The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-03-26

ment OF the memorials, and was received e.
| even days before the adjournment OF the
General Assembly. When acted aDon. i;
| was. IN motion OF friend os The Adrr;n.
tranon, to conimit the Executive Message
Win the accompanying letters and emuri
ais. There was appninted, on this Commit
! zee, put a solitary opponent of the presen.
Administration. OF all the Federalists in
the itouse, he along, as has been said, adj
vocated the report of that committee
| When the Senate had adhered to an amend
"ent winch retained, in fact. no part of this
repnrt, the House al Deles ates was induced
| TO adopt the original. AZ its separate and
independent act, at the motion of Mr.. Baker
OF Cumberland. seconded and sustained by
Gen. Pegram, neither of whom have been
suspected Of views unfriendly to the Admin
| istration.
he insinuaiion that the Pream BILE and
| resolutions, finally adopted by the Hose of
ociegaees, were unauthorized by proper
evidence and the asSeriion that the opin-
.on OF General Armstrorg and Col. swift
Sc rested utton .fietf dione," are to be &C.
| counted for, Only upon the superstition, that
the author OF them exPe cted you would
nst publish measure unanimously APPROX
ea, bY one branch of tae Legislature, sane
| ioned oy the assent of seven ont of fifteen
! members at the other, and Of acknowled-
geo importance" TO the Commonwealth.
W hen we knozv the foundation of Colonel
Swiit,s opinion, it will be time enough to
compliment the insult offered to the stat
10 the manner o. is expression, by acknow-
| 'eoS'ng that such opinion " rested uhon
| fucts olone'
| AS General hrr,strong's letter was evil
| emily written. 6cfcre Col Swift's. the au :.
| toof'ty OF the tsrmer.is not to De sought in
recurrence 70 the latter. II is true, the
unproVoked discrimination made by each, of
GU er'e'Gor, from cur in error, enent Won; d
! ne cate concert If inten ion between
them but from the dates of their respec-
tive letters,it IS most probable, that Col.
swift derived his opinion. from Genera,
Armstrong, As he uneuestios ably does the
| language, in which il is couched.
II, however this opinion be really foau, T.
| "a q" .jocts as is thus freely asserted, it
| ought to snftice, as an apology fer the
II nse OF Delegates, that they were n { on
" unknown, hut in direct contradiction Of
facts which the House did know and au
,horiues, moreover. which they could rot
but respect. The facts are those contain
ca In the letters Of the Governor, in tbos. o.
the CITIZENS or Petersburg and Richmond
ana IN me testimony examined and report
ed by be select committee. The axthori
f'es were deduced from the consequence
attached to this post during the revolution
airy war from the opinions OF military r. en-
OF that, and also Of the present day and
more especially from what, may be consi-
hcred the result and the confirmation of
shem ali, the actual cessioD Of the ground,
on winch the Fort stands, 30 the govern
menf ut the United States, & the subsequent
expenditure, by that government. OF a We
ny large, tho insufficient sum of money on
lis works.
The amendment of the Scry.te. rad Il pr.-
va'ied in the lower house, would have cast
upon the state, the unrs asonai,ie necessity,
'spour and cxpence of disproving, what
was even unknown, the facts, if any such
thcrs were, In which, the opinion Of the
Department. Of War was founded. To-
vieid to- TINS course was to imply that a
dou h d arisen in the Legislature, Of the
Importance of this posi-, which mere OPT
mon, so communicated, was not calculated
,o eXcise. Such a concession, it was be-
heved, would occasion that very delay in
taking ehectual measures for its secnrity,
winch some. at least of those who voted
!'r the preamble and resolutions, thought to
oe fHe object ct the Secretary OF War.
buf after all, It is the course pursu ed by
me federalists, IN relation to the unsatis.
heo c'alms OF the stafe, hich has provok-
go me oIttereSt language of your CORES
pTnoene. And wh1t. let me ak was that
course n part # those Claims had arisen
from advances made by the Com III onwealth
to Der militia as far beck, as 1907. a
considerable part was fer arms, eotrir-
ments. provisions and the meaus of trans-
portation afforded to a detachment oe 1900
men, collected at the mouth Of Kama
VIVA, Tor the defence of the state Of Ohio
p me lst Of October 1912. For two sue.
-eeding sessions Of the General Assembly.
the attention of the representatives of the
people had been drawn, by the message of
the executive, to this subject rapidly &C
curing magnitude, which threatened the
most injurious consequences to the finances
x through them 20 the security of th> Com
ponweaith already invaded b. formidable
fteet, q barassed, throughout her whole ma
ritime frontier, by predatory pai ties Of tn
enemy composed of the refuse of mis- rces &
disreeasdiug alike the maxims of christian
charity and the usages of civilized war
fare. In all their efforts to settle these &C
counts, or TO prevent their MULTIPLICATION
the Executive had been Eoilet. The third
and last communication of the Governor To
The House of Delegates. in relation to this
subject, Us subjoined, for the Subtraction of
| vour readers who have not access to the
Journals. j. bears date the 18th Of De.
ceWbcr last On the 2Oth, resolution was
moved to appoint a committee TO take into
consideration these rn'a,is fed cISims. and
! it was ordered that the message Of thu. tx.
] n r ~ % t.tsf me