The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-07-29

will rapidly ubhde md that the voice of rcafon will
then be deliberately heard. Iwill not pay 70 POOR
compliment to your dfcernr,enf, fuppoie you IA
rable Of believing aIertio ro LITTLE houourabe TO
the character OF republic. The fprit, which You
now behold moving over the face Of our country, is
not the en,anation Of this or that faction bt of the
general feelings Of the people. II is the fpri. Of
nation, provoked by the peiaes of 5000 Of Der ea-
men imprehed into your vefIels of war, and Of hun
dreds of her onofehdng merchantmen, unlawfully
captured on the high ieas and snawfully condemned
by your courts OF admiralty. Ills not fpir, which
will expire with the firR location only that produced
it; but !, will continue 70 long, thsre is the fame
location and the fane apology for its exilcnce.
Neither will you flifer yourfclf 70 be deceived
about the real character or rhs pretended views of
the prsfent administration Whrt, you declared ,ha.
Mr.. Jeftrfou was the greatefl fta,efn,an that you
which you repofed in his virtues well as his abi-
ties fnr they are equally neceary in the competition
OF great man. Mr.. J.fIerfon FRI in the cabi-
net, beeaufs unlike the ambitious Bonaparte he is
more aaxau, TO peeierve the beings Of peace, than
to graip NJ the lanrels of war; and becaufe ike
the iliuferious fatefuan whom I address, his con-
duet IS regulated by general principles Of jufii,e,
uniwaycd by any faaious attachments, or by any
temporary auteineEits of advantage. Such man maa
ioar above any contracted Partially the cau!e of
france, and conlequent antipathy to the caule Of
England. So far asthe io.ereas Of his country IRE
Concerned, they obvon1y oppoftd to fuoh par
tiai affections; and as to his individual feelings, they
are not to be divorced from the fuppofed iatercas
OF his country. They who tell you otherwife they
who reprefent him bis n,iniher az the krSsees of
France, have really mo great acquaintance with
the interior politics of in,criea." There are, TO be
lure, Ione men, in this country, who E,ely
conceive it to be their policy to defcribe him un.
der this invidious appea,ion. But they are men,
who Systematically abufe every feature of his cha
racfer' however fair; every mesf'rs of his AL
n,intration, however brnefcisl They are the re-
al dOMUS of politics, who will hut their eyes upon
the utnott perfection Of beauty, hr 10 u. ,sr-t
1eHf'yg ef a gikpcy. In one re!pec, indeed, they
are worie than this fabulous critic. Where they
have not the Aigh,elf bleu,ilh to carp at, they will
iu,'rt mon InvId'ous ncs IONS; nut unror,u-
nasely for them the extravaganza of their charges
is their bee reiutation."
Do not then under-rate Tic fprit OF orr country
or the defigns Of its government. Never has tina,
aenau'itTation been more zealouly fuppored nv the
people Never has there eyted decided relou-
ton to retit the encroachents o. your citinet TO
endure every pain. prvation & peril i'll the deiene. Of
our JUN rights. We have relied upon your beraty
for relief Once convince us of our niaake and not
even rettrotion bill mall be the limit of our relen;
ment.
Mr.. Fox will not liut his eyes sgainn the real
Isereits of Britain IF be for the interea of
his country, TO cultivate intimate connection with
our own, why doe. fhe weaken the ties Of union BY
her multiplied ass of oppreflion Why deifroy
cordiaity, which commerce, which iiiniiarty of
language, which nceiIant ntere between our
peoPiG, oouieno aii diufeover country, il thee
caues were iuered operate in al their forcel She
mpreiie' our fsanlsa he infts interrupts and car
RES orr neutral dag captive into her ports he
iuheTs her cruizers to come into acknowledged
uEiidtioa, 70 fake unoiirrdiug merchantn,en,
under the niaPPiied Pretext Of right of iearc ani
to murder afellow-eizen under tbs nlapplied pretes,
OF enforcing that mi!appei right If we rcmontrare
sgana theie commanders fhe s2nhes their nioIence
by promoting them ii again1 this acknowledged |
murder, we are niult;ngy told by her Editors. that
Is nothing but an accidental conieguence of the
right of fcareh right which We have iuh granted
by treaty even 20 the Barbarian Bahsw of Tripo &
irat NC ought no, TO complain. Incy would have /
us to believe that the harbours Of the United States
are not more facred than the high feas and that the
Illegal preiun,ption of lying in wait FOR ve1e, is
not III the Leaf aggravated by zach breach of our
jarifdiesion."
"rhefe are not the means of attaching us to your
country; OF creating eauie againit France
II by fucb means, that all the neutral nations who
live upon the fea, have formed more durable af-
lection for France than poble for her caufe to
inipire 1t is from the antpathy thus excitGi ayain
Eng that they will ever be prevented from forming,
Ms luiekly as efeaualy as they othsrwife would do
hrm coalition with her, treaties Of alliance Of
feniive and defenGve. The clandehine war, which
your country thus wages asan neutrals is in many
cafes the very beR ally of Bonaparte.
Can we iuppofe yoa blind to another obvious
eoniequeoce Suffer commerce to purfue its ma
tural and uninterrupted channel; and it will be
long time, ere we create national navy. The pro-
greis OF agricultural country uch as ours ought 70
be, from the cultivation Of the earth to a very ,x-
banded commerce, and from commerce 10 the equip
ment OK navy, ough.to be gradual and flow. But
diiturb our trade; capture veiels; impref, our
ieanen blockade our harbours; trample upon us on
all fides with your navy, and you Immediately COM
pei Us to feel the neccity of eitabIsng one of our
own Are yop then Indifferent to Tie confequeuces
of lyaem which will politely change the natural
eourie OF our policy and create rival of your power,
whole reioaross are far from being contemplate
We will not iniut your understanding, by expof-
ing an obviou, Of the author ofthe Obf.rya-
ton'" You will fec that the execution of |
our Refriaion-bill i, not dependant upon the
Sat OF our executive of our mniaer; but
taat 1t goes into effect on the 5th Of Novem.
her whether differences with you are aduited or
not; without any eontroul from the excessive, and
without any controul from Congress who do
not afiemble until The following month
Suffer then, NC pray you, ridiculous Ell
qnette, no overarained apprehension of mourning
the character Of pulanimity, interrupt the tran
guilty OF Cur countries Tovr honor at lcaa may be
twice fsyed. You were not the minifter, who i'm.
poied thefe fehraion;upon our commerce; il WILDE
no dihonour therefore depart from the falinss Of
your Predecefior. But If this be your apprehension,
do not ia7o1eSl1c!y Conclude an accommodation with
Mr.. Monroe. Wave the diicuifion for the prefent
you may eeaie to incur the uputation of aai,g I'M
al n N