Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-07-31

SONS. who may be very worthy men, how
ever, ia other respects. want - carry on
their traffic with the Indians within the
Boundaries Of the u. 5. and. for this pur-
pose, Of Importance TO thew, but of no
earthly Importance 20 this nation. would
they plunge us into a war, and make MS. il
they could, push it on to the amount Of 5GO
millions more OF debt! This nation has 40
interest even in the kcching q Caaada
and. is it, then, t. be plenged into war,
Tor the sake ofassertrg the right If Cou-
pany of Fur-Deaiers to traffic with band
or two OF Indians. We're it realty right,
aud did the honor of our country demand
the assertion of it. l would be the last man
10 give il up. Bat we have noNmore right
on the Bapks of the Mississippi or the Mis-
sous, than We have ON those IF Tie Da-
nube.
Yet do verify believe that the famous
site gttG non arose entirely out OF the sns
gesiioas of the Canada Fur-Deaers. 1t is
notorious, that we insisted upon Americas
triUisy AN great ;tar { II her te,rifoTy--
;hat territory lies in the countries here
spoken OF. 1t is notorious, that we insist
ed on prohibiting the u. S. from purcha-
sing territory of the Indians IN the same
Nuarter. L. Is uoso, inus, that, after suffer
ing the signal defeats os Lake Champlain
end New-Orleans, subsequent to the date
ct the size qua non. snd expendmg about
thirty millions money, to say nothing OF the
lives lost. II is notorious. that after the
Fur Dealers sins qua non bad cost US all
ibis loss OF money, and OF military and ma
Val character, we had to submit TO the
,ser disgrace or having abandoned the
;tse gua nan. What triiiDg and contemp-
,Sie ,ostvuelenrs often produce enormous
rMschirf
The iaaguage Of this par graph Of Mr..
Perry shows TO NE It's source. The word
Propiuce" is made use of instead az
Hafe." INDIANA is q neyy STATE, Just
aa,rltcd into the Jni5n, the Constiu-
tiol hayioS provided, that, as soon as
anynew Territory shall have population Of
so. COO people, Ii shall Sc a...nisttd into III.
Union rs a Stase. Th9s, though there
were only thirteen States when America
became independent, there are now eigbs
teen or 7li7eteeH. Indiana is a beautiful
country, several hundred miles from the
Atlantic coast and yet, it is here called,
Il Province. Then, the paragraph says
that the American " .ASsenl6ly" are passing
: bh!. It is the Congress, as you knoyv, rs
we'll as do. in shoot, yoa win plainly per-
,eiyc, Tint Ibis is Z Fur-De .iing paragraph,
and you may be assured, that the intention
% tits, to excite jealousy III this war-ov-
ing, dominion rssping nation against you.
g the DESIGNS Of the States" As if
your government were about 70 Invade some
territory belonging TO us Three thousand
miles OF sea aud thousand miles Of land
are nothit & Ia bar OF our claims What
impuaence and what folly .but, especially,
what impuJencc, to think OF crossing three
thousand miles of sea, and then travt rising
thousand miles over country wholly in
dependent OF us, there 60 And. in the heart
fn ~ irN
fight for !
Still, however, as TO XS, as to the Motion,
who nave to psy for all these war projects
OF Fur adventurers and East-Intia la,iyen-
turers, the fully exceeds even the iMpu-
dence. DEFY any man living to show that
it is hosSi5i for England 20 derive, in any
way whatever, any advantage from The
Possession of Canada. 1t can afford her no
aid in case oil war on the ocean it has brcn
proved that 1t can do nothing for her W.
India Colonies it can yield no revenue :;
tue manufactures sent thither, and the Furs
sent home, do not yield a gain amountine 10
zen fheusanh fart of the cost of keep. y
upa Colonial Government and an army in
the Colony. 1t can only serve for the pur-
pose or creating grounds of quarrel and Of
war with the United States, against whose
militia it is utterly unable to defend ifseiF
for 4 summer month. 1t must always
have great army from England, in case
or war, and not a small one ia time of
peace, while the United States can saf.lv
hold all it can muster in utter contempt
For what then, except for the purposes
OF fasT0nage, can such a country be held
as Colony of England To be sure, Cap..
HENRY, the spy and corrupter, did SET out
iron, Caaada on his embassy to New Eng
land. But, then, our Ministers most SOL
In III. Nf~,f..
mission; and all the world knows, that
they would not solemnly assert wiful
iasehood. There may be use in holding
Nova Scotio, for the sake of the sea-ports
but Canada cannot POSSIBLY be of ai.y use
at all 70 this nation. Yet, how many mil
lions has it wrupg from the hard hands Of
Erglsh irdu try How RAINY thousands
OF people has it placed on the list Of pan
pers! One shih upon the Lakes, which
ship has never yet been used, did believe.
cost more than q milton ofu0ncy. If there
be another war, she has been built only to
be taken--tbe Americans, being at this
hour provided with a complete superiority Of
force; and, If there be 10 war for great
many years, the money, the sweat of the
English people, to the amount of million
of money, is sunk in the Lakes forever
Perhaps, the building OF this very ship has
sent thousand of the people of England
to the pauper list, and broken hundred
frnsrs and tradesmen.
Mr. CURwEN, who owes the nation