The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-02-08
Dnnsrffir a,,teiIigrnee.
From tie National Lnseliseucey.

The awakened fpirit OF the nation will hail
with fatisfaetion the refulutious laid bv Mr.
Gregg on the table Of the houfe of reprefepta.
tIves on Wednesday. There are thofe who re-
greet, and we rank ourfelves of the number. that
the unuf conduct Of Britain has not received
from the representatives of the nation, an EARL.
ernot'ce. As that niuHice appeared TO be de-
HoeIate anu iytematic, we confdered il as re-
curing hrm and vi orous reihance. Enter
tanning no doubt Of the adequacy of our refour.
cesto command redrefs, or to punifh iuiuftice.
we mould have rIjoiced, if Congrefs had refuied
an attention to all minor concerns, until thew
haa uneqplvoclly unaffected their determine
. ton to rePel the aggrrfions of this power.
~. bit another scourfr has been purfi,ed--and
cow, aithough we cannot but deprecate the de-
lay "b'ch has taken place, we are ready to ac
k''o"ieoge II has been attended with fome De-
culiar benefits. IL has fcrycd TO convince every
one thar our Councils, exempt from fpirit of
precipitation or PATTON, have been folicitnus IN
me" ~ their patience and forbearance, an ar
GENT dehre tor good understanding with f,-
reign Nations. il has likewife given An on,or-
tunity TO our fellow citizens in every nart ,f
the union, to make thcrnfeive. acoiainted ,,;tb
the important tuhjeG prcfcnted to their conG-
oefatioh, and TO expreis their fentiments ON il.
together with The courie proper, in their obi.
"''"' 10 oe puriled. IT has further enabled the
W thC DcODle 10 beCOme better
acquainted with the fubiea than they might o.
therwiie have leten; and no doubt can b.. en-
tsrtN'ned but that they have by this time re-
hecteh calmly and difpafion1te!v on the bre
coufie TO be puriued, without being exnocsI
10 that alteration, which Ecmetimes fnr;na.
rom the vehement collifion of cona9ing on;.
mons. oP'-
In every afpe6t in which the fnb;ea can h.
viewed, it is now ripe for Ieei1a;iye dic,"T;on
And never, perhaps has the leei0ativr diG.nCs
ON at grca: national auction prcfented ;,r,i,
under more favorable aufi,ces.
Inc people are Indignant a. the wrors,s ,o,,
hn"eo upon them; and there is but one C.r,i.
ment as to the neccf'ity of takin, Gome grr'
vigorous aeps. White, however. the no,;C
ientinR voice oftbe ration demands c,n. s,"a
fhres of vigor, repo6ng confidently in The d;c.
cethment' me hdelity, aud the fpirt ofthe 20.
str"'L,eht' mere mas been no premature or en-
barrafbDg dietatien Of rneallres.--1h. Gil &c
teIiIat'on ~ large and unoccupied. ThoC. wLo
are to bear the responsibility, are Jeff frss %
dopt The meatircs which lhaiI be deemed b.,
them the NOT cxpedient. And Lt ,be,n "a
shured, that whatever discriify of opinion ma,
EXIT on this point, there i, net ? cond e;,;1",,y
Who WIN not when The leginainre Gail have
prelcr'neh the court 10 be purified, not merely
acguleiHe w IT., bot who will uhf with +. v;,,,,,
ih''eo 70 Trying occafions, give i HAT cptrgr,ic
iopporf, that Nall rfure il 4 cnfnf,lefe n,S,,f,
"hh lnhice on or fde, with the hold ron.
Ici uineis Vt inpiTes, and with an undifnin;fb4d
,", "t peare' we cray. perhaps, lie eompe led
Wy '''e '''y % others, To dcScispe ihe cnSr.
S'Ee! republican goveF,mesf. should this
prove ING e"ls' weAid'i be WSefeIlJ r,lasss5.