The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-12-29

ether advantages than an increase Of i,n,lt,
and an accumulation of aggiessions. You
Sir, were IN favour Of negotiating witiiou,
the and OF any ftevions measures a negocl-
alton tor what AS far as I am acquainted
with your policy, | am really puzzled to per-
insisted: Your impressed countrymen were
compieatiy the victims of your contemptn-
Gus indifference. As to the rights of our neu-
trail commerce. you had abandoned them.
at one sweep" without the smallest reser-
walton OF the rights of the fair, neutral ira
der
Your oponents, sir, more clear in the prin-
cipies which they supported, and more de-
tc!inined in their expedicnss, Indignantly re-
iJected the poor imbecile policy which you re-
commended. They felt for the honor of their
country and they were determined to assert
1t They saw that the aggressions of Great
britain were necessarily accommodating. They
saw the necessity of modifying the system of
forbearancc, which had been 50 ansiousy
pursued, and OF exhibiting a more Le.crmin-
ell spirit Of opposition. They saw the abso-
iute necessity of appealing to the interests OF
Srcat-Brtnin of convincing her that our
SPIRIT was not inferior to her cupidity that
o'ir means of redress were likely to keep
pace with her agSrcssions and that if she
invaded our rights, on the ocean, we would
cfrcumscribe the consumption OF her manu-
features on the land.
snail not hesitate 20 express nv consci-
ehtlous conviction that the Non Importation
act has OF itself been productive ola favoura-
Die impression upon the British nation that
tch2s contributed 70 prcposyegs their manu-
lecturers and merchants IN oui: favour; ana
that IT the enlightened Fox had continued
10 PRESIDE over their ministry, it wonld
have ultimately contributed to facilitate
nf mn. A.
Ncn-lmportation act has not produced all
the beneficial consequences which il pro-
mised, 1t was because the United States had
| To negotiate after Mr.. Fox's death with one Of
the most Corrupt ministry in Europe, and it
was because the non-importation act was not
permitted to operate in all It's virtues How
cminentiv has it been countcracted BY tho vi
client opposition which you displayed, and the
! hopes OF our division which your conducth mas
INFUSED into the British ministry -
Your conduct, sir, was calculated to excite
the pride and the h2hes OF Great Britain.
You persuaded her to count upon orr GiDisi-
CHS: you impressed upon the minds oi her
caoinet, that there was another party in the
BOSOM OF our country, besides the "hireiings
OF Great-Britain, and the miscreants which
flew to her standard in the hour Of Cur dan
ger, who were deafto the interests OF their
own country, and Indifferent to her multi riied
agSressions The world have beheld the
mad consequences of this miserable calcll..-
ton: Ii You have single spark of the 'good
OH American spirit remaining in YOUR bo-
som, even you must have listened with me-
lanchoiy regret to the triumphant eulogi-
uIas winch they have lavished upon your CON
Duct Even your regret could not have been
uhmiHed with i'eproaCh, when you beheld
the speeches OF the honorable John Randolph
converted into the admired texts of British
commentators.
One word more, before conclude these
CRUDE and desultory ooservat :ons' If my lei
sure should permit me, and Your own Conduct
should furnish any topic worthy OF investira-
| ton, may hereafter resume my ,pcn.-ln
what an awful situation, sir, do you now stand /.
| You will never recover the opportunities
! you have lost. There was a time when YOU
might have aspired to the highest hopes of ho-
nor and preferment. You displayed talents,
which promised to be useful, when age had
chastened their luxuriancc. You protested
republican principles, which were believed
20 be sincere and in your firm opposition to
the Iazoo corruption, you exhibited such
| Speclous instance OF their sincerity, as to
| command the warmcst gratitude of YOUR
country. Happy if you had but persevered
| N the same Career of honorable ambition ::
| blessed In the honors which awaited you in
| he increased respect of your enlightened
| countrymen, and in the matchless approDari-
| N OF your own bosom. Fuit Hun,, juit Iro-
pa shall not be charged with presumpti-
| On, when predict that these delightful visi-
ms have vanished Tor ever, and that you have
| fallen like Luciier, never to rise again" Be-
| iieve me, sir, it gives me no pleasure, to con-
empiate the ruins of departed greatness :;
out 1T is sometimes necessary to intcrrogatc
| the tombs, that we may draw from them an
affecting lesson for the benefit of the living.
| WIN your warmest advocates pretend to
deny that you have abandoned the Cause of
the administrator Will you, Sir, please
TO point out the mighty difference that pre-
Valls between your present opposition and the
rank hostility Of its invetefate opponents !?
viii you please to name particular mea-
sure of the administration which you have
supported during the present session of Con-
gress! Can you deny, that this very cir
cumstance has alone been sufficient to ensure
your most determined resistancc9 Or can
you deny that it is this very circumstance
which has uniformly produced thcmost viru-
lent opposition of the federal party. If then
you uniformly vote with this parry; if YOU
speak with this party; if YOU advocate the
same measures which they advocate, and if
you oppose the very same measures if Won
CONCEIVE it to be sufficient ground of oppo-
sltlon to any measure, that it emanates from
the executive cabinet; in what respect can
I Nhfs Nea% IL. q Al.