The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-02-25

Som uiS soIt ot renance IS very Suitable
TO Tommy at TINS time; for he has not ytv,n
the Yankees druboing !; and vet TN, Ips ,.,,,.
Tax sticks to him Ike bird-li,ne. ~
Times newspapers cheer him indeed by tel.
ling him, that he is causing fhe Yankees 10 ,cv
fdres that though he so sorely feels himself
ne does not suffer m u0in /; Tor he is maxine o.
Tiers suffer TOO. To be sure, this is a conSo,
ing reflection; but still it is not quite sufici-
ent to reconcile him to the continuation of THE
Income Tax, seeing that, when called ON for
the money, he sometimes forf-cts she DELIGHT
of seeing Others suffer, which he has enjoyed
for his money.
But now, my Lord, leaving wise Johuny.
amiable ard honest Johnny, to his taxes and
bis hopes OF giving the Yankees tlrubbing.
permit me tn remind your Lortlship briefly.
OF the origin Of this qror for If have life to
the end oft, this origin shall not be forgot
ten. II is necessary, al every stage, to keep
1t steadily IN view; for unless we do this.
we shall, be wholly "sothe7ed" out of it AT
last, as we were in the case OF the French
war.
The war against France was a war apains,
fr7ncii7i at first; it then became g. war az
conquest; and it ended i'm being a war for
deiiUeruuce. Yves set out with accusing o;r
enemy with being dangerous, as riisorrani-eys
Of 0tcifnt governments and We ended with
accusing thou of being dangerous as drsto-s.
The French were TOO free Tor as at the be-
ginn NC, AID ION much ,nslQued for us at the
END 1t was 81 contrive as to IN ke more than
half the world believe, that the Cossac,1s
were tn" great champions OF cil land h3iir.-
cal HOCr1y. =, that VIII n we ca me 10 ths.
c'ost, leaving the French nearly as we found
them not seeing tythcs, monks, camel .ws.
gabelles, corvees, bastics, or seigneursxl
courts re-estabiished. we had spent more
than tho1t@Gnd millions cffioRta6S In way,
or oh, 6
ost sight. We viii not have it TINS rp,,
Lord, with regard to the American 4yar,
We will no. srffei its first object to be lost
s'ghtot. N'body rs to this roint shall be. ab!.
To " 69fher IVY historian who is disposed tn
speak the truth.
The war with America arose thus-wt.
were at war with France, America was net,-
tral. We not only exercised our known
ri6ht OF stopping American mer hant shibs
at sea- to search them for e,semy's eoods,
tor troea.s =, ne e':@:.sfS 5;es, and f,-
goods contra6and Of 7pur which species er
search, and of sc zure, in case Of detection.
M. NJ Olson did not oppose either by word or
docu. ms was maritime right sometimes
dispnted by Russia, Holland, Denmark and
sweden; but never given mp BY us except fur
while ut time ofgreat DANGER This tigiS,
was never disputed by Mr.. Madison during
the French w1r--The exercise of it he sub
right Of search - and this right was enjoy.
ed by US, without any complaint on his par
and this is the rig which many people thftYs
he opposed, and upon that ground they have.
approved of TIE war;
But the war had nothing TO 90 with thin
right, any more than it had to do with our
right OF bringing Goals from Newcastle TO
London. The war was declared By Nh
Madison against us, because W.. sto,,,ed A.
han el,t Al.
and impressed heo1lie out of them. We said.
that we did this in order to recover orr cav.
sezme97, who were frequently found serving
IN these American ships bat it was n1torie
GUS the tact was never denied, that We ins-
hressef thus great numbers of natfUe 4me7f-
ans forced them on board our ships IF ware
and Completed them to submit to our lfscih-
n t and to risk their lives in fighting for as
Ties 2rs facts which can never be denied.
Mr.. Madison, for years, called upon us 10
cease this practice. We did not cease. He
repeatedly threatened war, if we perscver~
Cd we did perserere; and after years of re-
monstrance, he, or rather the two Houses Of
Congress, the real representatives of the peo-
pie of America, declared war against us.
Here, then, is the cause of tn. war, the
sole Cause OF the war war, long threatened,
and, at last, frankly declared, previous to any
hostile act or movement on the part of Mr.;
Madison, or rather the Congress For, my
Lord, thought Johnny Bull, wise Johnny, I
whose generosity would put all other nations
INTO his own happy state though wis ana
generous John talks about Mr.. Madison's
hostility, it is in fact the hostility of the
Congress that is to say, the hostiIi-
ty of the feoftIe because the Congress
are the real, and not the sham, representa-
tlves OF the people and, because, the Con-
gress. who declared, and who now suppcrr
the war, have been chosen durine the war.
and just bcforc il. The Members Of the Con-
gress do not purchase their seats; no seats
Can he bought or sold; none Of the Members
Can get any thing for themselves, or families,
~ their votes. So that, when they decide, it rs,
IN reality, majority CT the people who de-
eide AMI, the people did decide, that they
would resist. by.force Of arms, tie imtiresS~
ment ETHER seanen.
The people here generally believe what
that infamous print, the Tines newspaper,
tbs them, that the heofiie of America me-
yer conftdned Of such impressments but
the truth rs, that, long before, years bef1re,
the war was declared complaints, and
most bitter complaints had rung through
the country, against these impressmeuts.
l.. tiers from the impressed persons were
publ she'd without end. Anidavits pro-
wing the facts. Representations enough tes
make nation mad with recruitment ;enough
t. drive even Quakers to arms None of
these have our neWsDaDerc ever con;ed -