The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-11-18

are most directly calculated 10 wSund the
Interests OF his country
I VIII the people send such men and such
views INTO the representative couaci, of the
! nation!
The great majority Of the freeiol,lers of
Messrs. Randolph and Gray's districts are
oeheved TO be the friends of Mr. Jefferson
and his administration. Will they elect gem
''emen. who are in direct opposition to those
measures, aud consequently to tbsir own
wishes! Gan they he so perfectly inconsis-
tent as to think with one set of men and vote
Tor another Will they trample the first
principle OF Representative government un-
der loot BY the se.cstion OF such agents, as
WIZ completely misrcprescnt their princ-
pies,
| But if these gentlemen are the opponents
or the present administration, will not their
rancoue he much more intemperatc against
the administration Of E1r. Madison Mr.
Randolph has frequently and publicly avow-
ed. that he has no confidence in fhat gentle
man He has selected that gentleman rs tine
tavorite object of his political perseout,on-
But the 7Sths of the people of his distric.
nave just declared their contempt for his
charges, and theirJust confidence in Mr. Ma
oiSo'i, oy the strongest test ;nony which free
a'cn can give. by their votes at the recent
| election Will they then be 50 inconsistent
| as To vote for one man AS their chief erecu
HVe officer, and another, who maintains cp-
pns'te principles, as their legislative agent .
WIN they send Mr. Randolph into the II of
Z TO thwart the measures OF Mr. Madison
VIII they practice the aosurtlitv Of produc-
ing direct opposition between the two
branches OF the government the power that
makes the laws and the power that executes
| them
No maxim is certainly better established
III, Al
sbonid he a concurrence between the people
and their representative-and between their
reg siators anu the.r executive in those cases
where the Executive pursues the principles
of the people. The celebrated Edward
hnrGe, in his pamphlet of '"''rhoughts on the
present Discontents," has even given the
principle a general application--in the fol-
lowing terms {:
In arbitrary governments, the constitu-
ton of the ministry follows the constitution
OF the Legislature. Both the law and the
mag Strate are the creatures of will II must
De 81. Nothing indeed will appear more
CERTAIN or any tolerablc consideration of the
matter, than that every sort of COVE, nmenr
| ought to have its administration corresp0n-
dent to ITS legislature Ifit should be O.
fh"rsv'sr. things must faUinto hid ,ous die
order. The people Of a free commonwealth
who have taken such care that their laws
should be the result of general consent, can
hot he so senscless as to suffer their execute
! ~ seS'em to he composed of persons on whom
| they have no dependence, and whom 10
proofs of the public love and confidence have
recommended to those powers, upon The use
" which the very being of the state de-
pends."
! The dagger of appointing one sUcH re
preventative is certainly not so great as ,i,at
OF chief magistrate of the United States
but as far as it applies to him, the coq1rrse
or this statement Of Mr.. Burke's is equally
! true.
| We understand, that mr.. Garneu has de-
| chned poll at the ensuing election for Com
S'css. Mr. q. seems to have more sag ,city,
man even the General described bv Smart
! Like brave General, after being beat
XII eXult & rejoice in prudent retreat"
III" Seeretaryof State has shown by series
o' proofs, ~ his reply to Mr. Erslire, that the
Eeihn Decree was for months dead letter with
resrectto the United States-thatt was interfere
2 y" ana executed as a mere municipal regulation
touching neutral ships, no; on the high seas, but
III the ports of France-and that the case of the
/ horizon was the first one in which il received
oihcrcnt nterp.ctat:on-The d" UfiteI S!7tec
r8@eHe has now shifted its grounds, agreea-
bic to TINS undeniab!e state of facts Admitting
Z
/ municipal regulation, Mr. BrD,lso1 cnitends that
II Is ~ direct contravention Of the 18th Article
or the French Convention of 1900 +; that it is
therefore "as much an act ofiost!i.y az il would
nave been to take possession ofthe state of Gcor-
gta inasmuch as it is forcibly sciz;ng upon
an important right, the enjoyment Of which was
secu ed to us IN the most solemn oud ebiiyatsry
manner and that while that Convention remains
IN force, Nap leon has more right tn prohibit
! our trade between his d0mnions and those OF
Crest Britain, except in s .tcies contraband OF
war, than he has 70 cut of the communication be-
tween the ports of Boston and Phil delphia!"
auch - fine specimen of the usual powers
OF discrimination -ithe federal prints. This con
lnsion OF IDEAS is most perfectly in character
The same minds, which have traced our embar-
rassmestS to our own Embargo instead of the De
| crees Of Europe, have shown j,lst the same in
gcnuity in c0nfounding together the cases. touch
cd by this article of the Convention, with those
| embraced by the municipal regulations Of thu
| berhn Decree. These cases are so little akin to
each other, that very weak mind, unwarped by
prejudice, might have felt the difference be-
tween them-ihc 18th Article Of the Co,en-
ton merely provides for the unlimited Il esdun
OF trade (contraband goods exceptetD {" Gonl
| any port Whatever to any port Of the enenly OF
the othI."--on ofthose rights which are impor-
tInt TO ncutfals, that it was even xpies-iy ,ecu
| red by the terms of tie Aytne! Neuya!iiy But
TINS case is evidently OF OF tiIe pur,iew Of The
decree which merely restricts til: trade of the