The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-07-01

Council & the Embargo have accomplished tina.
cycIusior from the continent which the DEGREES of
France had Intellectually attempted This con-
sequence distinctly appears In the evidence of
Mr. Whire before the II. of Commons.-Sce the
last page. M ~
2. ltistrue. that our embargo WOULD be most Sc
vcrely felt i'll the w. Indies Lii this respect it
would perhaps be e.fe-tral, If contrary to ali ra
tonal expectation, II had not ben evaded BIZ the
cupidity OF dishonest merchants The evidence
before the III. of Commons in 1376, proves, that
none OF the isles except perhaps Jamaica; could
subsist OH their own resources and ground pro-
visions. But win the British government calmly
view the breaking up OF ahe sugar plantations,
'eYenin Jamaica, by giving It's labour new direc.
tr,p 1.-THE case of the American war is not I'M
point (; because then there were neutral cntyeboti
M the w. Indies, whether our provisions were
carried even under our own Rags and whence the
British isles could supply themselves
). 1t is true, that 90 one ofthe motives with the
British government for the Orders in Council,
was to favor w India planters in the sale Of their
produce on the continent of Europe" Had the
Ledger pcr,ised the first te', pages of Mr. Bar.
ins's pamphlet, he could so longer have doubted
this tact-The Ledger makes the same mistake
ON tbs point, tkat lie has done with regard to the
British manufactures transported to the contir ent
The expectation of large quantities of coffee and
sugar tothe continent, is sufficiently established,
by communication in this paper of the 24th
uit detailing the information of gentleman lust
returned from the north of Germany. -,
The st 'teinent given. ofthe British exports to
this country, are certainly iriaccnraic.. They are
much nearer to ten than six millions sterling.
AS to the Ledger's iemarks on "the censure
bestowed on those who have condemned the en-
borgo policy" they are founded on misapprehen-
sion. The writer does not DENY to his federal
flIendsthe right of examining Sc every measure
of government with freedom" he only cen.
sslres their manner of exercising this right It
is notfor thinking; bit forthinking 50 miscrably,
as they have done on the present occasion, that
lie condemns them. s 49,,
The. last accounts from England, hrope
nothing.-Thc statements of the disposition
OF France towards Us published since the
arrival of the Usage in England, have no
thing in them of the Stamp Of authen-
ITCHY. Are they subscribed by Mr.. Arm
strong or MIR. Pinckney by Mr.. Nourse or
Mr.. Lewis9 No. They are mere rumours
of the day caught up and embellished by the
London Editors.
Not to mention, that these rumours are
extremely vague in themselves. the differ
emit papers giving very different &C counts
OF the same transactions, their truth is ma
tcrially shaken by two important circum-
stances: Sos,
i. ihesc reports have passed through the
filtering stone of the British press; & we
need no experience to convince us how lit
tie reliance should be placed in British state
ments of French and American afflirs-
2. These reports bear the marks Of sus-
picion upon their very face. They are bas-
Ell open al assumed fiction. II is not true
that Bonaparte had declared to our govern
ment, that he would have no nemtrals. At
least we have strong reason to believe that
no such declaration had reached the ears of
our government. This fable, like most of
the others of federal coinage, has long since
descended tn the tc!.b CT the Capuiets---it
is not probable therefore, that '"lMr Lew
is 1vas sent with an answer to thar declara-
tion!''. 1t IS probable that his dispatches
containedseme demand Of the abandonment
of the French DEGREES. What answer has
been given, is yet to known.