The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-09-14

iidHS htthcrto aSCr1OSU 10 u4S itrASu iu.it'Fe,
from the flames Of Heil-A wretch, who
without rcmorse, has committed 70 the flames
the houses of widows and orphans disrobed
churches OF the ornaments with which they
were decorated by piety and INDUCED il,
acts OF 1trocity too indecent 70 be described
And a DrumRond, who STANDS convicted on
the ciearest evidence, OF denying quarters to
disabled, but brave and generous foe
Will the American people stoop to tie mean
ness ct reasoning under such circumstances
No. They will feel and act as they should
do, ami invoking the assistance OF that God,
whose just and merciiul eve overlCols the
Transactions OF the world, they will prepare,
the best in their power, 70 drive away the
enemy when he shall invade US !; and they
will redoube their efforts to wound and Grip
pie him i'll Canada, the place where he is most
vulnerable. They will make every necessa-
iy acrihce for offensive rs well as defensive
war. Powerful armies must be speedily rails
ed-taXes lai,l--loans effected. Our pupuia-
ton would enable us to raise an army Of one
hundred thousand men. Our country abounts
with all the reccssarics of life. We can do
without whatever G. Is. chooses to withhold
from MS, and the injuries she inhicts, we can
reflect back upon her. Such an army as is
here recommended may readily be raised in
the mode practised BY our fathers in the time
OF the Revolution, and at which / noticed
YOU limited in one of your late numbers
Our population is SO abundant that it
would have no effect on our agricul-
ture. The wealthy man, who might not
like to risk his person, should pay others who
tight for the preservation of his liberty and
property. lakes, loans, and above all, the
Banks, properly encouraged and protected by
Laws, would furnish ali the money that was
necessary to pay the troops. fortfy the sea-
nO,'tS on1 f,,l1 thp ctNrl- IS
munition and the troops being stationed jill
each State, and along the lines Of Canada,
would give such circulation of money, as to
furnish the people with the means of paying
the taxes with ease If arms and amrnuni-
ton cannot be had from abroad, we can man
ufacture them in such quantity as we choose
at home. We have lead in abundance-Iron
all over the back Countrywide materials of
sun powo cr every where. Our artists equal
to any, perhaps the best in the world The
American musket has been compared with
the English Tower-gun & ithas been found,
that i'll the force with which it sends the ball,
and the certainty fits direction, it is prefer
able, owing 20 an Improvement i'll the cali
bTe. Our cannon shoot nearly with the accu-
racy Of the rifle. Our people are habiriated
to tine use OF the gun from their infancy and
they ride with deXterity and grace, to which
none OF the Europeans Can lay claim. Hence,
our lIfemen and cavalry arc the best in the
world. The national amusements, the
pursuits of agriculture. make us healthy and
strong; and the freedom which we enjoy, &
the educatlons which we receive az our schools,
implant early in cur minds the highest
sense OF honor, and make us the fit de-
p STORIES of that liberty which our faith
ers bought az the price Of both money
and blood.--Thc bone and muscle Of
the nation, thank God lies in The Country,
and that mercantile avarice which worships
money and amalgamates honor and baseness,
patriotism and cowardiCe, has raised its detes-
table front no where but among an insignifi-
cant few in the town of Alexandria.
Il is true CocIburn, with nine thousand men,
penetrated to Washington, Sc miles from his
shipping--but he had TO run away the next
day and he left behind him upwards of
thousand of his men four hundred were kill
ed in battle or blown up at the dry well num-
bers were wounded many taken prisoners
and not lew deserted him. These facts will
never be known to the British people, for it
is uniform rule, with the British Govern
ment not to let John Bull know the truth for
instance, see Admiral Wa1ren's account of
his failure on Norfolk, where he states his to-
tai loss at some forty or fifty--when we know
he had more than that number killed and
drowned and a gentleman now in Richmond
ed eighty three prisoners and deserters and
there were more than he had ali opportunity
OF seeing: And we also know their COM
manderS are instructed to write two accounts,
one marked f7riCGte, the other fer The Ga
zetfe; the first stating the transaction as it is
the ether which alone sees the light repre-
sents things as thew wish them TO be /; and
which is thrown out to amuse John Bull like
4 barrel to q whale. Those who want proof
on this subject, need only read Bursuyne's vim
dication, published after hS capture by the
northern milita--in which the fact is Il, blush
mgly acknowledged.
But to return from this depression What
effect will the momentary occupation of the
capital have or the nation Nonz. 1T best
when compared to many cf cur towns, FhiIa-
deiphia, Boston, New-Yorl, Baltimore and
Richmond, and many others, It IS but a VII
lage. Properly understood, the enemy has
paid dear for the advantage he has gained
ard but for an order 70 retreat, certainly gil
ven By some body, but now disowned by al,
he must have paid still dearer by the des-
truction OF his whole force. So inundated
was the enemy by their losses in battle, by
explosion and descrtioH, and So sensible weI t
they OF the critical situation in which they
were placed, that, though many hundred cam
non were left uamomted by the Americans at
the Navy Yard, they had time only to spike two
of them And such was the rapidity OF their
Hight, that they were constrained 20 leave be-
hind them ninetysix of their wounded and 200
of their dead uibuTicd. Had such an event as
the moneutary occupation of w ashington pro-
duced any thing like dependency in single