The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-05-12
CITE Guqulrer
r ICHM ND, l2tb Mar.

have taken advantage of the late change in the
cabinet, To hur their centuries once more upon
Mr.. Jefferfon, for rejecting the paper, falfely
denominafed the Britih Treaty. 1t is their
doctrine, that W. Nall never obtain as many
" eoneeDf0nS" from the prefent minifry and
it was therefore unwife in Mr.. J. not TO have
held thofe fan which we had actually ACQUIRED.
Even admitting that Mr.. J. could have been
10 much of prophet as TO have foref,en this
early change ct minIiters--and for once his enc
mics have granted him even supernatural pow
ers-ve contend that he onght to have fteered
P-ec!ie'y the fame courfe which he has done
Have the federa'iffs 70 completely abandoned
the rights CT our commerce and fiamen, as to
have adopted treaty which contained not
hngle Prov,hoD in favour Of our 5000 in,pren-
ed countrymen? Are they f. completely we'd
ed to g. Britain as to have given her the un-
conditional diicrction of annulling her treaty
with us in any form and at any time that ihr
withed to retaliate the French Bockadine De-
cree upon France and to break down our
commerce upon that country? If the fede.
raliits are prepared to go all thefe lengths,
where, we demand, is the attachment to our
ieanien OF which they have 70 long boa(ted;
where is their inpar.ia!ity towards foreign ma
tons; where their love for the Independence
and peace of their own country
But, fay they, why did not Mr. T. F." hit
upon tome method of retaining what was good
in the Britifh Treaty, infead of putting the
whole negotiation afloat again, becaufe one or
two Populations were Objectionable ?'-We
anfwer, how do the Federafs know, what
method Mr.. j. has" hit uPon'-to ufe-their
own. elegant exprefiion for negotiating with
Great-Britain Ubat method would fbcy have
ad 'ifed him to purfue? Would they have had
him 10 retain all the advantageous Populations,
by adopting this paper when it was cloeeed
on the very face or 1t, with facit furrender CT
theie very hipuiatIons to the arbitrary difcreti-
on OF @. Britain ? And what curious me.
thod would 1t he, of obtaining the other atvsn-
tages that we fcek for, were we to adopt trea-
" which efeetually bars US from all right to
reiort to fuch meafurer, as may connie! Great.
Britain to furrender then, Such as RrAria;ou
and Non-1mportation acts.
In one opinion we agree with the Federalifts
mat from the Lifts publiEed of the preient mi
nl'tfy, they VIII be much lcis difpofed to do
us JuHice, than the laf.-NaY we Will venture
to'P'su'et ruItner, thar 20 rar rom hopping at
the point which their predecefiors did TO far
from merely refuiing us compensation for the
wrongs which had been actually inflicted upon
US, they will go the length of waging further
wrongs upon us. We need not rcfort to the
characters and general opinions of thefe men, as
trong proof of this conf lecture abundantly as
they would confirm it. For there is not an A.
bic iGan among them who is not recorded
enemy or national right, and fome of them of
private honeity and virtue.
Portland-tbe koary coIIeapue of pitt
Lord tsidon-the brother by principles as well
as by blood OF Sir w Scott.
Caitiercagh-tbe unnatural and unfeelinp T.
rifiii1:@H the unrele"ting perlecutor, who
hunted down the bcit blood of Ireland.
Me'VIIie-who he's been tried Tor bribery and
pecuiation.
But unfortunately for us, we have other and
more direct evidences fleming to explain the Fl.
hitter views OF thcie minitcrs IN relation To our
ie'eS' neie relate to one great point, on
WHICH the two governments have been AZ ,Gue.
We have the opinion of their albeit miuiiters
(tound on the conje6tura Iifs) refpeGtng Bona
pAr's,S BIockadine Decree, aud the meaiures of
retaliation, deeply intereiting TO this country,
which they afierted Great Britain had right
to adopt. Among thefe is Mr.. Perciyal promo
fed Chancellor of the Exchequer--and Lord
Chitiereaeh, Secretary of State for the War and
Colonial Department.
In the debate before the Houfe of Commons,
of February 4th, respecting Restrictions on the
Trade OF France by Neutral Vefels :" MIR.
Pereival commended that the BritiR Cabinet
ought to have extended the principle of Retalia-
ton mich further than the late Order of
Council had done that it was net " too feyere
to involve neurals in the miIcbiefJ of A retalia-
ton to the fMHamou1t." MIR. Perciyal thought
the grand object ihoud be, to look for the beG
means of coun'craeting the deiigns of the enc
my, and of making him feel the evils of his own
inJuftice." -Again.-" The BET mode of ma
King the enemy feel the mitchell of his own
njullice was putting Rop to the enemy's
trade, and Ia this reipeG the Order of Council
was dehCient."-Again.- -" He thought the bet
mode of getting rid of the Inconvenience cat
upon our own trade, and Of injuriDg the enemy
was TO interrupt the iDtercouIie with his colo
mics, and # not to deprive him of all commu-
nicat'on with them, at leaf to renderit 70 peri
lous and To- much more expenlive, as to give to
our commodties better opportunities of intro
ducton ard competition. This trade was that
which was mott eaGly interrupted, and the in
teTruPti"n OF 1t would lead to embarrsnmeut
and d1trefs, from which we alone could give
relief 1t was defrable not to interrupt the ac
cuftomed channels in which neutrals traded
and the colonial trade was that in which thew
could bet attend to. lie would abftain from
the confederation Of particular laws, or treaties
But TIE colonial trade was certainly that in
which nCuirs's had the leaf right and while
be Unclaimed every intention of glancng at the
provihous OF the American treaty, he could no,
help remaking, that the right of retaliation for
iuch mcstureS as may be adopted by the enemy,
which the noble lord ffated to be expiefsly re-
tervCd VI that treaty, was of no ufe when il was
not acted upon. Again Without po,ifca-
INTO neu'rdls, we mar Probibif THAR /Iits from
ProFer"n.S TO tbe e7e1!T'J ports, but we may
not iclZS them. He trufsd gOvsroro.,t e.: =