The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-01-07
REMARKS.

have no doubt that DIR. X. thinks himself in the
fright; we beiieve in many respects, that he
svrong.
We are 10th to sfeak III Of the dcad--we
therefore pass over Monroe's Treaty." with
but one remarks the Doctor sure that it
would have Scved us from Var ? What
does he think of the RIDER TO the W?-The
subjoined note of the British Commissioners
expressly reserved TO themselves the right of
retaiating on the French Decree OF Berlin,
svhen & ho7u they pleases. The Orders in
Council, which swept our commerce from the
seas, were those very retdtiatory measures.
IT, then, 4" Moaroe's Treaty" did not save us
from those Orders, how could it have saved
us from the War-or is the Doctor prepared
to stand up in the face of this nation, and con-
fess that he would have tamely kissed the
rod, and submitted to a measure, which swept
the very wheat and tobacco of his constituents
frem their lawful destinations
Say that We were not Z" prepared for
war" rs we'll as we might have been that
we had not men & money enough AT the mo-
nent of its declaration, yet whose fault prn-
cipally is IL that we are not now better
prepared. Who has preached against the
enlistment of men, the loan of D,oney Who
has done almost every thing to paralyse the
preparations of war. and TO stop the wheels
ofthe governments" IF not Mr.. Rice, it is at
least the Party to which he is attached-It
& Grosvenoi--the leaders of the Federal
Party aud their dwelling dupes
If there has been a want of " military Ca
pacity &c. &c" vet did not eveIy impartial
man expect some deficiencies in a nation
which had slept the sleep OF hedcc for 80
years-her old warriors elmost extinct, and
her Young ones vet to train up Was this so
much the fault Of this or Of that party. as of
the repose which we had moved "A bright
1a L.
of heroism have Frightened our name on the
land, as well as the waves Are Scott and
Macomb. Jackson and Gaines, destitute of
military capacity. BIC. &c ;"
If f" the attempt 10 conquer the Canadas~
has hitherto proved unsuccessful, vet is this
the first time that it has proved so In the
war of 90, various attempts were made by
the British 70 wrest them from the French,
nor were they attended with success until
four or FIVE campaigns had wasteS away, and
Wolf had sealed the victory with his blood.
Gad the u. 5. moved as one man had no
infuriated faction appeared 60 starve our re-
sources, to impede enlistments, and chill the
generous ardor of the ni'ita-man. Canada
To,ght ere this have felt, if not sunk beneatl
the blow: r.
81 RetaEatory ina i'm of or atlantic
frontier - And does Doctor Rice seriously
believe, chat the Atantic would nor have
been invaded, IL We Trad rot strucl. at Cana
da I'VE. should rather have believed, that
eSshouId\ have seen more of their troons
here, if we had not kept more of them er-.-
ployed there. We bow before his military
talents bat we beg leave to express it as
orr humble opinion, that, SO long IS the Bril-
fish have command OF the water, there is
no way 50 al ctaal for repelling their inva-
sion here, as by CARRYING the retaliatory
blow to Cansda.--When Scipio appeared be-
fore Carthage, Hannibal was Withdrawn from
the gates of Rome. to defend his country.
90 The indian qvdrfare" too. And does
the Doctor forget, that the tomahawk haE
been raised 5cforc we declared war against
Britain s---J'hat she had bsen secretly az
york vpon her allies, and that the fields of
iippicance had been sprinkled with blood p
IF the Indian warfare has been extended by
the general hOstilties, yet where has il end
ed The Indian tribes have been beaten,
Harrison has dissipated the confederacy in
the North, Jackson in the South, until scarce
" speck of war" remains upon the hori-
zon.
We feel for he mlnia.-They are har-
raised they sink beneath the services of
the camp.--Dr. Rice is not the only one TO
he2ve the sigh Of pity and regret. Yet when
1t was lately proposed 10 employ a more re-
Sular, better seasoned a less harrassng
species of force n force that would have
spared the lives Of the militia and saved the
81 necessary Oh suCO numerous acquisitions VINO
was it that raised the CIV Of opposition p
Who was it that resorted to the idle, silly
Glamour of CONSUMPTION Why, it was
tho party of DIR. Rice.
If" heavy taxes" are to be raised. the peo-
pie will pay them, & pay them more cheeIfully
perhaps than the Doctor desires. They will
pay them, because they are the price Of our
safety, our Independence, and our liberties
As the enemy would not grant Us Peace at
SIhent, on terms fair q honorable 10 both ma
tions as they now demand part of our
country as the price of peace as our Allan
tic frontier is threatened with desolation /;
the Ps pie will pay their taxes. We must
advance a portion of our property, TO pre-
serve the remainder.
We had supposed thai DIR. Rice would have
passed over the danger which threatens " the
federal union Of the States, because he can
not say that NE did it." The dsafection
that has appeared in New England the
Convention of Hartford are the true legiti-
mate offspring of the federal family. Doctor
Rice may blame the misconduct Of the Party
20 the North but let him not blame this
war as tire cause of it. Let him rather look
10 that inordinate ambition, which would
s. rather rule in He'll, than serve in Heaven"
Until his Party change their mode of oppo-
sition to the measures of the government, we
az. 4 Al. II. IL. 4