Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-10-19
COURSE or TILE AURORA.


The Enquirer contcndetl, that at the moment
hen d, beeans necessary appeal TO the nsion for
tic assertion vi cur rights By oten, manly 9 kot-
| oTd0t scar, The Aurora shrutik, ike Il ,ecresnt,
rom s duty--t'iat, INSTEAD 81 calling upon tie rs
ton to fly to arms, the .i00rG bcsousht TO de-
elite the contest, and to trust "a the energies oe
nonImpoItaton act iUr the redress OF our g-eyai-
We cannot sufficiently estimate the tslionorahle
consequences OF Ibis doctrine, without msrsing the
crisis to which our country had arrived Frr years,
we mad been the victims Of wo arrogant bcllerents
each at ;hen coutentiIg that he only re-
tsiaiag Through our sides the previous asgrcssions
OF the other.--Ne wished to avoid rupture with
either and we retired within own shell. But,
tue conardicc oi Congress repealed the Embargo,
arc s. nj Is again TO ses witnOut war; about arms,
without any e.he;en. rrpel the attacks OF
cur enemies What our neat expedent To
divide Oar snemies to abate tie ~, ssos of ono,
thatwe might IN th-t ground seek justice from the
other or eXlUrt I. a. the pnnl of Tie sword. THIS
ex.e,lisnt suece eded--Frsnce pledged herself 10
repeal her DEGREES, and oons; Iuence OF this
IN ss'tre, We proceeded 10 carry our nnl-npnr-
'stion Act int force sgsnst Creat-brta;u-
Some still cluhc'o the hope, that she would initiate
the example oi France, aud DO jusiiceit not, o.
very patriot, VIII saw The crisis To which were
RAPIDLY approaching, vas determined Is meet il
liSr men, snd 'iy to e sword rather than submit
ny longer Il her iasc!ent sggresSions. From the
9th 81 March, ISL various st,empts were made
AZ IMPORTATION, bu; /, yan-in huar,st Mr.. Fosters
u!u2iate terms we're male known to our cSbinet,
and to ctr reorie-terms, which it was impossible
TO assent 10 without the utmost deg, s.la,iou.
10 thr pstri't, ~sr was no longer matter Of
doubt. The enemy had taken her sround--it was
tine 20 take ours. Was this the moment TO rely
on ton-'npor;son act !--vhen honour
bleeding at every pore, what remedy was before
Us, but direct, opeh, honorable war
Like the great era oi 70, these were Indeed
the times ,hst tried mems souls" This was tire
M WI Ieh he tl4st.p nj
iSu', at this moment, what was the course OF tie
Efnor OF tie Aurora Let him speak for himself
land let the reader say, lift be the language Us
priiticisn or q pat,int.-Un the iO;h Of August,
1871 "a few days alter les diss graceful, in tie
case Of MIR. K. smith, he Out with his pgyet
in the following terms
g WAR WITH ERGLAND.-we entrcat them Jour
ci;!a,n' Serersiy, rarners and others Continue
r""'e, with patience, they have h,hertO dUne, the rude
sgeryss,on, Of powerful enemy than strike tie
Ers; ~. lie, itbe reeoIleced tina, norrmporaiio
Is long hac more Injury THAN enud effect With fifty
s,Fs othe lin" tbs law ia e,itetaly nsiing hat.
ees IL Grs-t Britain makes against u shall
dJtsla ourselves"
Two days after, he fellows up this submissive
prop sit'on, in the same Illuminating style:
Z" UNhNIMiTY.--Tl,c period is rsp,iiy apDroacI,ine
when it would that there is to lc perfect harmony
si u'anT,,y amongst all ranks an osssts of The Ame
snS . Do e as ;'. e e T %,n O. srH"'
history 10 ~ Psone,G Of any Dan under hevtn
have ts ninieed on tie United States ny Great Britain
SINCE the Republicans INTO power AID At ti pc.
c. P.:o.' 49,, $500, 's uio.' uur i'.,', De'7"'f
I.eH SfRa'n 'tt po fe'" 's 10 curry 20 :dc coHtst
EeT1.onr gov'rmenii not dsPcsci TO wsr with
unshn'y when - likely 'ery soon 10 exist bween ail
parties in this Country, the ioros always excepted Oar
cocd'nsy AGREEABLE 10 the FED, al az course ii, quite pa
enc, aud mi ag1o'aly bTtelH iiSffos 11Tns o,
pi5can5 perfectly satisfied Uiih ard wortl, s;rea
dsa-Engahd cannot, and des not complain cf i', asi il
IL satisfactory France, ,si she has la consequence
ecuraly ahrosa,ed her DEF n'ige decfes ngn,t
nerce, and beraied ships unier .elaesatO'. which
ce. ny TIE restoration Of the Hnecsu properly seized
6M NJ st condemned under the Berif and Milan deeree
or~ncb Barlow, niii'tsr Paris Is Instructed
beiDs gloomy
What. patiently 50 ent'rre The rule aggressions
OF powerful enemy" after years OF irtuisrabie
insult, TO wait for" the first blow :" anist contu-
me.ies the most disgrscesul to bear and to "endu-e
them with patienee;" this the course Of polite
eis and patiio I'VE do net stoop u coGiuari-
sons with the Aurora; but we well recolect the
digiation which We felt Tor this pu i!lani-aons
course Of The AusOrs.--We compi sinch ofitsback-
~sTdnessto assert the rights oil Aineri,g-Re de.
nouf ced this coward proposition IA "a terms which
1t deserved. We were 10 var, rnsily ard honor
able war because lit Our situation, aud saw
ut tie ecisis al co'ne.
And how does tse Aurora nO1o Justify this CON-
ten,p,ide policy H. equ'voc,tons inst rs conteno
dble--thst I" did believe, and sill does bei..yr
that the nOn-imporiaii0n act would have effected
III had not been III <, aseiIi,y abandoned, more
than var hoS done could do y----tst the Auro-
"a did believe that it was necessary to he prepared
Tor var. that England was determined TO make
destructive war upDn the commerce OF the United
Stsses----snd that war would grow oft Of it, unless
England made to suffer in her yitals, that is
IN the resources of her commerce; that, Gspriy d
OF the American market, aud ia. AIS ho6esllyen-
forced, war might have been avoided, which be.
came Inevitable when the i0th Congress, 60 it, e.
terna disgrace, operated upon TO panic by c1rnbi-
nstoA in Bosoh"-did what The Aurora does
not say for, IN its elegant manner, it does not finish
us own sentenee-but, we presume it Iaeaat to say,
"to rebedi lie eBi50rgo."
What confusion of measures, Ly way Of eon.iyoca.
ting iacts, runs through this misertb!e apology
" the MN HaporfaiioH disFaeefuy abandon
ed!--What yi0Hi D.b9rf0iiD0? TIE one which,
was so ehecually to 6 GIT oar b.tt;ssis 1912 This
nou-iHso.Iofi0H never abandoned, bt TO ADOPT
t''e honorable substitute OF war. What then be-
comes Of his conclusion
1.-The means the non-iBierooursc measnreuf 800
how call its a. efficient measure, when in November
1909, Tins man had denounced it w. tic strong
est 'erms-" MS restraint upon men Of virtue, ope.
ra'iuS eiieeiurly upon them alone. While it ope-
rated rs bounty on the illegal speculation of the
enemies ofthe public honor and Of the naiionl in
tercsis these gentlemen Of the nth Conrrcss)
are PLATA & serious truths they show tho iicl cacg
efMe Mn h3tcrcoprsea7v 20 protect the nsrinnal
rghts, 70 prOclte respect for the national charac-
ter"
Nay, tits very nor-imborfGfion act, which he
cries up very efficient H. Nov. 1911 ho kim
self declares IN April, he is very Gar from finkio
IS tie oniy measure that ought TO be ,piopteh" I'm
July (hougli this alIsui sicnt Bon-in portaon was
then IN fuce,) lie declares thst the course Of M
Iiey. pursued from the ever erec,,i,ls ai,,.,tr..