The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-12-31

ric sviH wear well. because it has been deariy
earned."-But we Cannot forget that the man
who lays this tribute at the feet of his st tie !;
the man, who ut one moment affected 70 yield,
to the charge of her being under French In
huence, now. even insnuates that there are
Jacobins in her bosom, and is attempting to
tear the laurel from the head of some Of the
worthiest of her sons.
2. 10 his eloquent censure Of the atrocities
Of the enemy, every honest man must cordial
~ subscri6e.-But whence this second sight
upon his eyes |! Why is it that it was so long
before they were opened to the real views of
the enemy an enemy, to whose aggressio,.s
and insults, before the present war, he was
so long either bird or dun,6 An enemy for
whom, he now confesses, he had ESQ shame
fully, we think labored " to find haliiatives
tor her conduct :"
Bind !! 10. No let us do this Virginian
Justice! ne was not blind, but he was dumb !!
lie confesses that he saw the wrongs of the
enemy. He confesses that our honest pre-
Judces were fostered (not more by Mr.. JEFF
ferson than) by the injuries and (what is har-
der to be borne,) the insults ct the British
Ministry since the peace Of 1853. And
though these INJURIES and insults have tram
pied upon n, euer since the peace of'S3. yet
has this honest gentleman not uttered one
complaint against the dsturbers OF his coun-
try. eve beg his pardon We believe he
DID once make out to say, that if he could but
once be satisfied that the British had stirred
up the Indians, re would be the first man to
seek them iii the SHOWS of Canada. The
whole world was at length satisfied of the
fact; except ferhahs MIR. Randolph Col.
Johnson OF kentucky went to do, as he said,
ana took more than revenge he curbed the
sanguinary Savages /; while Mr.. r. remained
at home " To find haliiQfiues for the cbnduct'
OF their ally.) If :" our gallant tars' were
torn from their decks and impressed into the
pr!sanships OF their tyrant, Mr. r. could
:" ind pailiatives for her conduct" IL the no.
nest, natural, bona jfde trade OF the agricul-
tural interest of our good people was cut up by
Orders IN Couudil if our wheat, tobacco, &
corn We're seized on their way 10 their iegiti-
mate markets upon that great highway, which
Nature & Natures God had spread before "a
nations; If 900 of our vessels were captured
by the enemy, under the fiimsiest preteltS
oenold they were not buccaneers tHen
(as MIR. *. has since found them out to
be D---no no he could net see it f6en So
busy was he then in g finding Palhat.ues for
their conduct 20
Yet not content with slumbering himself o.
yer the INJURIES and insuiS heaped upon our
heads by British Ministers ever since The trea-
ty OF peace of '8-5, MIR. r. is pleased to abuse
or more honest tongue to complain Of the
wrongs OF his country He nsinultes that
Mr. Madison was ana.iolS TO " embroil us with
Engiand'-an that the present war has been
brought about by a @ combination of dr1ful
men. Most liberal men would nave been
disposed TO ascribe Mr.. Matlison's conduct to
a coed rather than bad motive, if such could
have been found-to suppose that it was the
Injuries aud insults of the British Ministers,
winch compelled him to take measures
OF, resissance-But no. it suits Mr.. r.
better to suppose that it was amb-
ton, the lust of fame, or some sinister
motive, which could lead a man like him 70
take up arrns--a man, who has shonc too
long III the cabinet to wish to Shine in the
camp IA man, who is too pure, (even some
or ms worst enemies, bit not Mr.. Y. confess
lt)t to seek for tame at the expence of his
ceuntry---a man. whose arrangement with
Mr.. iSrskine would have saved him with ev-
cry liberal mind from the charge Of determj-
ned hostility TO Britain-a man, who with o.
tiSrs, was 50 much laughed at FOR his love of
peace, that Mr. RS friend, josiah Quincy, de-
ciared they " could not be kicked into a
war
3. In his advice to tie Eastern STATES.
We thoroughly agree with Mr. Randolph.-
DiSH''i21, will be the grave OF their great
iicss.--fet he7r he does not go tar enough
he can play the lion towards his former no
hJlcal triends;" and the lamb towards his
present friends. when he speaks of the war,
it was brought about "by combination of
artful mep"--Nhen of the disafFcction of the
junto OF ew-England, he can speak in soft
and sllken phrase. He can beg and sooth
the Traitor; not denounce MN. He can
rebuke the President =" for abandoning the Sc
veral States to shift for themselves''- the
bye, not far from a flisehood-but not a
Whisper OF complaint against the Juuto who
has withheld The militia from their o6ed,rnce
to their law, and their protection of the
states, ever escapes from his Eps,
- AS to the conduct of this war, Mr.. r. has
shown ms usual libei'ality. He has forgotten
the difficulties OF a ne7v state of thines-that
we went into this war after a sleep of 80
years--and that a strong combination of art
fni men" (Mir. K. himself, not the fgest in
the ranks,) has piled every means to thwa
the prosecution Of this war, and to strip us of
men and of money. He has too remem-
bered to forget" she glories which have been
won by our troops-:nd mote thar all, the
campaign on the Niagara, which yields to
no series OF events in the Revolutionary
War.---let us have but Men and Money :
and Victory, and, a glorious Peace will soon
be ours.
The fuer1le vanity, which distinguishes
TINS letter, It is unnecessary to point out--If
man cannot treat the great subject, which he
discusses 1.-THE TJNICJNl xv;fl,C,,t t,;,.:,.. =;