The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-01-20

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growth OF manufactures. We are indt btsd
to the enemy Tor the Conviction that We can
live happily, though CONNIE rec should new
wait her treasures and luXurieS 70 our
ShV s. The difficulties which preceded
Tie war and the war itself have d.syiosed
to us knowledge of our situation aad re
sources which we were before strangers TO-.
When peace shall return, be il soop or late
Great BRIAN will find that the war has
opsned for us thousand sources of >,ealth.
OF comfort and OF happincss-shat il has
made us manufacturing nation, and thus
ini'ctet! deep and dangerous wound on her
own bCsnm.
An uninterrupted peace from the close Ct
cur revolutionary war until the .t1mcnce
ment of hostiities in 1912, had produced in
the United state. an apathy, lassj.ude and
indifference to the requirement Of Inili airy
knowledge and an entire devoiis-, TO the
pursuits aud arts of peace. JH,vr-,itary
knowiedSe and eXpe, ience which had JeSq
acquired in the last war were rapidly dy inc
Off The veterans of our hevolution were
snatohed from us by inexorsble death Al.
renosed in the bosom Of their Father and
their God" We had lost all benefit of for
mer experience, & we were prof ,uncjly IL
norant of the modern improvements m tao
tics. The great body Of oar militia were
b@l'y armed, badly disciplined, aud com
manded by officers VITO had never studied
the science which they p~ofcssed to teach.
ne confidence, security and Incidence
which many years OF prosperity and peace
produced, had damped The araor AID m.!i.
tary spirit of the people, and checked the
labor which is necessary 10 military excel
!erce. This nation must always reiy on
mil la for its defence against internal, as
well AS external foes. A certain portion Of
regular troops is otlen useful in time Of
peace, in such a country as ours, and alwavs
necessary in war. but cur great bulwark is
the militia. To arm them well and instruct
them. are important objects OF national con.
Germ. Where the militia is unarmed. nm.
dlscipl ned, and OF course inefficient, the
Republic IS IN danger. There IS 40 truth
winch ouysat TO be more deeply inDres ed
on the mind of every American, than this
fhGt the MARION which hohes 10 hrcseru- ifa
AIerfU, @houLt~6e az al times hypnarrd Ia
d9e;3 il. For many years past the United
STAGES nave n"t been so prepared. l. is in
VAIN to att" apt cOnCealment IF the fact.
that me mi''tl were, prior the war, a
rude. un'utored mass, composed of very
good materials indeed, bur reduced to no or
der tnl subject to ~ system. lac present
war has inapircd military enthus,asun and
ennobied every citizen by makic.- him a
soldier. tAc Uaited States N America,
(wlth the exception. perhaps. of sc,nc inc.a-
siderable Sections Of country Constitute one
great military school. When free men have
arms IN their hands, know what hey are to
iEht Tor and feti the epthuasisun Of liberty
thvy are Cheerful in obedience, exacl 80
their discipline, and eager to acquire inFor-
ma inn.-A knowledge Of the art of war
Will soon be attained by the man whose Cu-
ty. who { honor and whose safety make il
indispensable that he shall learn, and who
undertakes the task with alacrity and zeal
Whist tae c"s"tted Slave, the nreing sol
der will remain mere Authorization d,;,jrg
twenty campaigns. The militia of ,b. "
cited states are fast improving in military
discipline. The beneficial effects of the
ar are not conhued to such portions of the
mlht'a as have been called nut INTO actual
service. When their terms OF service ex
pre-, .hey return 10 their homes and carry
with theM their know lcdge and nr3ct;cal
sEiil, winch are communicated 10 taOse who
pave never seen tented field. "-There
's no human being so thoroughly despicabie
WORTHLESS" and depraved, as tie nlepcta4rV
8otdtcT--his trade is murder-his WAC; are
me wages OF i9iquity--he is the most nate
TAI weapon IN the hand OF raDine, violence
Z" aI1Ritlcn--he is stained with the blood of
Inn" street.-the heart shndders with horror
at the bare idea of such monster in hurnan
shape. But the free citizen, who takes nm
arms iii defence Of his country. is loved. Is
nonored and revered. EVERY energy of his
body and every faculty of his mind is excln.
siVely dsvoed to the cause in which he is
engaged. here is something m the cha.
racte' or freeman GghtiDg for his coun-
tri rights aid honor, which irrcsistibly at
'racis sympathy and affection. which natu-
'ur2'ly commands respect and a..miraticu.-
oeir Is foTgo,ten by h.n-to CONQUER or 70
de, IS hrs nntto. There is no Driyasi,,,
which l9 P'll not submit: to--uo hardshi,.or
danger "Hich he will not encounter. when
cai1Hd ~ his country 10 the post of honor
Sorh arc the hardy sons Of Freedom com
posing the great body Of the miria Of tive
United otate3--.the, have wanted poth;n,,
out experience anA discipline. and the =
t"ey are now acquiring. ; nc var has made
or viii maxi every citizen soldier vithon,
rob1,ng bin OF TIE virtue Of the Citizen.
lnese, SIR, ave he bencf # the war.
Our enemy (who bv iust desperation of
Providence hath always done us eood ~,
striving 10 do US eUH has now forced nm, n
us a contest waich is disarmed Of half the
"snal ferocity ot war, and which is accom-
pauied by may and substantial blessings
Gar short history, as a nation, will contain
IN almost every page, evidence OF tine. pecu
liar buun'Y and favor Of Heaven. Whii.,
the nations Of Erope we're welter;,, IN
each others blood, Providence smjle,t IN nc
and gave us thirty years peace. Sine
lie am ition and treachery Of Great Br,-
| AN have forced us reluctantly into a war
Providence HARM AMI, e.,;f.I -. 80,