The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-12-31
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Two Gays march C. the most populous CoHHty
OF NeW-Hork (DutChess) ef itself alalost
equal t6some of the New England states.
speak not in deris,on, but in so5srness and
sadness of heart. Rather let me say, like a
thorough bred diplomats, l try to suppress
every Thing like feelings, and to treat this
question as dry matter of calculation well
knowing, at the same time, that in this, as
IN every question OF vitl iutcrs st. 4" our pas
sion insrructs cur reason" Tae same high
authority has told us that ;acobinism is of
no country, that it is n sect found IN ALL
Now, as our jacobins in Virginia would be
very glad to hear of the bonn >ar Ime1t OF
Boston, so, very much fear, your jacobins
would not be very sorry to hear If . rvile
insurrection in Virginia. But such trust is
the general feeling in neither conntre, other
wise should at once agree that Union, like
the marriages of Mezcntius, was the worst
taat could befal us. F'1r, with every other
man of common sense, have always egar
ded union as the means of liberty and > tetv,
in other WORKS of ,,,tsress, and 1iot--ss an
end. to which liese are TO be sacrificed
Neither, at tn same time, are me MS so pic-
cious, so efficient I'm proper hands, OF these
desirable objects, to be thrown, rashy, aside,
because, in the hands of bad men, they have
been made the instrument almost of our IN
doing
You in y. England ct is unnecessary / hope
sonaliy to yourselt) are vevy wide fthe mark
it you suppose ;hat we Co the south do not
suffer at least as much az Yourselves, frora
the incapacity Of our rulers u conduct the
defence of the coi:atry. DO you ash why we
do not change those rhlersf reply because
we are a people, like ymir own Connecticut,
Of steady habits. Our confidence once gwen
IS not hastily with lrawr. Let those WHO
will. abuse the hcklshess of the people /
sha ali &c ~. 49,,
pie OF Virginia. They may b. deceived, b,t
they are honest. Taking advantage OF their
honest premdCes, the gro~-th of our revolu-
ton, toste' ed not more bv Mr. jefferson than
by the injuries s what is harder to g horre)
the insults of the British ministry snce the
peace OF 1888, Il combination of artful ms,
has, with the aid of the press ard the posses
sion of the machinery of government opoy-
erful engine in any hands) led them 81 Inc
brink of ruin. l can never bring myself To
believe, that the whole mass Of the landed
in any country, but especially
such "A country Virginia can seriously plot
its ruin. Our governments in the hands Of
the landed proprlctors only. The very Ine,
OF whom yon complain, have left nothing ua-
done that they dared to do in order tn clC5-
troy 1t. Foreign influence is unknown aTnsne.
us What we feel OF it is through TIE me-
dun of che general government. with acted
on, itself, BY foreign reneg dOes, serves as a
conductor, between them and us, of this per-
m cious Influence. ] know OF no foreigner
who has been, or IS in any respectable Office
IN the git; Cfthe people, or the government
OF Virginia. No member OF either house Of
Congress, no leading member OF our as en-
bly, no Judge Of our supreme courts : of the
newspapers printed in the state, as far as my
knowledge extends, without discrimination OF
party, they ere cen4ncted by rative Virgil
mans. Like vnnrselves, we are an unnixed
people. know the prejudice that exists
against us, nor Do wonder at il, considering
the gross ignorance ON our subject that ore-
walls north of MARYLAND, md even in many
parts otth&t neigh5oufhig STATE.
What member OF the conS-lleracy has g.
cr'hced more or she aits(r Of public good than
Virginia Whence I'D the general govern
merit derive It's land beyond TIC Ohio, then Sc
now, almost tire only smTce Of revenue From
our grant grant 50 cu~iNusiy wordcd, and
by OBJ present PamaruS TOO, as. 70 exCepc our
selves, by its limitations from the omlmon be-
neft.
By its conditions it was Ridden q .una tn
us and thereby the foundation was land OF
mcurable amnesty and division, between the
states on each side of that great NAT aral boun-
Diary, the river Ohio. Not only their a.; ~
ters, but the very slaves themselves, for whose
benefit this regulation was made, were "a
cilhced by II. Dispersion is 20 them a better
ing OF their present condition and Of their
chance for emancipation. Il is only when it
can be done without danger and without rl,-
mons iIidTidualioss that twill be done at al =.
-Rnt what is common sense TO q political
Qujxotte.
1 nat country was ours, BY . double title,
by charter and by CONQUEST. George Rure,s
Clsr@' the American Hannibal, st the head
OF the state troops. by the reduction OF Post
Vinceuncs, obtained the L,lsrs for our northern
boundary at the peace cf Paris. The march
OF that great nan and his hra,. companions
in arms across the drowned lands OF tie Wa
bash, does not shrink from & comparison
with tie passage Of the ThraslIen1 marsh.
Without meaning any thing IKE an iuvidi-
GUS distinction, have not heard of any ces-
SION from Massachusetts, Of her vast uids.
and Connecticut HIS had the address, out Of
cur grant to the /irm, to obtain on her own
private account, some millions of acres:
whilst we, yes We, / blush 50 say il, have de-
scended to beg for pittance, out Of the pro
perry once our own. for the brave men bv
whose valor It had been won, and whom our
needless protusioA had disabled IS to recon-
pens. We net the Just fate Of the pYodirsi.
We were spuined from the door, where orc.
we were masters, W u dcrjs.on AID scorn.
and yet we hear Of undue Vngirmn nu-
enc. This fund yie ded The govcTninc,
WJrH RAD Conncxi0l with IT, fro nt