The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-02-12
the most hoqvertul enrmy of Fsonce. An,

agreed. and ministers have been appointed. |
But his excellency has discovered evidence
OF French influence, in the proposition OF DO !
naparte, that America should treat for re |
neral peace with the allies Of France. Has |
his excellency forgotten when lord Castle !
reagh claimed his party by the name of" oar |
friends IN Congress z" What. can j, fiuence |
this government and people in favor of
Fcanoe tits passion. prejudice or interest, |!
that creates a partially III one nation for a
mother. We have no French language. |
laws, constitution, manners, noc customs.-l
We have no Freisch merchants. agents or |
spies. among us. Can governor Str0ng aud |
his friends boast of minds as free from Bri- |
tish attachments Have hey no prcjudices |
either civil or religious, that draw them to-
wards shs worlds las, hope! Sir, it is in
vain to dlsSsuise it, the opposers of the 60
vernment are under very fatal British in
hucncc do not mean by this. that they are
sold to Britain. or thar they would dare O.
penly to aid her. l mean'to sag that they
have attachments * parsialities for Br;tain,
chat are extremely dangerous to the liber-
ties OF their country. England is QUE mother
country. the nation from whom we descend
ed. Ihe tombs of our ancestors are there.
Every man has strong attachment to the
land where are deposited the ashes Of his
fathers. We speak the same language. il
policy OF France to make her language the
language OF Europe, that she might. the
Better, maintain here influence at those
courts. -.
What then must be the power of Britain
over US, who not only gives language to
the court. but to the people? The advan-
tage is infinite. We are inundated with h r
books. Law, politics aud divinity, are lite
rally imported. The student at law reads
oh
by English writer's and leaves OFF admripg
cur constitutions, and probably wishing hat
ours res mbled them more. The divine
reads English sermons and sometimes
breaches them, in which the writer takes
care to boast of the rights of Euglishmen
and in this way. England is believed not on
ly the bnlwark OF our policy, but of our re-
igion. This is not all British merchants,
agents, and perhaps spies, speaking the
same Lar guage. can deal and negotiate with
wonderful facility.
!, And add to this, sir, the privilege granted
b the treaty of 1894, 20 refnaees, to return
with their love of royalty. and hatred of re.
pub'icanism, and 10 recover and hold lands,
rs cffiZens, and you have some Of the stree ms
OF British influence streams, which appre-
bend are converging t. "a torrent, WI ieh may
one day s.ssep Any the iiber les of our
Country. But why do purse this course,
10 prove the existence OF British influence.
when there is party in this country who go
step by step with the British ministry, Who
justify every aggression, and whose maxim
is, that Britain can d. no wrong when our
governors aud Legislature are Withholding
their aid. d'scouI ging the people, and
throwing every obstacle in the way both of
prosecuting the war and obtaining an ho-
norable pea e. l. at all this, and if YOU
are not convinced Of British influence. you
would nor be persuaded should one rise from
the dead. s, e..
Suppose we we're at war with France, and
party shorld justify every act of France,
and condemn every act of your own govern.
ment; would you not nave reason to say
that party were under French influence :
If, in the progress of the war, ore IF YOUR
naval heroes should capture and destroy
Frerch ship Of equal force, and we should
suread resolve on the tables of this senate
th u it was against our morals and religion
t. rejoi;e at The event, or to thank the hero,
would il be uncandid to say, that the hand
or Napole n was in this thing If some re.
yerend clergyman should tlenouuce the Pre-
sident as Nero, exuling at the conflagra-
tNn of Rome. because he had recommended
a resistance of French aggression, should
We not have some reason to suspect that this
hoy man was a little BIASED in favor of
Frsnoef ] nigh. proceed, butt sicken at
the prospect. Gather all the public acts of
tn legislature ofthe Province from the char
ter of William and Mary, down to the re
voluticn, and / doubt whether you will find
so much unequivocal, unalloyed lo atty to
the British & eminent as has been exh Bit
et b. the p bic documents of the common
wealth slice the war.
Well may you complain, that the people
are enigrating i is not the steriily of the
soil--for this, with industry, the handmad
of virtue. is comfor ably productive lit is
not the rigor Of the climate, for this contri
butes 70 health and health to happness.-
Il is the pe9..lcntial atmosphere of British
infidence, from which they fee. Y1u zee
on al sides want of American feeling, md
a total dereliction ofrevolu 10 ary principles.
Where are the monuments of YOUR revoIu-
tonary gl,rys What have yor done with
( at sanctuary where Warre,.. an adams,
and Hancock, preached he immortal
principles OF freed5ni II is now used, |
suppose, for the purpose of vilifying the
government eulog z.ng Great Britain, and
feasting her agents for insulting the sove-
Teignty Of he American people. Where is
bencon Hi The monument Is thrown
d jwn, the hill itself swept into the dock, and
toe tables of stone, IN which were written
the hi vements Of the revolution, are hid
den b hind the back stairs Of The State
House Why do YOU hang by YOUR walls
the trophies Of your yictOresi They serve
bu to rebake us. They ere monu ents