The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-05-06
Gle enquirer.
RICHMOND, oh MN.
NETWORK BLocKADrD.


the expmlfion of the Tarquins Of Rome. II WIS
the blood oFthe innocent Virginia, which work
ed the denruftion of the Decemyirs. May the
innocent blood of John Pierce excite our coun-
trymsn, not to avengs our wrongs by blood.
hut tn a:iert our mot G,emn rights, violated
by Britih outrage. This man is a martyr of
the Bri.ilh tyranny on the fea may his name
never be forgotten. until the Brtifh fhai b.
taught to refpect the rights Of Jurisdiction and
the lives of our countrymen !!
Invain does Great-Brtain complain of our
unrelentng revenge towards her. In vain does
ihe point to the wrongs, which fhe committed
during our revolution, asthe only fonrces ofour
refentment agaiutl her. In vain will fhc expect
us to nurture the milk of kindnefs in our bofoms.
when her whole conduct towards us difplays
the mott fragrant violation of our rights. Some
times fhe imprefies our feamen Sometimes fhe
arrefts and condemns our veffels, employed in
lawful trade: At other times, The blockades our
hafbours, and now fhe has ftained our very
threihold with the blood OF our countryman.
If they henceforth expect US to be their
friends, they mutt punih IBIS memorable out
rage upon our rights. They NUT cali the muir
derer before their tribunals cf infice, or they
mutt deliver him up to be tried by our: own
laws And furely in a cafe, where the Britiih
hive 70 much plumed themfelves upon the per-
fiction Of their courts, they will not hefisate to
do ms Jutice. They executed governor
Wall for his Thurman punifhment Of a fpldier.
Within the Iaft few months they have found
general Piefon guilty of inHi9ng the torture at
Trinadad: Let them know that the blood of
John Pierce cries aloud for the punhment of
commander Whtby and of his murderer
Let the Brtifh beware of prcfliug th-fe ag-
Sre!iions too far There is point Of endu.
rance, beyond which the patience of the Ame-
80, ~.
srcm war Whole principal object is to defend
our rybtfal carrying trade; or to prevent the
impeachment of orr feamen. For agere(lions
like thefe, we think it fufficient to impofe
tome partial rettri6tions upon their commerce.
But let them purfde their pref.nt infnlting fyf-
tenn OF b'ockading our harbours; violating orr
ljuritdietion and numbering our countrymen;
4 'on VIII the Indignation of our country fupply
more efieetual means of redrefs. Mr.. Ran
iolph lately recommended an em5qrpo. Bnt
The feelings ot the country were fcarcely ripe
] lar luch Deceive meafure. One was laid in
| 1875 hut the clamours of the people foon
'yuied It to he taken off. The foirjt of
the nation was not then fufficiently rx-
cited, and it is not uoy. But thoud thefe
brtiih agercfiions continue, we flall he pre-
pared tn make every facri6ce in the defence
OF orr rights. We fhall not then ihrink from
a non-importation al with reipetf to c.. Bri-
tam nor even will we any longer clAmor about
the consequences of an embargo. Either
OF thete meaurcs would reiucethe Britifh w.
India Colonies TO fate of famine either
would mott probably have the deiired effect up
on Gre't-Briiau. Should they all however fail
IN 'eirdchgn fhoud there I've no other re-
| fnge than war; little time longer, and lit
tie m"rein'u!t, and the fprit of our country
men VIII liz to fsat alternative is not
no - - r =.
that now brea'hes in our public prints let him
mark the Indignation, which anima.es every
man who peaks on this fube6t and he will
| foon perc that the Block lde Of n. Y and the
6niton Por, Bill are not more alike in their con-
itquences than in the fp;rit which they produce.
was to have been hoped, that in cafe of
i'ch great national feeling, men would have
riicn above al the pique and felfthneis of par
ty. twas t!ciirahle that Que!icn which af-
tttte9 the whole nation ihould have been made
the c5ufr OF tie nation; that the Brit;ih govern,
nept should have found us unanimous in orr
reIoiyes, ana that none fi1ould have been en-.
tered into, which would not have united the
continent. But what has been the cordutt of
the federallfts OF n. York on this momcntous
occafon? Look At the refolutions propc;ed by
Rntus king, Diver WoIcnlt and the rem Of
ne federal committee. Jnfead of fpeaking
he voice OF the ptpp's, they breathe The diff
contented languacSof their party. They have
converted this queNion of great national con.
cern'nent into fu(picious inlrument for the
! accompaniment of their own contemDtibIe
purpoies. For almoi every arrow that they
have launched at the Britifh government, they
have diret'ed one agaipg their own. They feem
proud that the miSforthneS of their country have
giventhe,n an opportunity ofindnlgiug theirinve
tera'e tpleen againit TIC administration. Was
| this the conduct to hate been expected from
| highminded patriots?
But of what have tbek tat,iofs complained ,
| Among other curious charges, they Gate that
| the " administration conRnts TO raw money 70
avoid foreign infolence - but win the reader
believe that there's any degradation in buying
| country from an independent nation, which
is eilrntial to our peace ?--They charge the
prefent al oiniifraton with "fslling and diff.
mlntling is naval force" when thew ought
to reco!lett that it was their own party who
ltis9 the law for difpoiing of E,me of our fl,ps
of war.--'They FAY Il ais grofs neglect" in the
prefent naturalization "to f1Fer foreign armed
Hips to Ration thcnfslves off our harbors,"
when IT is obvious that this danger could no,
have been unprecedented at the prefent time,
and no precautions could have been expected
from our government, on account of the hte
ia'ourable change in the Britfh mnRry, when
is Obvious, thai the prslent admnRr7tion h Is
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