The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-03-10

eo"ti"ueo III isluon until III O'Clock, when the
two houies adjourned fine die.
CITE enquirer.
RICHMOND, 1919 MARCH.
BRITISH TREATY.-We are unable to Law
any authentic information on this important
iubJeet before our readers. Rumour muft
therefore for time fupply its place.-Ofthis
nature are the following articles which are not
only extremely vague in themfelves, Lu. are
drawn from mott fufpicious fource.
WASHINGTON. March 4.
copy of the treaty with England was yeaerdav
received by the hon. Mr.. Erfkne We hear ,h,, !,
has nor yet been received by our government.
W'es. Fsds,aLD.
Report, who is ever tattng, fome time, the truth
and ometimes otherwfe, fays that the Brith treaty
contains twenty five articles that moa of the(e are
agreeable to the administration but that there are
TWO points to which we fhall not sfent the one, an
abandonment OF our ftrong petition againR the Briti0
right OF impeachment; the other that the u. States
are to make a common caufe with c. Britain apa;na
the French bockadins decree. We detail but ;, 70.
lort-n Its correctness, however we place fsne CON-
fdenGe. t'"
once the above articles were in type, gentleman,
On tie correctness of whole information we nlace
huen reliance, was polite enough to cali and inform
US that copy of the treaty has been received by our
government, and that it will mme dately be returned
to England without being 70 much as laid before RI.
SENATE. We are farther told, that our nniters char
ged with the negotiation, politivey intru6ed to
innlt upon the reinquiihment, by England, of the
right OF earch, 70 far as it repeas veeIs failing un
der the American flag. England, however, refufed
10 ADMIT the principle, and a treaty was concluded
without TIT. Hence the hoaility of the Preiident to-
wards it.
We deem it no unimportant ob(ervation. that
the Prelident's declining to convene the Senate
Immediately after the adjournment of Conprefs.
is no proof, as iome have fuppofed, of his op-
pohtion to the treaty. 1t will be rccoIle6ted.
that one third of the Senate of the u. S. is to
De renewed atterthe expiration of the Iaif fuf
non OF Congrefs; and that in feme ofthe ftates.
the paeancfeS are not Jet fupplied. 1t was
put proper however to with that treaty fo
important to the interefts of our county fhoud
not be unlimited to that body, until it had &C
CURED itsfull quota of numbers and widen.
Is not this perhaps the only reafon of the Pre-
haents having declined to cali the fenate to-
hsrey proclamation as fome had expected
FALSE LoGIc.-A circular letter from one
OF the republican minority, dated Waihineto n
feoruary 20, 1907, contains the following curi
o15 argument t:
voted IN favor OF fufpending this law (the non
importation act) for the fame realon which induced
me iat year to vote againh its pai1age which was.
that then thought it mpolitic and have feen M
reaion tnce to change my opinion on the contrary
IT has been confirmed by the information contained
IN the Preildents iecoDd meilage at the commence
Enent of this feliop, Whift he il fnaak;ng 81 ~
Progres OF our negotiation, aud of the DELAY which
would probably occur in the final adiunment of our
dherenees with England, he fays In the mean time
we no' ~ tie communication Of our beuibofeafsyie
fSSf Temporary JPegfon Of tie ae7 Of the Ian Enon
prohibiting certain importatons 4oovid as n,eaIure
Oh candid dPohton on our part, and of confidence in
'he temper and views with which they have been
met 69Vf "a6Ry aPf9 on it5 eowEc." To me, this
appeared TO amount to an abfoute demonRrat;on Of
the mpocy of the law For if our ninifters thon,bt
~e JypT9E'" Of it, would have happy eee7 upon the
Sonrie OF our negotiation, they mutt necef1ary be-
ieVe that be e*feaee, and confeGuen.ly, the eaaire
OF 1t originally, had uabz65y e1:H upon the
conrie ct that negotiation or why recommend ire
iupenion If its exnence had no eiTca, its fiilpep
i'oh certainly could have none. But If the frh one
rated iavorably, the laa furey could not do 70 too
or the operation and the fufpeniion of thi, law nun
be conildered as and the fame thing This would
De 10 aicrbe an effect to it, which believe no law
neiore has ever had, and in all human probability,
none that may ever come after il, will or can have
Let us apply this ingenious argument to o.
tner thlngsj tor initance, to the fcience of me-
uicine' man NUT not either take pby(ic at
~ or II he once commences the regime,
ne mutt go on with it forever. Their. muH
be no fuipenhon in its operation for nc
cording to the political doctrine of our friend
u tue medicine operates favorably, its Ec
Pf1fe1 "would not furely do 70 too" II IA
III vain that the convalefent man fbouId ar
que 9 10 long as / had morbid humours to
dhpel, took phyfc: but when the phyGc had
produced its effect, had no longer any urs
tor it," This argument feens at fin to have
lone little truth in il bat 10 how it yanibes
at the touch OF that horn of the dilemma; "tho
operation and the fufpenlion of this medicine
mum De conildered as oHe and tie an1e f5iag -
IN other words a man is as much Affected hv
the dilute as the ufe Of his emeties.
The analogy applies as we'll as to politics
and to law. An army muft not he difbanded
though IT'S eTerfiOr5 have produced pt ace.-A
law NUT not be fufpended, though its CONT.
nuance Mould be productive of evil, becaufe
II originally produced benefit. No cafe can,
tor lnitance, occur, when the fnfoenfon of the
HabeaS Corpn 1lould be recommended bv thr
public lnteret for it is Contrary to all reaG,n n
iuDDOie. that If fhe Iavs, ;tc.tc