The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-03-28
RIcHAlosID, FRIDAY MORNING. MARCH IS; 1aoe:

OF fr!t-rate monarchy Sof yEnrape, and at
noplsnttoo whehsits neutrality WAS the obiee
| of all others neareft to the heart Of the French
Emperor. If you make him monarch Of th,
tcceaup you may bid a,iira to Il forever. = Yot
| may take your leave. lir, of navigatisn--eyep O
the. MifSfippi. WHAT'S the ftuation of New.
Orleans if attacked Tomorrow? Filled with
difcoptented and, repining people-whofe. Ian
euage, manners and religion ali INCLINE t!ieir
to the invatier---a di1&iiSiied people .who del
Pte the mferablc governor. you. have. frt owe
theIn-whefe houeit preiud;ces and bafsft PAT
mons alike take part agaiDf YOU. / drsw ,n7
information from no dubious fource,--fron,
native American, an .enlisht epea. member 81
that odions and imbeci!e gqyeruusfIf- - Igu
have official information t;iat the. town and It's
are utterly defenveisGs s, untena-
b'e--a. firm belief that lappriiei ofthis) guverp-
rne,t would do fomething taput the piacs in a
Jtste OF frcurity, alone has kept the American
pctti6n of that catHmp,tity quiet. You have
be HI thai poa, yao--ao,1- hald II th. ass,liss
of ihe naval PredomiaanceiofE BOG land, and YET
you are for Britifi naval war: : -!
here. are now but two great commercial
ions----Great Britain is one,--we are the
othrr. When you confider the ulny points of
ccrtacf between our ipteref1s, you may be fur
pritd that there hasbeen 70 little colliiion. Sir,
to TIE other belligerent nations of Europe your
Navigation Is convenience, ! might FAY, a
necfhary. If you do not carry for them, they
nut itaive at leaf fer the Injuries of life,
which cnHom has rendered almoft indfpcnlibie.
And If you cannot a6t with fome degree of fpi-
rit towards thoie who are dependent upon you
as carriers, do you reckon to brnw-beat jsa-
ious rival, who the moment fhe lets Zip the
dogs OF war, fweeps you, at a blow, from the
ocean And, ruibouo I? for whofe benefit -
his. r. mt N1<th. =
honeit. real American merchant Mo-, fir
For rfuegadoes to day, merican---to-nor-
row, Danes. Goto war when you will, the
property, now covered by the American, will
then pats under the Danifh, or fome other neu-
trail nag. Gentlemen fay that one Engliih fhip
Is worth three of ours: we f,all therefore have
the advantage in privateeriug. Did they e.
yer know nation get rich by privateering -
This is fluff, FIR, for the nurlery--Remem.
Der that your products are bulky-as has
been itated-that they require vaf tonnage
TO tranfport them abroad-and that but
two nations poflefs that tonnage.---Take
the'e carriers out Of the market :--Wbat is
the reiuit ! The manufactures of England
which Qo ufe iinihing touch ofthe gentle
mans rhetorick) have received the finiihing
ftroke of art, lie in a final comparative COM
pals. The neutral trade can carry them. Your
produce rots in the ware-houfe-You go to
Statia or st. Thomas's and get a ftriprd blan-
ket TOR joe IT you can raiie one.-Oouble
freight, charges & commiiion.---Whor receives
the profit The carrier-Who pays it The
confumer. All your produce that fluids its way
to England mutt bear the fame accumulated.
charses--with this difference that bere-
the ourthen falls on the home price. appeal
tofthe experience of the lift war-which has
been 10 often cited. WI At, then, was the price
or produce, and Of; broad cloth /?
Rut you are told England viii not make
war--ihe has her hands fu.-Holland cal.
culated III the fame way. in 1871 :--how did
it turn out You naaa. noqu in the place ri
Holland, tben---without her navy, unaided
by the preponderating fleets of France and
Spain--to fay nothing of the Baltic powers.
DO you want to take up the cudges where thefe,
great maritime ftates have been forced TO dron
them to meet Great Britain on the ocean
and drive her off its face If you are TO far cone
as tins, every capital rneaflre of YOUR nolicv
has hitherto been wrong. You fhonld have
nurtured the old, and devifed new Tyftems Of
taXation----have cherilhed your navy---Be
gun TINS buhnefs when you may, land taxes,
tamP acts, window taxes, hearth money, ex-
c cue IN al It's mod!hcations of vexaton aud OPP
preflion, NUT preccde, or follow after.
But, FIR, as French is the faiiion of the dav. 5
may be alked Tor my troie.. can readily IN.
gentlemen what will not do. IzvWhot 6ros;t;.
ate any foreign ration svifb money. will not
launch into n'va war with Great Britain, al.
though am ready to meet her at the Cownrns
or on Bunker's Hill. And for this plain resfon.
We are great land animal, and orr huf;ne(s il
on fhore. ] will ftnd her no money, fir. on a.
ny Pretext whatfoever, much lefs on pretence
OF buying Labrador, or Botany Bay, when my
real object was to fecure limits, which fhe for
mally acknowledged at the peace of 1883. T
go further--I would (if any thing have laid
IN embargo. This would have got our own
property home, and our adverfary's into our
power. 1t there is any wifdom left among MS.
the hrit Rep towards hoftili;y will always he
an embargo. In FIX months all your nercan-
tile meerims would yanifh, As to us, although
It would cut deep, we can ffand it. Without
iuch precaution, go TO war when YOU will,
you go to the wall. As TO debts-hrike the
balance Tomorrow, and England is believe in
our debt.
hope, fir, to be executed for proceeding in
this deiultory courfe. hatter nyfelf fball
not have oecdsi0ii again 10 trouble you'll know
not that fhall be able--eertainDy not willino
uneis provoked in felf.dcfence. ! ak your atl
teniion to the character of the inhabitants ot
that iouihern country, on whom gentlemen re.
ly for fnpport of their meafure. Who and
what are they? a fmpIe, agricultural neonle
accuflomed to- travel, in peace, 10 market. with
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