The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-12-29

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lannon's deep roar, the floating warehouses
of our perhdious enemy, riding in safety on
this beautiful and expansive river out to the
opening bay, the continued state of alarm x
the frequent preparations for battle, all these,
with the reflections they give birth to, fill my
mind with exalted conceptions and magnan-
imous resolutions and lift my heart with those
delicious and noble emotions, which outreach
the limits of language to represent.
i hope 1.-THE allowance of youthful aber-
rations charitaby abridged from the account
always have found something truly fascina-
ting & lovely in the parsonage of virtue. On
the subject OF the love OF man and the love of
country, ha-etelt and / have expressed to
you the most enthusiastic sentiments of devo-
ton. But since have enlisted i'm the honor
able avocations of a soldier, I have become
sensitive plant, that rcSists the unhallowed
touch of every being that can dare throw any
opposition in the way of my profession. The
slightest manifestation IF coldness and apathy
TO the cause in which we are all engaged,
hurries me into state OF involuntary piiren-
~ One expression of party distinction, now
things have assumed this downright charac-
ter, now the enemy are at our doors, provo
king our resentment and Indignation b. eve
ry act OF rapacity, cruelty and insult which
aTarice can invent and barbarity exercise, in
all the w:!ntoness of iphuman puerile folly,
swslls my heart beyond the sober measure of
moderation, and causes it to overflow with
mingled sensations ofpiV, horror and con-
tempt
No life isso much calculated to inspire a
man with those feelings, which are sahcti' ned
by the paudits of honor, and the pproying
smiles OF Virtues affection. as tbs of a SOL
dier--engaged in defending the unalienable
rights of himself and his parent country-en-
gagged IN relic n5 the fears If innocence and
purity sencing the apprehensions If nelp-
less attiiction and poverty chasing ON l.,
shores OF our land, the approaching curses IF
brutal rage and hostile plumber, devastation
and ruin and thus to roll back the omine
waves OF relentless adversely and misfortune,
winch the lgnoble toe prepares to deluge Us
with, and secure in their stead, a moments
tranquility and reposr-Oh! what can he so
consnlatory and cherishing to the native SYM
pathies OF man What can be so trey "a,
rious. as to have it i'll our power to repress into
annihiation, aud save from the spectacle OF
the world, the tears Of widows and of or
phans, already percolating through the trem-
bling heart, and rising full in the gilstening
eye of feminine tmiditv
No, nv friend, feel no intimation of
desire t. return to my lofty eyrie a...ong the
eli and rocks, till the night watch repeat
the cry of A." All iswell, all is well'' to this af-
fiictcd quarter of the state. Here will stand
guard IN the pitiless peitngs of the rain and
snow, TILL my once robust mountain frame be-
comesbut shadow ofwhat was, before will
quit the standard of defence, and turn offmy
unTaered eyes from the red flag of British
inso'ence. That flag, which directs its march
over these inland waves, because the infant
genius ot our naval heroism reposes i'm Her
cuiean slumOerS in its anchored cradle in the
harbors 81 the north. That blood-stained
nag, which floats in peaceful security, be-
cause Columbia's free born sons cannot walk
upon the waters 1t the deep, and consume Il
III the flames Of their vindictve patriotic ire.
Some OF our countrymen, discover, are -
ven now anxious to quit the tented field and
to exchange the hustle of the camp and the
din OF arms for the inglorious comforts of the
rreside. Their motives for wishing to return
to their families and friends when we bear
In mind the prevailing sefshness and the SCR
did passions OF human nature, added to this
prurent longing after home which seems TO
take posses sion of their desires, are not at all
Extra ordinary. But when these gentlemen
with serious phisyognomy urge the un ar
donabie errors of their political creed as a
palliative to their wishes, ungenerous as they
are when they say, to adopt their own Ian
guage OF justification, that as they hal no hand
In bringing these evils upon this country,
they Cannot be expected to take so ?ctive a
part IN repelllpg them when they Intimate
that the advocates for the war ought t bear
exclusively, the burdens, penalties AM eriev-
ances it inflicts then indeed do their doc
trines become heresy-The expression of
them, political sacriege; and the conduct
which ilows from them, gross proclamation be-
tore the sacred temple of republican virtue
Then indeed should the mandat ties of militia
ry rigor frown them into perfect submission
and compliance and the constitutional ener-
gies OF our government recognize them as the
most abjcct subjects Of its will and power.
What was not this war declared by the
rightiul authorities Is not the faithful pros
ecutim OF it a ia7y, enacted by the good and
wise people Of the several states Are not
all equally bound to carry this will Of the as
sembled nation into operations In t., ms of
political truth, is not each member of this
grand confederation alike csiceShed i'm the
success Of cur arms' Is not each individu-
al OF this great social Compact pledged tn
pay obedience to the general will, obtained
by majority OF the suffra 6cs f tie whole
b'dy-poitc Is It not thisE di r,ensaIle con-
dltion OF itself, that forms the artfice and play
81 the mysterious machinery of ti,e social al
lance In fine, is not this country, it's indie
peudencc, its salvation, its prosperity, all its
blessings and all its calannties equally placed
to the concern, the socitude, the exertion
& the guidance Of us all No matter what are
his views, what his politics, where his home,
of what rank and of what profession, that