The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-12-24
COMMUNICATIONS.

The Traitor .4arcn Bn,7.-After remain
ing short time in the city of Phil sdelphia, "a
mong his friends, the British Fe,le 'alists and
Tories, and the Emissaries of Ensyi;a nd, was
conducted into the state of New-JerSey, by a
Mr., A. R, CT Rockhill town, Biiri.T.g-
ton county, at whose house, it is said, tic
ITaitor is now harbored. In the city of BUr-
llngton, by some of the ancient Tories, he was
taken by the hand most cordially; and NV
cheeks are crimsoned with bushes for my
country, when say, among them were Anne
rlcana born; Men who are now breathing the
vital sdr Ct freedom, produced by the blood
OF their countrymen and the sacred tolls of
the American revolution People of Ameri-
ca Look where you are in the chart of time.
since the year seventeen hundred and seven
ty six-refect in time Or your Liberfy
Is gone forever.-Pause awfully pause over
your Institutions and Organizations of Co
vernment.-ln them the most deadly poison
is corroding tSs vitals of Liberty: and, the
family OF mankind will be the sufferers, I'M
less you rouse to a sense of your duty, and
that shortly. Phil Dem. Press.
The editor of the American Citizen, of ~.
York, says, " he had an interview with lieut..
Reed, commander of the u. S. schooner Re
venge, who informed HIM that the declarati-
on ascribed to him, namely, that if our go
vernment did not withdraw our ministers
from the court of St. James, or fit sent aDo-
Their minister to that court, Bonaparte would
consider it as declaration of war, is totally
untounded. Lieut.. Reed says that he never
made that or similar declaration to any one ::
and that knowing the curious anxiety of some
individuals, he has been cautious i'm the ex-
preston OF any opinion on our foreign affairs
since his arrival. He adds that while he was
in France, he of course continued at his post
and that whatever opinion some private in
dlViduals may have expressed there, he never
heard that Bonaparte made the declaration
ascribed to him in all the papers,"
The Aurora ofthe 10th gives the following
rumour
1t is reported that the emperor of Russia,
by his ambassador at Paris, has made a pro-
position tor the formation of new maratime
code, the basis OF which is to be the free
dom Of the seas--and that in consequence
Oh the recent attack on Copenhagen, that G.
very power in Europe be required to exclude
British ships and manufactures, until that
government shall restore the navy of Den
mark and acquiesce in the new law of the
ocean.
And it is further added, that the Russian
minister signitied to the American ambassa-
dor, that he was authorised to propose a trea-
ty on that basis with the United States, qua
ranteeing the free navigation, terrifory, and
rights OF the contracting nations.
WAsHINGToE, December 10, 1907.
Gentlemen,
received, sometime ago, from the Presi-
dent OF the Senate, and Speaker Of the House
OF Representatives, of Maryland, an address
OF that Legislature, to which, on public CON
sideratioDs, it was thought advisable that
the answer should be deferred. / now ask
permission to convey the answer to the I,e-
gislature through the same channel, and to
tender you the assurances Of my high consi-
Iteration and respect.--IH. JEFFERSON.
The Hon. the President
of the Senate, and the
Speaker Of the II. Of
Representatives fMa-
ryiand.
To THE LEGISLATURE OF MARY
LAND.
l received, in due season. The address o.
the Legislature Of Maryland, bearing date