The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-05-12

could not avow."-Agaiu.-"O Or If the mea.
fures he alluded to more eficaciors, why
were they not adopted! BIZ they were not
the only meafures he would have recommen nd
cd. They were meaiarss Of Sirs9 reiaAa.ica
which would have the M" fpsedy eHrt, IN
bringing the enemy to his .cnges. The cnemy
has ordered, though his want Of power renders
the threat but an empty boat, that no vsifrIs
OF Eng!i:h deainatioa ar Ensfh connections
fhall he permitted to pats freely on the feas.
NE MAY E1y, rofb;ny HaR enter France zvbicb
/53aH NOT ErR enter here. We may carry this
reitrctiOn into execution in the whole or in
part. We may not prohibit fbe colonial COM
merce altogether, but we mar. the enemv's CO.
lonial fuppies enter orr por.s, and pay duty
towards the e.psnceJ of the war, and relieving
ourfelves by diicharging him."
But Mr.. Percval is mild and indugent to
neutral commerce, compared to Lord Cattle
reagh. In the debate before Parliament at the
fame time, respecting the French blockad-
ing decree, this Ir!!I Peer ;vowed the follow
ing feniiments &c Whatever might be the
feeling of Cover nment towards America, what
ever might be the principles on which the late
negotiations had been conducted, there were
no reafons for delaying the adoption of more
vigorous meafures OF retaliation againf the e.,
nemy. He coutended thai considerations OF
forbearance reip, Cling AmEita, hlouId not in
duce the Houfe to abitain from adopting, not
an article of practical injuhice, but the mea-
fures which the circumstances of the times re-
quired, namely, to qvarn Aneriean q,fGei5, in
the frf iqfnnee, from enffriHg French ports ];
but not TO capture them, wnel5 bent upon enter
ing the Forts of Frame. II they were TO wait
till the American government ihould Unfit up
on .hofe principles, by which the law of natl
ons is upheld, they might wait till doomsday,
as, whatever might he their feelings, the COM
mercia' people would attend to THEN CONNER
cial inters4s. Since the publication Of this de-
| cree, which had been at irf general as TO all
| nations, fome communications had take place
between the American Mimfters in this country,
and the French government, in confequence OF
which, fome practical relaxation of that decree
had taken place. This was one ground why
we fhould look upon Hmeriea with jeaoufy !;
and it was aggravation that ihe had by te.
cret understanding with the French Govern
ment, contrived to take her fliipping out of the
operation of this decree that was at firt gene
raj, and placed heyfelf in htuation of comm.
vance with the French Government"
Lord Cattlereagh is mifaken in his fails.
There was no " IeCret understanding" or" con-
nivance" between US and France.-Mr. Arm
ttroDg, our minfter al Paris, applied to De-
ores, the French MinRer of Marine, for an Ex-
planation of the Decree of Berlin. Decres'
anfwer was, that it was not intended to en-
brace Tin bis opinion) the American trade with
the Brltith Empire In other words, that it did
not reduce G. Britain to fate of Blockade,
according to the apparent ipirit of its frft arti-
Gle. But this was no fecret understanding, but
made according to the ufual diplomatic forms |;
1t was no eOnniUance between our own and the
French Miniiter, as Decres' Interpretation ap-
Piled to every other neutral nation, as we'll as
TO the United States. Why then "look upon
America with greater jealouiy" than the Flag
of Denmark, Portugal, Auftria or the Barba-
~ ttates But even if this indulgence had
been confined to the U. States, would it have
been an adequate ground of jealoufy to Great
Britains unlrf. we had purChafed it by fome
improper and partial concefiion to France /?
But not Jingle proof of this coHuivance has
been exhibited by Lord Caitereagh,-nor can
II De by auy 0tner pcrIoU.
Both Mr.. Percival and Lord Caalcreagh there
tore were anxious 10 carry the principle OF
Retaliation further than the late order. Mr..
P. WAS for proven ingneutrals laden it'll Ere iich
colonial Produce, from entering French Ports,
until they had paiied through an Engliih Cuff
tom-Houie CattIereagh was for preventing all
Neutral Vefiels, whether laden with their own
or French colonial produce, from entering
French Port, whether bound directly or through
the ciTCutous channel of an Engliih Port.
Mta inres of this fort may therefore be ey.
pected, ihould Percival and Catlereagh mount
INTO power. And it will then become us to
man'fsit the trne American fpirt-in the Anne
rIcan way. - Formal war is not neceGary ="
We may rctort 10 our Non-lmportation acts.
which IS ailerted by gentleman from Edin.
burgh TO his federal friend in New-York, to
have been s. wicked meafure againit the la
bourns Poorln England. But he adds con-
tet''on, which coDvInces us of its efficacious
operation that g lhort as the time was.
| II had lowered the price of wages in GIou
ceteriiI're, Lancafhire, Glafgow, &c. and
funk the price of fheep's-wool." I'VE c,r-
ta'n!y dhent from his Inference, that becauit
the manufacturers mutt be protected, his own
nation would have gone to war with US, had
we not " repeaL-d the prohibitory act in time
liz our humble opinion, there was another al
ternatiye placed before the Britiih cabinet: and
that was to avoid both war and prohibition by
doing US juftce.
But ihoud even this meaflre be ineffedual
let us then go all leD"'h. Let US cut off all
trade with @. B. And if fbe lhould then pro
claim war againt US, let us wrap ourielyes in
our ihell; fhun the policy of Tending our ma.
tional navy into the high feas; and principally
entruh her annoyance TO private commifiioned
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