The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-06-10
POLITICAL.
PROM cobpErT's wnEkLY nEe1srIR.
Aprils, 1908.
AMERICAN STATES.

raw oech ContraQtCteu with so much posi-
tiVeneSs and acrimony, as mine, with re-
gard 70 the eHectso OF war upon the American
States, itmight reasonably be permitted to in
dulge good deal in producing the proofs. as
they present themselves, Of the correctness of
.Ross Opinions & statements. Nor will pre-
TEND, thatI amnot aCtuated, in great part, by
TINS motive in makisg the extracts, that am
about to insert from the late American news
papers love to see my opinions confirmed
by EVENTS and who does not, especially when
they ifave been treated with contempt and
rldlcuie In answer to all the alarm, which
the Morning Chronicle and the Earrings and
the Roscoes have been endeavourng to ex-
cite IN the minds of the psople relative to n
war with America. have said, and 7 think
proved, that without utter ruin to America,
she cannon make ev0r with England She
IS notyet at war; she is at peace but has a.
dopted one OF the measures, the effects of
;, winch would have been produced by war ana
now let us hear, from her own lips, what
state she has been placed in BY this measure.
The first extractI shall take comes from the
:Nezv York EveninS Post Of the 5th Of Fee
.bruary. =,
Here follows the extract-the spirit of
which is seen in Cobbett's Comment I
Yet, observe, reader, that have been set
down tor an enemy Of Hberty because OK
pressed my adherence of the American go
vernment Will my accusers believe what
the Americana themselves say of this their
famous liberty / know them to be the
slaves of mean upstart pe,tyfogging LAWYERS,
with here and there acute bleeding doctor
but, you will not believe me, will you be-
heve themselves Or do YOU choose to set
them down as liars, because they confirm
what have said? The next extract is from
New England paper, the CONNECTICUT Cou-
The Spirit Of the Ertract shines through
the Comrnent1
Did not say, that this would be the case !
Did not give nv reasons for SAYING sos-
And did not the Morning Chronicle and its
herd of American writers abuse me for saw
ing sos Did they not threaten us that Ame-
rica would starve the West Indies, and did
NOT answer thar She mnSt starve herself
.t'st FL said, besides, in case of war, pray
smut up the Americans and proclaim, that a.
ny state which will openly throw off the au-
thority of the President and his government,
shall have free trade Let any one read the
tollowidg article, and then say, whether nv
advice was not good.
There follows the Federal Tale of the mob
OF the Fishermen ofMarblehcad, Masachu-
Sets:
Marblehead is sea port town in the State
OF Massachusetts Bay. The wharfs are the
receptacles for fire wood, brought down the
rivers and along the coasts. The fish WAS
generally sent to the w. Indies, to Portugal,
Spain, and up the Mediterranean. The fish
ermen are very numerous, and without
market flor their fish, they must nearly
starve forming. as they do. no inconsderable
part of the whole of the Community in that
district and, let it be observed, that if they
do not export, they have 70 market at ali
There is no large community to come and
take the fish off their hands. All is stagnant
al UnCe. h1 effect IS as Sudden sc that of
ahurricane.-In various parts of these news
papers, we have descriptions of failures in
trade and credit. Four banks have stopped
payment.
Here comes an extract from the petition
of 25S Seanen to the Mayor of Baltimore I
From petitioning, they will come to de.
maDding and then, like the fishermen Of
Marbiehead, they will proceed to robbery
and open seizure. In short, anarchy stareS
the government full in the face-and that,
too, at the same time, and from the same
cause, Iat The sole source IF ,eveaRe is
r7taliy ,i1fed ut. And, this is the nation
that was 10 bully England This is the ma
tIon who joined the French, and the vassals
of the Car Of Muscovy, in toasting 'Ttle Ii
berry Of he seas !!"--This is the nation,t at
che sound of whose hostile voice the English
trident was tobe hidden under those waves,
which, for so many ages, 1t had ruled -
This is the nation, whose chief had the aE-
ddcify to demand from US the surrender Of
our right to search for our own seamen, and
TO whom, it is but too evident, the late minis
tiers would have made that surrender IL
think, we shall have a peace, and a lasting
peace, with America; but, if we have it,
1T will be owing 9choily to the resolution mi
nisters have demonstrated not to yield to their
demands: For ! know their disposition well,
and most seriously declare my belief, that,
If suffered to proceed from demand to de
TaaHa, they would not cease till they came to
demand the crown from the kings head. We
have here anSxafIple (the like Of which isnot
III. sfffci ucntly net with amongst individcals)
of nation, brought to the brink Of destrucl
ton, merely by its arrogance and inselence.
1t stood in need of no concession from us it
was carrying on a third part Of the com
merce of the whole world, Notwithstanding the
exercise Of our maritime rights. 1t was in
creasing in wealth and population. II zvas
hahhy, fiji could haUe known It's Eiace.---
But, ii must needs be great nation !; IL
must needs haUe its distttteS; IL must NERDS
saik biz ; IL must needs sho7p the 7yorLd that
III could be iHsoient when il thought the
old lion was expiring, it must needs come
with it's hoof. Mr. a. b. Of the Morning
Chronicle, (that is, suppose, Mr.. -4ie1aS-
der Bnring) told us about the danger 10 be
apprehended from the failure of supplies of