Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1815-09-30
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| L rom these tdCtS and COnS;te ialiUuS, !.
! may be Clearly perceived that the federal
! administration was ii.iiGijSly mere layisl,
the national resources than tie republ-
can majority for, it spent Ill the money Il
I raiseI by duties & taxes borrowed more,
* sfenf that too. Ia the Il easurY, when taey-
went cut ofpJwer. the fefieralisys lets. ii is
| true, about one or two millions Of dollats /;
bur then, they had increased the debt cf the
nation ten millions from the tine taat Gen.
Washington retired from the presidency {;
that is, they run the country ten millions IL
debe in four years. The repes.ican rla i9r-
ity have reduced tae oh pnblic debt, as
well as that added by the federal atlu.Sra
ticn, ct least forty millions Of d5.tars !,
mighty sum, and the payment of which
shows III honesty which the fcderaIsis ne
yer manifested as they never disnnisl.z,i.tse.
debt during their entire reisN Inc y,icIe
national debt, at this monlUat, doeg no.
very far exceed the amount At which 81.
stood when tie federal adm.oiatlattlu
went out OF power, Notwithstanding tsss'
prodiSious expenses of the ia,c war
But 1T was not, alone, u paving ,sc piis
lie debt that the superior Political yirsae Of
the republican majority WAS siipgn VVhu,r.
they paid the debt, they rehsa(cd thr IKE.
nat Ea.reS, = thing unhcard-of in federal
legislation. This simple fact throws the
federal party far into the back ground ana
makes them objects of ridicule or scora.
when they affect to conmiserate the pco-
pie and to feel for them under the prcssure
OF taxation. The federalists, in CT out Of
power, never repealed, nor did they ever
promise to repeal, the iaternal taxes. .Se.
dcf q Oh '4h'ft. 1902, Ilage SO, vck. 8, l..
Here, then, we pronounce Judgment
The tsderaiists must SO to The ieI They
taxed high without necessity they rot
deeper in debt; never paid what they
owed and never repeaied the taxes. The
conduct of the repubi cans was directly the
reverse. This judgment, as we have seen,
IS founded OF experience.
II we pursue the inquiry into the diplb-
matte measures of the two administrations
it "ili be found that the republicans were
much more Cautious in placing he nation
IN state OF war than their predecessors.
When the British government in the yea,
l795, had only issued a few orders in co,in
Gil, whereby the American t-ade was in
terrupted, Gen. Washington imposed an
embargo sent Mr. Jay to England, * threa-
tehcC war unless our wrongs were redress
ed. When the French, N like manner, is
sued their DEGREES, and a few American
lstrauon under Mr.. Adams broke oT com
merciaj intercourse with France, declared
existing treaties null, and made war IN
form. Yet. how loug, how patiently, did
the republican majority bear with the in
suits and the injuries Of Great Britain. be-
tore the final measure of hostility was g.
dopted American seamen continued so b.,
impressed our citizens were murdered
as in the case ofPierce, on cur own coas,s
whilst pursuing their lawful business ou,--,
national flag was attacked in time Of peace.
as in the case of the Chesapeake Frs
klne,s arrangement was violated; a bully
ing british minister was selected and sent
over to insult our government and un
der unlawful British orders IN council
nine hundred and seventeen a American vcs-
selS ana cargoes were captured by the
cruisers OF Great Britain. The fame Of
tae otates was every where fading : cur
citizens were. scorned in Europe and The
country was losing its rank anson5 tt,e ma.
tons. Under all these Injurious and pro-
voking circumstances, could q resort 70
war be called injudiciouS, rasi, or prcciri-
tate Gen. Washington did not wait che
year, after the operation of the British or.
deTs ID Council, before he made the final
appeal MIR. Adams did not wait two ycars.
before he made open war upon France
but the republican administration waited
at least six years, bef-re it rcso. led 70
arms. And what were the wrongs inf.
ed on the honour or interests Of the Uci-
ted States under the federal administration.
by England and France, compared with the
outrages offered by Great Britain f, A.
merica when governed by q republican
majority Nothing. Yet the f deraists
ru5hed at once to battle whilst the ren,ib-
licans paused, reasoned, negotiated, reruo,,-
strdted exhausted II the forms If djD'c-
macy, we1riod patience itself with endless.
discussions, ere they unsheathcd the sworI
With what ability the republican admins
tration managed its foreign ueeociaOons. It
Is not Necessary here 20 Examine. With
ont d sP 1ragiag the talents OF some emil
nent federal gcntlcmen, it msy be safely
averred chat, from the year 1904 TO the
year 1912, tho republicans have left en- re
cord many specimens Of diplomatic reason
ing and cloqusnCc that will bear COW
parison with any SIMILAR productions Of
the human intellect in any age or coul-
Fry.
After war was proclaimed, how was Il
wa5cd Dy the republican partys The e.
vents Of the late contest are too recent g.,
require particular recitation The mnp-
ner in which all wars are Conducted, Ks
70 be Judged Of by the e1cnt ; for, var
may be likened 60 great drama, IN .
up OF many scenes, in which are disDl
cd vicissitndcs Of good and evil for;u|