Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-03-16

Nas uo, rlaiuia.ned at Pensacola his
i''g' Obligations 10 this country were dis
reaa,ded there. For fourteen wears, this
governor, aBd his marauding garrison,
bad received no pay. They had Subsisi-
ed upnn The blood stained spoil, torn from
SoGr unprotected frontier, BY their Indian
coriedesateS.
This step does no, rest solely upon
ynur measures The last session, aud in.
terration1l law, t.yindlcaiion The
movement Is sustained by the high au,tio-
rIiy OF two presidents, Washington and
Madison, and hy the scvrrafcongress, y
OF these two periods. Niien WAYNE OBJ
tanned his signal victory, ne burnl and
destroy ed Col. M(5ee's house ami store,
lac beng the British, agent, aud every
thing that was comiIustibIr. under th..
s.nas al lie British iori; aud would rave
oap'ured The fort, il his force had been
snihccnil, strong, upon the pimcipie
ilsai The garrison co operated w,ihihe IN
,ilans. With a full knowledge Of ali the
circumstances, Congress voted him
thanks and, during the recent comics,
with Eu5'end, Pensacola beng always
the depot III The eieaients al war, and the
ralls ing point Of the enemy, whether Nj
choils on iioAlrgs, and negro Nero. Gen.
Armstrong addressed the following order
tuG.n.Ja hson: 4" they Uhc Spaniards)
admit. feed, a IA, aud cooperate with The
British AMI hostile Indians, YOU must
STRIKE, upon the broad principles of self
preservation" This doctrine was hcld by
ilai grca, civilian. Madison. The facts
had existed The blow had been struck
PeNsaeola had been captured The trans
actions are perfectly analogous suman
ingenuity cannot draw u d. ,inciion be-
tween i'ieh Then, sir, there we're no
constitutional scrupips no call upon this
peonle 10 arouse from the slumber oi
Executive confidence, and guard this
sacred instrument from lniraCilon. Then
tsisilustrinus man, who can emphaii
ca'iS Sd rent ctdi, ,ici, MAS hailed as The
champion o! his couBiry's rights, and
the aNeuger of his country 5 wrongs ..
NeN, all he asked was Slight boon from
;e opposite side {: ihe indu!gent exten
sion al that exposition of The constiiu
ton and ire law of nations which pre-
vailed in the last Presidency He would
nol call them TO look upon The ,:rocted-
ings at the last session. In Madison's
administration, the Occupation Of Pen
sacoia was no infringement of Spanish
soSereignty-no cause Of war-no usur
paiion--n no vi olaiion of The constitution.
iien the present administration treads
"a tie io0i-steps of their predecessors,
LEI them have The benefit of your former
construction If iheconstiiu,iOn, and your
iormerreaing Of the law of nations. Do
not contract and widen the provisions of
thai instrument, which should be Il light
TO ihe feet. and a smp to lire paths of
public iunciionaries; steady and uniform
not an igus tatuus, beaming here and
there to entrap and mislead, and serve
the purposes of The moment. The cap
ture O; Pensacola had been compared 10
Tie bombardment of Copenhagen and
the seizure Ofiie Danish feet He said,
The fast anchored isie had often received
culsgies al the expense of this country,
even IN this House, the sanctuary of her
fame and her liberty but in no instance
had case been made out which sunk
her 10 a level with British MacliaveIism
and depraviiy. Denmark was a neutral
power, strictly observing her neutral re-
laiions. Pensacola was commanded by
governor who had committed frequent
acts OF, war, by stirring up the restless
spirit OF the Indian, and furnishing him
wiih provisions, arms, aud munitions of
war. In fact, he was party in war
which could only be Terminated by re-
moving him from The command.
TO BE, CONTINUED.