The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-03-05

Wou ID have been ciinle, which no motir
could have prompted me TO commit; not c
yea, tin at of ala ardent attachment to IN,
native State. t.D...s-,s .s y .,
the revolutionary principles to which you
address alludes, and which led to the estab
lishnent of our independence, were ,ral)
republican. They were sanctioned not Gal,
Dy the most eminent Jurists and statesmen
of our country, bnt by the most cnnspicuou,
writer's OF other nations. AID when those
principles were reprooated, with view &c
bring them into contempt, the Arm adher-
ence of the Republicans 70 their systems,
precladcd innovations which would have
produced divisions and dissentions, and
which would probably have terminated jm
a civil conflict
The internal ostensib'e friends, but real
foes of the people, afflicted our venerable
ancestors. when they first exhibited in this
then dreary wilderness. their invinuibIe at
tacnment to civil AMI religious liberty /:
from that period, similar nefaripus practi-
Cas- have been continued, ard umicss pre-
vented by an efiectual corrective will ex-
tend to the latest posterity. But the ON
n potent Arbiter OF Human Events, has been
Sased hitherto 10 inspire with wisdom,
y L, ioJsm and tortitude American frcemen
ia whose estimation a life of rational free
dom is of more worth than an eternity or
degradation and slavery, to preserve invio-
late their sacred rights, and to deliver them
unimpaired to their vir,uous offspring.
To whom are we indebted fer the pvliti
cal division of our ir'Eens for the cmb ar
rassments which it eas produced for their
unnatural antipathics against each other :;
and for the dangers 10 which We have been
thus exposed Has not the British admin
istration been the source of these evils the
origin and prop of our foreign and domes.
sic foes ? Is 1t not as nimical to the liberty
of G. Britain. as to that of the United
States? Has II not destroyed their har-
mony with her, and rendered indispensable
u war, which our Government had long
and studiously cndeavored, but in vain to
prevent Has 1t not used every mean in it's
power, to bring that Government into con-
tempt, and to overthrow it? Has it not,
when in peace with us, been guilty of a hor
rid plot, tor exciting our citizens TO SC
cession from the Union aud as the inevita-
bic Consequence, for involving us ina civi!
war? And does it not now with unparal
leed eRrontery demand Of US. by the agen
cy of those citizens whom Great Britain
claims'' as her friends" an answer To thei,
enquiry, Of what is the object of the
war i--Wc will answer the question
The object. Of. the war is to put an
end to the British depredations on our
commerce, to her stealth OF our brave sea
men, and to her heterogeneous of our COM
mercial rights by her arbitrary Orders in
Council and blockades and to place our
future relations with her OH such a founda-
tion, as shall insure peace, on terms of per-
feet reciprocity for the want of this would
destroy the effect of any amicable arrange
ment with her, and render il on our part
a national degradation. We know that our
government and nation are, and we firm
" believe that G. Britain herself, is desi-
rous OF such peace; but are not her ad-
ministration, and 4" her American friends"
III pursuit OF an oStensible peace, which shall
give to them an early opportunity to renew
its atrocitiess At length, the secret mo-
sives OF these, are promulgated by Mr.
Brougham in his celebrated speech deliver
ed at Liverpool in October last. Hear the
declaration of this prominent statesman and
member of the British Parliament
% You are aware (says he) that by vari-
GUS abuses through the lapse of tine, and
the changes which have taken place, in diff
terent parts of cur system, the crown has
become possessed of vast funds raised
without the interpretation Of Parliament,
and spent without its control. These arise
from different sources, but the branch most
Considerable ia amount, and most misc,tie-
yous in it's origin, as well as it's abuses, goes
m;ralty." 1t is composed chiefly Of the
proceeds of sale prizes, taken from foreign
nations, before an open declaration OF war
and in the course Of this way y The last ii
has amounted to about & millions sterling"
(above thirty seven millions of dollars. y
a. In making these captures our seanen
risk their lives but the prizes go not to
enrich them, and large part has always
been reserved to pay for secret services,
that will no: bear the Highland to souan
der away OH tavori eS--or bestow on the
branches OF the royal family. But attend,
pray you, to the means, by when this
fund is acquired, and see the Undue ements
which IL affords to your rulers, to plunge.
you into wars, for their own separate gain,
and to make these wars in the way most
hurtful to the honor as well az TO the interest
of the Empire. All the prizes taken be
fore the war IS openly declared, so into
ehis odious fund. AS l@rg then as it is con.
tinued on its present footing. it is the di-
rect interest OF the crown to take allied or
friendly nations by surprizc, to make war
on them without notice, and to seize the
property OF their peaCeable subjects on the
seas, or in our ports, while coniding to
the appearance of peace, or entrusted TO
orr honor. Am wrong then, in calling It
the wages Of national iniquity f--the price
We take, for the loss of our character and
hoior in the world ?"
Here is incontrovertible testimony, of one
amongst many of the uniustihable, dis
SFucSiui ami outrageous practices OF ths.
British administration, BY which ourner-
chants aud citizers have heen rcLIeJ -,