The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-02-26
THE ENQUIRER.
The GoRcoN HEAp-,truck off.
FEBRUaRY SO.

| lHE CoRGoN HEAD--strncE off.
While Bonaparte was at the height OF
his power. the Fedsral;sts had Sone excuse
! Ca poor one it was y FIR snbmitth,y to tn,
agSressions of England. They SAID, in a
Inning tone, that " Bcnaparte was the We
ry devil himself thar he was devouring e
very thing before him threatening Il,
stretch hi, baieful sceptre over the whol>
civilized world that he might ca, Up G. re at
Brian. fest, ans then send his Conscripts to
devour US next {; that Great Britain was
, therefore the soc butwaril between us and
- nniUcrSal doniinion that il was wrong
TO Us tn weaken her. and right of course
Strengthen her (; and ,hat II she did, now
&C then, break Law, steal man, or pirate
one ot our vessels, the poor old crea;urf
could not help it /; so hardly was shc bese;
by the fell Napoleon"
By this sort OF logic, the Federalists AT
tempted to salvc over every insult which
Great Britain has put upon US. Ii wa, in
vain that the Republicans complained of
her eDormities; that il was idle to submit
to wrongs which we actually felt for fear of
others that m ght never exist : that the
SIT Id ct British proge -tion bruised & broke
he arm WHICH 1t pIo'e To guard. Tue
Fefe,aists only sh uggcd heir sho elders.
AID said, Wen, we'll Bonapar;e Dight
prevail and it was very ungra eiul in ss t.
complain Of G Britain. our friend, our pro
tector & our Bui;ourk."
In the mean time. what does Mr. Bull /?
He awaits hipselt of his preropa,i,e az b,
ing the Blu wark of our holy =, l,gion, and our
shield against the uniUersal coaoueror to
take few nice siI-b,ss for himself He
cculd not afford to protect the whole world
tor nothing. On Ho; in the mean time he
stretches ms own power. under the pre-
tence OF resisting the ambition OF another
he crippies every navy, that hoated on the
sea---se'zes every island on the + IS: and on
The Wes,--devours all the Dntch Colonies
D Cause France had swallowed up The Pa
rent-butiies every passenger-robs almost
every vessel-viola,es almost every Inv
eSta i hes tules which are at war win All
precedent - vel a. reason-:n fine. &C
cures an aecsndancy on The seas which ex-
ceeded any thing that the world had ever
pehsid gets together navy which rides
rough-keeied over the neEkS of the. whole
world and dubs himself the MASTER OF
TEE SEAS.
VIVA, say the Fede ralists meanwhile !, -
Nat one Wort, in go earnest, against
these proceedings. Thy saw nothing but
bonapsite They were so much afraid of
ms power on land, that they thought i: per.
'e r. ~ rignt tor G. b. 20 insult Us on the
7oat ON the wafer, VIII re cur great in
ment we were continually coming into COLI.
SION with her. They felt much more for
other countries than their own They had
no s5mpathies let for Injured and nsulted
America. They could feel r the Italian.
the Dutchman, the Spaniard but when
they were told of plundered or inpre,sc
American, they had recourse 20 their favo-
rae tal'Snan--that Bonaparte was the de-
VII ana Great Britain was only shield
sg linSt him.
Now, how stands this notable argument
With the prophecies of the Federa.i,ts in
one hand, ana the lume of history in the.
ther, lei Us test their claim 60 our respect
Rds bohararte stretched his wing over the
orld Is M Lord of all? Has ne conquer
ed Europe-;aken Old England to himself
and VIII thr next wind watt MS Iesions 70
otrsa@r $? Far from it. al Europe is turn
ed sgainSt him France herself is in d,nqer
what excellent prophets are these Fede
raiiSts Aye, sec, md Daniels come to ;udy
men,
he Gordon head which turned the hears
OF tue federaiISts TO stone, IS then d,vested
OF ITS tie rorS. May we not hope thar thew
viii, now beat again for the wrongs of ,heir
own onnn,rv! Tue Spauiard is safe the
oak n IS no niger subject OF Fgaece =
tue victims of nbtioa are every hour an
pioachISg Their d.Iverance. We NAV now
tee' fer ourselves The scales NAV fall Srnm
the eyes OF the dcluded. Pierced bv the
iI<ht OF truth. they NAV see and confess the
wrongs CT Engl ind. Whit Goblet saws. in
ms mastery remarks o. Dec 25h, as to
the effect o. the late evrn.s upon the poi
'lcs OF Europe. msy be true Of " the friends
OF Britain in this CouD'ey"--we speak of
the Leaders of the Federal Pamv-the
mass may be mistaken. ba: they are
Americans. Crbbe.t says;
While France had SO much pozer: While
all these states were in bodily fear of her
'hey were compelled to weld to US any point
we insisted on. The Gas, will be fferent
now. Bach Of thsm will feel itself stronger.
ana will be no more inclined, 10 Weld The
sea to our absolute Command. than they
have been 10 yield up the absolute command
of the continent"
/. may b. the sqme c4sa with resDect tn
the dc!u led men in our country they NAV
De no more iaclined to Weld the sea to the
absolute conmagd nf Britain, tnrongn anv
chnmercai aprrehens ons Of France.
SPECULATION.
what opini in arc we to form respecting
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