The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-10-28

J render the honor Of the ns,iaa' would DC a
recon- mcidatiGn instead IT an objection.
| lhe people have Il right TO every secnrey
that those in whom they repose their most
sacred trusts will act according to their
| wishes, which their WRITINGS and acts &c can
give. The committee seem 10 be aware of
this, when they remind the people ct Mr..
Monrcc's thirty years services, and appeal
to them as pledge that he will not surien-
der the question of British mpressmcnt.
But n IL Is IL Recommendation to Mr. Mon
roe, that he stands committed ON one OF the
points III controversy, itc:tanot be objected
to Mr. Madison that he stands committed on
al. IT follows then by their own reasoning.
that 1t can Be no objection To Mr.. Madison
that nc Stands pledged bv his writings u
support Certain opinions, provided these Cpl
mons DE cci'reCt---and thee the committee
nave not ventGred To- call in Question.
But SO far rs an undue regarti for cons;s-
tency is 20 be guHrt!csl against. how stands
Mr.. Monroe? i5e furncd treaty which
1t seems to be admitted on a.. hands is at
least no better than Mr.. Jay's-and could
Mr.. Monroe when President, or minister
ot disappointment consistently require bet
ter terms Could the omission to provide
against impres>mcnts be any objection To its
ratification Could he reuse 20 accept an
informal arrangements, or rather a general
promise that they would Dear their s7yay
gently The fact then is, that both Mr.
Madison and MIR. Monroe stand committed
on this most important question but with this
difference, that Mr.. Madison is pledged to
support our rights and Mr.. Monroe to sur
render them. A VOTER.
he report Of a French Declaration Of
War AGAINST tho 1initeh c.a.ae has evc;..a
more sensation, than it seems TO deserve.
The report is not apparently worldly Of Gre
dit 1t rests entirely upon the faith and &C
curacy of Captain Odiorne !; the most cor
rect account of whose statement is probably
to be found in the paragraph extracted from
the n. Y. Evening Post
No such intelligence is contained in the
disfcfche. of Mr.. Pinkney, which were sent
on board the Richard, before she sailed
This Fact is clearly established by the two
following Extracts Of Letters from the City
OF Washington /: while one ofthesc holds out
the pleasing prospect of an accommodate
on with England, the other expressly contra
diets the rumour of a Rupture with France.
1t seems equally certain, that no dishatch-
es were sent on board the Richard, after
she sailed.-There is then. only one doubt,
that can possibly remain on this subject; the
only locp-hole OF which to hang an argu.
ment." 1t may perhaps be said, that the
Dispatches of Mr.. Pinkncy could not have
conveyed this intelligence, because tbcy had
been sent to Liverpool btjo''e Nj. Pinkney
had received it that this intelligence was
however so important, as to induce him to
send an express to Liverpool, and that this
express did not reach Liverpool until the
Richard had set sail with the Dispatches
1t was then that Mr.. Maury chartered a
boat and sent Ills clerk on beard the Richard
with this important intelligence but this
nm h
this statement. The dispatches of Mr.
Pinkncy, for whose transmission the Rich
ard had been chartered for ga handsome
douceur," could not possibly have contained
any thing SO important as this Declaration
OF War by France. II then Mr.. Maury had
chartered the Richard to bring those Dis
patches, would he not have detained this
vessel very short time, to prepare and
transmit information of more important e.
vent.
If he sent his clerk on board to advise the
captain to stop and Z" insure against war
fisk" would he not have requested and COM
nanded him to stop for such important dis
patches to his government? Could Mr.. Maui
nv, or any American CONSUL have been so in
attentive to the discharge of his duty as n t t.
have sent written official dtshefch to his go
vernmcnt ; if it we're only single line, to
communicate such intelligence The fact
that he has not done so, is sufficient TO dis
prove Capt. Odiornc's statement.--it were
supeihuous to enter into any other arguments
in opposition to this report !; in its pre-
sent shape, it is absolutely improbable.
Should this report, however, be true, the
u. s. will not shrink from the encounter
The people of this country are prepared tc
defend tlieir rights and honor again It every
invader. They have little to expect from the
justice Of either of the powers OF Europe
from the plunderer of Copenhagen or the
oppressor OF Spain. They will rely upor
their own energies. The great mass of tile
people will be found purely american il
their sentiments and principles and whoe
yer be the assaiian., the spirit of the Amcri
can Revolution will once more inspire oul
countrymen.
Postscript to a letter from a gentleman o.
the highest reShectabiHty,a at Washmgfon
TO his friend in Richmond.
MONDAY MORNING, oath Oct. 1908.
4 IN. 3, The dispatches mentioned within
{" have arrived, and the information by pri
vatc letters last evening, is FALSE =
Z" France has not deciarcd 7par against us
% nor is our situation with that power worst
" than il has been for some time should tht
" report reach you, pray contradict IL :"
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E&tr1ct ofa Lette, jrom Cer'lep,qn IN Whsh