The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-12-13

2aid at tar VS., of i}on1partc. THE y,ent,e-
man from CoiiHsc.icct tod Of this Ixpase
for this purposes ana the gentle man from
Massachusetts appeared to notice it with
the same view. Now we are told that ttyere
is no danger of war, except it be because
we have understood that .rBonapar,e has said
that there shall be no ncutrals ;. and that, if
we repeal the embargo, we may expect that
he VIII make war on us. And this is the
only source from whence the gentleman
Gould see any danger of war. 1t this declar-
alton against neutrality which is attributed to
the Gallo emperor be true, and it may be-
so, his Gallo majesty could not pursue a
more direc- course to effect his own wishes
than to declare that our embargo had been
adopted under his influence. And unless
the British minister had more political saga
City than the gentlemen who offered the evil
dcnce OF the expose in proof OF the charge.
1t wonld produce the very end which those
gentlemen wished to- avoid--a war with
c.. Britain for she would commence the
attack, cuu d she believe this country under
the influence Of France. l would lust a,
much believe in the sincerity OF that expose,
as MIR. CanhngS sincerity, when he says
that his majesty would gladly make any
sacrifice to restore to the Commerce &c The
u. D. its wonted activity. No man i'm the
nation is silly enough to be CALLED by these
declarations; but from the use made of them,
we should be led 20 think otherwise, were
1T not tor the exercise OF our whole stock OF
charity. Now | cannot believe that any
man IN Shis nation does believe in the SINGER
lty OF MIR. Canning's expressions, or that
Honaparte believes that the embargo was
laid to promote his interest 1 cannot be.
AcVe that there is any man in this nation
who does candidy and seriously entertain
such an opinion.
w luAn 30 kIe.e
tIvi', we are toid IN the most positive terms
by the gentlemen from Delaware and Con
necticut, that this measure has produced no
effecron foreign nations. The gentleman
from Massachusetts barely admits, that at
first 1t had excited some small degree of a
larm In Great Britain for short time. /
cannot believe, that gentlemen wish to be I'M
derstood literally when they tell us this. It
can be nothing more than figure of rheto-
ric. Ii cannot really be meant that the en-
barge has produced no effect. The gentle
man from Massachusetts gets over it by say
ing, that instructions among her manufactu-
rers, were familiar to him he had ALWAYS
heard OF them: But, sir, do not recollect
to have heard of any insurrection of the
KIND to which, aiiude, having taken place.
hey have at times heretofore been dsor-
DERBY indeed, but in the late case it wa. a
Peaccable asscmblage of laborers, not in
tending TO overthrow the government or to
resist the laws, but to shew the absolute state
OF starvation with which they were threat
ened. There has been nothing of this kind
WITHIN my recollection before. We have
heard CT mobs and riotous tumults but in
the present case no movement was made by
these untortupate people to disturb the go
Vernment. With degree of facility which
excited my astonishaIent, the gentleman tells
US that II go principal manufacturers should
tee reduced to bankruptcy, and SO 600 me-
chanics should be turned out of employ. this
would but strengthen the army and navy of
the British nation that, when YOU affect
Great Britain most seriously, You do her a
benefit. Pursuing this argument little far.
ttier; suppose 500, 600 should he unemployed,
the arm OF the nation would be SO much the
more strengthened, and the more it would
cradle Eer To enforce her arbitrary mari
time regulations. | see no conclusion to
winch this. argument would lead us, but to
TINS: that as yen destroy her manufactures,
you make her more powerful. If the effect
or destroying hcr manufactures was to be
simply that which the gentleman conceives
OF armihS nervesses aud filling the ranks Of
hcr armies, it possibly might promote her
strength, But these people must be cloathed
and red, whether III the sea or land service,
and must also have a little pay. If all her
manufactures are destroyed, where is She to
obtain the sum Of money necessary to pay,
ciothe and feed these people Sir, we Of
feet them vitality by affectingAheir manufac-
lures; for by the export duty oil these and
imports on their returns, they obtain great
part OF their revenue. If they export no
thing, they can import nothing. This conclu-
sion of the gentleman from Massachusetts
cannot therefore be correct.
The gentleman from Massachusetts saws.
it is true that a considerable alarm was ex-
cited in England when the news of the en-
barge arrived there; that they had been
led TO believe from their writer's and speak
ers, that discontnuaDce Of their inter
course with this country would be product
i've OF most injurious consequences but that
they were now convinced that all their wri- |
ters and Statement were mistaken, and that
she can suffer disContinuance of inter
course without being convulsed or suffering
at all. 10 believe this requires a consider
able portion of credulity, especially when
the mos intelligent men affirm to the con-
trary. 81 the last of March or the first of |
April last, we find on an examination of
merchants at the bar of the British House Of
Commons, that the most positive injury must |
result from continuance Of n-irItercourse |
Iii not possible that oar merchants OH this |
side OF the water, however intelligent they |
may be, can be as well acquainted with the |
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