The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-11-17
FEATURES
OF THE opposlrIcN-yo. !.


upon TIC angry waves, why is this Ihutnous
spirit exhibi.ed in 4 part ot her crew!
Search the history oi those States, which
have been rent into factions trace the dis
scutions, which have ccnvulscd tie republics
Of Greece and Rome, where Aas there been
any opposition run.e lawiess ana Gisgraccfu.,
,,cre igaoble in the e':G ~ in the meGas, than
tie desperate par,y '" hIch IS rearing It's hcad
ii.;'N.,sc States
WI, nothing satisfy It's leaders. but the rn-
il cr leir country WIN Nothing propi;:atc
thea. favor, hut hcv preservation AZ the feet OF
her cne,nvl Arc they SC intent upon ruling
her. that they n .lst lay her sea-bcard In ASH
es. aud perhaps her sacred Union in the dust
Some yca,s ago Mr.. De VIII Clinton publicly
said ot thcn,. taas IKE Lucite,', tiey ''weuld
rather rule in Hen, than serve IN heaven. -
TIME seems rather 20 have increased. than
softcrcd their ambition. Since the present
war. their aims have become more visible, x
their opposition mere Desperate and daring.
AS danger gathers roand their country, they
become less " .i,ins to- serve her We speak OF
their leaders--iur in ~; ranks of the Federal
Psr.v. there are many pure men who would
La. dow, thrii. !ir, S for her sake. They ATE
tieiuIlSd. not Corrupt. We speak of these
false ps,riciv the Ctiss, and chickering's, the
Kings ard rae WAgucr~, who take the Leaf,
in vne ranks rs opposition. These men arc
So ambition: % POWER, that they are spa'1ng
cS 10 means to acquire Tive beseech their
followers TO trace The steps OF these men since
,h; urcaent war, AMI mark the Character of
the y opposition which they are now displaying.
[Vho can doubt, thHt the interests Of the ma
RI ave to lie sacrificed To the Qmbitiot Of Re
i-.gr
This War, it is wrN known, began about
the Orders in Council and the improvement OF
our Seamcn.
In . case, Infinitely milder than the FIRST OF
these causes, the Fc.,eralists made & solemn
appeal to thc government, and pledged them
.clves to support IT in the defence or our
rights. III 1906 and z, when the rne OK Sc
was put in force asains. us, the whole coun-
try rang with tho c:ics cf the Merchants.
Philadelphia, Tew-Torl; and Boston sent for
ward the most animated memorials 70 the
Presiden: of the u. States. fir. OTIS signed
the one from Boston, which bcsNught prosec
sion for cur suffering commerce from tBe Cruz
sers of Britan--Dut what WIS t.ic!r tone,
when the government hat seriously detersni-
mined to resist a much greater encrc&ch-
mont We mean the OrdeTsi IN Council by
the rule If SO. we we're prevented from car
wing to France * Holland ONLY, the produce
Of their coi"uics, but upon Certain conditions.
F.y the Orders in Council, nearly every port
IN Europe was closed 70 Us Il was NOT rum
products nf our own so;i, GU WHEAT Il cotton,
tobacco * hemp, which We "ere tea hidden TO
ship to their usual n erkets on the continent.
five dared 10 send them, orr vessels as we'll
as their carg9es We're Sslzto, as the prI2e "t
the captulS. What was the tone OF Tie Fed
erabsts, when eight CT .rine' hundred OF cur
vessels lad f.ilen & prey Whatd id they say
when the British Ministers rad refused TO re-
peal tt.eirorIeYs? CuT government said, il WAS
time 10 protect cur citigcgs; that the rights
and honor Of the country demanded it that
thsy Mad tried in vain every pac:hc eXpeoi-
cnt; they had Withdrawn from The ocean
they had Closed the soe1s % British gooos, tut
all in vain that Ii was time 70 appeal TO tie
sword, anal eXtort that il:stice from the OPP
rrcsscr which lie had denied u cur ertTsatiec,
ard seize his vessels rs he had seized ours
The Fcder.liists said no--they had previously
opposed every exPe&ient which the govern
nrnt md adopted embargo, nor-hterco'rse.
end nou-inportltion and nc" Then j: 2Ine
to be a question of resistance. or submission,
they forgot ali their memorial. ali their plad-
5,cs, all their high sense Of national Interests,
and oNhesri Ire 7var. They qpoald have
fought, il secms, for the East or West India
Trade. ior the cGry4iTng trade, or any other
trade, than the natural direct trade of their
own country. They wouid have drawn the
sword to:' the privilege % transporting sugar
or coffee, but noc the great STAPLES OF the U.
:;t:tcs.
Our yca1ien were also daily impressed
ard there " $ NICE time. wien this gricv-
ance had excited great sensbihty in the bo-
som OF fe,leralst During The admiMstra-
Won Of Washington and Adams, it had been
the themr OF iucessant remonstraucc s Com
p.1irt. MIR. Pickering protested against il
ir very str0ig terms, aud Mr. S,toddert the
Federal Secretary Of tie Navy. gave It as
LIS official opinion, shat the fig should pro-
tect ile crew Mr.. Marshall, nov Chief
Justice o. the United states, declared IN the
most emphatic manner, t!ut il was an erjl
which couid ret DC endured, and tidt it c.
E,iia,n vcut on takins s~a,ncti from Oh. ships,
ii rh;st cn:l Ia wat.---3Ut 10 sc0He.~1yas this
e1fdi,cd among the cdus9s e the present
war, than ,hc tvdcral party recaCted all their
opinions The whole set Of them began 10
Justify the enemy; and the hoary Timothy
pickering was not ashamcd TO declare to the
COAgr':ss of the United States, that he lad
been altogcttcr mistaken ia his opinions and
slat Great Britain was right. ana &c and tae
1..,Gt of MS conutrymtn all wrong OK such
s17u;cf'ii terc yersations were these men guil-
~ to gjYc themselves al opportunity OF abds-
iug TIC war
|Vc--the war bagan--And no sooner did
j. commence, than ,he enemy were guilty Of
~ ,..ost barliarous atrGcities in its prusecc-
ton. Dut the hearts Of these men were made
cf stone. Neither the employment OF the 5a-
wage, & the murder of the helpless and the
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