The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-02-22
ENQUIaE2-0 FF3CE,
RICHMOND, Wal February o., 1875.
1RFAIy- or PEgCE.

ITS provisions for ;.fte, the sketches which
We had received of It from the LONDON Pa
pers, we are somewhat surprised to- see in i.
not ci,e expression rcspcctins the Fisheries,
or the Ecst h:dia Trade. Coz it over and O.
YER again, and you meet with 20 such words
as FISHERIES or East India I,rade, from the
beginning To the end.
The London Couyie7 with a view of soothing
toe mortified feelings of his NJ, jesty's Subjects,
undertook the Hrr-ulean task Of Dcinti, ~ out
tue brilliant hSnchis which the Treaty had
secured to them and among other things,
stated as enc Of the terms of the Treaty, tia,
. acre is to be renewal of the right of
FISHERY on the newfoundland Coast, aid no
Trade to our India Possessions" The Globe,
the lines. took this statement to be Gospel.
mt were not q whit better pleased with it.
Nos"ithstanSing TINS 0ssRmhfioii, they at
tackled the Treaty heU ,nrll-,hcy biun.ly
averred, that they read :" the humiliation of
me MINISTER'S in every line" Yet after all,
the treaty does not contain one wor,, on
these points. The Treaty turns ous 20 be,
what every thinking man might have expec-
tea, "A Treaty OF Peace ant, .lmity'-.ts
to Treaty of Commerce" thar is to be
made, if it be made 81 AL, hereafsr.
we have no doubt that q. britain will
spare no efforts to stunt orr Grade, and cur
maritime res urces rs much as p, ss,lle-Iea-
lousy G Hatred may s.ictste the lowest mears
OF avenglng her losses ard dsgraccs. But in
vain-All her municipal regulations. al, her
Jealous exped,ents N cripple our sing empire,
cannot extingn'sh the go-ies we have acomi-
rcl-Nor can tscv arrest our march to great
ness. The ycnth viii, grow ON in spite of
nv. Freedom win siide him to prosperity
ami happiness
When we compare the terms Of this I'rea-
t. with those, which, the arrogant reopie of
hngland were. at no distant day, determined
70 impose upon us. how rlnrtifying must the
Cpntrost prove to Mr.. Bull Our sea coast
was to be laid waste ournavy consumed
our towns reduced, Louisiana WIS to he res
tored to Spain, err cuprc to the North and
the w est lopre' in its dimensions, our re-
papic broken to atoms, NV Madison driven
from 0iflce, and the most huuiliat;ue condi-
tons imposed which arrogance ever dictated
to Conquered people.-NThere are we noz,
We laugh all their menares to.xcorr-Not
one OF them c:tccuted-Ihs;r backs arc vet
strean'ng witt the iashr; of our victorious
&fr7'cS, while the Treaty leaves or country
AS one indivisibie, ard glorious beyond all for
mer example.
Nay,uark what the British Nhnisters them
selves demanded of US, olifcfalYv, in the face
OF The whole world How thev have sncs,,e3
ana stopped from the high GROUNDS which
they had taken! How they. have beer
competed to yield eli he pretensiors wh;ch
Tier had set M! First, we we.a reopired
IN tire most insolcnt tone to rive IN tn,
whole Indian Country, (lud :hs was to b.. a
>'7e gHa non } our forts aud fleets ON the
iS6cs' a considerable portion IF the District
O. Name: Nprf, they claim tile Uti Pcssi-
GcHS, which would have al;enated orr terri
tory to the North of the Pencbscot All all
abandoned Their proud pretepsions pno-
nnfiouNly relnquished Their insolcnt voice
low red at the thunder Of Scott C Brown. of
MacdonouS-G Macou;b, and the vigorous
measures winch were contemplated bv our
administration. What have thew cot Not
oTe conc Ssion--their crest is fallen. and the
Terms OF THIS Treaty Cnly seIr c TO exhibit n
singular contrGSt between what proud n,en
can demand & what humbled men can stoop
to.
The w'"itSelf is disgraceful tn them-
Thcy. the proujeet people in the world hav.
ooen met and dcf~a.ed, siugle -hur9ei too. nv
i'ttion they h.d affected TO dssp;se And
more extraordinary still, &c date cur prcrd-
est successes tro'p the moment when W.. he
cah's t'n's Singic-handeG and the war wiz,
I '@ace ictt them most at liberty To pcur
t.elf best troops AMI most acc lrn;ished of
icers upon u"--Macdonorgh tr;unrhcd,
l'reVost fed. the Unparalleled achievements
before Hew-crlca,,s took place.
~ 49, Sut "U( ~ ttl' ~ aspiring demands
by TINS treaty. bleeding f'om the disasters
agd diss"aces which they hqd already heard
OF. they are yet 10 hear Of the mosr disas-
troos toir5s OF tn way, of their unexamplcd
"is'a"iture before Neig- Orleans, after the
moment Ut vengeance TOO has past, and when
THIS very treaty binds up their hands f-cr,
wreakm3 their resentment or returning the
blow.
Americans then rejoice Thank your
warriors who have given you Glory, and
ycur minister's who lave given you Peace
''e virtuous and happy Abuse NOT The
benefits which good Providence has sl,ow
cred upon Your heads
1t hes been said by sonie, that by The trea-
ty with Great-Britain we rc-cedt. n the
Creek Nation ali the lands Which they have.
crdra to ms ~ the Treaty OF Fort Jackson.
TIE nof so. And for this pllir reason. Nv
the 9TH article of the Treat with G.; y. we
pledge ourselves to put an eud to hostlties
with all the tribes with whom we may lie az
war at the time of the ratification of said
treaty and to replace such tribes In the SIT
uation, which tncy were in, during the year
i8ll--but as we were az f"ccc with the
creeks, az Maf n'0ment, they Of course do
not come within the letter Of the Treaty-
nor WITHIN its spirit, for ti,:s pitin reason ;
that 1t was rcagDnaJie " suppose that e.. h.
would have stipulated for the beuedt Ct such
allies as we're 80 ouch attached 10 her. as
not to MAKE peace So1hDut her--blt that she.
would