The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-12-27

him on the continent and all his armies at H.
bcrtyto ny wherever he may command, ex-
cexpt what may be neceiiary to keep his con-
quered confederacies in iubjection; his fpirit
may be too proud his conditions too riGor-
Gus, to bring the negotiation to a fortunate
Niue. He pours the trcafures of Berlin into
his Golfers and he views our 1000. 900 of
dollars with con.cmptuous Indifference. He
demands eight-ten--!tteen millions: perhaps
altogether rejects all our proportions for the
purchate OF the Fioridas. Suppoie all ,h.fe
v'hons Ia he accompanied what will be toe
fouod inference!
That 1t was ain Improper policy which the
majority puriued!
That the minority hsnds junihed by f;sS. in
the oppoiition which they made 10 il
Ho'n-b politicians may ipecuia:c in this
manner f; hot not 70 the man of common fsnfc,
who calculates the force of every new INCIDENT
which diiturbs the operation OF his machine,
and makes allowances for its fiyelioH.
Neither the majority nor even the minority
themielves, were gifted with the Inspirations of
prophecy.
Were they to foretee the engagements of Je-
na-the ruin of Bern-the encreafed agyran-
dIlement of Bonaparte in the north of Eu-
rope! IL rs time enough, when tbeie events
have happened, to profit by the experience
which they evolve (; To conGier France as lefs
hkeiy than ever to promote the fale of the Flo
r'aas, and more thaneyer difpofed to iimulate
SPAN to hoit'hties with US. 1t will then be
more than ever our duty to arm and difci
PHne:onr citizens and prepare for soar. But
Temporal mufantnr ct Mutan9xy- cum his
Whatever be the peceiity that nozv demands
theie precautions 1t cannot be f.id to hsve ex-
iHed during the Iaf winter. Berlin was theu
IN the hands Of its hereditary fovereign and the
purchafe of the Floridas was not 10 difficult an
expcdieAt, as the exiting revolutions of Eu-
rope may now have rendered il.
Not Jingle one of the effects, with which
we were threatened by the minority has really
re!uited from the non-importstion law.
1t has not ftirred up the Indignation or re-
venge of G.. Britain.
She has neither embargoed our yelI.Is i'm her
ports, more Observation-Disclosures her CRITTERS
to pirate upon our neutral commerce nor mani
tetted stronger iprit OF hoitihty towards us.
On .Ae contrary, iiie has fet free lone of our
impreiied feamen.
Fewer of our vellels employed in the colonial
trade have been condemned by the Court of Ad-
miraIty.
She has made Heral+ jo-obosi.;or- to our 60
vernment for the adjudmcnt of differences.
Rir. Munroe had come TO an understanding
with the premier on many points of the nego-
citation.
Mr.. Fox was taken fick This was no faul. of
the'r cabinet. But it fuipended the negocia-
ton.
We appointed new peace commifiioner on
our part; and ultimate arrangements were
again poitpOIe:i till the arrival of Mr. Pinck-
ney.
Mr.. Fox died This was fill no fault of the
cacInet but fill it protra6ed the negotiation.
And yet it was not an affair ola day or a week
1t could not be iettled at once by Coup RQSiei.
inc points OF difference are not only of great
nrHlber, but each is difficult of adiutment.
We are not only to fix upon the principles for
con'pshiatiIig our pat injuries, but our plcni-
potentares ate initrutted 10 take in all the
points. of diipute, and determine upon fome
treaty, by which end may he put if poilible,
TO all future chickering's between us.
Here too is .fa7, which is entitled TO i'm
raente weight. Their Cabinet have not once
required the rebea! of our non.mportation law.
They have not dared to lay down that meafurc
AS preliminary to treaty nor even to a nego-
cation. They have not 10 little re!pett TO us
as to advance any inch pretenfoa. They have
not even pronounced rhc iuipeuion of this law
rs preliminary TO negotiation. Thcy have
been more modeft in their wiihss.
They with us to give proof of conciliato-
~ diiPohtion on our part, by fufpendng it for
Il snpil tIiS.
And fureiy there ought TO be no heitation in
accedng to this requef. The law was origin
ally fuiPended till the l 9Th Of Nov. to allow
tGli lime for the negotiation TO be concluded
a great part OF this time was ufsefsi~ CON
iumed, by the ilInefs and death OF Mr.. Fox
but this was no fault of the b. Cabinet. II
was neither bccauie they wiihed to deny US inf
tice, nor to put off the negotiation. If it was
right then to iufpend The law at fri it is right
10 fufpend il now. If it was right TO allow
them time TO conclude the negotiation at frf,
The zane argument viii now jult;fy the exten-
iion of that period.
But why thefe remarks, Becaure rone of
the minority have faid, that if it be right to fuf.
pend ii now, il was wrong to pats it at irit. A
more abturd argument cannot DC conceived
Was right 20 force the britih mnftry into
their ienfes? This law ought TO have beer pat
fed. Has it brought then to their fenies
If fs, why not iufpend it for a ibort
period, 20 give more concihatory lpirit to the
This conciuGon then fol-
lows:
Z rat nor one oftbe Bat That emery one
.G'H5 Preditfea By the Prediaedb BY the MAORI.
minority baVs fakeH ~, H in the faireR qvay
PLACE. for aeeompiAment.
THEREFORE
Under conviction ofthe advantages reTult
ing from thofe meafures, we ihould have COM
pleteiy acquieiced in the fentimepts expreTed
BY the Revolutions of the II. of d. We
ihould have withed too TO have exprened them
IN this formal manner, that we might announce