The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-01-18


tne obstructions of commerce TO have been
regu,ated with view TO the destructiou Of
commerce Who does not know that every
attempt has been made to free Commerce, .
from the shackles of a tyrsnnicai foreign
power No man who honcs,l speaks tin.
dictates OF his hea' but must acknowledv,.
this taci. There has been instances where
70 preserve city, II had been necessary. to
tear down house---sp injury to an ,ndir;-
dual OF a small and temporary nature ia,
become NECESSARY to preserve whole city
IRON rnn. "A necessary stop has ,tus been
temporarily put to com Inerciai traasactions
not for the purpose of destroying co,emerc,.
or injurng that Important interest. INIT for
preserving the commercial rights of this
nation. not only for the present hut for f,,-
tufe ages. And'are we to be told. sir, that
our ooJect rs to destroy commerce And is
1t to be minated, itat the same spirit that
was formerly exercised in opposing tbe ~
ranny OF the British government is now to be-
exercised IN opposing the tyranny Of this
y congress IN Certain part of the union
nave heard ruootir that a spirit of
reoeiior against the laws has discovered
'eseif IN certain part of the country.
40 not believe 1t ; it is n SANDER on The GOOD
uien OF that section of the country. But, if
% true That there is such spirit per-
Vadins any portion of the Country tberr;s
not a district Of it hut has a physica, no,pr,
within itself Of good and true men who will
support the constitution. the constituted au-
l'horitIes, and the laws coastfu, ianally mas
SEQ. 1t would be SANDER on aov norton
OF the country to express different spati
ment IN relation to it Mr.. r proceeded to
remark on the amendment untier considera-
,'oh' arc replied 10 some other remarks Of
MIR. ktng, particularly o, The difference he
'Ween them. on the merit of sscrifces M,
the altar of ones country, &c. Mr.. T. said
TOT the purpose of waeinF decisive war
ne Tor one SHOULD have no objection to enlist
young men above Is into the army. with ~.
without the consent IF their parents ~
guardians. The question Of carrying on The
war at this moment, he conceived 20 he
diderent from the question of originally en-
BARKING in it--and he was of opinion that an
UNIVERSAL sentiment must now pervade all
rehectng m 'nds of the necessity of CARVING
on tire war till an honorable peace was oh,
tanned. -
Mr.. King explained his obserya,;or 80,
pectirg fathers nercenarily of}erin,r b;r
sons on the altar of his Country. Sncj, cor
quot would be mercenary, if induced hv the
Temptation held cat in this biil-aufI tha,
vas all he meant by the term mrrcenar,.
In relation TO the general subject 40 =, ~.
necessity OF the war, he had forbuine III oh
serVatIon. The subject. he thanked ga
mao oeen amply discussed. aud the beonIe
well understood il. The necessity az &c
| nu'hg u was distinct question: which h..
was ready 70 discuss On a proDer occ,sio,,
AS to the rnseries Of the country. rho 80,
migration and devastation of the Sont;er-
70 whom are the detenceless inhabir 8nrs &c
mat frontier indebted for these calarlif;~s1
lie appealed to honorable men for The -.
swer. It is to the government. said he g..
unprepared. you plunged the nation into
war; From the disastrous effects uf which
you cannot protect your cit:zeps---.nd -,
your Own head be the disgrace and the rps
possibility. iS'-
Mr FISK, OF VI was opposed TO the amend.
meat because he was desIrous nv all hi,
means IN the power of Congress TO interes,
N all ways the feelings Of men to enlist IL.
the war In the East, said he j. l. ',,,ai.
known by the genticn,ss, who has lac, 80 VI
en-, thar by some means or OF ,er H., sn,,a
avis or other, great interest has beer ~
citeu against the recruiting service N
sooner is young man asked 20 enlist .b.r
Von VIII see ten or d zen around him. dc
'u%dIng him from doing so. The djsrn,,-
raeemeot is the same to lending money ss,,
ehHS'Inent' cannot say whence this inter
est arises; but y believe, IT You could open
the secret archives of the enemy Won Tw6,,Ia
ind that money has a little influence sow
wnere; and am willing it shalt now h9,,e
tne same influence for good purposes. asit
n9s had for bad ones. The certiens1 fro-o
Mass. says the war is unjust. and men oe
principle will not enlist The way cf ~
Revo'utlon--was that unjdsts No sir and
yet, Just ard honorable as that was werc
not the Old Congress Obliged to give as mucf,
a. three or four hundred dollars bouptv 90
recruits tor three years service ? mvesIF
nave known men who received 400 dcllere
IN that way in those days. 1t is ille 70 ast
man TO sacrifice the Prime of his life for
nothinp--it IS as patriotic in the government
TO pay nm we'll, as it is for him to serve he
country. The things we have heard 70 day
are not new; they are old as the Rrvolnt;
onary war. Then the war was declared m
inst and wicked-the judgments Of Heaven
were invoked against those who undertook
to defend il. How is it now ? Much d.
same--the war IS wicked, unjust. murder
Gus. What were then the causes ne H.
Warf The tyrannies Of Britain. What are
the causes OF the present war? The same
On whom, it has been asked, are the miSe-
ny and disaster of this war IN he cbargedl
sir, will tell you. They are tobc ch,poo3
to hose Who have weakened he arm g
their country; who have divided the oD;ni
ons ct the people who have ref,eed ~ H.
tend the rights of their country. IF tha,G-
meTican feeling had prevailed every wberr-
winch ought to animate the bosoIns ef ever,,
nam. we should never have had occasion q,
q tn war. Look at history. In Dronorf;o,
as s0 found encourapeuent Rr;4a;, -