The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-07-28
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Of credit to MIR. Erikine's diiavowa' of the con-
duct Of Commodore Douglas, az unauthorized
by the Britiih government. Nor at the fame
time do mean by this afertion to impeach
the veracity of Mr.. Erfkiue as a man becaufe
the act may be authorized by the king, the head
of the government, and the Premier himfelf,
and much more probably, foreign minifcrs and
the subordinate members of the administration,
be ignorant Of it: This is prefumed to be the
iisuation of affairs at prefent. MIR. Erlsine's
infruetions may be the mott pacific, conci-
liatng and amicable, and therefore he felt him.
felf bound to declare the conduct of Commo-
dore Douglas unauthorized by his government,
at the fame time that George III, the mott
wicked and perfidious prince that ever dino
nored throne, may in his fecret foul, and
through the fundamentally of humble agents,
mediate and carry into execution, the imprefi-
ment and murder of our feamen. That fuch
is the fact, is rendered almoft certain by the u.
inform conduct of this mott defpicable of mo-
narchs, this metk0Gis~ily mad fool.
Not long after George Ill Came to the throne,
the Spanifh coloHies in South America formed
plan to declare thsmfelves Independent and
| etablifh free government. They had their
agents in Spain, who entruhed the commence
nlent of the enterprise to dilcontented French
nohleman, the Marquis D'Auberede, then in
the tervice of Spain, who had been promifed
the government of Loui6ana and diJatpontea.
The Frenchman embraced the propofal with
ardour and repaired to Great Britain. He laid
his plan before the miniRer for foreign affairs,
Offering for a certain length of time to the Bril-
tiih government, the executive commerce of the
Spanlih colonies and loan from the Jefuts of
100000 fterling, at II per cent for all
which, the government of Great Britain were to
do nothing more than acknowledge their indie.
pendenoe, and protect their own commerce to
the Span,ih colonies. 1t was Immediately per-
ceived by the Engli(h miniGer that nothing
| could be more to the advantage of his country,
| and accordingly he gave the agent every aiIur-
ance OF fupport and cooperation. But when
the buhneis was laid before the King, he did
not enter 70 readily into the fcheme, though he
affected to approve of it--for what diabolical
purPofe, will be Prefently feen. The agent for
the Spanlih colonies and the Briti(h miniiter
had frequent Conferences, but the /eeret regal
ev'H always threw fome obftacie in the way to
prevent their cloling upon any fpeciGc, definite
plan OF operations. The whole fchemc and all
PeJon5 engaged IN is were, however, laid open
10 the miniiter, and of courfe to the king, who,
TO preierve appearances, granted the marquis a
peniion and requeffed him to fend for his fami-
W. Thete arrangements made, the king, by
MS fecret agents, informed the king of Spain
that his fubje9s in South America meditated a
rebellion, and intended to declare themfrlves a
free and independent nation he likewife in
formed him of all pcrfons engaged in the delign.
Thefe were condemned by the Spanifh govern
ment to the mines, where they have no doubt
long hnce perilhed miferably And as for the
French nobeman, mark his fate His penfion
is topped, his creditors are let loofe upon him,
and hls Perfon is thrown into the Kings Bench
Priion, where he alto would have perifhed mi
terably had not Lord Chatham by the fecret a.
gency of Alderman Sayre, fent him to France |!
The annals of tyranny, the chronicles of def
potiim, do not record any thing more hateful
and Perhdious. The atrocities of Nero or a
csuteefs, uDprovoked preparation of treachery
and bafenefs. For this, however, fome have
fuPPoted he might quiet his confidence by the
| confederation, that it would induce the king of
! Spain to admire bis /en(e ofb0nor, and difplay
! III return his gratitude and the honor peculiar
to his nation, by refrainng from acknowledge
ing the independence of his colonies, which he
waa at that very time labouring to force them
! 10 claim The CAFE of the marquis d Auber.
ede TO the time of his confinement in the Kings
Bench Prifon, is taken from his printed memo
| rial delivered to every member of the Houfe of
Lords, copy Of which Lord Dunmore per.
mitted to be reprinted in hand bills, and an a.
brdgmeDt of it was printed in Purdic's and
Dlxon's Gazette, Williamsburg, hoping to
throw the failure of the plan on Lord Shelburu.
But Dunmore's fecretary, capt. Foy, knew
more Of the feCrets of the Eritiil king than he
did, and it was fuppofed bought up and def
uoyed, aud borrowed by proper agents ofthofe
who had bought few, every copy of the me-
mortal. There can be no doubt bat what Mi
randa has been betrayed by George III in the
lame manner, after endeayouring to fix the fuf-
plclon OF Spain that he was AFFIXED by the u.
States Such has been the conduct of George
LII, whenever he has had it in his power ADD
tle has had the cunning too, with all bis infant
ty, to throw the blame of his in7ifble machi-
nations on his miniters. In conformity with
his conltant perhdy, his fecret inftruetions I'M
Known to his miniiters at home and abroad, are
frequently, always when he has any bafe pur-
pole TO ferve,) in cxprefs contradiction to thofe
that have been advifed by his council and adopt.
ed By his miniifry. From this crooked policy
his ninifers often find thenbelves involved in
difficulties for which they are not prepared,
becaufe they could not anticipate from any Or
defs of their Own, the events that produce
them. think, therefore, that il may be pre-
tuned, without any violence done to probabili-
ty, that the conduct of Humphreys has been
authorized, even ihould the act be dfavowed
by the miDiftry of England themfeIves and
that we hiall have war with Britain, although
the whole nation & the minitry may be ayerie to
1t, becaufe fuch is the will of a Jingle indiyidu-
al in his fscond childhood Upon the fubief
of fecret inlruetens, will fubjoin an extract
publi!hed in March lar, which Tecites fome
hcts that have occurred in our own Gate while
under TIE Britilh government, and lince that pc
rod. They are in the memory of fome now