The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-12-10

| paper Of the 25d September, which, speak
| ing or report Of the taking OF Baltimore,
adds
is, however. supposed that this intelli-
gence is as yet nothing more than an ansioi-
Patton OF what is likely to happen /; and much
as we shalt hail every blow struck. at tese
6raSyard and mischiepouS enemies, there is
| not a spot in the whole United States where
an inilction of Britain's vengcancc viii be
more EMIT ed to cur applause than on this
sink OF jacobinical infamy--I3alunore."
We suspect, however, before the jig r,0S
~, that this black quart gentleman found
, himself most wofully deceived in his antici-
patton that tho the ctr Us of BALTIMORE
were no 6roggarts, they 7ue.e tolerably mis-
chievoas towards their enemies.
The fall of Washington seems, indeed, to
have swellet IN an extraordinary degree the
vanity OF MIR i'ill as If feat. winch was in
truth no n,iiifarg. feat at all, was the great
est feat IL .he world because il was practised
upon the Yankees--Thcy seem to have an
ticipated that every city in the u. s. would
bow to their supremacy, because an unwaIled
town had not been protected BIZ raw militia
and that Baltimore must fall of Course, at
the first blowing Of the rains-horns. What a
pity it is that Mr.. Bull could not have had the
pleasure of heariug the Tower-guns fire three
days In succession, as they had done over the
| ruins Of W. shington r..
In casting an eye upon the Northern From
tier, they do not seem 70 be affected with
quite Such agreeable emotions. There are no
Tower-towns exulting. for the victories of
Drummona and Of prevost--and since they
could not SO eCsiy .6eat us, they have taken
it out in 6loekgLia7dbae. us. General Brown,
to whom they are not in truth under many
obligations, is called, by way of satire, this
accomplished warrior and pot-asf dealer
They have found half Of the compliment to be
true to their own cost, and the business of
seihng pot-ashes, it seems, is no obstruction to
mans whipping his enemies-Their Che
Ter seems to wax warmer IS his victories in
crease. until az length they begin to dub Cen
eral Crown a % scoundrel,' and his gallant
soldiers as " buck shot-robbers''
Praise to onr brave countrymen IS however
wrung from their lips They speak of the dis
patches from Quebec " as containing the par-
tlcu!ars OF the late gallant action, between the
British and American troops" and they are
compelled to admit that the Americans
fought with great 6roOery, and obviously roiM
more sill than on tormer occasious. They
admit, however, what is obvious to the whole
world Tor where even in the boosted pages
OF British history, has a small psof trot DIS
fought with more bravery or more skill than
the gallant spirits who Tough, at Chippeway
aud Bridgewater !-These men have done
mnre.-They are not only brave themselves,
but;hey will inspire others with the same
enthusiasm. The blooG of the last compaign
will be the aeedOf future glory. ;.
At the time, when this Involuntary COM
pliment vas, wrung from them Sept. 2o,)
they had not yet heard of the sortie OF Fl. T.
re, OF the assistance at Plattsturg and the
fight of Sir George Provost, OF the engage
ment on Cliamplain and the victory of Mac
donough, ct lie attack on Mobile Fort and
the discontinue Of the 6raSgayt Nichols
they will discov,r in time, that experience
may give us discipline, and that discipline
will give US victory. s.