Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1815-10-11
RICHMOND, WA.). OCTOBER ii.
FOR TIE ENQUIRER.

70 the PRESIDENT, SENATE, Clubhouse OF REP
.fPESENTATIYESgth UNITED sT-lTEs.
"'fhe danger is not over. vet p was the last
words u one oour Political Fathers shortly afier
the adoption OF the Federal Constitution. The ne
euliar state OF things in the world, at this moment s.
Particularly IN this Country, renders the canton
more proper, than at any period Of our National
existence. The People hath delegated to you a
high and important trust. With unbounded COS
',ence, they look up 10 you, IS To the legitimate
guardians ui their honor well SIS OF their fortunes
and their lives Your labors have been hitherto
crowned witi success, uuequalled IN the annals of
history you have done much, bat much more re-
mains for you to do. 1t in yor' poWer to transmit
tie American name, unsullcd to posterIty But.
tis can only be done by vigilance, and wise use
81 these means which you possess; never forget
ting fora moment, that " the dagger is not over
yet"
Aslong as America preservesa name amongst the
Nations ofthe Earth, she will b. opposed by a foe,
naughty and cruel, and more faithess thsn Car
thage 10 battle the designs of this universal On
pressor, Noppose IL her ambition the same weapons
which she has too successfully welded against the
uhcifendnS inhabitants oil the EARTH will call forth
all the wisdom and all the energy OF YOUR body Sc
c0nded by the Voice of the Nation. Eng land vie
with indignant sorrow. the raptl growth of that
| Navy, which her Injustice has created Our Nsyal
triuinphs, On the Ocean and Che i.skes, had a.
| wakened her jealousy but the chaatsement which
we have iafiictcd on the feet Of her Acerine Mi
| Nous, has rendered her frantic. The Christian
| world redeemed from Alahomeian tribute is a sin
winch nothing can eXpiate, butthe dismsnting Of
that Navy, which has so reluctantly wresed the tr-
| dent from the lords OF the Mediterranean. She
views the downfall OF Agiers, the haibinger "a
, her own destruction. She may for some time. con-
| TIME her puatical depredatiOna that element
winch she boasts ofas her own and ill her Ccffars
with the spols oil ChrisIentom, or the tribute OBJ
! tanned by violence from the Worsippers Of Jucer-
| maui ; but the terrible day OF her reckoning is
swiftly posting on; her cup has ALREADY oyerfiowcd
justice, though lame Of foot, will always uyertake
| the wicked.
Eighteen hundred and fifteen has fnun,lail Chris
| tendon at peace (aiways excepting its " Bull
N2iE. Hertreatics are but truces ard her most
| solemn compacts are violated at will. Europe is
considered by her as the abode OF her conquered
Vasss, and the Isles afar off pay hOmcre to her SUI
| premacy. What America viii not relinuuish ly
treaty, she Claims by the gigantic arm of her pow
er and dutragms the laws OfGod and man, she i'm
piously exultsat her ability to cosrce all Who will
! not bow before her mandates
Scarcely had the wsx cooled or the sanJ dried
on the parchment at Client be tore cur Hsa was IN
suited, our jurisdiction outraged and invaded our
| property conhscated, aud cur Fellow Citizens en-
saved England, who always plays a deep game,
'o.too time IN renewing those heinous offences
which she Is determ med pursue as # TO try the
exp rimcnt how far we would admit the prjneiul.
we waTt no farther evidence; she has manifested
her Inietons OF adherlng rigidy 10 the Old Sys-
tenn She must be met on her ground or our
| Rights aud Liberties will be Swallowed nm No.b
ing will answer but retsliatOn Force must for e.
yer do that which is refused to Justice Lfiingland
npress our s>ataen, must impress an equal
number OF her seamen. If she captures our YES
seis, we must capture her vessels. If she coa6s-
Gates our property, we must coniscate her proper
~ " size insults our National flag, we must Insult
| her National hag Il she calls these heIlsh outra-
! ges inS more than municipal regulations, we
must call them municipal regulations also. IL will
| not tor ever answer TO negotiate with Eugland-
The miserable farce Offoiowing her to the differ
ent Coarts otEarope, ought never to be rehear-
! sed.
| In order TO resist the future aszrcssions of Eng
| land, you must cherish aud retain all your rpsou
| ees You know not how soon you may aeain b.
eaieu upon to act very important part both eie-
| mems Augment your Navy. You have a DOW
eriul and watebiul enemy, that sleeps not by day
\ nor s.umb rs by mig { On The Ocean she IS whine
rable Man TO Man, Snip to Snip, and Fleet to
RECT you have always beat her; and, on equal
] terms you will vsnquish her again But recollacf
that y"a are small and she is great.-Her canvass
| covers the oceaT. So L once was with Rome and
! Carthage. You have the a..ysatage of Rome, for
you have the most sl,iiful mariners IN The world -
he South produces iivcoak IN abundance, the
Dsst ana most durabie timber Tor sliipbuiid'ns
/ getler with paYal-,tOies. The West can furnish
cordage and canvass; whilst Tie North, the great
nursery o. Seamcn, Can man your fleets with man
| who wont "give ~ the ship"--and the Middle
states supply It with provisions You hkewitr
possess the sincws Of war-Yru want nothing that
can make you appear respectable to your f,iends or
formidable to your enemies and that toD without
any additional burdens ~ spite of all dist traitors
can do, you have convinced the people of this conn
try and thc world, tat gou can not only be Kicked
mo war" but Navy. There was, indeed,
time 10 this country, when navy WAS coosislerad
as necessary appendsge Of Power, and dangerous
10 iAoeriy bot from the strange state Of things in
lhs wor, II Is now deemed essential to our sayati-
on Since nothing will do bnta Navy, let as have
one.
viii call Ia your recolec ion the advice Of that
5aSacious statesman, Mr.. Lloyd, Of Massachusetts
lie observed that with thirty stout figates, and
rev ,eYen'y1'urs, we could intercept her home
ward, or outwardbouad feets distress her West
India trade. and even make her trembc FOR her
f9St-indla possessions. DO not recol1ct Tire pre-
else words but such The purpert Time bss
convinced every one q the justuess of his remarks
q IS not too late but no True ought 10 be lost
Two seventy-iour aud four Gueiqieres built annu
aiy, would soon place us beyond the reach Of Insult
Twelve steam-frsates, OF boating batteries, would