The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-02-23


! y, m hsg,oae r.rfSGcs cul!.I psS.';,i, ~
'''e CONSTRUCTION that Nj. hiunree a,a rS-
ieuncod his preicasio.:s n Mr. M@disc's
itvor -. have aheaov given my ci,ir:,i
that even this sentence did not re, &c 10 Shc
next presidential election, bat to the minor
fly in Congrcss.--NVhat thcn 5ccames Of
Pow '>atan's 'osbor lcttsrs.' i3esd. 5 i.wo,. I
have been ridcalols TO have fabricated SUI,
letter to Washington ~ have otcra;ea -
hichmoad.;, when Air. Monroe WIS on tec
very spot and coud 50 readily lave t,i,iii
the assertion.
a. 1t is a fact, that crv one short state
ment appeared in the Argus, Respecting at.
arrangement which was rc,iorteJ 10 haze
been made Between the friends oi Air. M,-
roe; aaci MIR. Clinton In this sta;rmenr t,e
editor of the Argus in fac. express, e, his dis
belet office rcport-in which the editor OF
this paper cvncurrctl.
We earnestly recommend II our Fellow
Citizens of Virginia, the A,ilr-ss oe the
haitimorc Committee 70 the pc t;)lc of Mar
snnd.--Ihe subject is so important, thits.s
snail touch it hereafter
Let tee people of Virginia combine nth
their honorable Submission to the inilnc.,i,,t.
evils Ct al Embargo, u sagaciou, .iisrosj.'-
on TO convert it to the best purposes OF whic,
1t IS suSccptihlc.--The word is III a str.ns,.
state. When the whole continent OF Europe
IS involved in tu;ault and the violation of
principles, how can we expect 70 escart All
their evils We are one link of the great
cham which cnrichcs the commercial, civ:-
med world distant, though wcbc, it wo..d
DC presumption for us to expect an entire i'm :
punitY from the great shock which apitates
Europe.
Let US acquicscc in our destiny, bu, let rs
Profit by It's inpe ious lessons. IF We ave
truly wise, il we anxiously cuisvate al th..
advantages of our situation, the ei,,,ar,.;,
Will be mere than shorn of half it's evils. r.
saves our capital from the seizure Of free
hooters; and it improves, in proportion t,
our wisdom and erersy-the internal situa
ton OF our country.
One fact alone we submit at present 10 the
consideration four fellow citizens The /
IRISH depend upon us every srriny for hax-
seed, for the production of the great materi
al OF their greatest manufacture. 1he En-
barge has blocked up in the vessels and
warehouses of Philadelphia and New York
we know not how manv thousands of
pounds of hax-seed VIII any man calculate.
the shock which this measure gives to Ire
land, or the probable price of Irish linens
IN timeto come s-SVha. is CIR duty in this
situation
We are authorised to state, that Messrs. Sa
muei Butler, John Fa;lc3n, and John II Cooke
decline serving ON the Monroe committee For tie
county of Suriy.
We are authorised to state, that Messrs. Tho.
mas a: Jones and William B;rchstt decline scry
ing on the Monroe committee for the county of
Mecklenburg.
We are authorised tn state that Mark Alexan-
der Esquire OF Mecklcnbure declines serving on
tl,k as N for. th.@Tl
We have reason to believe, that the ncgoci att
on at Washington is probably suspcnied-if SO,
whether to give Mr.. Rose time to communicable
our terms to MS Court, as mas been intimate, IN
some otthe papers, we know not--nOr 90 we
know that the nego- iatien is broken oi-.ITc have
reason to believe, however, that Mr. Rose has nd
power to touch any subject, but the affair CO the
| Chesapeak-and even as TO this, there are per-
hsps serious difficulties