
MOOD TOO powerful, To admit OF any consiJ,.
Ira2ie effect ION this address. But this ef
i-<t was produced. The Canadiap. ia.
! clared that the quarrel ~-s oue IN which
lthcy had no concern, ana in which th1y
would take,no part. As soon as tilis dis
posf!ca was Rnown, the invas; II OF G..
hada vas projected. end The expo lit!cn
cc"hded 70 the gallant, but unfortunate
Montgomery Such was the policy, such
was the conduct, of he men to whose wiz.
c"In aud hrnuess we are indebted for The
voiuion. They knew ,hat the Canada rs
were not their Enemies but they also knew
'nat Canatia formed part Of the dominion.
OF their oppresSor---a part essential 10 he e.
pose and security of the Union, aud thcv
wisely determined tn take it, if they could.
hey did not whine and cant, as some or
their degsnerated offspring navs done, about
the innocent Canadians about the unchr,s-
tian wIckedness Of slakihg war upon a
harmless. people. They were not hymn
critics. The exclusion of the enemy from
TINS continent was the great object which
they had III view. which we ought TO have
In view, now, and which during this war
or tue next. viii be inevitably Accommodated.
AIS iuca is sanctioned by the opinion of
r,cr'C ~
nave formed aIsociety, under his name I'm
suit his memory, the memory &C Nontror1-
cry oonsecrated by glorious death, and
may OF all wfom this day brings TO ourproud
ana grateful recollection, By dccla nation.
rs insoient as lis puerIe against ourinyasion
% that province.
Let Us remember, though we have net fol.
iowed, the example OF those, whose wisdom
E'I'ne and vSior, we are mere assembled 20
celeora'e> Oar fathers did not wait until
sAc oppression. which produced the war
vas ac!caly tet. lhey opposed che minus
PrStensi0rs nf @. Britain, at the instant :,
which they were announced. The p,itisb
government asserted = right to FAX he Co
ZONES. lhis usuipation vas strenuously Old
posed, Inc contemplated tax was trivial |
i.ltSelf--ahd might have bcch paid without !
diminishing single comfort, which our cjti |
zens na' ocen ac' ustcm, 4 20 enii But the |
pe"pie OF America, happily for themselves |
Tor U.s. and Tor the world, decided, that ttev |
y-oai'f not 2d Tssit totiie si7h es' i-s,o~', ION
ihey opposed aprinciple, phich thry knew |
w"H'd lead to unlimited doEainion The Bri
tish ministry endeaVored to silence .his op-
posi- !on, by Commercial regulation, which
white 1t asserted The principle. made tue
tax Itself entirely nominal They toox from
The export duty ia EngT4od, SUN precise
~ eQuVAleHt 70 thc date exacted mere. IN,
ms miserable sIbtertuge DID not succeed.
ne iou:'.srs OF cur rev luton dsdaimed t. /
make thoae pecuniarY Calculations. which
ha"c been OF late so cornmor. They scorn-
ed 70 W s god and silver. against prinri-
PIE Ihey knew not how to estimate mo-
haE rs the pace At national degradation, aid
;, aver ana they required that the Claim
u q ''So' 20 ak them should be uneqaivo-
ctiiy surrendered Bat our re1acnstrauce.
were tFeAted with scorn our opno.it;on trss
os cared tn be rebellion Warrington him
self denounced IA a traitor; orr trace was
ahm'u|ted; our cities Destroyed and our
country 'aVag2d. b. the veteran armies az !
opr "epressor, aided nv hired rnurdsrers
rom TIC Ointment. Bot the spirit wbie n !
dicJ2 ed the Deolara tion Of Ind spen6erce va.
not Suhdned the fame Of patriotism was
chtfisheu WITH move than vestai vigilance . /
me chain ~ union was BRIGHT and atJung -
~ nv S"ti tHVeF OF the British army, in |
Ms Slate' ptodnccd y reluctant but final ac |
q"esVo"Ce ~ cur G aim TO National hide |
was the cov,luct, surh
we're the snf1sTngS. such ~ as tho success. Of
th"Se' Whom We are now assembled 10 hCnCr
AUD VINO are most worthy to be hooored,
hive e, animated by the spirit OTTO iol- |
lowed this great pie Have We united,
ana r'seh mp TO oppose insulsnt and uaiust
Freienslnns, as SOON rs they were annogpr
ed Have We had wisdom to fore>ee the
iniSchiet. which acquiescrucein foreign usur.
'e'lon must always produce, and hrmness
sro'gh e. resist =, frorn IFS Commencement
No We have mt had this wisdom. We
nave not dicPla.ed this 6rmness. The
hand OF oppression was laid upon as; and
though We murnured, we did not resist.-
we haze been insulted aud injured at home
and abroad, and though we Complained. we
reVer struck blow III revenge, Cha spirit
OF sur fathers slept. We have indeed hrsn
patient. Patient. Let me sneak he t,uth
W have been abject Under a RE ended de.
Vot'on topeace, we have concealed or love
81 gain We have been CORRUPTED IN hish
prices fer produce and for frejelit. tbr
miserable profits ofa cespissd and despica
Die neutrality and ~ our ardent rur.uit of
wealth. We have stopped and cieDt and
CTawiCd, until we had almost lost ,he mower
T. become erect, and We have been cDorets.
ed and tranp'ed Until NOT only every feeling
- shame, but an sense of pain appeared "a
re eItnct. Our commerce had been for