The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-11-18

adiuited, or left IN Rstu quo ante BeinU1 : and
that after mourning the incalcu,able m,fchi 6
OF War 1.-The arrangement of our finances and
the augmentation of the public debt, TO an ex-
tent which could not now be foreieen 70 fly
! hing Of it's banefu effects upon our political
irHitutions, and of the danger which NUT ac-
crue from throwing our weight at this iuuet nre,
into the prepondcrating icae of Europe :
there was no profpect that we floud obtain
better terms at any future paciication, than
were attainablc at precn,: NJ any rate he WAS
diipoied 70 give fair par TO the fair experiment
OF negotiation. But ifa any active meaflres were
70 I've taken apainif Great 2 ritan, they iilould
b. of the mott efficient and Deceive nature.
He deprecated half meafures, as the moft iuiu-
rinus 10 ouriayes, which could be adopted.
Whiif the Bill was yet under d.cuilion. the
news of;he death of Mr. Pitt, and OF the con.
iequsnt change of MniRry, reached the United
States. No circum!t7nce could have afforded
tsirer or more honorable protest, or a more
powerful motive for Impending or mcafures a
gainlt Great-Britain than this. The late Pre-
mier was known to be decidedly hottie to the
InH'tu'ions, the intereGs. and the very people
OF America. No Administration, not even that
CT Lord North himftlf had been, or could be
more inmica 10 the u. States, than thar of Mr..
PITT. His power was moreover connected with,
and depended upon the continuation and du-
ration of the war. He was fucceeded by Mr..
Fox, unqu ehionaby the mott liberal, and en-
rghtened itatefman of Europe: the man, above
all others, beyond the Atlantic, the bet eatCed
towards the principles of our government, and
the iilufrious character by whom it was aLmi-
inferred. Never did fairer location preftnt
ittelf To any nation for changing, without any
impu'ation Of verfatilitv, or any lors of honor,
the courf- which they had chofen TO prefcrihe
to thcmieives. The excitement of public fen
timent, and the rneafilres confequen, upon that
excitement, might fairly and houorabiy have
been referred to the known charaGter Of the late
Pgemier the pupil of Dundas, and the difciple
of Charles Jenkinfon and the United States
might have awaited, in dieniiea and imDaf-
ing inactivity, the manfcGstion OF a dilft rent
fentiment by the new miaitry. BIT the new
leaders of the IIouGt Of ReDrercutatives were
men who feared above, or fkmmed below all
considerations of time, place, aud circumstance
they gioried in their ignorance OF men and
things in Europe, and bnafed that their po-
Icy ihculd not be modified, by any change in
the atpctt of affairs At home or abroad and in
the purinit of an ahfraEt mefaphyiical icniJ
fffut5, they did not heitate to embark the bsn
interens of tine union.
Aeanft thefe meafires Mr.. J. Randolph fur.
thcr objected, that during the 50 fz,- months
zvbieb orr PRINTERS lad Gssut ia j,rifisG diicnc
F9H At Mo2rid," II had catered into the head
of no body 70 fuEget any propofiton of a co.
erciVe nature in relation 70 Spain, and shat, G.
ven after the total failure of that negotiation
no fIch meafure ha been propofed that Great
Britain had indeed inDreiled our feAmen, aud
advanced certain Injurious principles of natl
onal law, which, # CARR into their full extent,
would materially affect our commerce, bot
that Spain, after having refufed to mike good
her to'emn h'puiation8 to compeniate Us for
former lpO.iatlon' cOmmi ed on our commerce.
n,
tent 7oay'." She had not, it was true, imprel-
led our tc1mcn, but her cruiz-rs had q biu,lles-
ri ant Pink or UeGci5, and ma treated and n
bsn@0Hed their erezv5, in 05sU GoIf5, Or on Gsf7rt
flores, zVnbom food or covering pa hcr,cour.s of
7i'ni7F!Y had indeed advanced no Z" Hsz, briy-
cib!e5 oFths LdZv Of Nations" hut they had
conh'catrd our !'iips and cargoeS, without the
pretext OF principles Of any fort, new or old.
She had moreover infllted our territory, qio.
@0ted tbe property and berJon5 Of orr ritiseas
70ifbi8 eur acknowledged limits, and infoIently
rejected every overture to accommodation.
with Spain all our attempts TO negotiate had
tailed = with Great Britain we had d negotiati-
on actually pending, and which the dirpatches
OF our rIniter at the court of London gave us
every reaion to iUppofe wOnid have Dr,rDs.
rouS Hue and even admitting, for the fake of
argument, that our vote OF money TO purchale
Florida was, in tfylf, no derogation from the
receive fair equivalent for it. vet, having re-
tctsd to take any coercige meafures 70, the un-
paraicl'ed indgnties OF Spain. who had perem
tor'iy rejected all our proportions for pacific
accommodation, how could we with ary face
OF lmpartiaiity towards the helligerent powers.
aiIume this elevated tone towards Great Bri
tain Mr.. Randolph further declared, thlt
The propoied meafIre was, in itfeif, inefsci
ent to every valuable purDofe that IFS
foe operation would be 70 pioue the pride.
and roui- The recruitment of our ahyerr4rv, and
Whit II indicated Hrong fpirit OF hoGiiity ON
our part, would afford her a fir opening TO
hnke the frit eF,t'ull blow: that il was in
deedto 'lcw our teeth withou, daring at the
i'Hne time 10 bite: that Great Britain wnu.d
have until the next fsiiiou of ConpreC,, annie
uhe to desiir means for annoying US in the
mot effective manner, aud that meanwhile ihe
might withdraw her property from our grafo,
and guard every vulnerable point from our
attack. He conjurld the houfs not to fuffer
themteives, from the honeR preiudices Of the
revolution, from their ancient partialitV tn
france, aud tueir weIi-grounded antioathy To
& gland, 90 be leell ted into a war, hi.h
would involve the bea nterelts of their country.
Above all, he tru1ed has their meaCnrcs wouid
IN no wife he influenced by any with TO ayence
on .. Is. the wrongs and iujuries Of Ireland
he declared that his fympathy with that inruli
ed and o3preiird people was too frong not To
lead him to fear, that the fame lertirnrnt mieht
operate on other members, In THE rate u, I'm