The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-01-20

His inioient threat of haulias IN c,,; .;.,
tarrg countrymen ~ the very face OF New
York, mott evidently bsfpeaks the peiulance
ard rancour of contracted, undertaudiug--
For even admitting that the ST. Domingo Il a..e
has been prohibited by our laws and that
tho'e who conduSt it are tirafeJ; yet who
has given Wi!laumez the privilege of deciding
upon their puniCnment! Thefe men might
have commended, that they had not been en-.
gagged ~ the 81. Domingo trade or thatt:,ey had
been driven into rebel port by nrefs of wei
ther; or they might have ailigred fome cogeut'
rsa'on why the arrete of the French yoyern-
ment did not apply TO them was Admiral
W'iianmez the proper judge. of thefe points !?
was hrs itate room the civil tribunal of France |?
The mere idea of this ai1umption of power |;
and OF inliieting the punifhment which he
tnreatenS' demonstrates his profound snor-
ance.
He demands indemnity from our government,
becau!e our merchants had employed four of
the ieamen who had de/erfed from French ihip :;
as Vt iuch a mode of Naturalization had ever
been applied to- fuch a cafe. Was this prt4ump.
tuous admiral ignorant of the kind reception,
which the crew of the I.'Impcteux had expe-
rienced from the citizens of Norfolk, aud which
her own officers were the irtt to acknowlcd ge
Did he know that the crew of thete veiIels
were amoit reduced to a fate of famine !;
mons; that general Turreau himfelf had no
Pecunary means to fupply them that he ap.
piied tor a loan of money from the p. u. S.
forgetting that every expenditure in this coun-
Try mutt be preceded by An appropriation and
that even gen. Turreau himfe!f is fad to have
refuied indoriing the bills of our merchants on
the French Treafury, for fupplies which they
themielves offered to furnifh! II is fureiy no
great matter of afoniihment that thefe IA
mined ieamen ihould abandon their fliips
and that when wandering about in fearch of
employment, -ome ihould feek the inland
towns OF the u. States to ply their cuftornary
trades, while others mould accept of a birth in
our merchant veflels, and of II dollars per
month.
lie 'nioient!y threatens to inform his matter
CT the conduct of our government nav, he
mott lnofiIcialiy charges Gen. Turreau with
violation of his duties.-In fact, every a(Tertion
which he advances on the law of nations, be-
ipeaSs his extreme ignorance of its principles /;
and there IS not man, who reads this corref-
pondence, who will not confefs that admiral
W'iaumez Is much better fitted for managing
| the cannon of his ihip, than expoundne the
canons of jutice. But fill this is the man
who will be held upto our countrymsn as the
organ OF the government of France as breath
ing the fame fentiments in his letters, which
Umpire the councils of his matter. This is the
man, whole miferable effnfions will be EMPLOY
ed to play off upon the feelings of our people,
| and to drive us into initiating meafIrcs reflect
ing the government of France. When the
French government ihalI adopt fuch language for
its own; when they fhalldeclare that WilIaumez
is not only the admiral of their marine but their
councillor of Fate it will be time enough to
extend our indignation from the Servant to his
employer.
But let us not be mifundertood on the pre-
TENT location We are not the panexyrifts of
the court of France, nor of England, nor of
any OF the corrupt governments of Europe. We
are convinced that the u. S. have no fayours
to expect from the eaft vitious among them ::
and that nothing is more ridiculous than for
the Americans to divide themfelves into parties,
| respecting the virtues or the views of foreign
nations. A French or an Englih faction is a.
Ike disracefu to this country and ne who
would come forth the apologift of either of thofe
governments, or he who would vindcate the
acts of the one by Hhewing that there is NOT
wanting a parallel in the acts of the other,
as lone OF our news paper Editor, are ac-
cutomed to do, are equally hottie TO the
principles of our republic. We have little to
expect from kings, from courters or from
admirals of any nation ; but let US not there
fore fufferevery unauthorized fbreafofan infoIent
officer to exafPeratc our rcfcntment againit his
government.
VIRGINIA. LEGISLATURE.-The two hou-
les have not yet agreed upon the Rezesu- Bill.
On Saturday the HOu(,s of D.Ieo,+., -, I'll .,