The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-01-27


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He then fpeaks of Cress.Bri;si, in the word
we have already quoted, and then Of Spain
With the other, negotiation was in like
manner then preferred. and p,pvifonaI inca
InreJ only taken to meet the event Of rupture
with the fame power, negotiation is Till pre-.
terred, and provifionaI meafures only are ne.
ceiiary to meet the event Of rupture"
Bat" bin (has gomez from the Senatc''
or the increaie of the "public force" VIVA,
'ien LIE It even be admitted that there is no
real diitinction between " war and 4 peace
eitabliihment" as MIR. r. has commended that
TINS very bill is to be adopted by the Houfe
OF Representatives and that it is roqv recon-
m"ndrd by pohey; will it therefore be true,
'nat the fame proportion of the minority WAS
correct during the lait winter? TIE circum-
t'nres ot our country are not now the fame,
as they were then Our policy ought then
to he different. The Spaniards have
'orce more 4hown refolution to invade Loui-
mana, IN fpite of the negotiations for adult
msnt, which were making on the other 6de of
the Atlantici: The intrigaes ofthe Baron de Ca
rondolet in 1893 and 's7, and the indifference
with which Spain can fometimes facr6ce her
mott iolemn contracts to her imaginary ntereffs,
were not there exp"fed to the eyes of our
country: The pofiible and prefumed conneeti-
i,
iant efforts which may be expected from the
corrupt courts of Europe to get pofTefIion of
"a mouth of the NIiliifippi, the key of the
wsiteTn country, and the great matter fpirt of
The affections of our wencrn brethep were
eiiner unknown, or not fully conferred. The
'ra!torous fchemes of B. the mears of tC.fec-
lion, or the blow that would be fin flrrck at NJ
Orleans by domciic confpra,ors, were left for
time to unravel or bring ftrongy into view.
AN theie clrcunitances are new to US they
were not dft'aGtly known to the laft FELTON, of
Sohereis; OF courfe they cannot be now e.rs-
Sooned into the Qualification of ncaf,:re, which
was then Recommended upon much feebler
grounds. Policy ihifts with circumstances: &,
an lncreafe of the Handing force may be expe.
dent now, though it was not 70 during the Ian
winier.
But even this reafonine is upon thu fasbo6ti
on, that is nogv erpedienf TO increafe the pub
Tic force" But there are many, who are of
different opinion. The Prelident fuppofes, that
" ero1JFon0i nea/ires only" (werc &s) {" are ne
cei"ry to meet the event Of rupture" Does
this sentiment fhn6tion the adoption of any
change in our military efablifhmeut. Gene.
RAJ Wiikinton hmpiy recommends to us to
" torn one grand depofitary and place of
arms" at New. Orleans, and to y" combine ~
this dliPohtlon river fleet competent to its &C.
ciuilon, and pot it 80 or 40 leagues above the
Yazoo river" "This is (his) plan for refilt.
ing an internal attack for external defence.
gun-boats and bomb-ketches, with flostjnp hat
terles at the mouths of the Miiiflippi and the
Paiits from lake Ponchartrain, will be pecei,i-
ry."
lr this augmentation of the ftanding force he
wanting to refft the Spaniards, will not the
propofed enliftment of $4,000 volunteers be 4
fufficient fubfitute?
Ii to meet a. Burr or domefiic conf2irators,
has NOT the civil and military authority already
fuficed to crulh this Catlirarias co5fpiracy
and are not all iuCh fchemes crufllcd for wears
Mr.. Randolph afierts, that Burr's confpiracy
IS new proof of the expediency of the mea-
lures which ne recommended Iaft winter. But
what itrange iophifry is this Mutt Conprcfs
provide remedy for every evil which NAV
the next mountain, nun its trembling inbs-
bisants fly from the poiiibie danger? But the
Vaccinations of A. Burr were not even fore
fsen they were not thought of. There was
not prophet in the Eoufe of Representatives
not even in the boding minority. What
Grange argument is it then, that larger mill
tary force was wSnted in the MfIiffippi, to
prevent this danger, whenit was not and could
not once have been forefcen and of COURT.
could not have furnilhed any moGve for afioa
TREAsoN-The crimes of A. B. have ex-
cited an indignation not lefs general than inl.
The luminous and energetic melIage of the Pre-
dent, which appears IN this days paper, muG
give a new fanttion and edge to this patriotic
fentiment. But the mind does no, paufe here.
1t naturally turns from the crinina! to his pun
ifhment and we irrefiftit,ly enquire into the
pofibilty of bringing this profligate Catalina to
condign punifbment. Every man feels difpofed
to wret the tbunders from the hands of the
judges and bur them for hmfelf Why are not
thofe thunders forged for this purpofe fufficient.
ly pointed or why fhoud fuch traitor in
beArt (as A. Burr) fail to be traitor in the eye
Of the Ia4p ,
The law Of the u. S. has eftabli(hed three
cafes of unauthorized war.
/. Treafon againP the U. States.
2. ~ military expedition fet on foot evitbin
the territory or jurifdicion of the u. States
agdina the dominions of foreign ltatc
with whom We are at peace.
9. The fitting out or armiDg any private flip
or yelieI of war without the limits of the
u. 5. with an intent to commit honiliies
upon the fuhjects, citizens or property Of
a for ign fate or of the u. S.
fla oitZrn commit the Ian crime, he is de.
clared guilty of high mfdemeanor, and is
punilhabie by fine not exceeding $4,000 dol
lars; aud imprisonment not exceeding :hree
years.--Tbe cafe of A. B. does not probably