The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-10-18
CON'F2FSS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
f1o!.'au. I-yob,,. IN
THE DFSPATCHES

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The Presidents M.ssage enclosi o. tho i.te
ters from onr Commissi ners. (1nbnShei =;
our iast} having Seen read Mr. u 1.syIb my
ca that 1t be referred to the committee On
Foreign Relations, and that 5000 cc,ies he
printed Tor the use of the me ber,s.
Mir HznSo" of Md. moved t, amend the
reso'n:'on by ins"r'rg 10000 copies in tie
place OF 5000. Re SAL. he was persuaded
the information Communicated in tbe ~ G
sage mad awakened but one feeling through, I
the House, and stamped the same inner scion
on every member. lthad always cen his q
pinlon that it DC came not this z errn,ent 10
stand on idle frivolous etiquette but L. sneak
to the enemy, if aaa,' w ,l.sil1.,, r. c,,,,.,t
him to a friend, to speak to him fI~,rslv.
plaln!y and directly, to the erd that ali gr,n, /
,r>ins Counting our sincerity might be .cniv-
cd ne trusted thatit would appear tha' eur
commissioners had been instructed - N
speak, and that they had So spoken. If 10,
on talr and honorab'~ terms proposed En-. II
sho Id nave denied us pcaCe-if other & new
ella MS hal been set up--if she has attemlted
To ann * degrading & huniiiating con6it; nc.
II she has presumed 10 trench up~p on aecer-
tanned rights as, hitherto ackn.,wlel.e ed 90 4
eipoyed--ircm that moment Mr. H. deter-
mlnation hto rig since been formed to nm @
in supporting the most vigorous sy stem Of ~
norable war, with the hope Of bringing
enemv t" a sensc IF Justice. Mr.. n. was "a,
tlsfed that nothing more was Necessary 70
make the war national, than t. ,OnvIrre -he
people that an honest ana far efr,l,t. Mad bo =,
made to obtain peaCr, and it had been dep;.d
upon terms mutually honorable. F1o1,, IN :
moment 1t ceased to be party war, ard f
necessity became natOnal. Mr. II. sail he ~,
wen knew the party, with which it had beer
his pride and happiness to act, 20 douh. OF
their determination to bear Just share tb.
sacrlflceS to be Incurred in defending th. h r.
or OF the nation in a war that become i Of
forgetting, rs |T1r &c hosSibic, their objection,
% the admims5ratioli--stifln their con plq;rts
as fdr as might be, against the party that s,,u
ports It, sacrificing ali minor considerations.
enCeaVoring to bury in oblivion tie uumer,,,s
wrongs inflicted on their party -omttirg. 10
every proper extent, retrospect Of the noet
and looking to the present and the future. for
me purpose OF staunchng the bleeding wounds
or ther COUNTY, they would stanCNf,Tth :, tbie
her hour OF peril, i'll asserting md maintai,i,,,,
her established rights and honor But. 81.
S'ud slT. Hanson, While we have eve. beer,
ready to sacrifice our political feelings upoD
the a.'''f OF our country, the sacred ciuty we
owe to twill require Of us never to cease H.,
s'stng on a reform in the measures of the o,o-
vernTnent, and the choice Of honor,hL. - 4
enlightened men, competent to conduct IFS A.
IslrS IN a crisis 50 awfu-Uu foft;,Yatctv Err
the country The charac tcr Of tn. inc ", q
now directed its dcS inies was not of th;s do
scfptio1 nor did they possess the confidence
Of the nation.
Mr.. Cuti,y OF r. Z. said that Il ,y,e NOT ,,,.-
ce2SaFy Tor I'm ON this occasion to rejcr t., the
sentiments Of his honorable friend Mr.. H,o-
SOM his friend, he was Confident. had ey-
pressed the feelings and opinions of tbos..
gentlemen with whom he was accusto7-e.l 20
act, on the nature and character of the de
mands and prejensions of the British ooverr-
ment, as developed in the dispatches lust read
to the House. lie did not hesitate, in the f1I-
lest manner, to declare, that those demands
ana pretcasor- were utterly inaClnhssjbIe nm
ger any circumstances But, MIR. D. said.
whiie ne made this declaration, and while he
felt, in common with all gentlemen the co.,,
victon that there could be but one. scntin,crt
IN the nation, as to the necessity of RESISTING.
oy ali the means IN cur power, the unjust ard
arrogant Claims Of The enemy, he felt b.u,d
to remark, that he could never + rget :,
whom and upon what grouaus the MARION 4. 4
been involved in this war--ypon the ise,. q
winch we're now staked the csscntia. rirb,e Y
honor OF the country. The character Given
by the enemy to the war; had rut ~ H.. z.,,,I
these rights and that honor, and thew must
now be indicated 1t IN incaculable exrsrIg
OF Treasure and Blood. Mr.. O. said 4 wa
notor =, that, at the COMMENCEMENT, of III.
war; great portion Of the people Of the
country thought It rash and unnecessary Is
the administration had been wjIiipo m moi
peace on terms which could be eSbtetcJ ~,
| unite the appreciation Of the alton. thev r,,ust
| haFe Deen prepared 70 abgnO, some Of the
grounds on which it bad beGa declared. Tbeir.
conduct IN the late negotiation, could not he
properly estimated mtl the instruction. e.,
our commissioners are laid before the H.. "
I LIS, Mr. .. sid ne &trceiysd was 70 +,