The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-05-06
To the President offie United Sfafes.

TO the President offEe United States
We he's leave to offer to you sincere eongratus-
tons upon che conclusion OF an honorable Peace betw
the Unued States ard Great HtiS'n, and at the
time to express oar unfeiened adpiraion Of the
ligbtened wisdom and patriotic frhness, 10y which
your conduct ha, been during the extra
ordinary trials which for some time past our coun-
try has beeneNpdsed, by foreign injustice -
In ,he anxious and long continued efforts of Co
vernment TO svod contest with England, we have
seen and approved that spirit Of moderation and love of
peace, which ought IA peculiar manner character
Use Republican rulers and IN the decision with which
an apes! % arms was made, when forbearance
longer possible, we recognise aud applaud that
rageous devotion TO the rights and honor of the nation,
which abrase people entitled to expect from those
who are the repositories of the;r power.
The struggle which followed that appeal was neces.
sarily commenced under Formidable difficulties, grow
Ing out OF our situation and that of the enemy
but was marked in its progress by signal triUrphs
won by navy in the weakness OF its infancy, from the
greatest maritime nation the gebe, and by an ar
my and militia in which discipline had only begun to
lend its a,d Ia yeor from those who had long been
formed to military hshits, and had become familiar
with victory over the veteran troops of France.
The struggle has revived, with added lustrc, the re-
nown which frightened the morning of our Indcpen-
dence; IL has called forth and organized the
resources OF the Empire Ii has tried and indicated
our Republican Constitution lthas given that mo-
raj strength whe consists in the well earned respect
OF the world aud in just respect for ourselves. 1t
has raised ups consolidated national character dear
TO the hearts OF the people, object of honest pride
and pledge OF future union, tranquility and great
ness 1t has not, indeed, been unaccompaned by oc-
casonal reverses; yet these have had their
ine and may still be wholesome u.s. we receive
them as the warnings ola protecting Providence a
ganst the of false confidence and against in
temperate exeltson in the midst of more prosperous
fortune. Many ofour citizens too have fallen in this
conflict, and il becomes to meurn their loss but
they have aiien that their country might rise they
have cemented with their blood the fabric OF her hap
piness and glory and, although death has snatched
them from us, they will still live in their example
and in the grateful remembrance of them country
men. "a 60.
Throughout TINS severe probation your course has
been steady and uniform you have not been turned
aide from the pursuit of peace, through vigorous pre-
paraion for war, by unforeseen and gigantic emhar-
Sassments, enhanced if not produced by an opposition
known to palsy the energies of free state in the hour
OF her greatest peril The result of cOnsancy sus-
tanned and animated by virtue, has been what it ought
70 be; the result has been Peahe which every A.
Enerican feels that he may enjoy, not only without
bush butvh lofty consciousness that it brings with
IT augmented honor for the present. and security for
tue future. -;
Signed in behalf of tho meeting
Tin Pinckney, Timothy GGrdi,er,
Jos. H. Nicholson, AGth. JTuiaanS
I'm wilson, John Oseen
John ylf'Kim Jr. Nath. r TtIH.ins
t0'h1 tif57i, yesse- Eicie1i55c7 ger,
XeUi Holhrlgsioorth FPrl Rre6s,
Uf'. .gPDenGid Id e.. Woodyear
Geo SHES,