The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-01-18

menCeGcnt of the war, and their, hostility
TO the administration, they themselves ascr.be
this opposition not IA "A wan. uf resentment a.
+sanst the enemv, bus to a rational dread of
the n''schiess of the war and accounted Tor
TINS hostility on the g~eund that the admins
tratior viewed tins mater IN different light,
and tina, ne character OF the President did
not promise 20 efficient prosecution Of the
war And are they now in love with its ca
iSmlties, that they WI, use nc means &c enl
them Because !. is not efficiently prosecu-
TED, are tEty So much dchshtcd with the ac-
coinp..shshent OF their prophecy, that they
rather choose TO be what tiley cou,,eu.u, than
70 leoparthze their nruta,.on as sootiisayers!
have heard with s,uprze their answer to
this," that the true St, URGE of ciIicient mea-
sures is Congress that the people aust learn
70 look to that body for all measures of de-
fence, and to imrute to il the calamities they
endure" DO these Gentlemen remember
that they Call themselves emphalically, the
Fch46lican minority That they profess To
maintain IN AL their purity, the principles of
W That they claim to be the Legitimate
successors Of those strenuous assertors of the
sovereignty and indie pcrdencc, the authority
the dignity and influence of the state govern
ments to whom Virginia owes her present
i1Sht TO discuss and tn lIlntain her own in
terests! Eoesit beco me rhem to reject a fit
occasion 10 Illustrate the comparative inefi
cheney ct that FEDERAL bead OF which they are
SO Jealous, to teach the people to look, not to
the general government as the source Of secu-
rity and honor, TO make tnenl feel that they
have another Country beside that which they
possess In common with the crafty Yankee
and Of whose fame and fiflunes they are the
natural aud uDcnBtruulabic defenders TO
make them feel that they are Nrginians.
All this may be true, but this admins
tration does not deserve 10 be relieved from
its diftcu'hcs, result ting from its own rash <
precipitate conduct" But let not our resent
ment against the administration, make us for
get what Is due to ourselves. If spleen and
resentment were adequate motives to Deliti-
cal action, without regard to consequences,
then was the war wise, and polite measure
Why cry out against IT'S authors
L his brings us to the point at which every
discussion closes inths Countryside next e.
lection, The government, we are told, can
not come to good under its present rulers !;
they must be turned out and TO that end
tue impolcY Of their IN sasures, and the inef-
tlciency OF their abilities must be exposed
Bot must this be done at every hazard !.
Must this nation endure two years more of
unprecedented calamity, to teach them the
inc2pacity Of their Governors Must the
population ofthis country be thinned by pes
thence aud famine and the sword that the
OF the authors Of these evils! But are these
Gentlemen sure that no part of this sentiment
wilt De due to them 1.-The Government must
work by means, as Onnipotence itself must
do. part OF It's means are the measures
or the general government as far as they will
extend, and where, from any cause, they fall
short, the individual excrtions of the states
and tins with them is not matter Of choice but
OF duty not the less duty because it can
% on -eR D.,
made necessary. II is not III the choice of an
individual whose estate is invaded by public
enemy to repsl him or not, because the 20
vernmeDt either cout6 not or 7vouid not pro
tect him---1t IS his dur to repel aud kin him
II he can, and this duty Cannot be repealed by
any omission ofthe Government If there
tore these gentlemen, when they point 10 the
administration and say cut it down--why
cunbeleth II the ground" shall be asked if
they have digged around it and MANFRED 1t,
and done what they could TO make it pro-
duce good fruit, what answer will they 1eake ,
Oriike Hsop's enviouS man, ar they willing
to bear their share Of odium, that they NAV
heap greater load upon their advcrsaries (,
But who knows what these two years nav
bring forth who knows that we shall con-
tlnue 70 have Country to blame or approve
us 1t we 80 on as we have done, fcrguttmg
present expectancy IN the struggle for fnturs
-. ~~tN S'lAsAi'b's Do bluSH ACTUAL CNu
against SO much contingent advantage !" who
knows that any thing win remain of us but
the melancholy record OF the rashness and III
science OF party that will not be advised.
aud the waywapdness and petulsnce OF {.
party that will not air. where it can govern :
itgcnt!emen will lock TO the future let them
look TO the historian for their reward. Let
them do their duty, and fear not that though
the people may for season fail to discrini-
nate between profitable and Improbable sey-
wants, yet the page % history viii ascr.be
merit and demerit 70 these 70 whom they
belong. Trde--inost Of W. who now tr,.t
our hour on the stage" viii pas, away and be
forgotten, but he who is WISE enough to Le ar
thiS ever III mind, is too wise for politician ;
ascharactcr which no mar is fit to he ar who
does not labonr chiefly for postertty and look
to them and heaven for his reward. .SRch
| are me ftTinc4leS ct,he minority righfhJ an
Ge7sfood.
But what do know about the principle:
| or The minority, and Wig do so interest NY
sell abcGt them Because ] am one Of tia,
| minority, because am proud 10 be 50, and
! because this which is my pride would be m,
| shame, without this vndication of its prnci.
| pies. We were oppc+ed to the war because
we believed il would bt ncficiently 1yae.d
| out we would rather make it efficient and re-.
! lutte our prophecy, than prove it by acqu,esc.
| ing IN measures altogether iDcfiicicu, W,
knew that efficient measures would be cost,
and burthens0me, but being determined il