The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-12-31

men 10 TINS striklng particular ; it is MIRA
culous that it should have escaped general
observatory; 1t has nothing in common with
those rights of neutral nations which hexe
been heretofore disputed. The Powers If
the Continent have no concern in it. Itisa
question merely British and American and if
1t is given up, or frittered away by the con-
'eessions or orr Government, we avow that
1t Is sacrifice more prCjutiicial to the inter-
ests OF England than any that has been vet
made, even in this season of sacrifices
Aye, but the bloodshed, the calamities Of
war! or, in Hotspur's words. the purpose YOU
undertakes dangerous .but tell you, nv
lord Fool, out OF this nettle danger, we pluck
this flower safety We deprecate the extensi-
on of war, and its con-comitant calamities-
as much as the most humane of our country
men; but IT 1t is the only road tc safety and
honour, 1t is the road we must take, though
at every step we tread ona mangled body.
L lac horrors OF war, therefore do not alter
the justice of cur cause: these horrors ought
first to be considered by those who are i'm
the wrong It may be said " Nav, but it il
not this nation o. that with which we are en-
gagged in hostilities, it is with the zyhoIe
7porld. And what does that signify ? We
are at war with the whole worlds master.
and 10 wonder therefore if we are at war
with the world. But with America, if posi-
bic, we would still continue in amty (: we
would point out to her the injustice of her
cause: we would modify the unfoundcd ,;o-
leIcc or he!' anger we woald deDrecaFe the
tencritv, with which size is rushing into hos
t,li'cs that can bat fcc6ly affect u.s. and NAV
IAN with aggravated e:ght and rebounded
violence on her own head Yes, they can but
tceblV affect US, for we have sbewn before
the incficacy of her armed associations to
operate any momentous political evil to C.
B.: ardthey must tel with rettou5icd violence
Oh he own head for lei her but consider the
consequences, generally, OF war with Eng
lard.
There isn2thing nor. degrading to the dig
nity, and more prcjnd;ci,l 20 the interests of
russia, than the exclusion ut that country
j. ON the concerns % Southern Eurore, the
necessary result OF the treaty of Tilsit. And
Yet how tecb'c, how paitrv en- exclusion is this
when compared t. the insilr:roun;able bar
rier which England can place in the way Of
the, American intercourse with the whole of
Europe, Asia and africa They cannot st;r
IRON their hai'hors without our leave Should
ttejr Ambassador at the Court Of France
give offence to the new -TanGied pride of the
Emperor Napoleon, theY Cannot move him.
and send ont his successor, except with our
permission, or through cur neglect They can
hardly pass their troops from the Continent
to the adjacent Islands, Rhode, and Long, C
annoyance OF our cruizers. Their naval
trade, if we act with sufficient energy, must
be confined to the Lakes in the interior of thei,.
own country. From tle banks of Erie. or
ontario, they may bring home tirhcr.which
they do not want, or purchase furs of the l.
roqnois which they Cannot export T. may
be possible, indeed, to keep the whole of the
American ports in p pccpetua! state OF block
ade' owlng to the "ast extent q coast they
possess, from Acadia to the GujDh of Next
co; but a small squadron, stationed off PEN
sacota, would intercept all the Eliropean
traffic of the Eastern states and the length
OF the voyage, and The difficulty Of entering
European harbors, would totally obstruct all
their commerce with the Old World. Think
too or the vast expanse CT ocean which their
vessels must measure with scarce friendly
port to touch at, while we possess the Cape,
in order to obtain the commodities Of the f.
indies. We should not wonder If mari
time war, carried on with sufficient spirit &
ACTIVITY on our part, were to dissolve the ia
orlc CT theiT federal government, as i'll assor-
tee "otiies fly asunder by compression.
And what can America do to reciprccrate
such our annoyancein an equal decree, Vyhv.
she will sequestrste the property Of British
subjects, vested in her funds. A more afro
ciouS lnSlnlatlon was never thrown ont a.
ganst civilized people than this Amidst
all the difficulties and distresses which this
nation has sustained, the money which has
been entrusted to her honour, has ever been
held sacred from her necessities orher re-
venSe. 1t has even been exempted from tax
alton, more favourable provision than some
have been willing to approve. And look at
the high state of unassalable pre-eminence
III which the British funds will then stand.
the decided preference they win in future re-
celve, If America is guilty OF this most impo-
lltic seizure. Her worst enemies could not
wish hera greater evil, than the commission
of this suicidal act upon her own integrity.
we VIII venture to prcgnost.cate, she would
never have another European creditor,
whatever might be her necessities, or what
ever the terms she might offer for a loan.
England would then contain the only ,msus-
pectcd depository Of the gains Of the enter
pl2mg, and the competence of the industri-
ons; OF the provision for old age, and the
maintenance Of infancy. AS to the individu
ais who should suffer by such an act Of tbe
American Government, the unpatriotic infa-
tuatlon by which they could prefer the secu-
llty and honour of any other countryto thai
OF their own, deserves sorne punishment and
II the Americans are capable Of infictine it.
nohe So proper as this; and the clamouIs Of
such men are ONLY proof Of the justice Of our
cause but the loss of reputation is never
by the gain which accrues from