The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-04-21

It had calculated badly, and had gained no,hn,
| by the contract. 1t was afraid of letting u. a.,
| at large to develope and deteta the mifrepreE.n.
| tations and calumIxes that were ffudouly e.,
| ahoat, and had therefore am CONVINCED ,i-t-r.
| mined to violate its engagements by keeping N,
prifoners long as polIible. How was this RI
be done! In the commencement Of our neyo.
citation, lord Caftlereagh declared az res fon for
our acceding to governments pofIefing mega
tive on our choice, that it had no worfe place
in view for our emigration than the u. S. of
Am erica.--We had made our election To 90
| there, and folicited him to have cur agreerncn,
carried into effed. In that difficulty. yor, Il
afforded very effeetual afIiftance to the fa;,a.
| lennefs of the Brti,h cabnet.-On the 10th ,f
September, MIR. Marfden, then under fec retarv
came to inform us that Mr. King had remon.
itrated againft our being permitted to emiprate
to America. This aitonifhed US all, and doctor
M'Nevin very plainly faid, that he confidrred
this execute AS mere trick between Mr.. King
and the Britfih government. This, Mr.. Mari:
den denied, and on heing prefIed to know wbat
reafon MIR. King could have for preventing ps.
who were avowed republicans, he fiyp;ficaptiv
'niwcred, perhaps Mr. King does not sefire
to have republicans in America" Your inter.
terence was then, fir, made the pretex. of de.
tanning us FOR years III cuitoiy, by which very
extenlive and uiefuI plans ct fttsle.nent within
thofe fsces were broken up. The ,,;.for,r,.a
Perfecution, were incaculab!e. A,moA sI az
us waited four of the bef years of our lives in
prIfon. As to me, ihould have brought al1np
with me my father and his family, inclucine
brother, whole name perhaps even you vii, uo,
read without emotions of fympathy and refp-a
others nearly conneeted with nc, you d haze i,.
come partners in my emigration. Blu, NIL of ,a.,,
have been torn from me. have been nr.y.n,
cd from favIns a brother, from, receiving ti:e div
IN. oitiingS ot father, mother, and filter amt
from ioothins their iaH aeonies by ms cares
aad tins, FIR, by your Gnwarra..ahie andunfr,i.
ing interference.
Your friends, when they accufe me want
ot moderation IN my conduct towards you, are
wonderfully Hiitaken. They did NOT rrgrt
or know, that have never fpoken of Won with
out inppreiiine Gas 90 now prrional feelings
that rife mp within me, and fvcll my heart with
indignation and reientnlcnt. But mean ro
coTtine myfelf TO an examination of YOUR con-
duct, as far as il is of public importsnce.
The itep you took was uaauthorilcd hy vour
own government. Our agreement wish Ina, az
Ire land was entered into on the Goth of Iu!y-
Your prohibition was Motif, d to us on the lo.b
ct September; deiu9 z DAYS for the two coro
muncations between Dublin aud London ara
you had precifely ~ days, in the Gains of l,,n-
MGR, Tor ;rantnittng your intelligence 10 Ame-
r'c" and receiving an aufwer. AS you had no
order then, what was the motive of vo;,r nm.
will tell you my conviction. The Bri,ii, min.
iftry had reio'yed to detain US pr!oners contra
ry to their plighted honour ; and Won fir
fear, lent your minferiaI characeerto enab,r
them To commit An act Of perfdy, which thrv
would not oiherwiie have dared to perprtra,e-
Whether our conduct in Iceland was rpht n,
wrong, you have no publication for yours.
The c"nitituion and laws of this country psvr
you no power TO require of the B.jti!h govern
melt that II ihould violate its faith and with
draw from us its content 70 The place W. had
fixed upon for our voluntary emigration.
Neither the PRECEDENT you were warranted
10 prevent our touching thefe flores though
the former might, under the Alien Aa. have
afterwards fent US away ifhe had resfon to think
we were plotting any thing againft the US.
nave heard fomethng about the law of natl.
ons; hu you, prefume, are too well accuaint.
ed with that law not to know that j, haspo
bearing on this fuhject. Our emigration was
voluntary, and The Engh government had in
point ot juttice no more TO do with il thanto
hgnIty that there was no objection tothe place of
refdence we had chofen.
Another crcumflance which cornpeI, usfo
believe colluhve league between yuu, in your
capacity OF reiIdent ,n;niiter from Arierica ard
the cabinet ut St. James's, is the very extraya-
GAM ana nhwarrdnfabIe nature Of your renna-
trance, which had the mniiry been incere to-
wdFds us, they could not pofiibly have over
looked. If they had intended TO obf.,vr their
compact, you, fir. would have been very dnick-
iy made TO feel the futility of your ilf.timed ap-
plc+tor. You would have been tancht that
II was after of mere private arrangement
between government and US, with which you
had no more to do than the rniniitrr of Den
mark Sweden, Portugal, or any other neutral
power. WHAT inference ought fairly to be
made from the facts ] have ftated, every man
mutt decide for himfelf On me, they have
forced conviction, which, if you can Glake it,
HALL much more gladly forego than Rate it
nero, that in the initance alluded to, you de-
graded the dignity and independence of the
country you reprciented, you abandoned the
principles of It's government and its policy, ard
you became the tool Of foreign fate, to gave
II colourahle pretext for the comnilIion of
crime. IT fo, is ii fit that You fhouId hereafter
he entrnited with any kind Of delegated autho-
rty: WHAT motives you may have had for
fnat onduet, II IN tru it was yours, canncr
undertake to FAY Mr.. Mlriden feemed to
doubt whether you wiihed for rtpnbicans ~
AmerIt a-and ibrewdIy fnfp-ef he Gboke what
the B'iii'h minlilry fbonghi of your pOiitics.
Perhaps it may he f,id that yuu'were your
ielf deceived by thoft very calunnies of which
have complained. ! dncerey win could be-
lieve iuch were the fact but obferve this ar
sument. We con radited the mitatements Of
pFpIff g l.