The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-12-29

party -prejudices or the moleStaton of politi-
| Cal envy, all the benefits of established rights
and national character.
At crisis like the present, all preg-
nant with the future destinies of this nation !;
at moment like this, while the enemy are
thrusting home to us all the calamities of the
most uncivilzed and the most dabolical kind
o. warfare; while the fell deeds of their in
human rage, and the monstrous outrages of
more than vandalic barbarity are daily ex-
hibited with horror before our eyes-At
times like these, when cur whole hemisphere
is clouded over with confagration and des-
tructon, and nothing is felt but apprehension
from within and from without, while the en-
envy are gaining proselytes of6oth colours
from the east and from the south No v,wii,e
the lion of rebellion lashes his own tail in one
section OF our country, and that .fjIfc ISL
winch we have too long nursed under the
hg-ieaves OF suicidal policy, is collecting its
strength * its venom to plant its ready sting
INTO our 6osoo1, In another; In these E en,f;ti
times, who is he, let me ask, that will NOT
serve his Country /, For Him shalt Iofend
Let then no varying colors delineate the
character OF the citizen---let no partial views
demarcate the duties of the soldiers--The
commands of the officers are heard, * they
must be promptly obeyed. He who complies
n with proper sense of Justice and honor
Is wretch indeed.--!1e who @orld elvoT tic
enemy or en.barrasS our cacs, is It heart a
traitor, and deserves. the uhceasinr execra-
tlons OF vlrtuouS patriotism, and the implaca-
Die sanctions OF his Indignant country's ven
geance.
1t is not only that bold hero Of villainy, who
would give " aid & comfort" 20 the enemy i'm
ehe teil-tale light of day, but him, who under
0he ieartul wee or conCealment. would, i'm "a
ny manner, retard the successful operations
Il.
schemes OF cur chastisement, do hold in
equal and utter detestation.
Ii aValrCe and ignoble penury of soul shut
hand against those necessary services
which all ought to feel bound to bestnw. with
out hesitation If cowariCe and self-prrs. r.
walton tu' pale and shrink from the pres
ence ot those pressing dangers and perils. we
are called upon, i'll the name of honor and
hat'ohal security, to meet and to repel; If
open dauntless disaifection uplifts its gorgon
head over the military institutions of our com
mon country, no matter in what shape the
ingenious amor patrie" shall desert the
human breast, whether in the cold. pbee-
| matte character of absolute indifference.
or the hre-brand temper of malignant oppc-
sitlon; the principle, l affirm is the same.
| though the causes which engender it and the
effects that are produced, may be entirely
distinct.
Let him then who does not Io1,e his conn
Try ana VIII not serve in her defence, be bu-
ried under the weighty tomb of dishonor, &
let hisepitaph he written in the pointed Ian
guage ct forgetIess contempt.
Alas my dear fellow. I have lately as-
certained a tact, from whase abundant text
| these seemingly poignant remarks are drawn
as commentary.-A fact which, if did not
witness personally, has ultimately come tn
my knowledge and as ] am one undivided
part OF my countrys strength, and one Door
inefficient limb ct this embodied armv, so
deeply bent on tho destruction Of the ens,ny.
aud the salvation of the property and persons
OF these unhappy people, l feel justified in
indulging portion of honest nrepressible
Contumeiy which the circumstances so iIpue-
| riously demand.
will not occupy your time, already fear
| accusing me of tresspass, in drawing with
characteristic nicely the anthor of this deed.
Hereafter, when have the pleasure of see
ing you, can direct yoit tttention to the ORR
g'nal, and then the picture would be use
less.
Could this letter however, even with the
vague generality of us terms, and the ran
d 80 to- cles of the truth, ever 60 to his
hands by little aid from the mercury OF
l. eXanlnaton-it might BECOME a iiror,
TO reflect, with no great Indebtedness. the
strons features ct his face.
In such an event, perhaps the caustic ap-
phcaton OF miider language might serve 10
begin and carry on the process of repen-
tance, publication, and sanity. BE all this
as 1T may,l can tell you to your surprize.
that this man ought to fee every way iildebt
ed, to the benign influence Of the laws Of
this Country, II his present growing state Of
opalence and prosperity. A man who has
enjoyed an over share of the blessings of IL
| berty, tho am told he fed from her de-
fenGe.-Eou know there arr certain acts IN
O If, VIII CHI fur ishes clu O tile whole
charact ri is this point which hi, graDby
ought to prize, as 1t makes the line of action
from infancy to old age. The motives Of the
| mind and heart are here unfaldec. Tic
texture ct the composition, by this one fails.
| thread, is exposed to view-tbere the man is
unfGcked, and like Cloth of Arras ouened
and spread abroad "-But we will ,lpr3f'
this affair at our leisure when | arrive in
! town On my F, lend, there has b., n
people whose history rs almost forgotten ic
e second cycle of their ezisfence. that felt
Tn selves bound, not only by tie constitution
ot TIER government and the SIP rt and d,ct+
OF their laws, but by an obligation CONNECTING
tllen in terms of awful responsibility to theiTi.
| Col, TO protect each individual of the whole
| from insult md irjury-fhere has been a
| time too, when a secret enemy to his countrv's
good, had felt the stern sanctions of q law
inscribed rot only on uuuicit,aI rodce b.,