The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-12-24
EAQOIRER-0FF1CE
RICHMOND, fX&.l DEcEMBER "a. 1914
TO rHE EDITOR OF ruE ENou1RER.


think the last advces from ON. minister.
at Client have rathera pacific asprct for al
though The basis of uti possdetis Is proposr d,
by the British Commissioners on thl 25th or
Oct. yet 1t Is urged so fcebly on the Sl.t af.
ter 1t Was positively rejected by cur Ner.oc;a-.
tors, that they cannot mean TO make If FOO .
sWe qua non, unless they are now cnly anu
sing us 70 await the conferences at Vienna
No obstacle, then, TO the conclusion of :,
peace would seem ~ remain, bur rho anaiv-
. OF the Fisheries, which will, have EttI,.
doubt. be arranged if the British Gcverrn,eut
is sincere. Yet, " there's the rub for tlc,y
are such interDal scoundrcs that thev,r,a,,
|. ne playing the deep game of lulliEg our Con
gress and People into security. uu{il The ,e.so.,
Tor preparation for the next Campaign has
passed. and their whole force is brongbt To-
act decislveIy upon our fears" for twelve.
month to come. they know full well ting do
Lucrative character OF our Government aud
It's snalt-i'ke operations and they know i
congress rises without putting firth he
strength OF the nation, it must sleep dur;ro
the wncse OF the next Campaign. Thev have.
therefore, many motives Co act the nar. ~
deep policy have suggested, for uprn the
next campaign depends the success uf fl,s
sTH8g'e we are engaged in whilst OH the o.
ther hant, 1t IS peculiarly incumbent ON eve
~ one who Can direct the public senti,ornt 2r
'i4N SohuuttOiS OI NEWSPAPERS
to guard against this effect ard endeayor te
preserve the tone of national feeling in its i,ro-
per Key. The advocates of peace. honrra-
bic or dishonorable, are more interested -,
preparation for war than those even. who
fatten upon public calamity, for nothing wiz
more certainly have favorable effect on onr
negotiations, ifthey are not concluded tha,,
10 place the nation at length, in the a1.m,,.
and attitude" which the President recon,
nended before the declaration of war.
IAN you tell me, or can YOU inform vour
readers IN this neglected Neck, why it is that
whist they alone Of the whole state feel aIS
tne pressure of the war, yet 10 sympathy ;s
shewn for their sufferings or anv assists,c,s
afforded to their necessities. RecolIect tl,at
since the declaration of war the Enemy have
IsnGed once at Hampton, once at Tappahan-.
nocK' YIN our view e about t7ceiUe or fGee,,
tunes ~ the four lower counties between the
happahannock & Potomac Recollcct that we
nave lost stock, houses and negroes. sufficient
IN Vaiue 70 have kept nearly regiment in
he heId, for our own protecton-that thes
enemy thereby lave been subsisted and en-
i1ched and rengthened-and the poor inba-
Oitants mere, been impoverished, & harrassea
anu ruE1cd That here aionc, The enemy have
usTed TO shtw his face, con6dng in the nature
Oh the country, III the weakness of the ARM r
population, and the indispos,tiUn Of t,s or
erIiment to render us assistance View o,,r ttA. D.
abandoned, the remains of our houses h,.r,. X
mere burnt to the ground and hopelt IS dies, All
pictured upon every cOuntenance Ayd thel
S"q"'e' y tnis mas ceen The wo.% % aecess!tv