The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-05-10


distress which the loss of the American
trade will inevitably bring with 1.-THE
| whole exports of this Kingdom in manufao-
lures, East and West-lndia produce, &c.
amount annually to forty millions sterling.
OF which ten millions consisting entirely OF
manufactures goto the United States. Con-
sequently the loss of that trade must throw
out of employment above one third of the
whole manufacturing population and capt.
tai OF the kingdom, since we may presume
that the East and West-hdia goods amount
to the fourth of the whole export. Indeed
the distress is unparalleled in the rnanufac-
turing districts, and the ministry will very
soon be compelled either to make peace with
France, or repeal every measure they have
adopted to restrict the trade to the continent
They go on the wild superstition that by de-
priving the continent of sugar, coffee, cotton &
bark, they will compel Bonaparte to make
peace on their own terms; forgetting that
his power is not founded, nor depends upon
the affections of his people, but rpon the
strength and fidelity Of his army-on which
army the privation Of sugar and coffee will
not operate. as these articles form no part
OF their subsistence, and forgetting that how
ever the mass ofthe people may be affected
by other privations, Bonaparte always has,
and always will take care to provide well for
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occasion to observe that the present admins
tration of this country is greatly deficient in
talents. Every day produces fresh evidence
of that fact-and their deficiency is render
ed the more apparent by the superiority of
talent opposed to them. trust that Ameri-
ca will andhere strictly and infleXibly to the
measure of the embargo, as the only way to
avoid the danger, the loss, and the expence
of war.-and at the same time, to inhict upon
the aggressor all the injury she can.
March 23.-'rhe wind still continues
strong from the East, and of course we can
not expect the arrival of the packet.-Boston
papers to the 29thJanuary and letters to Sth
February are received in town. The pa
pers are the Boston Gazette and the Pala-
dunn, both of which am sorry to see, are
so strongly censlring the measure of the
Embargo.
When the orders of council are rightly I'M
derstood in America, flatter my self that not
a man will be found who will not join heart
and hand in giving full effect to the embargo.
l. repeat that it is step of all others best cal
lated to produce such an impression upon
this country, as 7piN herea fer render
ii advisable FIR England to fay more re-
gard TO tie rights Of tie Uni,ed States.
have seen some of the manufacturers who
have been sent forward with petitions against
INC tate orders CT Council.
They unite in stating that the distress occa-
stoned among the manufacturing class ex-
ceeds any thing of which an idea can be form.
ed, that many who usually received gui.
nea week for their labour are now sweep.
ing the streets and begging for their subsst
enCe.
LONDON, March Is, 1908.
AS the Rolla will not leave Cowes unit
tomorrow, / am afforded an opportunity o
saying, that the Packet from New-Yor ka
arrived / am truly aStonished at the par
the feoeraiists seem to be taking in the poll
tics OF America, relating to the Embargo
lhey have always accused the democrats o
submission to every thing coming from
france, ana they now seem ready to submit
to every thing from this country If Bona
| parte S DEGREES were an injury to the Ameri
can trade, the orders of council will operate
with hundred fold more effect. Bonaparte
did not possess the power of iniuring us: G.
Britain Can do so most completely. The
orders OF council cannot be uuderStoo1 i,
america, or they must among all parties
produce the same sentiment of hostility
winch, 7vIthout an execution, is felt bv ever,
American here--and if the EMBARGO is IA.
ken of before the orders of council are com.
pletely revoked, for one, will feel ashamed
to Call myself an American. The federal
lists censure the administration for LAYING ths
embargo, in compliance with the views q
France-but certainly if the embargo wa,
laid without sufficient cause, that objection
no longer exists-and however improper it,
imposition may have been, it's continuance
ought to be supported by every friend to hi.
country.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE Enquirer.
The reasons given in a publication in
the Enquirer OF the Sd inst. for my decli.
hinS to act as committee man for the Mon.
roe ticket are not exactly NV own m,
friend who was requested to intimate tn.
same to you, must have misunderst me
l am far very far from believing that the
interest OF the country would be ieopardize ed
by placing Mr.. Monroe in the Presidential
chair, and still less disposed to wound hi,
feellngs by such an insinuation. / declined
acting OH the committee upon this principle