Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1823-11-25

quest of Canada. The new men, destined to
roll back upon the enemy defeat and dismay,
'>ere yet struggling for notice and command.
Our naval heroes. IL is true, had put lake and
oc-as IN blaze with their glory, and caused
our mountains aud vallies to ring with their
! Tame. These however were but brilliant
flashes across the dark political sky News
had just arrived. that the Allies had entered
Francei in triumph that the pacification of
Europe would Immediately follow, and that
England would soon be ready To fall upon us
with all her siighty means disengaged from a
twenty years war. This was precisely the time
TO which, Mr.. Crawford and others, had wished
to postpone the redress of our wrongs. In
the old world the stormy billnws" of war
were fast" subsdns into calm" But now
the patriot felt that that calm constituted the
principal difficulty in our positions A des-
perate faction seized upon the 1uspicio,ss mo-
ment to defeat The Lnan Bill, and thereby to
compel the government to accept any terms,
hat the enemy grown doubly arrogant by
success) might grant us boOn. The war
'9as thus essentially re transferred To the
House oi Representatives and If we had
been beaten there, the cataract of Niagara had
wanted the moral sublime conferred by our
victories amidst its thunders, and the 9Th of
January the immortal association of Jacisson's
deeds and name. But there were master
I SpbttS-tTipiHC HlfUtS, nom IN congress anu
] in the field TO uphold the mighty cause of
Freedom against e.ery hazard, and 10 con-
que AT her command.
l. Among the for most, in his place. John C..
! Calhoun stood the confessed champion of the
! war. In speech of more than four hours,
without losing an auditor, he traced British in
Justice through all its dates and ramca-
tions; refnted the arguments ofthe oppositon
! leaders; threw back upon Them their tauats
and aspersions, and ended by inspiring 'he ma
jor.,y with arenpwrd confidence in the Justice,
valGr and resources of their country. 1 have
room only for few extracts. Groni this great
;, parliamentary sAoft.
Ii is now tsaid Mr.. CO. more than two
weeks since the copmencem Of this debate,
mos. of which time has been consumed by the
oppo.riii1n ~ attempting Ia prove the had faith,
poverty, folly and Injustice ofour government
ADD coIntry.--gu defeat the l,assag, of his
>Siii or IN prevent its successful operation out
OF this House, are (Niih our opponrnis) the
declared objects Of tii-ir ps,ey. Ii is true
that all have not made the batter declaration !;
| but -lnt one has disavowed its The war
Unjust ADD in-xpcd,eni ? This is the question
now propose to discuss. The earnestness
and zeal with which nppousois eudeavor
to prove this point, seem Ia me not altogether
consistent with sound principles, az .iu" hove
Of country. In their z,s; thec often presuiue
| that we are wrong, and our enemy right, and
| that on us rests the i;urthe0 To show that
their charges are false, even before they have.
attempted 10 prove them 10 be true iiuw
! contrary this 10 the ma xms of Roman wis
dom. That wise aud virtuuiis people so far
from PrPsnming their country To be in the
| wrong, held IL Il crime la citizen Ia doubt the
Justice of the public causr. In state of war,
! bow worthy This ul orr Imitation! The max
10 lay AZ the root of Roman greatness. With
| iut II, Tree state will ever lose much of It's
| peculiar aud native str,ng:h-ihe spontaneous
aud concurrins zeal of its ciiizens"
On the subject of impressmeni having
| dwell on the amount and enoi nifty al the evil
+" the liberty of the citizens bripg paramount Ia
all other considerations - Mr.. Calhoun coz
Guided his remarks, ON this cause of war, as fol
| lows
"We are told that our sramen AJAX no protpc-
ton, and that il Is strange that those who are
| remote and least Interested should discover 40
! mnch anxiety for them. As Ia the first part
OF This argument, | deny its truth. The sal
Tors have claimed our protrciInn. They have
importunrd and invoked their rouutry Tor it
We have had their applications laid briOre This
House in the firm OLA document. They con
lslltnied large volume. Considering the
cold indifference with which I'VE heard their
prayers, wonder that they did moi cease ia
NpbSiut' VS. Us iuFH Dlit we Wnu
stand forth Ia discharge This sacred duly, are
charged with being bock,ooodsmen, who never
saw IA ship till convened here in our Legislative
capacities Admit the fact, and what then
such generous sympathy with those who
stand connected with us only by the Ties of CIT
iHenshIp, does honor To- our cnuntry. | aopc
II is not strange. Nay il Is usual. Our l,sto-
ry abuunds with instances Of hi. sympathy 81
the whole with every part. When il ceases
to be natural, we shall cease TO he IA naiDn.-
II constitutes our real u1iOn. The rest is hat
; form The wonder is, in fact, un the other
! side. Since II cannot be denied that Ameri.
) can citizens are held in foreign bondage, how
strange, that those who boast tu De their neigh
bors and relations, should he dead TO all sym
pathy, or should want the manly spirit "a
make generous effort fur their relief Tn,
venerable gentleman from Massachusetts Mr.
Plckeriug) and another gentleman high in the
ranks of his party formerly felt and spoke ~
; we Go now-like Americans. How unhappy
the change How unaccouniabe !-nnless
indeed, by the poisonous effects Of systemaii,
cpposition-a spirit that clings more strongly
10 party than Ia the cause of country"
3 After reviewing ihr progress of British
maritime u5UrpaioDs, from - the rule of 1856
:, to the last OrderiH Council, Mr.. Calhoun con
tinued-
" This country alone was left to support III,
rights Of neutrals. Peril0us was the condition
and arduous the task We were not intmi
dated. We stood opposed to British us0rpa
too, and by our spirit aud effnris have don,
all in Our power to save the last vesligos -
neutral rights. Yes, our emhargocs, nun-jn
lercOurse, non-impOrtatiuD and finally, war
> were all manly exeriions to preserve tile right
= Inf nd 81 a., II.