The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-03-04

Government, all taken together President Congress,
Judges Secretaries Clerks and all, do uueh
IN year, as IS allowed by Imperial Family ia ore
single day.
5tii France not i,,prdsi. This is a very mate
rial point America WAS, AMI is iarddsd Her villages
to~is and cites, have been phlndered and burnt. A
coif,hnii,n ot thus mode OF warfare las been distinct
y declared ~ Admiral nave been resolved on
II IS INVASION, Is devastation, is fire. IL is the sword
u plumber, at their very DOORS ard iherve dwell
l,"gs On the coast tat;hc American lew are called
torthto repe 10 pnnish, prevent IL is no posi-.
Ole, no Imaginary, distant danger that has caile
form TINS measure trocl the Congress: it Is oc.Gi
O'si'n 1t is M epcmy in the eouutty, there laying
waste, piundering anti killing Ii v ity Il YOU pleas.
but that as no matter ltNspo!e,n had landed AN ar
my here, he would have been ins,ie in 81 ,;on, by
the laws oil war; hut, n.ca expeete him s., n 20
MAKE The oeinpt, ~ invasion, '' conne ourselves
TO measures like tbs OF Nc. 'Ion,oe Dill we not
call upon the whole O. the pcno,e Il, be ready IN come
ori zi'idr' mart dldr Dut ao here anticipating a.
notherpart oftae subject of roy letter
So msch, then, for the resemblance between a. !.
French Conscrirtionand the American Lew audi
am sure, that Your Lor'ship will ALLOW TIA, the,. n,
more reseYh one another, thnr this REsrsrrR resem.
bles the Times newspaper. What. then, b-eon,es OF
Mr. Walters bomtasiics trash about SCR o,;nnry DIES
pots g cisii'iet coHSe9bts? Yet he will 6ni dupss
lie has nnl tupes for many vear. ard ne vii. rontn-
tie u md them upon this subject f-ar, till we shat,
see an american feet on tn ofiicland an occur
renee more pi1hahle t.,ar at one time rs thou,'I
the capture o! 40 y ilsh fIgae by Republican tl;a.
with bit ofs,,shel 5uaSag is mas. hsal. as Mr.
Canning thought it to describe the American iriy.
Bn', my Lori, ii mot with the French CONSERVATION
aeie that mean tn compare the Republicsn evy
Let US see, (oc that will bring the thing home to ul
what IS the nst're ofthis of MIR Monroe com
pared with our .Jilitias.
We have two or three Nrlitios. hi, th.rc ora t,.,
clearly distinguished from each oticr One IS ca,e
the Militia. an; the Other the Eocai .IEEda The
,lrmer consists OF men called out by BALLOT.
WITHOUT ANY REtsA2DTO TIE AMOUNT
OF THEIR PROPERTY. Eaon man. so lied on.
must serve IN person, or must, ofhis own pocket
Ind man to serve N his sesr and, seeing that the
SeVces IN all respects. except that OF heing ove
sen, the SAME ~ that OF regular soldiers; seeing that
the man may be marche TO any part of tl,, kingdom
may be ga'teTcd in camp j. barracks and is s.hiec
teh % al military pains ard penal,ies the prizes of sub
STUNT has long been 50 high, that no laborour or jour
neyman has, out OF his pocket been able 10 procure
asnhsttrte Now. you see, there is n wide difference.
here For the man ofsrnll means in America. has
twenty others to assist him in paying the money
necessary 10 engage substitute. twenty five men
are put INTO class If one of them goes TO serve thu,
Others are able IN make him handsome c,nnpenss
uon' " none OF them choose tn serve, the money in
lieu Z" the service OF one man, is to he cectea from
twenty-five men. And which is the beauty az This
almiHb.e scheme. when At ,.as::,eH.
money, each person IS to pay, not tue same sum bu,
sam l proportion 10 the anortnt or his ,,,enrs In
England the names OF ell certain ages, in each parish
are put into box, out OF which the number wanted
are drawn 1t happens of course, that Of fon,, one,
IS a rich merchant, another a farmer, another r,r-
neyman taylor, and another lslso,lrer- istn
serve 'npcrson or hnd substitute The price Of the
substitute IS as high fsr the poor as for the rich The
Two latter, therefore, who lsve property 70 defend
must serve, or they mus. rake together the means
Of paying for the defence Of the ploperty of Inc rich
and thus involve themselves 10 debt and expose their
iames, It they have any, TO misery. But, yon see
MI Monroes scheme most eifcctuay provides a,niust
tl's 1T pucs all the male population, between Is and
30 INTO classes oftwenty-hve men Eaeh class is 10
send one man. If they agree amongst themselves who
sl'si, 90. the thing done Ifnane nj than cas ..
co. then the twenty-five 70 paw sum of money
but here they are MT To pay alike the iournevman
taylor and the iahaurer are not pay Ike the mer-
chant and the FARMER: every of the LgeHsy-iye
to paw IN Proportion 10 his PROPERTY and tins docs
the burden Of defence fall with arithmetcsl correctness
on the thing ~ he defended
And This ny Lord is what MIR Walter calls e" Can.
srrlbhon this I've calls measure of 6dr5arol,s hu-
nbnuo to the people of America for proposing this
measure he oalls Mr. Madison sa1c7an,.,p lesbot -
this is measure which nc saySw 7;eUeT 6s sn6aiffed
70 by the Republcans. The foolish man will sonn
have to his astonshnent AZ the complete s,c
cess OF the measure if he has not viii acknovl, ,ge
myself o be great fool as he.
bu to proceed, our Locai -tdihn we're to serve on.
" within their several counties but their sec has
now been extended; though except in cases of ,,r,,
c, they are to be called only month in the wear
iiere man must get the menus of hiring n substitute
from any Insurance or Ch,5. He must make no
bargain with his master to ont the amount OF the
penalty He must sscetr that the ten 1olDleks comes
out OF hls own present means, he must serve in Ly-
SON in tbs case, however, approach a,itlle near
er 70 rlr Monoe's excellent sehein for =, this MI
ihs, we proportion the hne in some measure to the
properly OF hinl who refuses to serve though rich
farmer si pays only about twenty pounds, while the
poorest OF his iabonrers must pay ten pounds though
Certainty the property Of the former may b. estimated
At two or three thousand times greater than the proper
~ OF the latter Now, according To Mr. NIonroe's
scheme couple of farmers woud find themseIvee
cassed with twenty-three Iabourers and inrneymen
blat ksnlths, collar makers, whcclvIiel,ts & O. &c-
And OF course, the farmers woull DAY 2-25tbs thu.
penalty; or, which would be the natura result one
man out OF the twenty-five, with "A handsome reward
rom the rest, would cheerfuy take up the muske IN
stead OF the dung-toTk, or the sleige-hamrner
But the most important diEtireton still remains IN
be noiccd: that's .ay 1T have for twe,,t, yea .
hal militia on foot under martial w Jude oihc rs
commissioned by the King, under the reeula- dsc;u ne
lodged IN camps or barracks, marched 10 ~ corner
OF the Kingdom, without any actual INVASION rtlc co
ty. Thes regiments have been kent u,, The baloir,
has been going on, and invaders have come 10 brn
our villages, towns and cities; or to plumber them or
lay them under contribution. Whiein Americ, we
are in'ang g laying waste we are taking ter7p le,t
POSSESSION Oi one district are compellr,r the eo
pie to swear allegiance to our king; HAYES mighty
naval force continually menaeiiig the sea-coa7, we
nave one army aroi here, another there more ARE
going out and tins Mr.. Walter IS ealing 'fill ne &c
hOarSe, ior more troops 90 be devastat aud d
yus the country, toOvertuin the republican government
aud reduce he people IN unconditional submission all
ths he is doing, while he is 1t the same time CRYING
out against the barbarouS scheme Of calling upo the
people OF property TO defend their country either D.
their persons or with their purses. Ave, my Lord