The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-05-03

would maintain that II was expeden, iorthis
country to permit Spain give ha, f,ibiidy 70 Fr
snan 20 nave gofie INTO war on that account In.
tuohay II mad been iaid, Was more than equivant
Tor the itipuated iuccours but though three n,;o,
was the iun Gpuiated, gentlemen QUO Int no, 70. E
t'iat one million o that fun went to the payment of
oeot due from SPAN to France, leaving iun only n,
TWO al:ions, as an equivalent for the cun,;rycn.
wheh ne did nor think mere than enough for ,h,.
qioa OF ihps and men Stipulated and certainly r,;
i'"e' ia'h than we ihcuid think neee.ry fo. iu,l,
an armament. The argument, therefore. ,ba, ,b -
o"anee was too much Fell to the ground IL wo,,,d
no" DC proper to coniiter In what lioht Eus;.nd
viewed ehat inbhdy and for this purpois they had
io'a i1awke1Durys letter and opinion ON the lub.,t
Lord Hawkeibury had acted with tine orea,e,, WI,
noh IN demonstrating but he belle red !, his Mn,
lJeitys Cabinet at that time entertained .h.- r,,.
oeign OF making that tubfidy caufe of war NJ
leY to Judge from the letters of Mr. Frcre i, yyott
appear that that honorable gentleman took his nrc-
tons rather from his right hon. friend than from IN;
Secretary Of fate, The honorable gentleman T;
madverted at iome length OH the manner ~ Which n
the correspondence the different complaints had be-,
Sa.eh up and dropt and particularly that of the i,b
ndy.-Mr. Frere, after having taken time TO co,,G-
der ef the demand of NJ. Cevallos, of full exnlana-
on the grounds oil complaint, drops all idea os .h.
iuohdy, and only ilates the armament and ~ ca, -
P'i~es as ue grounds of remembrance Tn. fil.r,.
therefore, ON the fubject of the fubfdv mich e.
DC regarded as an abandonment of the pr;n.;n, !,
on no pretence could it be afterwards aI,i,Isi o
1t was the iyftem of government to make wsr ~, ,,
GROUND OF iunirdes Spain, he con,endeJ. ,vas
tremeiy fair IN her explanations and If y,,s 60, -
that the anfwer of that government IN e s'us"c
tugai, rejected the terms promoted bv rrria'',
from tie lace oil the correspondence therefor. :. 80
evident that, IN the month of May we had ahar,.,
"a 70, al dea oil war with Spain the grounds Of ~.
,uohay. Here then we came TO tn. arman,e,t 49,,
here the right on the ide of England was 49, -i,'
denied fhoud the cafe be efficiently mad ,,,, W
the probability was, that this armament, was Co. -
purpoie Tor which 1t was aated. Their ,,.r. :.
good reaions FOR feeling it was nor intended So
England lie governor of Ferrol lad Qat.d ,bs, -.
per's was iecret conn,i.iion, and hle tn, renurr
topped; whereas it ought to have added .Ico ~ ~
woros ui the governor, that tile tiips were nor br
manned, and therefore could give no np.s,;,c 80
any power IN Europe. Ii was not unlikely tb.t !
governor of Ferro would have told as n,s~.
10 tne real degn, that this armament was ;ntepd.i
qie the rebellion in Bifcay, had it been the ner,;
OF SPAN IN contravention to her former E,;,b $50.
thoie ihPs with the French fleet in any coIs
Peuton againtt this country-That no fiIch declar,
ZION was made, although nothing could have her
more favorable to iuch deGgns NUT be attributed -,
the honeit and ingenious intentions of the corr ~
oPan That the Object not immediately ayo,,,Sl
however true, might be attributed on the otb.r -
to an honeit feeling, which was not by any
natural ' N'e"hs eii-
ne court o. Spain was not forward TO avo,x, ,h.
her inbeds were in fuch ftate of nlurre. ct;n,
'u1h ai aVowai was not immediately to have been
expected, unieis 1t had been to ferve iome unfair w
ntereited object. In addition to this the u,,ar 49,,
OF preparation in every other part of Spain
ther proof that by this partial armament Ibe coI,
have no tuch views of hcfity, as had beer, aiI.iea
"a want OF preparation and want of VIGILANCE 70
great indeed that the capture of the frgates bouob
Ken not ten leagues from their coat, was onp b,
fore 1t was known TO them. The right hon een+Is,,
denied aiio that the march Of Il
eaiy than conveyance by ea and that therefore ,ho
latter mode without iome good reafon would mo,
have been reforted to. "a few hours by fea mi,,b, ~
comPlih this Object, whereas Gevaral DAYS ,niL, H.
heee''ary oy land He invieghed a,fo in pointed
terms ag5.mit the mode in which RIGHT hon -
tenlan (the Chancellor of the EAchequer) had 49,,
hineii o. double argument, reflting from an nvsr
on oil the Gueiiion. 1t was hardly fair he thouobt h
to make q monopoly of argument, and bv no ~.
logical to inpreis into his iervce both the aronna
'or ana Sgahh. he right hon. gentleman argued
that 1t was more for the ntereR of France tha, S.;
mould ooierve the treaty, than that fe C,onfi he ~
war with TINS country. and therefore by be;ro =,
war with Spain defeated the views of F.
but he did not flop here, he argued ALTO that Franc.
anxious to have the cooperation Of Spain in the war
asat this country, had induced Spain to adopt fucb
meaures as rendered the war BE vv;sbont
ny with for hoGiiities on our part. Tbis 80
reaionng, lie obierved, quite irrsfnabIe nm
was lure by iuch means to be always in the rioht
File objected, in toto, the manner in which the r.
goeations rad been carried on. In poir. of po,;,vb
condemned the which we had eugaged "
whed his Majeiys mininers had weiried the ill
on the one hand with the advantages on the o,5er
The reiources OF France daily rfiug The loCs
OF 2,oCo,ooOl could be to her a great obieq
So long as The continued to have al, armed force ne
hive hundred thouland men, fhe mutt continue 70 Le
and the additional expence to which the
new war would put this country, nun be more tban
two millions of which France has been derived
while we had afforded pretence to Franc. to intro-
dnce troops into Spain, which might terminate in the
deitruction OF that monarchy and by this means tend
to the aggrandizement Of France, which wa, lo
much our intereh prevent. Was il iuff, he sG,ed
at the fame tine thus to expoi the rtere2s of orr all
y, Portugal, ard thus to into a war thar was
not fulfilled by circumstances of the roDpen necelv
without any regard to her prote ion or fa;ety Tie
hon. gentleman concluded with obferving that it wa,
rather curious that fbould break with Spain on
account Of the fublidy of two millions while Il was
well known that Portugal had given 5oeooOl. to th.
lame power, the purchale her neutrality and we
had fad nothing about it.
ITO be eoatinDedJ
We underftaud that the catholic deruta,ion
wait the arrival OF 6r Thomas French, brfo =
they have an official audience of minifrrs ON
the fulieGt Of their petition. 1t is their inteu
ton, we believe, that their can't. Gsou1d he 40