The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-09-30
FOR THE ENQUIRER.
ON THE POLIC1- OF THE USTdTES 70
Wards FOREIGN NATIoNs.

NEXTto our own internal government. and.
with which, by the bye, this fubieSt is t-.oGely
connected, there can be nothing of greater in
teret or importance, offered to the confederate
ON OF an American, than the policy of the u.
States towards foreign nations. The affair is
now arrived to crlis ; our national dignity
VIII receive anindelible fain, or remain as here
tofore, pure and fpotlefs upon the page of hiC.
tory. De Tryio is re-appointed, by his court,
at tie command of Bonaparte, mnitter pieni.
potentiary near the u. States : IF he is recejv
ed IN that character, we il,alI he the mott de-
graded and dcfpited nation upon earth if he
IS lent from our country, and repufed, as he
ihou'd be, with indignity and infllt, from our
fhores, WAR sUit6 France and Sbaiu, is the inc
vitable coniequence. Since the battle of duc
feriifs there has been but one, man on the CON
t'nent OF Europe: on that eventful day, the
poh'ical exiitence of every other inhabtant,
be he prince or peafaut, afcontinental Europe.
was annihilatcd. But the battle of Trafalgar.
too, did much; and oppreGed human nature
may yet boat that there is one dependent ma
ton in the Eaitern World. That LITTLE bit of
land IN the oceans called Britain, fill o,no.
les a iturdy oppohtion, and inexpugnable bul-
wark to the views of univerfal empire which II
is mantet are entertained by Bonaoarte. This
man by ferries of wonderful achievements.
has elevated himielftothe very pinnacle of chi.
merical glory, and to the zenith of human pow
err. z.r,
High on throne of royal fate, which far
Outihone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind.
f" Or where the gorgeous eat with richeif hand
Show'rs on her kings barbaric pearl and gold,
SATAN exalted fat, by merit rais'd
that bad enlinence; and ss.- sSsssss
Thus high uPlifted beyond hope. aIbi,e,
Beya@I thus bisJ-
Yes, although Bonaparte is "ttus bieh I'm.
lifted" he yet "alpire5 beyond thus biebn We
do not deny that ne has deiigns upon the feeble
Rates waihed by the waves of the Mediterra
mean upon the Morea, Syria, Egypt, and pof-
lbly the Barbary flores indeed he NAV carry
MS romahtic ambition to the length of attempt
ing, IN imitation of Alexander, an overland ex.
petition TO India But does this prove that he
does not alto want iliips, colonies, and COM
inerce, here IN our W, tern world VIII the
advocate tor robber fay that his taking A
putie out OF the left-pockct is anv proof that he
did not diio take one out of the right , Is
the friend OF this Imperial Defperado prepared
10 defend him upon thefc grounds And thefe.
think, are the only grounds upon which he
has been defended. But on the contrary are
not Bonaparte's views upon Spanlh America.
the w Indies, and thefe &c good old United
o'a'es' Ike the hes OF Falfiaf, &c grofs as
polntment ofthat little fwarthy, upftart SDan-
iih monkey, De Yruio, intended, to the
approximations of all men, as an infnIt RI
our government, for the purpofe of provoking
that war, WHICH, however abie6t and feryile
we become, cannot much longer be protracted !,
| IL IS and no. man whole understanding ia not
| perverted, can deny it. 1t is therefore time
for us TO ftrike blow. The Ifthmus of Dari-
en- is the proper boundary between North and
south America; and it is not vilionary to fav.
.hat the emancipation ofthe whole of the coun
Try iuuri or raragua, Panama and Terra Fir
MAJ is completely in our power, and fure!v
very much our inteIca TO effect. Our peace
| * hapPineis have been too long ieoparded bv
the neighborhood of an inlidious friend. This
ciroumitance has too long expofed us to the
lamentations OF the greedy tyrants Of enllaved
Europe. 1t is time to expe theie Mauraudsrs
rom the foil OF Columbia. 1t is time that we
mould be able TO lay our hcadson our peaceful
pillows, undliturbed with the dreams of Span
lih or French robbers. fit be faid that an extern
lion of territory is not defirabe forthe u States
there are two replies at hand, both, in nv
Judgment, unanfwerable who can fet bounds
10 the federatve fyfem Thefe Rates,
rom north to iouth, and from eaR to wen, of
'Hlniehie extent, are happily governed bv it .
why not extend it to the Ifthmus of Darien
- w wy oiIdhS UT E1dgtfI2n But ri
,n,soe thought extravagant, which it certain
'yis not, let the territory of the United States
remain as at preftnt, but free Spaalh Ameri-
ca rom IT'S dependence on Europe. That this
event is defirabie, fnppofe no one will DENY I;
and. as cannot forefee any objection to its
practicahiiiiy, will not foIve difficulties bv
anticipation. Perhaps, though, it may he
thought necehary, that fhould fhow bozv
theie events are to be brought about. This
VIII lead me back TO the title of this eGav--
our toreign relations. The laft advices from
England Rate, that our differences with
! 'hat country were in a train of annie able
ana satisfactory adjufment. Mr.. Monroe
hImieif entertained no doubts of his fncccC.
and calculated, the laf time the writer of this
heard from him, through a private channel,
upon concluding his milton, and returning to
! ms native land in few weeks. Such being the
| happy tate OF our affairs with that country. 7
90 not heitate to fay that it is the policy of the
U: o. TO form an alliance ofTenliye and defenGve.
WITH @. b. for the exprefs purpofe oftbrovine
our weight into her fcae Of oppolition TO the
nniVerfal ambition of Bonaparte. We could do
ms tor reaions before mentioned, without
making the imallelt facrifice. We could Gecurr
the powerful and invincible aid of the BritiCb
navy, without paying fhilling for it. What
would y. Is. expect in return, for this al1iRa ce
one would expect what we could give her
without lois to us, but at the fame time OF
uniPeakable advantage TO herfelf; of advan.
tage TO her in that very Object Of her anbiti.