Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-09-19

RICHMOND. SEpTEM1gR 10.
FOR THE ENQvIRER.
TO HENRY CLAY, ESQ.

TO HENRY CLAY, ESQ.
No. 4.
wa q rar rcih Ehgia,,d be an incritGLIe
consequence cf' on,' acknoUiedeing. the hide
pendence IF any Of tie South american
l,rocmceS.
in order to answer this question, we
must ascertain whether England is at pre-
sent d5fe to wage war against nation as
powerful us the United States. When a
man III tins country presents note to a
bank for discount, the directors enquire
whether he Is rich and in credit thew care
not j0t about his talents, his rectitude.
his patriotism, or the objects for which
lie wants the money they simply ascer-
lam whether or not lie be rich and la ere
az; If he be so, he is considered AN a5le
n,aa, and the bank graciously bestuws lis
tdrors upon !iim-lf not already rich, and
therefore not lii want of more money. his
note Is turned down. Ii is precisely in
The bank sense of the word that mean to
enquire whether England is at present
ntIe To wage war upon us /; for as she has
not The physical means OF her o,ca. If |
slew that she has neitfercaM nor credit 10
hare the means war, il sill clearly fol-
low that she is not able 10 wage war upon
us.
a las poor John Bull! after all his Nigh
~ efforts, big talk and staggering. about
law, order, religion and liberty, at last
ilnus himself III most deplorable condi-
ton. Some of Johns friends, who under
stand very well the real state of his dis
ease, ready to choke with modification
ana disappointment, are perpetually en-
deavoring To avoid all ai!uSion TO the true
cause of the present rotten state of the
poor old gentleman's health, and try to
DaSS the nIuiiar of H.,
writhing of his limbs TO a momentarv IA
OF passion occasioned by The unseasona-
bleness of The last summer by reason
whereof some OF Johns garden stuifs did
not succeed according To his wishes. The
siinii crops OF the last year no doubt con
tributed very much TO iniurc Johns health.
ana diS'u hls peace of mind but that
cause alone, being temporary, might be
horne-Dui, Nat upon the back of his
deots, Johns vast, enormous, incredible
and Increasing debts, has set him almesi
irantlc-so much so, that il has been
seemed indispensable by his doctors TO
put him IN IA strait jacket-aud no wonder
that 1T should, Just now, after john had
as lie thought, knocked down all his
ncIghbors, burnt most of their DWELLINGS,.
and goi all the freedom and good tbinps
to himself; and when he was about TO sit
down lnsqulet TO talk of his great feats
and take a BIT of comfort, that he should
find himself, by the artful contriyances of
The chief steward of his household, worse
OF than Jeremy Didler, unable TO raise
The wind even for a meals meat-and
TOO, Ike Jerry, be Obliged to skulk and
hide frem pack of merciess bailitfs, all
In pursuit OF him, armed with an absolute
Powey-ef- imprisonment law. 1t is no won
der John should be in such sad hnmor
HIS disorder manliestly RACES so violent
IL, that his friends are now firmly uer-
suaded, the final scene will not be by a
Efhajasia, as was once predicted by his
late friend Hume, but be attended with
spasms and commissions, bleeding and
great palii--or IN word, 10 drop the ale
CORY, review OF the rapid rise, and. Of
iaie, compound increase of the national debt
OF England, ami the present clrcumslan-
ces OF the people of that country, will
convince us, that instead of thinking of
foreign wars, they are themselves upon
the eve OF civH One--and thai anoiber
English revolution is inevitable.
That such is the present condition of
the English government, is my firm belief:
but IT will be entirely sufficient for INV
purpose, which is To convince my fellow
citizens that we have nothing TO fear from
her malice or jealousy, to prove Il,at she
cannot at this time, and will not be abie for
years to come, TO raise the ways d. means.
Inc money, TO carry on war against us.
or indeed any nation. To give strong'
clear and comprehensive view of the pre-.
sent condition of the English financfs. |
shall present sketch Of Tie national debt
at several remarkable periods, so as TO
shew al single view the amount of prin-
Gc'pal debt, the expense, and the taxes col
lected OF the nation, and the rapidity
with which they have all accumulated