The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-04-01

ued OF whose existence diSturbS the reposc
OF over-tender conscierces, is revealing in lux.
ury, which the necessary wants Of his
wretched bondsncnare stirted TO supply
Such is the stuff that dreams are made of -
The master. consumed by cares from which
even the miserable Africaa is free, accustom-
ed to the decent comforts of lite is racking
his brain Tor ways and means 10 satisfy the
demands of the taxgathercr. You see the
struggle between his Pride and his necessity
That ancient relic of better times, on which
he bends his vacant eye, must 20. 1t is, it.
self the object OF a new tax, He can no lon
ger afford 20 keep it. Moreover he must End
substitute for his youngest boy called Into
service. His eldest son has persisted in the
teptless camp, the bloodless but fatal fields
OF tie Jenny country-and even for the che
rished resemblance of this favorite Child he
must pay tribute to Cesar. The tear chat
starts into his eye, as he adds this Item to
the inventory OF exaction, would serve but to
excite a philosophic smile in the IS G,;mui"
Liol~ OF the Levee and its heartiess worship
pers.
Such is the condition Of the better & more
enviable classes ct society. There is more
| than one beneath tia husband, the sole SUM-
portot wife and helpless children; son,
the only stay and comfort Of widowed rno-
ther. You have the outllne-fll up the bic
tue---for you can do it with u master s hand.
1--we shall then see the patchwork of the
cradle and the pdrty-colored rags of suualid
poverty huttering amidst the eDsifnS and STAN
dards which some Cadet for military promo
ton lays at the feet of our President LADY.
| on ms knees. 1t at the price of all this suf-
terng Could be brought back the tone Of quo.
lie sentiment :" that felt stain ike wonus ,
| i might be even cheaply purchased--.-
IN Othe'lo's occupations gone. War is now
! business OF calculation by which a bank
! Fupt become, contractor, may poison YOUR
| yeomanry at so much a head, and in two
| years time. subscribe as many hundred thou
| sand dollars " 10 the Loan"-thus r;yettinp
! npon the survivors Of those whom he has
| murdered, "a clear perpetual annuity of
| twelve thousand year. This is not all
| ihe professions, to which, for ths. most mart
our hnest young meu had devoted them
selves, having deserted them. lust rs thew
were beginning to get forward IN life, and
upon tiis; latin or their prospects, had acour-
\ ed families they will have no other. ~ so,rce
! but commission in the army. Their pover
| ty but not their will consents; and even this
motive vii, soon leafn to assume the parb nf
| patriotism, of public spirit. In little whi,e
| men CT all parties will, i,sensbIy. slide into
the support or the calal at Washington viii
oe seen dangling in the antcbanlber of the
! Secretary OF War, dancing attendance far a
! mniission.-They whose opposition to tl,,.
men IN power has been Conspicuous, will. for
while, teebly adhere TO their old principl.s
| AT the same time st'idiausiy avoiding every
| occasion thatInay cali for the assertion 81
| them. But few months will render them.
! in the main. very good courtiers : while the
| younger aspirants after military fame. having
| no shdckles upon them, viii be at once tho
| rough JannSsi.rieS.
| We snail be ;ii9lded into two great but very
! nrN nj f.l1
| who receive the proceeds Of them. Into tbr
first of these ciasses. I and mi,,e and all tn al
love, win a few exceptions. must fall /; YOU.
| my good friend, among tn, rest was NOT
born into THIS order Of things, and | never
will consent voluntarily TO become tn, vas
sal OF a privileged order OF military and mo-
| MED men, By whom. as by q swarm oflocnsts
the produce OF my landi is to be devoured and
ne possessor Consigned to Indulgence End srorn.
lie who will not assert his place in society de-
serves 30 be trarlpled under foot "Vy,Il von
not then defend the country twill dcf..d
myself it might as veil be asked Yes
with my last shilling, with n,9 hearts blood.
But Yea know that this federal army is so far
from beng raised for our defence that we
are oblg'd to defend it--such portions Of il az
lest, as tor tiecencys Ike are permitted TO
remain among uS--anii even TO march to t!,e
assistance OF CIR hefenceless Sister state of
Maryland. Eou know that its object is to
provoke in Cana1a retaliation GA the shores
and waters OF the CheSapcake--thai it is a
great engine o. patronage that the entrance
INTO the runs of the palace leads ~ Longer
through the Department OF State, but thrc'
the avenues OF thu War Oifce. No man adj
miies more tran do the gailantry displayed
by our officers and soldiers during the last
campaign in Upper Canada But I cannot
Consent, in my admiration of individuals.
soWc'ci whom are OF 10Y personal and par
tlcniar acquaintance, to lose sight Of those
pi IpcIpieS OF civil liberty in which was bred
and lin which l mean to de. OF the i,ayy Il
IS unnecessary to- speak. The simple record
Gifts deeds is It's best eulogiem-and its most
gallant exploits have been recorded with 2
'hodesty, that divides our aJrii. alton OF the
valor by which they nave been achieved.
lhecorrse OF measures, tn which during
seven years had oppoScdmyselfin Congress,
drew, IN the session OF 1Sf1-f2, to that ca.
tastrophc, which felt it to &c my duty 10
arrest by the best efforts If ny understanding.
IN the exercise Of iris high constitutional du.
ty--at once a duty and right was arbi-
traTilY s1enced On the hoor of AN assembly
calling Itself del:berative, abnsing the once
veneIated name of al American CONGRESS-
Then WAS the time as thought, and san do
think, for the members Of Che opposition VI
have quilted their seats and to have ADAM
doned an infdrated colclaVe 10 the misrule
OF their own mad passions instead 1T lend
ing BY their presence the coIntenanoe of de-
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