Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-11-21

not the reader perceive-that To rescue the
nation from such sentiments, and to take il out
OF the degradation 10 which II had sunk by the
eleventh Congress- n,ast, spirit icus ,cdnttng
10 stamp has name on Me age? The twelfth
Congress met, and behold the man
Throughout the memorable session of Il l
IL We find Mr.! Calhoun actively employed I,i
giving tone TO the house, aud IN prosecuting
measures of preparation and Of war: The
army bills were reported by the committee on
foreign relaiions-many of them drawn with
his own hand. Among others, | End, 6y the
journal ofthe house, there was one for creating
a co'nn,issdriaf in lieu Of the contract system
Tor subsisting militia, volunteers and regulars
ms however, was not then adopted lit has
since been introduced on his recommendation
as Secretary at Warl Had commissariat
been established at the commencement of
h"stilities and it the opinions Of experienc ed
officers can be relied representations of money
and what was of greater importance, thou
sands of valuable lives, lost by the frauds and
failures ofccntractOrs, would have been sal ed
Ia the nation. But the conclusions of some
minds, even in Congress, as we have seen illus
trited, ON the vote to increase the navy, will
always he found to lag slowly behind The in
teinSence and experience ofthe age.
AT length the important moment arrived
the independent nations of the earth-by
throwing of the shackles with which our
anfIent enemy had sought To bind and crush us.
MI Calhoun, from the committee of foreign :
a.'ons, to whom was referred The message Of The frs
instant, made rppori-SIating at large the cause.
OF war with Britain - aud Mmrdiarey after % on
leave gwen, presented hill declaring war between
aud their territories ,"
The REPoRT drawn by Mr.. Calhoun, is con-
raIx. al ms, c,.i. a
which unqestionably rendersit, the second docu
ment In the annals of our independence and
when the personal jealo,isies ef the present
day shall have given place TO the generous
enusions of pathetic feeling, the declaration
oil our wrongs and rights of 1919, accompanied
by an appeal TO ARMS, cannot fail to bt
paced win one consent neIt TO the Immortal
All which first called us Into national being
The IlustrIOUs Jefferson having attained ar
age beyond the usual lot of man, hut ron
enjoys the felicity Of 6rholding his first great
work stamped with the universal appreciation
OF his countrymen. Shall public gratitude be-
always equally slow in expressing itself? ask
NOT Tor John Z. CalhOun the honours of #
ierson, luii %! years and full of glory (; hut
ask for him that support from The republicans
oil the union, that was accorded Ia his iilnsrions
prototype IN 1896 and 1300.-It is To he re-
grated that the report Of 1919, has not been
more frequently reprinted. hail close this
number with ITS concluding paragraph
" Your committee believe, thai the frerbnrn sons
m america are worthy TO enjoy the liberty whI-i
their fathers purchased, at the price Of much bou,
and treasure ;aah seeing in the measures a,lonrd g.,
Urea, Britain, ronrse commenced and p-r~is,ed il
w'inh might lead 10 SIS Of national character AN,
Independence, feel no hesitation IN advising resist
d"ce ~ to'ce--i" which the Americans al the presrn
o't VIII prove to The enemy and the world, thai ",
nave nof only inherited that liberty which fnthcr
gave Us hut also the will and power To maintain ~
Relying on the pairio,'sn of The naiinn and conf
dentiy trusting ihai The Lord of JnsIS viii 90 with ~
Z" battle ~ righteous cinse, and crown orr efTnr
| WIN surcess-Som Committed recommend an in,me
date appeal to ARMS"