The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-06-13

naval Arepgth of the Mediterraneap, between
70 many Rates, that could meter haye COM
mos intereh, nor. ever, except by miracle,
be brought TO ae together, would confirm the
paramount fuperiority of the Britifh nary.
Aoaria too might, BY the recovery Of Iftria,
Dalmatia an6 Venice, be reconciied to the
change or if thefe would not content her,
tome adequate accefiion of territory might be
coded to her on the tide Of Hungary and CALI
cfa. IF fuch an arrangement fhould be carried
into effect, it would do more for the future
| tranquility of Europe, than all the aggraudi3e-
ment of France has done fer its interruption.
1t would give us powerful and efficient ally,
attached to us. from gratitude. and by the ties
of common intereR, and would forever deprive
the tyrant of France of the hope of one day
fuovertins our empire of the eaft, by. the poi
FELTON, OF Egypt, and the ealtern flores of the
Mediterranean. f$
The following extract of letter, from gen
tleman in London, to his correspondent in thi,
city, is handfome commentary upon the al.
portions prblifhed againit our government by
! the Britiih prints in this country, and upon the
indifference with which the acquital Of Whitbf
| is treated.
The writer is perhaps juft in attrbuting the
outrages of the Britifh cruizers, to the admifi-
| on OF an amot unlimited right of frarch.
Neutras Gays Martens) fiiould, at sea, rlb-
NIT to examination, by the cruizcr of belli-
gerent"--but the writer of the following is OBJ
yioufly miftaken as to the cafe Of Pierce's yef.
iel-that was not at fea, it was coating vef-
Eel within our jurifdietion, which neither the
laws law OF nations nor the exiting treaty autho-
| flied the detention Of.
| EXTRACT.
! am truly forty to obfervc the encreafing
hofti!ity of the people of America to the govern.
ment ofthis country, s; did not rely upon the
wIfdoms. moderation Of your executive, Ilhould
really fear rupture--I have often obfervcd. s.
repeat it, that the true intereh Of the Ameri-
Can government and of the d,Seriean 5rstLr too.
Is to avoid war. ad,aitin tbe Jaile,a ex.ssf
| that BritN AsgrAvafiss5, and particularly the
ever to be lamrnted one, of tie HOOK. are I,es
as sooalS, De8srfd to Britain By an, otter ssgu.
or, baDe plunged Der into a quar- lsne nso: hut
i war is the harvelt Of Britifh government and
TAU Its bloodyiucSers. expect better things
from government founded and acting upon
found and vrtuous. principles, and think my
expectations will not be deceived. The death
OF Pierce is deeply to be deplored, and is TO,
by every rejecting mind in this country sswell
as yours; but il is not fufficicnt caufs for
plungins the whole inhabitants of a country in.
to all the horrors of war.
!" If the people of New.York had got hold
OF the captain and officers of the LeanSer, and
IN the moment of irritation, facrificcd them TO
their jut recruitment, might have executed il.
and thought it jufihable, but ihouId have
thought madnefs to have planged the one
country INTO civil war, or the other into TO-
reign one on the occafion- our pafIions are
totciblY worked upon when truck through the
fenfes--the .Egbt of dead body brought to III
end by violence. affects the multitude ten thou.
land times more than the detail of thoufands
fwept of by pcfiience, fwaIlowed I'D by earth
quake, or even flaiH in battle.
"lndividuals may be executed for giving way
to the Indignation inipired by generous PATTON,
governments ihould view events with the eye
of phi,ofophy.
.-'.....'--...'.."" +" While laboriou, erou,ds
Ply the tough oar, philofop!,y ss.eas
The ruling helns."
" And hope and believe that your govern.
ment does 70, and Hatter nyeif, that our nre.
fcnt minitry, with all its faults, vet, on finch an
occaiion, viii hail the fame mild influence, and
that not .aiY the lait bloody aegravation, bu,
all former ones, will, az far as is now pofiiblc
be compensated tor. a hope, never to be
realized.
"I have no with to juaify the coudua o,
Dritl:h officers towards the Americans. on the
contrary, no one more heartily detefts aud re.
preoates that arrogance and iDfuferable info.
, isnce, which IN too many inftances marks that
conduct, or more earneftly wfhes the mott C.
we're InveftigatIon, and the ,Aof exemplary pu-
n'ihmens, where due--but haze you NOT, BIZ frea.
y, acknowledged TIE right OF j-srek BY Briti@
, JSiP5? and having admitted that right, you
mutt admit ALTO the right of compelling fu6mif-
hon to that frarch the admifIion of the RIG ht it.
ieitis otherwife nugatory. As faras appears from
the proceeding, the affidavit of the mater of
The loop, &c. it fsems TO me that the captain
OF the Leander was only following his inaructi
ons grounded upon this admitted right, and
I that no perioual blame attaches to hirD-if how
ever heihas exceeded thoie inftruetions, and 7
! wei know that atyrannical 6ifpofiton too fire.
lquentiy prompts Ioen in his fituation, TO conf
der as All Inheritance from nature, that power
winch their office only invefts them with, and
TO exerche ii in manner equally derogatory to
their own characters as men and the nterefs
TOT their country--if, fay, this man has really
exceeded the limits of his authority, and wan
tony facrhced the life of fellow Creature, and
outtased the feelings of great people, let him
DC treated with the coDtumely be de(erves by
his countrymen, and pUniihed to the utmoft
wiihes ct the offended party.-Remember, am
rot all this while advocating he riebf of fearcb
iosk J'A TO fSat, sobO haze /.ie,uniy reeegnisel
FROM TIKI LONDON COURIER, ArRII ~.
/ PkIVHTE CORRESPONDENCE
"Camp, near Monte Viedo, Feb. 7.