The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-09-23

He has flbjeacd hi; govetnfi,en; TO the IN
nscedary expence of paying for all the IofTe
iuitained by the burning of L'Impeteux.
But this goes entirely upon the fuppofi,ion
that the L'Impeteux was really ftationed soifb;,
a mile Of The lard Respecting This fact, there
mutt till be conllderabe doubts.
The French officers may have COMPOUNDED
a BAR of fand witt the land itfef.
1t is well.known, that thefe fhoa!s nearly
cover the whole COATS of n. Carolina that they
form the only, bur an immenfe impeachment to
her navigation that fome of them flretch re-
verai miles into the ocean, and that they are
TO be met with on the Currituck Inlet, where
the IL impeteux was foundered, as well as to
the touth. The point therefore ftll remains ooer
for 'nveitisation, whether the L'Impeteux was
run on one of thcfe fiioais, within a mile of the
land itielf, or within mile of bar of Eud.
r'ilng out OF the water and mifaken for land.
IL 1t was within three miles of the land, the
consequences are iuch as we have already de-
| veoped.
But if it be only the laR, it will not be con.
ldered as violation of our jurif3ittional rights.
The cafe of the L'Afrcane decided before the
diitrct court offs. Carolina is the ftrongeit pre-
cedent IN point. On that trial, Jud &c Bee
obierved that I" in maritime point of view,
the term COATS might include all the Roal,
to Certain diitance, but that this conftructi-
on would be too vague for any court to adopt
tor as the ihoals along the coat, there
would be no fixed rule by which to be govern
ed 1t would be impofiible to fix boundary {;
e the different courts of the Uniled States
would be obliged to apply various diitances
to the terms OF the act of congrefs. Much
uncertainty and confufion, would refut from
'uch An Interpretation the ditance would
vary with every ihoaI."
A MAXIM, meyer to be FORGOTTEN. It is far
Gamer 70 iohs good reputation, than it is TO
gan one; but to regain a ief reputation, is the
mott difficult of all things.
The report of the Chevalier d'Yruio's having
been re-appointed minfter is now contradieted
Inc Marquis himfef is faid TO have been the
taoricator or this ridiculous G6tion.
but whence this anxiety, to figure in the A.
rnerlcan newspapers Daes he expeG by fIch
| tricks to reprefent himfelf in the eyes of his
court, as a man of great confequence in this
! country! The NOBLE Marquis fhould rcco.lea,
| that man may be much talked about, and vet
very little faid to his honour. I;te the 80,
demned criminal horne aloft on the gallows, his
carcdie may be h5'eto many eyes, but it is with
| the badges of thame about him.--It i, indeed out
" bad eninence" tn which the noble MARQUIS
has attended in this County.
The AURORA has acquired comfortable
! weight in this country from the f;.rvices, which
1t has rendered to the republican caufe. Ne
yer has ITS opinion been withheld on any impor-
tans queitoD & never has it been received with
OUT reipect.-Why then has il been 70 long fiIent
on the intereing tranGtions of the Iaft conpref,
why has not the enlightened editor of that
paper explicitly delivered his own opinions,
respecting the conduct of the republican mino.
rity, and of the administration
we fclze upon this opportunity of convey.
! ing 10 him the anxious expectations of his
friends when we psopofe TO anfwer an in
terrogatory, which is frequently put to us.
has the Aurora abandoned the preient admin
lltrat'on! We have already re-pubIiiSed the
EDITORS crItclims upon the Pot Mafer-Ge re-
neral accompanied by Loomis's certificate.
But the following extract from his paper
Teens to compriie the bet anfwer that
can be made to the preceding enquiry. No
man, who examines this fummary creed, can
poihbly believe that the Aurora has abandoned
| ar. Je5e,7on. But it is certainly not equally
explicit as 10 the besds Of departments
"When the Rmhid h,;,.ts C.y, .he duran. .; .
tacks the naturalization they are either ma
| lignantiy deceitFui or grofsly niftaken.
The Aurora has not altered its opinion of
THOMAS JEFFERsoN,
The Aurora has altered its opinion for &c.
veraI years of certain members of what is called
iome times the admiaiRrahon, and with equal
abfurdty the cabinet.
But the Aurora does not attribute infailibi-
lily to the prefident.
! " Neither does it believe any of the heads of
! departments to be infable.
And moreover, what the PRECEDENT & heads
of departments are not individually, we do not
think they are colle6tiveiy-nay, more, we fill
believe that the acts of the one or the other
with regard to the public are fair objects of DO.
litical inveifigation and difc ulIion
Againf administrative Cor cabinet if it is the
faihion y nfailibility--we mott rcfolutely pro.
fcR.
! " On the right to examine the acts Of the 90.
vernment, or of any one or more individuals
en'rpited with public authority--we boEiiveiy
mGR.
A." the aets ofthe perfons on whom we ami
madvertare miireprefented or miftaken by us, we
are open TO conviction and ready thereupon,
to recant and correct our errors"
| ~ Iuf Received. and for T,ls ~ .b. B,e,,;.