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

the Russians. be inspired by tbe iBustrous
example which their UNION & pacrictisD. nave
eX.nbited u the world.
Thus tyr.nny has 10 ali ayes assumed
the fictitious grab ~ lscrlv"
This rs neither true roc w"N expressed.
Liberty has no fictitious yarb--no, does " :
ira my ever assume e. !t.s coatent 18th
the garb OF p2tro,.,m. II pues on this
gar5 when it pcHsco. 50 does seifshness,
ana so does party Spri5.
I" In the caiam:t;es and dangers of Europe
g we are m2g, n'ifappiiy involved"
Inc govern here. thouXh not explicit, is
easily unterstocC:' The people of Massa-
chusetts are dlspassionasely & correctly in
formed" that no7v, nv the Leciarat ION of
war, we are involved'in the dangers and
caIamities ct Europe ,-dangers and GAIA
mites from which III peace we were exempt,
Is this true Did no, the British plunder
our trade Did they not TAX, our freeborn
men from our ships, aud condemn them,
under the penalty OF stripes. and DEATH SO
| the "Ceep damnation" ut slavery, of which
the task was obedience toa tvraut whom
they hated. plunderin the country 10 whic h
they belonged, and shedding the blood, not
| Of their enemies, but of the enemies of their
oppressor! Did not the French deceive
and piunder, seluester, cOnhscate and burn
Have we not lost nearly 1900 of our ships
besides millions in merchandise and mo
ney How then Can it be said that we are
! nozu involved-now, when we have arms in
| our hands, when we capture vessels IN turn.
and when our brethren of the sea arc tax
ing glorious vengeance, for the wrongs
they have endured9
'But as the principal aiiedged cause of
hostility against England has been reno
we'd oy the repeal ii the British orders in
council"
| Whether the Orders in Council. or the
practice OF impressment, constitute the
prinipal cause of war with g. Britain, is a
question which it would be idle to discuss ::
because either is sufficient. The Governor
may decide that question tn SUIT himself
! The objection to this sentence, arises from
another source. BY the introduction of the
word "alledged,'' he means to insinuate
what many of his party have openly decla-
red that the aledged, is not the real
cause OF the war. 1t is true that he
was not his meaning, though silly and COW
ertiy conveyed, the epithet was not only
suPerfuous, but mischievous and absurd -
1t could only serve to create a question
which its omission would have prevented.
We are then to understand the Governor
OF Massachusetts. as saying that the real
cause. OF the war is one thing, and the al
l'euSeu cause, another is this the language
OF citizen-of a native citizen of these
United States in a time of war-of a man
selected by his fellow citizens, for his pie
ty, his patriotism, and his wisdom, to pre-
side over the councils of the State-of a
man who had witnessed for years the in
suits and injuries heaped upon his country,
loy the insolence OF power, and the rapacIty
OF commercial avarice-or is it the languag e
OF man, whose heart is tainted to the core
by the poison of party spirit? Is his excel
lency aware of the bitter insult that he thus
} offers to the majority of Congress, and the
executive of the y. States. and to the 40 OOO
voters in Massachusetts, who in defiance
OF him, and of his frie nds, have voted fort
the friends of that majority. and of tina
Executive or does he know in what way
the same insult, when offered in Congress,
was repealed! If he does not, l refer him
Ito Mr.. Quincy for inform alton. This may
seem farsh language when spoken of the
highest officer of so respectable state as
Observation-Disclosures if the construction put
upon the last quoted sentence, is one which
1t does not bear, or even was not intended
to bear, it would be undoubtedly unjust
But the construction is correct and ack-
howledge that feel no delicacy towards a
man, who, at the very moment when his
attention must have been inevitably called
towards the oppressors of his country, could.
IN this underhanded way, offer the grossest
insult to its legitimate rulers, and those by
whom they are supported
ITc &c co;s:;;ssedI,