The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-06-10


ed into cartridge and musket, they
became formidable means of either
protection or destruction ;----that their
nation would still continue to be the scatter
ed materials, and that England would con-
tinue to be the loaded musquet. They NAV
nom, perhaps, recollect some of my sayings,
but, am afraid, the recollection will only
tend to harden their hearts, and, not having
me within the reach of their cowafdiy re-
venge, induce them afresh to prosecute my
friends, for which persecution the public dis
tress will, if their embargo continue, supply
hem with pretences in abundance.
COMMENTS.
The first thing Which strikes us in these re-
marks, is the source from which Goblet draws
his proofs Why has he kept the other side of the
question wrapt in obscurity. Why has he for
borne to quote any extracts from the Republican
papers OF this country, which assuredly speak
the sentiments Of the great majority of the peo-
PIE: TWAS because the spirit which they breathe
would have utterly contradicted "the correct
ness of his opinions and has sentimcnts"-lt was
polite in him to palm upon his readers the sen
uments OF the Federal prints of SC America" as
the eifsions of" her own lips" II was meet thai
that the Federal prints should be called in to
misrepresent the sentiments of their own coun-
Try, and to spirit up the injustice of Britain
tbs hence tina, his frc.s are ludicrous, us
iis authorities are suspicious. The Marblehead
Mob was but the tale OF moment /; while the
support given to the Republican ticket distinctly
speaks the sentiments of this fshiRg town.
There have been sg.5egs;cas Of payment and
some complete &c jai!tsres in trade and credit -
but where is the Englis!. print, that does not
| boast this chronicle of complete bankrupts $50
far from there having been foay banks, we have not
even heard of one that has stopped payment"
since the existence OF me Embargo Though,
almost " the Sole source four revenue is almost
totally dried tIp"-yct where is the ration ex-
cept our own, which ut such time could DO
without ioars I. Which has accumulated 5000.
600 of dollars, in the Treasury; besides, large
! sum which becomes due, in this year, on custom.
| house bonds With all her resources. Great.
| Britain is not that nation.-And what is more if
| the Embargo should be suspended some months
| hence, the U States may even dispense with ioeSs
for the next year, merely by shortening the times
| of payment on c,istom-house bonds. s.. :,
TINS is the nation that would not be bull
| lied by England Tbs is the nation, that will
never own the boosted supremacy of the British
trident--which has so long aspired TO " rule the
waves J" THIS is the nation Whose chief" had
| too much spirit to acknowledge the usurped right
OF Britain TO violate the rights of the American
Flag ON the high scas-too frequently on the
Pretcxt of searching for her own seamen. This
IS the ntio, perfectly toIiteIite III tic
security OF her own rights, without ever desiring
the ''crown" Of a kins, OF the trident of an
usurper.
!" -444Gcity Arrogance ; Insolcnce % If this
man applies such terms to us, zpkat epithets can
express the atrocity of British irsolence and en-.
croachment And ye. are there men IN shis COM
try, who would have us deserve these reproach-
es by the meanest submission--who would have
| us confess by our humiliating conduct, % that
re have, indeed, no rights in this maritime en-
pre- OF the ruler Of the seas that we did, in
deed, toollshly wish to DISPUTE his behests +; that
we did indeed talk big but that we were now
hasty in knozpine dl4cs that his order. should
be our l0spS and that our obedience would be as
devout as of the meanest of his subiects"-Ths
pohcy would be as SenseEess as it is huTnilating
Submission never sat boundaries so encroacR-
Inent :" And Ifsuch are the epithets applied to a
Tree and independent nation, what mercy could
we expect from eur masters, when submission
had sunk US to the condition Of colony.
But 8 wheat has not risen in price" in En-
| gland.-Yet how stands the H. rket in the West
Indies
But America cannot exist without the i'm,
portation OF ,uns, sugar and svooikens What
tnen, does Goblet thus insinuate that Britain de-
signs to extend her Orders in Council still fur.
tier That she has already intertiicted chr
direct trade to Europe, she also intends to cut us
! oif from the West-Inaies' Let us then beware
I how we provoke this rezp encouragement by DIR
: su5h,ission-As to English 4pool2ens Should our
interest demand 1t, the domestic manufactures OF
! our country will supply us with substitutes.
| The view he gives us of the effects of the en-.
barge Ill England, discredits his whole statement.
I It is contradicted by the nature of things itself
and the various ctngs of the merchants and
manufacturers held in England. Every Ameri-
can merchant knows 1t; every manufacturer in
J the kingdom must know ii Every man in Ire
land, from The sower OF the haxseed 10 the
bieacher OF linen, their great staple, certainly
knows it--Mr Barring explains s0h So few NEE
tinTS hare been held 10 reiuO.fstrae ap9ins+ rho
I Orders Ill Council.
His concluding remarks are perfce>ly tnwor-
| thy OF Criticism. Tits man who can assigT, no
| better reasons for our opposition TO England
than our want OF the s. monuments of ANTIQUITY. -
or some splendid g. memorial of past events -
is neither acquainted with us nor with human ma :
tufe. The principle, which he assumes, is COM
paritiyely hsie niiicant its effects and it is
scarcely applicabeto ourselves
| Can mation be reproached with the want Of
splendid events, who has passed through seven
years afduous war with as much virtue and reso-
luton ever adorned TIE ages IF antiquity p
| a nation, which has triumphed over the gyentest
power in Europe, and established the most bril-
liant government, that ever blessed the world.
+, Suc!. nation could derive no splendors from
the lustre of British peerage, and no genera
| ton from the isouldcring pyramids of Egypt
/ The great object Of such nation should be- to
preserve it's character free from every spot anC!
| By ne mean submission TO an usurper's WILL to
suIiy the honoFs OF It's early youthful ouIRRR.
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! Ertract from The Paris .frpuS