The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-11-15
HAGUE, September 3.


Their High Mightinelies, representing the Ba.
tayian Commonwealth, being fummoned TO at
( nd an extraordinary meeting this day, repair
ed about twelve O'Clock to the place of the faid
A1embly, 10 full cotnme.
At two his Excellency the Penfionary, ac-
comparatively his Mniters, repaired to the fame
place.
On arriving at the place where their High
nclies aGcmble, he repaired into the hail OF their
High Nightmares, where his cxcellency, feat
ell in AN arm chair prepared for the occaiioo,.
oppoi,e the PRECEDENT, opened the Aiiembly
with the following addrefs.
HIGH AND MIGHTY LORDS,
have thought proper to fnmmon your High
Miyhtneilcs, in an extraordinary manner, in
order to propofe to your AHembly fome fub-
ietfs, the expcditing of which I conceive to be
of urgent importance to the interefts of the
State. 81
A number of ordinances, which are planned
purfuant TO the general taxation, decreed by
your High MivhtineiIes will be propofed, in this
extraordinary fitting, for the deliberation of your
High Mightinenes. In the planning of them, I
have principally endeavoured to obtain this end,
that, on the one hand, in the limitations con-
tanned tlHrein, the force may be found which
can enfire the execution Of the laws decreed,
and thereby the receipt of, the taxes fixed by
your High Mightinefes; and on the other hand,
that care be taken at the fame time to remove
as much as poilibie, all fuperhuous itnpedi-
n,ents, and all vexation of the good Inhabitants,
that the rafting of the money due to the State
may be the lefs difagreeable and oppreiiiye
Yonr IIicL sich.:-.-TS- GnGtc how cfofey
thole fubjeefs are connected with the finances
OF our country, and this notion is fufficicnt for
your High Mightineffes to perceive the impor-
lance thereof. The wifdom, zeal, and care for
the welfare of the country, which, in the pre-
L.. q
fions of your High Mightineffes, are my qua
Iautee, that the affairs, on which your High
Mightineiics will have to deliberate in the pre-.
fent FELTON,, will be lixewife coniidered with a
gravity proportioned to their tender concern.
was dehrous, High and Mighty Lords, &c
be able, on your prefent meeting, to make fome
communication to you, from which your High
Mlshtineiies might conceive fone fold hope OF
fpeedy peace; yet, glcomyas is the politica
prolpect at this moment, we have no rcafon tc
defpair of 4 more fortunate turn and then
Perha ,s, a firtner peace may make an agreeable
amen IS for its tardy approach. Such peace
we my promife to ourfelyes, under the divine
blefhng, from the genius of our powerful ally ;
and your High Mightinefies will, no doubt, he
glad to hear of me, at a period like the prefent,
that have received from him, during the courfe
OF my administration, repeated proofs of eftcem
and friendfhp, and the mott folemn aifurance
ofgood will towards the repubIic-a diipo(ition
which fhaii endeavour to pieferve, and foiter,
BY conitant fidelity to our engagements. !
On the internal ituation of the republic, ]
conceive, that we, in the prefent circumffan.
ces, have every reafon tn be fatisiied. The pre-.
fent order of things has, i'll very fhort time,
affirmed degree of authority and permanency
which, in other human inftitutions, is generally
confequcnce of long habits. The government
experiences, in all the diftriets of the republic,
proofs of efcem and cooperation, which are
to it as honourable as encouraging in the diff
cuIties it1,as to encounter, and our country at
this moment prefcnts the picture of wife and
brave nation, which is able TO conceive its Diff
uIt petition. which Is h;fnoid TO ii,hrnit .a in
eSitaote tacri6ces, to preferve her confequepce
among the nations of Europe; and which will
unanmouily fnpport the exertions of its govern
ment for that Object.
4qCit your afiembIy, High and Mighty Lords,
with with that the refoiutions which your High
Miehtinefes viii take, for the good of our
country, may be crowned with the dearea bIef-
hng of the mon high.