The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-03-10

bic difpo6tion By mort fufpcnfion Of Il.
proyiiions Particularly when we confider
It on another ground IF the time 6rR al
lowed them for negotiation was exhauited
oy no fault OF theirs, by the lnefs a;d
death OF tier mniiter; was it improper to
extend the time for their adjufment of our diff
terepces The longer the non-importation a6
is coniidered, the more will it be approved. No
n-aiure exhibits a more decifve example of the
hrmneis OF our national councils: none will
more thoroughly exault the re equation of our
government in the eyes of foreign nations.
ImbreDea Ssansfs.-We can fay from the
mott undoubted authority Gays the Norfolk
Ledger) that orders have been received per the
Jamaica packet, by the commander i'm chief of
his Britannia majeay's naval forces on the
American Hation, "to reieaic every american
lea"san, VINO has not voluntarily entered. -
The Herald adds, that the reieafe is to he
made, upon giving fuficient proofs of eitisen-
JBip.
This provifion is not flfficient. Tbe neutral
nag. H5onfd eoper every qvbo is under it, ex-
cept folders bound to belligerent country.
who are to be coniidered AS contrahand of war.
Such Is the true and comprehensive maxim on
this fuhjeet.-The law of nations recognizes but
TWO retrictions on neutral trade eontr0band
DlOeRl6Sd
The Secretary of Statess luminous letter to
Mr.. Monroe publiihed during the lat winter,
contains the very marrow of this doctrine.
Accounts are received from the Rio La Plata
Gown to the 1T January, at which time the
6fi,iiii mad made no further imprefiion by land !:
and the Spaniards ftr held Bnenos Ayres and
Montevledo. There were great many EnyIifb
Seileis IN and near the river, bound up.
reiolution has been again introduced into
the Legislature OF MaHachufetts, for taking the
ienie OF the people on the propoGtion for erect
ing the DjRrid Of Maine into a foarate Rate.
This reiolution pafIed the Houfe of RepTefrn
tatives on the 1tth ult. and was feat to the Sc
nate for their concurrence
The Ncw-York council of abboint,nent have
appointed Thomas Morris, Eia Clerk of the
city and county of New York, in the place of
iunIs Workman, Efq. remoz,sd. Mr.. w. is
the author OF Political Enquiry :" and W as
one OF the albeit advocates of the Ciinfonian
pHrtf.-Mr. John Nicholas, formerly acele
orated citizen of this fate, and now member
OF the Senate of New York, is one of the firopp
ct pillars the Lewilite or Living Rouiaa par
We have received Newr Orleans papers, down
to the Sd OF February. They contain nothing
important. The Koufe of Representatives Of
Orleans have come to reioIution, to reoue(t
the governor to give them fuch information as
he pofieiled relative to the extraordinary f.
tuasson of this territory - and particularly to
itate the number of militia which have been
placed under gen. Wilknfon's orders, and for
what term of iervice. The governor informed
the committee appointed to preient this refo
luton, that he lhoud "conlider it with a,ten-
ton. 1t is PLeafng to obfsrve the enthufiafm
with which the Houie of Representatives have
exPreiied their indignation at the blindne(s and
Perhdy OF men, who living under &C. govern
ment the mott free which ever exifted upon
earth," have conipired the " difmemberment of
their own country or the invafon of the do
mlnions- of fovereisn in amity with the U.
States"