The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-07-15

OF CIVILIZED nations. Q2.)
III lfth. It is faH, that had the liornet, or any
other veiieI been fent after Mir4A,la, this expc.
ditlon would have been deItroSed in IT'S bud.
our NATIONAL honor retrieved, anIi the blood OF
our fellow citizens, pfioners AT Caracas, Goar.
, ed by this ftep, as JUL as it would have been
polite. (ls.)
:. fhe foregoing are ineoateGib!e ss3t-their
Iuts could he increafed. We abeain from ali
observations and comments, they are too obvi.
Gus, and we leave them altogether to the rea,,er.
| c.
/ REMARKS.
| 90 Little .sonebo Pansa, knows yerv wcp
th*t the Aurora is AZ independant of the oen.r,I
government as It is Of the governor of Syracufe.
ana that the executive of.the U, 6. meyer has
,ntertered, nor has it right TO interfere with
the publications in. this paper-and tho the
iitte lmItator of Baratati1n maieay may ihelt.,
niT'ielt with confidence behind the Ia W of natl
ons aud the character which he was once re-.
IcogIized under, he Cannot il,elter himElf from
puhlc contempt, nor from the detection and ex.
poiare, of this diii,oneft trick.
Neither can he under the inflated verbage of
| me Creature who makes Eng,ifh of his frothy
productions, eicape the charge of heing Gurri.
loHf when he dares to impeach the SC bwity and
ne nfezrity, or the executive of eovernn ept
TO which ne was fen., not for the manufacture
oticurrIty but to promote better ends
| (2) The little Baratarian, like his great pro-
| 'e!yPe'. the knight of the BARRIERS bafon-con.
ceives the whole world TO be under 6ir po4,err.
mem " was As vel! acquainted with the
| nature or Tree government as he pretenss to he.
or as regaTdtui OF veracity as man pretending
| to be gentleman ought to be, he mu0 have
dnpiayed hIa ignorance or his want of canHor /.
ne could not but know that our government
Sna Jaws do not velt any authority, by which
70 ~, al
Epe.i'"s Can De ether known or recognized as
outlaws to any other government; moreover
the little fnire of :he FLY countenance is 70 all
lntents and purpofes, an outIazv in REGARD 70
h7i5 government /; and his reiideuce is rather
endured out of fpirit of federation, than conn
tenanced or authorized. -
ne ihsuld have known that there Is NOT ,ov
autnorty IN this country by which Miranda
cou'd nave been molefed, or brought even "a
account for any conduct of his in the Spani(h
colonies, even if his conduct had been Of 2 d;C.
honorable nature, which il is not believed ts h.
any more than the conduit of George yVa,bino.
TOM BENIN. Franklin, and even Thomas M'Kesn
once was-and they have been once in their
nves At lean outlaws, and John Jay another out
law or that day, was received at the court of
Madrid. even while an outlaw
, Vs. FOR argument we will admit, what we
title of Mranda's defigns -fuppofe they had
been in the ampeft and rnoit satisfactory mac.
ner Informed of the fact What then In the
brit place, the government vets no authority
IN the administrators of it, to interfere with any
mans purfnits, when they are not hottie to is
country fuppofe them to be fully apprized of
this a'ledged fact there are yet other confiJer-
atoms.
As Spain thought orr revolution lsudabIe 70
might the members of our government think of
the revolution in S. America. Again; it may be
ia'd, that though our vernment had no toz.-
err TO aTrsf miranda or to prevent lhips being
fitted out, the deftinatiou of which WAS declar-
eddy fer port which it wasnot illegal to fail
for: yet that as an a6t of frendfhip between
nations In amlty, and with an accredited minif-
ter on the fPot, our government might have
communicated its information; to this we an
fwer, that the late Em6nGador, 1rnjo's conduit
towards this government has been 70 long IF
iuch nature, as to forbid any other refpe6t
than was due TO the quality OF arnballa Tor
that 1t has heeu iniulent and contumelioHs in va
rtous initanccs, and that it could not be pre-
inmed that fuch man 70 couduGtiag himfelf
could DC deemed worthy of the confidence of
our government; nor was it favorable evil
dence of the friend!hip of Spain, Quitting all
that related to the Mifiifippi and our plumber
ed merchants out of the queRion) that any ma
tion could irean we'll towards another who
countenanced and maintained fuch political
incendary as its late ambafador here.
tiraily, it could not be expected by Spain
that the conduct which her government encou-
ragged oe onrfouthern frontiers, houd bereturn-
| ed by any confidential act.
(&.) Suppciing that to he the cafe-the whole
IS ani~ered above--and after all this an indirect
frterd might with every appearance Of plaufi-
biity be real egsmg-for if it he true, and he
was not an enemy of the PRECEDENT, how came
Sancho to know the fact.
(5) The little BARBARIAN is great ftickicr
for etiquette from his lofty afociation of IDEAS,
between the fHfS oftbe Fidago and the morofe
aud garrulous vanity Of the King oftb- eIod-bop-
P1J, he cannot conceive any idea of power but
IN robes riff as buckrum, or that men in office
can or ought to condefcepd TO aet with polite
nes aud hofpitality TO a Granger, who, to fay
| the ieaf OF him, Is a man of talents and paior;
| though IN his recent expedition very probably
he has been the inftrument or the dupe of
Pdt--governor M'Kean's moi excellent Of
| ftatefmen.
| (6) If it be true that the fecretary Of Rate
had long and fecret conferences with Miranda
isit not obvious that the Spaniard NUT em-
ploylpieL
~ II it be true that the fecretary of Rate was
cloieted with Miranda while a company was at
dinner thete--how came the Sbani0rd to know
It! Does he hire fpies to go IN the garb Of gen.
| tIemen or Of ladies to Mr.. MadifoWs.
| (8.) The 7th and sth articles called facts, are
aniwered In the preceding obfervations--and in