The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-12-06

X LUX .'Is sSsSI WHICH prevdfsSat the bic
In winch ihe saiis. Under every motive from
: Character and duty to certify the truth. bsv
no doubt they have faithfully executed This T.,
lumeeon: Much real injury has however be,
Unframed from propeniity to identify with mi
endem'c, and TO call by the fame nan. fav..
OF very different kinds which have been k,n,,,,
az all times aud in all countries, and never h.,
oeeh placed among thofe deemed contay;ons
/ as we advance IN our knowledge of this d,G.,G.
,a'is envelope the fource from which indi'
..u u. receive ,t, the State authorities charged
| with the care of the public health. and Conns' g
whh that OF thegencrslcounerce willb.co,rs
oeto regulate withefe et theirrefpctf Give
| W theic departments. The burthcn of On,r,,,
tines iSiet at home as we'll as abroad tha;.
efhcacy merits examination. A,,bou.,b 81.
! health laws of the fates ihou,d be fonnd -. rs
need no refent revival by Congrefs. vet c,r,'
merce claims that their attention be ever ,y,L .
| to them. ~ wei Wake
Since our lait meeting the afpea of our f..
reign relations has coni.!erably changed. On
| COATS have been Infected, and onr -
watched by private armed vefels. fome of tha,s
without comm'fiions, fome with illegal com.
u'iihons, 'thers with thofe of legal form. h,,,
committing p'ratical acts beyond the au.bor;,n
Oh thtir commif1i ons. They have cantn,.d =;
the very entrance of our harbours as we'll ,s ON
the high leas, not only the vefIels of e,r friend
lining to trade with us, but our own ,Ic'
iney nave carried them off under prctence of
eai doJud,cat'on hut not daring to approach
court or )utice, they have piundered and f,,,
mem ny the way, in obfcure places. whrrr ~,
evidence could arifc againit them. ma,tre,,.J
.ne Crews and abandoned them in boats in ,bs
open lea or on defert flores, without food ~
covering. fhefe enOrmities appearing ,o h.
ehreached by any control of their foyereigns T
'ouha 1t necefary TO equip force, to err;G.
~cn'n our own feas, to arreft all vrlels of lief
eei.nPuonS found lowering on our COATS. with
~. =. 'ne hmts or the gulf ftream, and to bring
the Offenders in for trial rs pirates.
The fame fyflem of towering on opr co.n s 8,
harhours, under colour of feeking rn.n,;s. ~
ueen a'io carried on by public armed I,ips, 70
'ne great annoyance and oppreflion of our com
,"erce. New principles too have been inferno
iatsa INTO the law of nations, founded pei,ber !,
| luitice nor the utage or acknowledgment, nf no
| tons: According to tbefe, a helli,erent ,,L
W "ie' commerce with its own enemy. which
aeh'es TO neutral, on the ground of its aid.
""' eie"y IN the war. But reafon rcvolts
81 gu 'ncohhtency, and the neutral having
equal right with the belliceren, to drc;ds ,b.
lueition, the interets of our continents ,rs
.ne uu,r or maintaining the authority of reafon.
"e "niy umpire between juft nations, imnoG
'' US tne Obligation of providing an eff eual g.
determined oppoftion to doctrine &, n;ur;,ns
q me rights OF peaceable nations. Indeed ,L,.
Io''huenCe We ought to have in the iuftice of o.
'ners' Itiii countenances the hope that founder
view OF thote rights will OF itfelf induce from p.
them. Vi
With Spain our negotiations for Gat,,.r,sr+
on differences have not had a fat;sf,fforv ;Ir;,.
oPoi'a,'ons during the former war, for which
i've l.ao formally acknowledged berfeIf refnopf;-
o'e' rave oeen retufed to be Compounded but ON
conditions affecting other claims in no wifi. con-
hected with them. Yet the fame nr,f4i.es ,re
'eHe"ed IN the Preient war, and are already of
srrnt amount. On the Mobile our commerce
ss 'hrougn that RIVER continues to be OBJ
"'ueted by arbitrary duties and yexa,;opo Cs.r-
cheS. Proportions for adunipo ,m;oah,,, a.
boundaries Of Luritiarra have not ,,.,. cs al
co 10. While, however, the right is unfettled,
we have avoided changing the Fate of things,
by taking new potts, CT strengthening ourfeIves
IN the d'fputed territories, in the hope that the
o her power would no', by a contrary conduct,
ooi'ge us TO meet their example, and endanger
conflicts of authority, the iflue of which NAV
not be eahly controlled. But in this hope we
| nave now rcaioD to lei1en our confidence In
roads have been recently made into the terrific
RES OF Orleans and the Mi!iifippi, our citizens
nave been feIZed and their property plundered
| ~ the very parts of the former which had been
| actually delivered up by Spain, and this by the
regular officers and folders of that government.
nave therefore found it neceffary at engl h to
give orders to our troops on that frontier to be
I'D readiness toprotett our citizens and to repel
6y arms any fimilar aggrefIiops in future Other
details, hecehary for your full information of the
tate OF things between this country and that,
mall be the fubjeet of another communication.
In reviewing thete injuries from fore of the
bellgerent powers, the moderation, the f, M.
neiS and the widom of the lc ..ra,ure will all
ne called into action. We ought ftll to hope,
tbat time and more correct Ultimate of ntel eft
as well as OF character, will produce the iuftice
we are bound 10 expect. BW fhould any natl
on deceive itfef by faIfe calculations, and dr.
appoint that expectation, we mutt Join in the
Improbable CONTEXT, of trying which party can
do the other the mott harm. Some of theie in
lurles may perhaps admit a peaceable rene w.
Where that is competent it is always the nc
dehrable. But fome of them are of a nature O
be met ny force only, aud all of them may /, ad
Z TO 1t. cannot therefore but recommend fllch
preparations as circumstances call for.
The firft object is to place our fea por. town,
out OF the danger of infiiIt. Mcafures have beer
already taken for furiiifhing them with heavy
cannon for the fervce Of fich land batteries as
may make a part of their defence agant arm.
ed veflels approaching them. In aid of thefc
is delirable we Mould have competen,
| number of gun-bOats. and tbe rurnLer tc H.