The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-08-12

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TO csiiseit 20 be intinntes, 10 C.r~ress. or th.,
nun siers y ms surprise ;h>t;hc Ne xtouatllantl
: l,Sne.,es hsYe been i.ci. ,icSsa the additional
instruction Chat the United S.;cs Sc. i;.4i.
therein pretens'ons without pay,g regard TO ,h,.
kings rights, and without considering the I'M
POSSIBILITY they are under of making conquest.
anu Keeping what belongs To Great Brlt.:n.,'
H,s haalesiy might at the same time cause t,ro-
mise to he given TO Congress OF his rs sst.ncc for
procuring 'sdmissioi to ihc either fisheries seciz-
rig hotrcvsr thdt he 7poud rot be uasSperl,1lc f,,
fhe Success and that he is bound to nothing ,s
TIC Treaty makes no mention OF that article
Inns declaration being made before the peace
the hopes OF the people coaid not be supported.
nor could 1t oac day iicce,,;tcr he sand that we
LET, them in the dark on thi, point II were tn
be WISHED indeed ii could be uatc whilst New
York, Charleston and Penobscott are in the enc.
mn hands. Our allies will be less tractable than
ever upon These points whenever they recover
these important posts There are some iu,lici-
Gus persons TO whom we NAV speak of giving I'M
the fisheries and the ssr'sas.sss- Of the Wrst
Tor tn. sake of peace but there are those.vho
ny out at this idea end tl,cir numbers cannot
fni OF increasing, when, ater the English are ex-
PeIed tins comment, the bnrthen of the war will
scarce be felt--It is already observable that the
advocates fn.' Peace are cf those who 1--we in the
country The inhabitants of towns whom com
merce Gnriches mechanics who receive hic-h-
CT pay t''an before the war, inS five SIX times
more than in Europe, do not wish for it BUTT
Us ahapPy circumstance that the division is ncar-
~ equal IN Congress, and among the states,
since our influence can incline the beam either
tor peace or war, which ever we may choose
Another means OF preserving to France so
unportan. "a branch OF her commerce and navi-
gat'on, rs that proposed YOU, SIR by Mr.
VIZ the conquest of Cape Breton 1t seems to
me, as 1T does to that minister, the only sure
means of containing within bounds, when peace
as made, those swarms OF smugglers who, with
out regard to treaties, will turn all their actiyi-
tv, daring spirit antfmeans towards the fisheries.
whose undertakings Congress will not perhaps
nave the power or the will to repress.-Ifit be
apprehendcd that the peace, which is to put an
END TO the present war, will prove disagree+bIe
10 any OF the United States, there appears to me
certain method of guarding aganss the effects
OF this discomfort, of preventing the eiecarati-
ons OF some states, and other resources which
turbulent minds might employ for availing them
selves OF the present iuncturc. This would be
tor liis majesty TO Il memorial to be deliver
ed to Congress, wherein should be stated the.
use made by Ministers of the powers entrusted
to them by that assembly, and the imnediInents
which may have stood in the way Of fuller satis-
la! tion On every point this step would certain
iy he pleasing to Congtess and should il become
necessary TO INFORM the people of this memorial,
1t could easily be done They would be Batter-
ed by 1t, and it might probably beget the voice
and concurrence Of the public. submit these
Thought e j;i tirougf,psace appears
yet to be distant, sir, by reason of the delays and
difficulties attending the communications, that
Lcriod will be crisis when the partzans of
France and England will openly appear: and
when that Will employ every means to diminish
our influence and rc-establisn her own
1t is true the independent party viii sways
stand in great want of our support. The fears
and jealousies which remembrance of the for
mer government Will always produce, must ope-
rate as the safeguard to our alliance, and as a
security for the attachment OF tse Americans
But 1t IS best to be prepared for any tscontents,
although 1t should he but temporary.
II is remarked by some that as England has
other fisheries besides Newfoundland, she NAV
perhaps endeavor that the Americans should
Pa,taise III that of the Grand Bank, in order to-
concihatc their affections, or procure them some
compensation, create subject of jealousy be-
tween them and us But it does not seem likely
that she will act contrary her true interest
and were sc 10 do so, It viii be for the better to
have declared at early period, to the Ameri-
cans, that their pretension is not founded, and
that his Majesty does not support it
am, &c. BARRIE DE MARBOIS"
CTo be Continpei)