The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-03-21

caufe. Ibelieved il would raze the contribution
to the very foundation, fon 1906 am Ioproied
to it, and on the fame grounds. No fooner Ito
You put the conttitutiodto this ute, to a tef
which it is ky no means calculated to endure,
than its incompeteney to iuch purpofes be-
comes maliifet and apparent to all. I fear it
you Sainto foreign war for Circaitous unfair
carrying trade, you will come out without your
Have not you contractors e.
noush yet in this Houfe? Or do you want to-
be over-run and devourcd by commiilarIcs and
all the verInin of contract? fear. FIR, that
what are called the energy-rnen will rife up a
gain--men who will burn the parchment. We
lhall be told that our government is too free
or as they would FAY, sOrak and inefficient. Much
virtue, itr, in terms. That we mutt give the
Preident power to call forth the -.refources of
the nation--that is, to fitch the lat. fhing from
our pockets, to drain the Taft drop of blood
from our veins. lam againR giving this power
To any man, be he who he may. The Amer
can people mutt either withhold this power or
REIGN their liberties. There is no other alter
native. Nothing bot tine mot imperious ne
ceiity will jutify fuch grant--and is there
powerful enemy at DIR doors? You may be-
gin with firf conlul--from that Chryfalis
tate he foon becomes an emperor. You have
yout choice. IL depends upon your election
whether you will be a free. happy, and united
people at home, or the light of your executive
niajefty ihail beam acroft the Atlantic in one
general blaze of the public liberty.
For my part never. will SO to war but in felt
defence. have NO deiire for conquefts--no
ambition to po:sefs Nova Scotia--I hold the IL
berries OF this people at a higher rate. Much
more am indifpofel Id war, when among the
hrltmeans for carrying it on Ice gentlemen
propofe the cohfifcation Of debts due by 60
vernmeat to individuals. Does bona 6de Gre
ditor know who holda his .papera Dare any
hofeft man afE himfelf the qneRion? IT'S hard
to fay whether fuch principles are more detef-
tably difhonef than theY are weak and foolilh.
What, ir, will you go about with propofais for
opening loann one hand, and fpunge for
the national debt in The other. If on late &C.
Gallon you could not borrow at leis rate of
'nterelt than per cent. when the government
avowcd that they would pay to the latt fhing
OF the public ability, at what price de YOU ex-
peet to rafe money with an avowh of thefe
nefarious opinions : God help you if thefe
are your ways and means for carrying ON war
II your hnaRces are in the hands of flich cham
celior of the exchequer: Becaufe a man can
take an obiervaton, and keep lng-book and
reckoning, can navigate cock boat to the
Wet Indies or the EAT, ihali he afpire to ma
vigate the great veiei of fate, to taud at the
helm Of public councils Ne tutor ultra freS;-
dam. What are you going to war for! For
the carrying trade. Already You pofIefs feven
elghts OF 1t. What is the object in dfpute ,
The fair honeft trade that exchanges the pro-
duct of our foil for foreign articles, for home
consumption Not at all. You are called
upon to facrifce this nece1ary branch of your
naVtp1fI0n q
Whole hand-maid it is---to jeoparesize your bet
interefts, for q eircuitous commerce. for the
fraudulent protection of belligerent,. PROPERTY
under your neutral fiag.-:-Will you be goaded
ny the dreaming calculations Of infatiare ava
rice to rake your all for the protection of this
trade ito not fpeak of the probable effects
OF war on the price of our produce Severely
as we mat feel, we may fcuffie through it. /
fpeak ofits reaction on the conftitution.-You
may go to war for this excreffenee of the car.
ry'hg trahe-and make peace at the expenfc of
the contribution. Your executive will lord IL
over you, and you mutt make the beR terms
with the con9heror that you can. But the gem
tieman from Pennsylvania Mr.. 9regg} tells You
that he is for acting in this, as In ali things, un-
inhnenced by the opinion of any n,iniftef what
ever-foreign, or. prefume, domeftic. On
tins point am ready to meet the gentleman,
avn unwilling to dedicated to by any minifter at
home or abroad. Is he willing TO aa on the
fame independent footing! have before pro.
teited, and again protet again(t fecret, irref-
poniibe, overriding influence. The frf
queftIon afked %hen I faw the gcntleman's
reioiutlon was, Z" is this a n1eafure of the
cabinet % Not Of an open declared tabi-
net but of an i,yifible. infcrutabe, unconfitu-
nonal cablnet---without responsibility, IN.
known to the contribution. | fpeak Of back
Oars fnf1uence--ofmen who bring mef,ages to
this houfe, which although they do not appear
on the jottrnsis, govern its deci6ons. Sir, the
mt queaion that saked on the fuhieet of Bri-
tih relations was, what is the opinion IF the
cabinet ?-What meafures will they recon-
mend TO Congreis? (Well knowing that what
ever meafures we might take they mutt execute
them-and therefore that we ihould have their
opinion on the fnhjeti)-My anfyer was land
from cabinet minia.r tool f6rtt is no longer
an, cabinet" Sdbfequen, circumstances, Sir.
have given me a perfonal knowledge of the fact.
II needs no commentary:
(1o dsieontaue6.J
WASHINGTON. March "a.