The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-08-27

were outaumbered in The contest--that tbos,
OF the enemy were more numerous, those O
our own were less numerous than has been re
morally supposed.
| = The loss of Washington is the more to be
| regretted, because it ought to have been fore.
seen, 1t ought have been anticipated. i,
ought TO nave been provided against.
1t IS the syrcn spell, which the aerociQfion
mas flung around it, that has done this.
Inc rum OF Washington can only be wash
bed out in the blood of the merciiess enemy
who has wrought it.
10 ARMS then. Vng,,ia',s, TO ARMS
I-etus bury all party differences. until the TO-
reign enemy is driven away. We have I'll
the same dear country, whose safety am,
whose hcnor ought alike 10 be dear to MS an
Shall 1t be said that a few foreign Ynerccna-
l1es have sacked the Capital of the Cd Do
n'iRson and trod upon the graves of our fa-
thers TO; Mott must not be said--;r
shall not be said. We have arms, we have
men, high-mint.ed, generous men, who will
step forward and rally around the banner of
their country. Here in this city, it is raised
1t shall never be struck.
Let as, my gallant counttymeni be but
true 70 ourselves--lct us bat do justice 10 our
selves; & we may laugh this foe to sco,n. Ana
tiny has lais: Washington at his feet We viii
save Richmond, because we are reused.
fsy the ashes of our gallant sires--bv the
bright honor, which peiches upon our crest
oy the blood which streamed at HAMPTON. and
ON the fields of Chippcway--by the light
winch beams upon the brow of our noble bro-
Tiers, Scott and Gaines, who drew their
breath here. let us arise, and de- nd the inhe-
l1talce or honor * liberty, which we possess
And after all, let us view this disaster cool
iy. What mighty feat has the enemy per
IL W, afr
nlty ITS importance to give it sort CT ec!tpt
winch must vanish at the touch of truth
hey VIII sound it throughout Europe. that
they have seized the -hsfrotoSs of the u.
States--guarded by hosts of soldiers. WIN
lied before the name of Enelishmen Let
the truth lie told, that Washington was but
the otiler day a desert that even now il con-
s!sts OF scattered dwellings; that its popula-
'iou IS only S203, OF all sorts and descriptions
OF people that It's defenders were few, M
teror III number to the assailai,t, ard consist
ing OF soldiers, unacouainted with each other.
ard drawn together, some of them in the very
h"Sir OF the engagement and that this CITY
was without single wall, Il single battery, a
single forthcation on the land side Let
these truths be told, and then let the British
boast as they may. Onr countrymen have heat
them already and with adequate oppoituni-
ty they can do it again. AS a niiiiaey feat,
we say, again and again, it is nothing, empl,a-
tcally nothing.
For the benefit of our citizens. let it also he
rccoilected that when Philadelphia, then the
seat OF our government, then a large and a
popnlous town, was taken by the enemy dur
lAg the war OF the revolution, it struck no ter
ror into the American soul. No man looked
down. TO man covered. The war ended
gloriously for it procured us the greatest
doom which could be won by brave people.
Who then desponds? The power of the
State is in motion. The man, Who is at the
head OF 1t, is an energetic officer-who de-
serves and who possesses our confidence.
~ MEMS, then, Vh;ginans, TO ARMSi
CONSOLhTORTa
L he above gentleIaen state, another. olori
Gus victory upon the lines-tfat gen. lizard
was attacked about Plattsburg by superior
torce OF the cncmy--that he beat them-ta-
KING lG0c prisoners, and killing and woundjpg
700 Remember these are your famous Id
Weilington's troops. Scott has beaten them,
them,
Once writing the above narrative as fast as
me pen co1iG BY, We a We other reports of
the situation OF AVashin ston and the engage
meht CT the trccps-Sever:,l DAYS will elapse
before we shall receive a correct and circum-
stahtial statenentof the affaiT.-It is rumor-
60 mat the enemy we're retiring to their ship
P4ig--Dut the rumor is as vague as it can be-