The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-04-26
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lush Vessels were excluded, or furnished
WIN french consular certificates of the origin
! vi 'heir carSoes, were declared liabio to sci
4 zure and condC mnation
| I'm the 2Sth OF November, 1907, a supp,e-
| Gentary order IN council was issued, and on
rue Z5th OF March 1907, an act OF parliament
passed, the object of which was, to per,nit
tne u ,. to trade to France and her deuen
Gehcies' On condition that our vessels should
hrst enter some British port, pay :, tranS;t
duty, and take out a license A compliance
WIN inns unprecedented regulation would
nave subjected single cargo of flour to the
payment oi more than $4,000, and an ordinary
cargo ol'cotton to more than $4,000 Or
the article of tobacco alone, Great-Brit.,n
would have extorted from us the annual tr,-
butte OF So, 600. The payment O. these
''u'i1s oh al our ARTICLES OF expectation,
would have drawn from us a yearly s,,,n
more than sufficient to paw the interest," ~, ON.
national debt. Under the orders in CONN
Gil, more American vessels and carpoes were
selzed and condemned than have been can
tured by the enemy since the declaration of
war. Va
Such. tellow-citi1ens, is a short but fa;tb !
'ui CUTTING Oh t'ie acts OF aggression and ra.
pacity which led to the war Wer. W.. AZ
posed to add to the coloring of the piotnrf
we might call to your recollection the ont,.J
ges on our territorial Jurisdiction bu ~.
blockade oi the mouths of our ha,,orS Ill
rivers the murder of our ctifens within I'll.
own waters, the attack on the CbesanpaLs
the oisaVowal OF Erskine's ARRANGEMENTS IN.
eAei e OF tie savages. TO hostilities ON
our frontier inhabitants, and tbe a,,th.; "a,
m ssion of John Henry, for the nn,.noss ~
producing civil war and !, severance Of the
Union. ee VA inc
ne american government, pacific NOT On.
from policy, but from its o,e,p,zation
met these accumulated aggressions with nm
aVaiiii'5 remonstrance and fruitless ueqoc;a.
.ioh' ANXIOUS 20 avoid the last resor: Of M
Jured nations, ard to save the pronerty ~ l.,
CIT zens from the vortex OF martini ;ni,.ot;eS
when had swallowed up every ves2,or. *
neutrality, 1t resorted to yarions rec,r;c.;,
measures, calculated to effect these oh;scrs
ana 70 induce Great Britain from the priyas
various she would suffer by the, loss IF orr
'rdue' 10. recrace her steps: She did recede
IAN arrangement was made with her min.
,sra, our porss were opened her warts sup
pied from our abundance. when 70 81 W
tonlshmeDt OF The American people. the ~
ranSement was disavowed and her ohno~,;,,,..
orders enforced with new and unrejrnt;nt, -;
gor. u
- aus tantalized, the American eove,.r.
Ilent again resorted to negotiation Fverv
. ., whicn promised success was urged w1h
th ingenuity and zeal the pride.
ses lqs!ia the aiFFss te eyisaassed ~
hexioie 20 her purpose, she utterly refused to
rescind her orders in council, exCer,t M, The
absurd and impossible condition that the
mei1can government would compel the con.
tmentai powers to open the ir ports for the
reception of her merchandise
1er progressive and multiplied cncroach.
ments, and the protracted forbearance Of our
government, had reduced the United States.
III IN tue estnation CT the world. from that
nigh and honorable station on which tbe,y
had been placed by the achievements Of ony
iathcrs. Even our own citizens, wearied &
uSgusted at the reiterated ane, Intellectual at
Temps TO procure redress by the tedious nro-
cess OF ociation-humbled and debaeed by
the bold and lawless strides of the hangbts
aggressor, began to lose that self respect. fhat
national pride, and that attachment to o1r
happy form of government, which alone ore
calculated to secure its stability.
nus driven to the very verge of suffar
ance' our government was compelled to
choose between manly resistance and AFFECT
suohissloD-between open,. determined hos
thity, and national debasement and dcrrada-
tion. ne former alternative was sdSpted
ana on the 18th of June, 1912, :, dav which
VIII Eorma proud epoch i'm the annals oF on1,
| country war was declared against Great Bri-
| tain. III
| hrty years Of peace had nearly oblitera-
Yea from cur country every trace of military
| science. overcome by age and inTirmitv. or
SUNK INTO the grave, little could be derived
IRON the experience Of the heroes & patriots
IT the revolution.
On the other hand, our enemy had been
engaged IN almost perpetual war. Master
OF all the modern Improvements in the mill
tary art, every surrounding Country had wit
messed the skill and experience Of his cen
erals and the discipline and bravery of his
veteran troops. -
| On the ocean, still greater was the dispar-
ity. For years had his thousand sbips fri
umPhantly navigated every sea. Each sue.
cess!Ye contest had eventuated in victorv q.
every rival had been humbled, until the mar /.
itme powers OF Europe, repeatedly vanouish-
ed by equal or inferior force, with one ac-
cord, responded to his triurnphs, " britannia
rules the MAN,"
But the charm Of British naval invipcibiIit,
which had so long oterawed the world. Il
now dissolved. Indignant at the wrongs II
their injured Country, eager to avenge their
enslaved and insulted brethren, and fearless
OF danger and of death. our tars have snatch.
eel the trident of Neptune from its proud II.
supper. Whereverthey have met the foe ~
equal terms, his slaughtered crews. his shat
red and sinking vessels, have attested thsir
perior bravery and skill. To recount ON