Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-05-22
TO TIE FEDERAL PARTY.
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GENTLEMEN
Are you not almost daun,cd and iiscon-
ragged! hyou look behind, what do you see bu,
disappointment and ii before yo,, what but des-
pmrf w henevery ray ofhope is ial'ing before you,
is II mot time to awaken from your dreams ard ex-
change the cause OF your party Tor that OF yo.r coun
try?
For sixteen years you have struggled for Office,
with a perseverance which was worthy OF a better
cause. For sixteen years, you have wsgei an un-
re'entng war against the administration OF the Re-
puhlicans. For sixteen years, you have striven tn
convince the pcol OF your merits-but, the peo-
pie more faithful To themselves than You were To
them, were never abe To forget the Alien and Sc
d'tion Acts, and the other errors of your own adj
minstra,in-Why struggle longer sg,inst the
stream Why perseyere IL a contentiun which c n
only cover you with disgrace!
VIVA arts have tot yonr lea,'ers employed
What msrepresenta'inns have not your presses
poured upon the pubic mud Every measure of
Mr. Jetfsrson's administration was attacked aud ca
iumnis'ed. Nothing was too high for their rapsci
"; or too low for their annatlve.sion. The scar
let breecnes OF the President and the horned frogs
Of the West were subject the same fate with tie
acquisition OF Louisiana u the embargo voice
Of truth was attempted to be drowned 10y the c'a-
u'orIs OF faction. Measures intended to support
the rights and honor of the nation were stigmatiscd
by every opprobrinus en- ttet. Then, accusations
were framed and distinctions invented, which
ed Only To dssrace the American name. ne cry
of Virginia Influence r,Ing in the Eastto allie
ate 1t irsm the South. The Glamour of a French
influence was nventedtD conceal from the people
the real TENDENCIES ot mt asures. Foreign embar-
r,ssmecis Which required Il the :alcutsaad Strength
ct the cople resist, ndered still mere dis
tessing by the internal divisions which you fnnert-
ed No measure coudbe taken to arrest the in
iustice OF bo the bel6gcreuts, but what was as
cribed 10 tire finger of Bonapayte.
But when their injustice, and yonr own perse-
vcrsnc had led to more aggravated aggression and
It became necssssr, to draw the sword to ayenee
Our wrongs, II not time for the Spirit OF party
Sleep Launched into with the most power
fll ration on the globe, was not every u, rye nee
sary carry with safety through il ? Put the
ambition of facti n slept not. Your leaders were
only animated 10 more vigorous efforts for their own
promotion. To palsy the arm OF the government,
and TO enfeehle the powers Of tie Repub!ica,
party, 50 as 20 cover them with disgrace, and on
their rui 6 TO elevate them-elves, the best
pelients which desperate ambition could adopt.
They decried the They indicated all the
afro cities OF hsrharous enemy. They secuted at
the triumphs of our arms; declaring that ii
becoming religious people 10 rejoice 10 such
They ished to deny their country the use
ct men and money. they discouptensnced the en-
listnaent Of troops, and the offer Of loans. And f.
sally, to close the career of H. if iniques, they
menaced the dissolution OF the Union, and organiz-
ed the Hartford CoriUenton /! Infatuated and des-
perate men Watt thus, that YOU expected to nh
pec,ed TO secure the confidence of the American
people Were disunion and treason the arguments
BY hich you hoped to recommend yourselves to
their attachment!
You have failed again. The war ended with glo-
ny; and rs your country rose, your party fell.
Peace extner:shcd almo every hope--oae single,
solitary ray yet fitted before you.
Your leaders descante'i upon the expenccs ofthe
wnr, tie debts which had heeD incurred, aud the
taxes which aid.-1hey nistook again the
- a,
has more charms than money. The appeal WAS
made in the Eastern States and the experiment
has lailed
Vermont hes hsndoaed yosr ranks. New-Hamp-
Shire has filled all her offices with republicans In
Massachusetts, you numbers have heen frigh.filly
reduce l--sueh another victory wouli be defeat.
la Rh.dy-iSard. and even In Connecticut, your
rauks are wofde full, tiIuued. In New York, your
discontinue is overwhelming. have preea-
tious tenure in Msryland-and every where else,
your prospects are overloaded with impeut trable
gloom.
1t is in vain TO struggle against The Of truth,
and the will OF the people. With all the assistance
which apos;aey has carried into your ranks; with
all the defamation which MIR. Randolph has sfford-
ed ynu YOUR efforts have been unayailing WHY
stem the cure any longer' WIZ, waste your
talents in nuitless opposton' Why, deny your
country the traits vi your genius and yUur elo-
quenc
But .fyour leaders will still pe,scvere in their
hopeless struggle ithey SIN INSIST IN making you
the instIUae OF their unbslowed ambition, is it
not time TO leave them TO themselves! To aban-
don men Who have nothing to ogery you but dcspai''
Is still worth while to tear yourselves from your
ceuntT that YOU may bolster up such paper MS
The :" Federal Republican" such politicians as
Pickering and O;isf
Whatever pa ty distinctions may arise in the
bosom q the republic, whatever new combinations
may be formed from the elements OF local infer
ests constitutional doctrines, this one fact seems
to be clear, that the federal sun of GAe party OF
Pickering and OILS mas set FIR ever