The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-08-23
BRITIsH INTRyGUE.

NNen' tue Younger ErSkinc and ManSheid
who came hcnif England wi Rose, went to
ScS GU, il was plain enourh that something
sore was attended than mere curiosity, or
tne desire see Session notions. Pickering'Y
daily and N esSant Gloss ,ings with Rose ut
" ashing'ou. would have been but poorly
c"'epens1tod =, his solutions letters and the
l.orcy expended in printing and circulating
them to the nan,bor Of 60 or 100 coo copies,
Aouid have been II ere ephenerUn. if the
labor WAS TO terminate with that imbeci!e
effort
The calculations made in England, upon
"a i.Suirection in the eastern states in con-
sequence OF Pickcring's Letter, beside re-
CURED something to be done 20 cover the
modification, and to paltiate the Illustration
of all their hopes and promises of exciting
cfpf3 svur in the very cradle of the revoluti-
on.
The English ministers have been taught
10 think that the resistance to the stamp and
tea acts from l765 to 1775. were not the eff
tects OF u love of virtuous liberty, nor dread
of tyranny, nor a love of national indepen"
dence, but thirst for avarlce or power, or
as John Wilkes said of the people north of
'Tweed-an i.eh for rebellion.
The British government have been so full
ly persuaded of this. that their emissaries
and MreHngs, with the exception of a few
EngkShmen, such as Cob6en, Chectham,
Cullen, alias Car1enfer, have been very ge-
morally selected from the eastern states :;
and it is towards the eastern states, and IN
the very focus of the revolution, that they
have established their head guarters-and
there it is that the kirg'S troohs" rally
round the standard of Pickering and the
Essex Junto. as the king troohS of yore rail-
lied ronnd Hutchinson and his satellites.
The failure Of PickcrinS'S letter. and the
fatal stab which the spirited and magnani-
nous letter OF Mr.. Adams, gave to the trea-
sonable treachery contemplated against the
United States, must have sunk the hopes,
md blasted the character of the seditious-
indeed by the Morning Chronicle oflondon,
which we have received by the last ships. it
appears that the British public are com
pleatly undeceived, for in that paper it is
stated that the :" best informed Americans.
say, that Pickering is a man neither dis
tnguished nor respectable i'll his ewn ce,in-
TRY"
Il was necessary then that to keep up ap-
pearances and TO attract attention, some
new measures and objects should be brought
forth.
it appears then that this nezv MEASURE is
as noUei in its nature as the design is absurd
and futile. A simple examination of the
Proceedings at Boston, separated from every
ccasinerati II of the temherS. characters. and
pn'itcs of the men who appear in Fl ent of it,
may rerhaps aid the sober part of the Conn
try III du'y estimating this uew opperaton
of the kings TRACTS in Boston.
The frs, subject that presents itself, is the
Uose-" tnat it is expedient to petition the
" president 20 suspend the embargo wholly
" or in par:. .ccortiing To the power vested
= in him By c'igresS or to call congress to-
" gethei."
Here are two propositions
l. Suspension of the embargo wholly or
partially.
9. Calling Of Congress.
On the iirst OF tneSe--it rs only necessary
to ask the question T?hon svAat grounds ona
for 7vhat ends, gvaa The ear6argo estabf .hrd?
The meSsu!Se OF the president Of the Upit-
ed States and the laws themselves. answer
the question. The Brifi.h had issued or
ders of council, followed by proclamation,
interdicting the whole commerce Of Ameri-
ca from the continent Of Europe; subjec;ing
American ships to old grievances openly as
serted to be acts of right, and imposing new
grievances, imposts, and restrictions Before
unknown among civilized nations.
The French Emperor, retaliatinr uDon
those orders, by decree issued at Milan
the only neutral commerce then existine) to
the same treatment as the British, and inter
dieting American commerce from inter
course with France, after having had inter
course with England; and declaring that
these restrictions should continue in force
ahhtthe British orders Of council 7gere re-
Uoked.
Upon the knowledge Of these facts, il
was that the Presidept recommended, and
that congress established the embargo; and
the law expressly declares, that the presi-
dent shall have pswer to suspend the EN-
barge only when the powers of Europe. bv
returning to the due observance OF the law
of nations, and respecting the rights of neu-
trails, render it safe for pacific people to
risk their property on the seas.
What do the DoterS at Boston do WIN
before the British orders of council are re-
voked, before the Milan decree is recalled u
before the cause of the embargo has ceased,
they rediculodsly vote to call upon the exc
cutive to do 7phct he has mol Tie Eo7vey 10 ia !
But this is not the only part of The pro
ject that is absurd, for they see themselves
that it is absurd, and eadeavor to guard a.
gaInst the contempt they incur by urging
that the fresident may hape dou6tS about
tie 5i!Bitieaey VI ms Ito7verS-they knew
very well that there could be no doubt on the
subject, since until the British orders cf corn
eli are revoked, there can be no alteration
of the law, unless by Congressman they
knew very well that if Congress were row
called by public proclamation. that were