The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-03-04
FROM c00Oe.t's P0Asical Register e,fDec. "a
LETTER VI.
: 10 THE E.dRL OFLIgERPOOL,
ON THE AMERICAN WAR.
MY LORD,

MY LORD,
1t has all along been my wish to sec
Ens,ard at peace with America. My for this
have often explained and the mole have pursued
has been thus To endea,or to prove, that the grounds
Uf hoteof success, held out BY such writer's rs the
WARNS, iaiiacious. The Dit,ision Of the
Stdscs. the IMPEACHMENT Of Mfr. -hadtse,i, the Re
sct0i,ce q I0ratlon and the various other grounds
o. hope, have underworld to shew were hollow, as
Isueh the expectation OF sweeping the ocean
of the malt dozen OF 6r trieates, with bits ct str
ped bunting at their mast heads."-The task ofcoun.
teractng these delusive hopes has increased in ardl
usess with the progress OF the war. Beaten out OF
hope, these writers have resorted to others aud,
the the last American war, pride s, shame
and revenge are mustered up to proiong war which
policy has Abandoned
There IS ut,w a new deusion on foot. Mr. Wal
ter, the proprietor OF the Tines newspaper, who
shocking to think of has been principal actor in
producing tlis calamitous war, Is endeayorng
persuade the public, that the President OF America
zlN be unable tn raise the force voted BY Congress
complete the regular army OF that great Republic TO
100000 men, by way OF 6dist, or what MIR. Walter
calls COESCIuP1ION. To be sure, this is
very ell calculated to astound such man as
AR. Waiter, who Sno1US nothing at all about the peo-
pleoi Ame,ics who receives all this information
through the very worst OF all possible channels who
appears to be extremely ignorant himself: who pub
fishes purely for gain who desires to batter the foes
and prelutces al his readers and who. finding, HIM
self the gainer by being the avowed enemy offeedom
,n every part oi the wod, has become, to nothing OF
his breeding w, mortal foe 10 tine American govern
tAcnt O people SUCH leu 10 sup
posc that the defence OF country like America, WAS
inconsistent with freedom, naturally relied upon the
overthrow OF the government, the moment itattempt-
Ell To- raise army rcsstits invaders; such man
wsuii saturaly be, he has been, almost smothered
m the foam ofhis malignity, upon seeing
sure like this eooily proposed by Mr.. Monroe (now
Secretary of War, stteniively considered bya
mitee ofCorgrtss, and Smoothly passing into Law,
made, to be made, by the real and the sham Re
representatives. oil free people, elected by that people
only few months before, and knowing that they
s,in to be elected or rejected BY the people
Few months afterwards. Tins has astounded Nj,
Walter. 1t has, apparently, given his brain shock
too rude for its powers OF resistance IL has upset all
Lis calculations and IN crying out for rebel
hon in America as fiercey as he ever cried out for
bullets bayoHet hates, and gbbets for the rebels in
ireland hut, never losing sight Of his old object,
namely, delse this nation into the hope that the
measure nriSt fat, and tGt, therefore, ought
commune me
Despicable, therefore as this writer may he ; con-
temptibe ssis lis stock of understanding mean and
malignant as may be his motives, his efforts merit
tenton, and call upon us TO countersct them without
loss ottmc. In doing this, must first take the best
Account that can find of this grand OF the
American gove rnment, which has bsen given the
name of ConsG7pssn The following is the report
oi the bill as republshed by MIR. Walter him.
self:
lHere follows IN analysis of the bill reported by the
Military Committee Mr. Monroe's pisn
Such is the measure, which MIR Walter assures
cannot be carried effect but says, that IL Gould
&c carried INTO eject would deprive us of Canada in
avear, unless sent out our great national Hero -
Ind, indeed, that, under the bare possibility OF such
measures succeeding, "we ought to cast aside all
. European ionsicS INIT "a Grange, my Lori
This foolish gentleman used tell us, that the Amcri-
cans woaId be reduced asthe old phrase was in "a
Jeo .Sseks He hasof,eH exhausted all his powers of
speech to- convince hsresders that this ensIy
lkspic06Le to be treated within the of way
that we treat with other nations. There sno express
sion oil contempt, contained in oar cop'oas language,
which he , aot use towards America and her Presi-
AZ N.
that SO great is this America, that in order to
meet Der with chance ofsIIccess, ought 90
aside all European bolitics.
beg your Lordship, now, TO have the patience to
read Mr.. Walters remarks, at full length, upon this
measure OF defence in America. The article is OF
consequence because, though coming from such
source, though proceeding from son. sons, of OLD
WALTER OF Regency memory, il is what will eiUe tie
cue to almost all the rich people in the metropolis and
TO rot few of those in the country. Alter Inserting
this article will endeayor to shew its folly and its ma
lee; and were the author any other than Walter.
should not he afraid promise make him hide his
hsad FOR shame
No certain Official of the rupture of the
negotiations Client has yet reached this COUNTRY
Private letters it is true, have been received, stating
Giat the American Commissioner, MIR. Adams, a.
bout set offfor ST. Petersburg, and that Mr.. Gal
latin lad proposed that a single individual each
side should be left at Client to take advantage of any
opening for renewing the negotiation but both these
statements at variance with those contained in o.
ther letters Of the latest date from Ghent received nv
the French mail Of yesterday, according to which the
diplomatic intercourse still continued. We repeat,
that we do not think this the point to which the public
attention ought To be directed We should look not
20 the isaeos terms Of arfui negotiation but 10
the inialle evidence Of our eneInys mind and inten-
tlols Displayed in his conduct The bill for can
SetIthon OF the whole American FopuatiOn is mea
sure that cannot be mistaken. Whilst such bill is in
progress and before tbs known whether the people
viii submit to its being carried into execution would
be madness 70 e1eet peace. 1t would be madness
20 expect peace with persons who have made up
tneir minds 10 propose 50 dc perdfe their
countrymen for either they succeed, and then
he intoxicat'on Of their pride viii rendcrti m utterly
intractahle or (wh ch is indeed, probabIe) they
must fall and their failure Or cpitate them fron
power and consequently render treating with them
Snpossltle. When .4ssTic0n gentleman of sbieu-
brated review q. the Conscrptou Code of that monster
Bonspare, he could possibly foresee that his own
country would in 50 short Ine be subjected tn the
same barbarOus humiliation. The prime and flower
81 the american citizens to be taken by lot and
u-vred over to the marsas who ere 10 deliver them
over to the oiIeerT authorized to receive them, who
are TO act a the discretion and under the arbitrary d.
rsciion o the President. Thus does MIR Maiison from
simple republ can magistrate, suddenly start 10 mi
hdfy 9esDt Cfthe most sdiii'Gp character a double
c'the b'oor!tTsty wretch at Fila. We arc convinc.
cd that this sudden and violent shack 80 .ay yErga
JeefHgs TO sii TIE habits Of the people in a parts OF
tne Dn'Ob, c7ffiot BE- Hldoe 7gM inibtr,itv Certain
1t - that tis law eannot stand alone TO give il the
least chance - bsng PIT IL eXeeutOnt must he a.
cpapanieh With a the other chapters Of thai boodv
code ly Which France dsggaoed and b.rl,srzcd
and demoraiisciL Who IS To bum down the reGracto.