The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-10-29
[VoIuME ?.

az" pphaparte rs about to let out for th.. O.
"a. attempt upon Ireland is expected m 80
e n'''. W''h view Of creating diverf;on
IN favor or the grand effort ayaina rn.,,,r',
which is to be made at the fsmr ,;,r f,.,
ports or the Channel and thor, of poir,,. ~
Whatever anxiety we may feel unon ,b;e I'll,
,JSc', we have certainly no fenflt;on s..
",s"' hey may, the enemy will find us pr.n,--
=" ~ enH''ie their tenerity, and turn the d,r;nc
t"'eF3f"e to their own certain def.utaioD."
upon thcie ohfervatiorS, the Mori,cur. ron.
'"''S the following curious and ,xtr,orj;r,,
comment in note =
ono why docs not the enemy come W..
.i', ire ny the iiiue wh0f- tcrleritv viii he chc
We kno" your Commander in CHER.
"a.e zen hi:ii At itondtcoot and IN Holland
one th'fd .! the army of Boulogue vofl,i H., C,r
liclent TO turn his daring enternriz-s r., 80;
or'tiuct'on. But whatever Won ma j,v on 49,.
,"'5ct'' T"n know, As we'll as we do, VIA, vo,,
',"Ve /" expect from ? contett By land. As ~,
''e "'""lihS war, vou undoubtedly h,y. -,
Gufcd and hitherto preferred real iurrriorirr.
not yon were Indebted for it, YOU l,iil are in
deo'ed Tor It, TO treschcry. 1t was treachery
.n"t delivered up to you 80 French nlics a:
ioulon: the treachery of the Prince of Orange
acquired for you 2 Dutch fhips it was tres-
cherry, III Mort, that deitroyed at Ouheron all
the then inrvlving officers OF our ANCIENT ma
nne; In ipite of thete advantages 10 odougy
acquired, and which we do not d;Ipute with
yo", orr iquadrons attack you upon vour own
COATS the Shannon is bIoctaded, not by firaIi
Vsie!S, as you lay, hut by tout and fine ftIusd-
ron. Your colonies had even arranged me terrns
OF their captulaton, and fent agents to trea-
with Eilieneuve; but that was not the obieH Of
his million, and in ipite of the o!ftacles which
ne encountered in returning TO Euroce, though
ms voyage l2Hcd So days, though he loft %
days by contrary winds, he pafed through the
center OF your fIuatrons, ard ei!ctaed his i.nc
tion. HIS object was not to attac!, your com.
mercr, and yet he has done YOU damage to the.
amount of twenty millions (nea,ly one million
terlne). in India firge French divfion made
Captures from you to a greater amount One
brig has taken whole Newfoundland CONVOY
OH the Orkney's; our freates traverfe every Tea;
not day r2es without fome one of item en-
terng Our ports, and you have not vet captured
one OF them. In word, you boaited that you
would attack our advanced line, which, howe.
vcr, has often attat ked your ctuizers. 20 far
from the batteries, even in the middle of the
Enamel, and In fuch manner that your fhrs
your trlSatcS and corvetteS have fought fecurity
IN their hyperion failing. But two wears have
been fpent in preparing for the deficient, and the
dsicent has not yet been madci 1t will be made,
uneis you make peace. 1t will be made per-
maps In one year, perhaps in two, perhaps in
three years; but before five years fhan have e.
lapied, we inall have BUNDLED Your pride. and
that fuperiority which treachery has given you.
AS to the Continent, think not that yon have
allies there. You are the enemy of all nations.
and every people will exut in your humiliation.
but though you ihould fucceed in corruptine
iome females or fome Minillers, the conre.
qnenceS would not he favourable to you; We
mould Certainly acquire A new line of coat, new
ports, new countries, and we could afterwards
turn our whole attention to the naval war. II
rs angular concert in you to think, that we
could pretend, in one day, one month, or one
year, to accomplish the reduction Of your co!of-
iai power. Time is one of tie means, one of
the eilential elements of our calculations. Have
recourie, in fuch a ftua!ion Of things 10 con-
tpraces, to ailaflinations wei and coed. This
iPec'es Of warfare you are no fIrangers to. 1t
is already reported that Drake is thinking cf re-
turning 20 Munich Spencer Smith to Su:garC,
ard Taylor TO Cafirl. France will not fiIFer
them TO ftt foot, not only on the Continent.
but in any place within five or fix DAYS march cf
its armies. Diplomatic anaflins are out OF the
protection Of the law OF nations. We eype0ed
20 iOfer fome iolies when you declared war.
we might l0Ofe Martinique, Guada,oure, the
Hes of France, and Reunion. What have Won
done You have reduced yomfcI,es TO the for
ry tyi'cm ct blockade, which docs not preycn,
our iquadrons from tr1veriing the feas. Con-
tnue to blockade our ports, but keep your ewes
fixed on the bracons on your own COATS, and live
in perpetual alarms.
" Should your infnlied nation, continuing TO
be the dupc of iome men, who have divided he
Government of England between them, not
compel your Cigachs to make peace, and to
he perfuaded that we are no more thofe French.
men that have been for fl long time fold and
betrayed 10y weak Minifers, inactive Einss, or
greedy Mifreftes, you are advancing towards an
inevitable and fatal defiry.
We deiire the peace of the Continent, be-
caufe it is in the ftuatOn in which we wiihed L
ihould be. We might have augmented our
own power, and weakened HAT of our rivals, f
we had thought fit. If there be any State til-
poftd again to difturb the Continent, It mrt te
the frh victim, and lis defeat being reflected
back upon yourfelves, will render your dangers
more imminent, and your fall more certain,
" We repeat it iut and Reasonable peace
alone can fave you. one of our adages is alrea-
dY proved, and, liuce YOU cannot hope for fafg-
ty, but through the afl,RaDcc of Power OF the
Continent. yfngiy jar Gun do not5iaC agaiaR
France, and France will never ffitr thai You
ifould only have veTels on the feas; ths f.ss are
the property Of all nations"
The following Note appeared IN the Mon.teur
of this day, upon al article Inherited in moi a