The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-12-31

AMERICA AND GRE.AY-BRIY.AIyw
FROM THE LONDON "rIMfs"--AuG. 90.
DISPUTE WITH AMERICA.
The matters in Dispute between this coun-
cry and the United States OF America still
continue undecided. Indeed, no coihniuniea-
tons have been received by tie American
Minister IN this country, shc negotiations are
OF course not We. entered upon. We do nc:
complain ct the waste o. cine ON an occasion
or SO much moment: Ii affords opportunity
to the people Of both countries to torn right
sentiments on tlc merits Of the cause Tor
the ebuiItons Of wrath TO discharge them
selves b. eteryescing on the one side and
on the other, fur the steady principles Ct pa
trlotism TO prevail over the paltfv consider
ations OF trading interests and the teinpori-
sing parties Of mercantile corporations. At
all events, II will not be the inordinatc zeal
NJ the British public that is likely to drive
Ministers into war with America We
hope, the worse than apathy Oh this side the
water, and the clustering on the other, will
not withhold them from the just assertion Of
the maritime code OF Europe, and the proud
enforcement of oar naval pre-eminence.
For ourselves, we sec TO great distinction be-
tween stealing British scamen, and stealing
British ships, and between our right to exc
cUte what may be called naval search-war-
rant III the one case, and in tl.c other, after
having declared our reasons for surprising the
property we have lost to be in the place where
we institute the search. From this right,
we trust Minister'S viii never recede. The
policy and interest of the case, on the broad
ground of national expediency, is as decid-
edly with us rs the Justice; but, before we
enter upon that consideration, we will ven-
turc To ask the Chanber of Commerce at Lii
verpool, who in their resolution have express
ed so strong a wish for concession on our
part, what the American people would at
this moment say to a company OF Merchants,
at Charleston for example, who should en-
ter INTO certain resolutions, tending to bind
the Executive OF that country from insisting
upon their eremEitcn from our search (?
Would not the persons forming such a confe-
Iteration, IN the present state OF popular feel
ing Ill America, stand a fair chance of be;ne.
torn TO pieces And is 1t there only we looi,
Tor the sacrifice of personal interest to natl
onal welfare? For it will be found, Oh exa-
mInauon, that the American has much
stronger reason TO deprecate a war than the
British people; and though in the fury of
passion, this may not be perceived at present,
1t will soon be both seen and felt, if the war
IS conducted as it ought to be, and is made
war against almost the only thing which the
Americans possess, their commerce and their
carrying trade. As 70 the resolutions and
tenders OF service made by that people to the
PRESIDENT Of the u. =. thew mean 10 more than
= party OF pigmies had volunteered their
services in al expedition against the cranes
to the regions beyond the clouds. How can
they, when they are armed and assosiated,
get at us! Can they march their volunteers
upon the decks OF our ships of war, or charge
win Oayonets upon our seamen ct their great
guns Not, however, that VIC would in the
slightest uegrec insinuatc, that because we
hold in our hands the power of rcpellinc A
mcrican aggression, we wo:ld therefore up
hold British injustice. Eo-.ail that we mean
to prove is, that war has nothing terrible in
1t, when compared to the surrender of our
maritime rights. We would recommend
peace and Cancellation with the Americans,
but It must be such peace as leaves us in
the tree and undisputed possession of all the
advantages resulting from our naval superb
ori'y such a cancellation as borders pretty
much on concession on their part
The dispute between us and America land
to this We would call the attention of the
whole nation) is, in its nature. novel and
unique 1t has been ignorantly or inadvertent-
~ confoundeG as similar in principle with
e''A- DNt"CCi tiS anu luG DOIlncID HOWGrS A.
bout the year 1850 1t is no such thing If
Is not in the slightest degree like it; It is a
dispute which can exist only between Great
Britain and the United States on account oe
the similarity Of our language 1t is not for
our right to search trading vessel for
package of contraband goods, that VIC are
now contcnding, but for our right to pursue
aid capture the bodies Of British seameu alb
sconding from the service, and knowingly &
wiltuily concealed (or at least not brought for
ward for tximination) under a neutral fac
IT would have been no degradation to the
Amerio1nS--.on the contrary, it would have
been an honour TO Commodore BARRoN. tn
have mustered these men On the deck of his
vessel; to have invited the British captain
to be present at their examination; and. i'll
the charges against them were trge. ne |
Chesdhedke should have regorged them with
indignation, as afIording a bad example to the |
subjects OF any nation What are British |
sailors to be called upon for the performance
OF that most distressing of ali duties. the tear
ing their brethren and countrymen from the
arms of their wives, and the bosoms Of their
families, when the necessities of the State
demand the enforcement ef the impress SER
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