The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-03-18
POLITICAL.
Fron, Cc55etf's Hcetiy Register Of Navem-
Der -.
ToTHE PRINCE REGENT,
ON TIE AMERICAN WAR.

o b,. printed and pubshet IN article on the subject OF
focsln oi English Lscsi Nilita,uen, vt tie town of
Fly. IN fusand, and about the attendance OF German
troope the cerernony; white eSp;ati, This Of
fence. by imprisonment in steions s and
by paying, at he close Of the period, 1Hs,,sdd
.Portadr Fe you, acting in the aRd behalf Of
fsthcr--yho. during Imprisonment, became
afflicted with his present niady during this long pc
Rod Of secision FROM my home and from tie whole
some mir, Addressed YOU several Letters on ~, DIS
pnte 1ciM .4uerica, in which Letters cn@eavored to |
convince vu that the lspute il terminated in war;
might lead vely fatal consequences to this country
y, IL these Letter. stated Clearly the grounds of the
dispute; traced the of our i'll blood with Ame-
tn their origin poiated out how the dispute /
might De put end to witiout war; enjeayored 10
shew you the probable fatal consequences of war |
wi.h that nation os tree meu, taking mp arms roDIsry
srtl upon conviction of the goodness OF their cause
spent whole days and nights IN eudeavos warn you
sans believing the reports of The vena wretches, who
.stonipg persuade this nation, that had
Only 20 20 with Mr MANSON in order 20 effect
brc1king 1b If Tie .3isiScan amor; and the
this poit ssi It wasthc general opinion
sat. unless, the States conldbe ntlncc to di1qic we
never shncd'ory be able to cope with the,n war
within their TERRITORY
As the VANITY, naturally belonging to an author,
makes conclude that YOU read these letters with
great attention. viii not here sc into any detail on
their contents Bot five look the state of the
war 10 the gross, without any particular feature beng
taken into yie~ does il not appear that should have
heen fortunate, if my advice had been foowedi We
should never, then, have heard ofthe affairs othe Java
Others; should we have heard of the battles
of AXE Ecie and Lake Champiain.
For the preFent | will coufinc myself to the last
mentioned battle, which has excited great attention all
Europe and has called forth, ON the victors, the
most unqualified expressions of praise and admiration
from neghSars, the French, where, be il observ-
ell nothing spubl;shcd but with the consent ofthe 60
verpment.
This is naval affair. An affair t,,,rely rdpal--
There appears have been accidental circu instance
toaffectit The force on each side was nearly e.
qua need he, in order to come az roof reia-
t'De merits otie tsoo fleets. The battle, therefore,
WILDE considered often thousand times mere Importance
IN this light, than in the Light fits eectsnpon the
paSn in Canada. But b. fore proceed to the cotcc-
gItrt.rrS haUJie, think nest say word or
two upon the subject of the place where the battle was
fought Lake Champlain is partly in your fathers
provinces Of Canada, aud partly in the territory Of the
l.epubIic of America. II is, perhaps SO miles long
and from half = mile to 10 or IL miles wide ] do
not know that nuch hetterdescrbe it, than by COM
pairing It To the StRPENrlNE RIVER, in Hyde
Psrke, which is fed out of the Lakes in Kensington
Gardens The boundary line across Lake Cbamplsiu
is very nearly aud apy represented by the embank-
ment and bridge, which separate the upper from the
owerpar of the Serpentine River, and The ponds and
dhches leading from that separation down through
Chelsea the Thames very luckily to represent
the British part of Lake Champlan, which empes its
oseflownss nto the ST. Lawrence, between Montreal
and Quebec, and which is the Gully Highway iron the
Republican territory to those tws chief seats of the
i=es 9! - house g. i; eJ;sfitTT.
Whetherit wss this strong resemblance, IN the Shape
~ Lake Champan and that OF the Serpentine River,
which led few months ago. the ingenious de-
vice Of exhibiting hostile fleets in miniature the lat
ier hsvo net been tniormedi but, there few per-
s1ns, in this country, believe, who do not sorSIy
rrieye think, that in the bsttlesrpon these two wa
tcrs the representation should have differed widely
from that reality, the OF which have recent
~ to hand. The bsttle on the Serpentie River
though contested for sone time pretty stoutIy By the
Yankees, was Mt last decided IN favsr. britannia
am told for saw it not with tie trident of Neptune
81 her hand, was seen crowning her soss with bav
while poor JONATHAN, with his long hair hanging over
!.s .ir.P:. head; stool captive under nus own, iar
which was hanging reversed under that Of yoar ROYAL
House; thereby indicating only naval superiority
over the Yankees, but anticipating that whenever they
should dare to meet u.s. they woul1 be beaten and cap
tured i here WA mt, believe, an opportunity OF
exhibiting this scene to the Emperor of Russia and
S'rg OF Prussia who thus deprived of SIGHT of
those eStstic delights which the people expressed and
OF hearing Of their hear cheering shouts, when
sney saw poor JONATHAN haul down his colurs and
when they heard the martial bands strike up, R,.le
tiftor1iiG britannia, i7ebe Haze, p in the chorus
OF which they joined with their hall million Of male
and female voices till the sound seemed 10 fill all the
space between the earth and the SKY. The Foreign
Soyereans were, for of time, deprived nf this
sight But in the harbnr Of Portsmouth, on the day
OF Your arrival there, in company with them myself
saw, on board OF some SHIPS the flag Of poor JONATHAN
House.
Alas, SIR how different has been the ,enEty from
the anticipating representation upon AXE. Cham
p'siu, that Serpentne River on grand scale how DIFF
serent has been the event from that Of the Representa-
ton, which drew forth the air.renus shouts of hafa
million OF the people ofthis country! Ave ofhaIf
million Of people, whom it is no more than ius,
euoeiuro 10 say. that they are every respect worthy
~ lsne the subjects of the King that resns over them
2n' ot the Regent Who acts in the nsrnt and behalf Of
fnatk ng! There sore few exceptions; TO he sure
some fcw T0aleonteuts; few, whom neither King
ror God can please Bn speaking Of them in q mass
your iather'speop!e are worthy of such a Sovereign
AID such Sovereign is worthy of such PEG,
pie. -
To return TO the battle OF Lake ChampIan. have
deeply 10 lament. that WE HAVE NOT TIADANY
OFF]CIALACCOUNT PUBLISHED RESPECT
iNt' III, yet isnow the 9TH ofNoyemher IL s not
for me to presume to know or even to stI,-s 7rbi no
sTIch account has been pubshedSo far am fyoni A.
tempting to f'rd fntt, upon this occasion, with the
men IN power that am not disposed to efquir..
Hto their motives for rot publishing the aoenun, IN
nue2Jon. am quite willing to allow that they SIRE
the best possible Judges Of what they are about that
they know best when e. publish anil when 10 be silent
i't may, and must lament their rot publishing DO
cause, m the mean while, the Retlt5fcdu scenusf q
gone forth 20 the World end which account IL ealcl.
icd - maze most tiucinus impression uoon the
world, particularly With regard 10 the relative value
~ me naval characters of the Republic OF America
e'a 1T The United Kingdom OF Great britain {. Ireland
rthe Republican account be true, the event was in
Vas view "f II, the most fetal that ran b. imagined
tor "a only were vour Royal Fathers sIips s1,fk,
~ hc+h men and e7i~s not only was his NIaieys Rect
oe0isn by tire Republicans under suci cireums anees
sutH was fde5. al taken, and that too zfffs, nm,
7trT sTc0t ~ ughhrI The RertIhican seaoucf Ia %
follows. aud as Won ytU oeren;ye a, Z.