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

AN" W Aottuy our ports ana narDorS an(
to build such vessels, as may be competent
TO assist IN the ae fence 0s 0uT Cu;,si IHei
too, ut sueh an ara. do not wish to leave the il
country Observation-Disclosures the federal.
lists may wish on this subject.-But they too
are unwilling TO see our property taken cap
tive on the high seas to enrich our assailants
10 submit to see our commerce carried
on under the licence and taxation of the same
nation, whose presumption to tax us without
our own consent we once resisted at the ha-
zard OF our lives; and to see tine honor of
their country, bye-wordl xHdEaeiadsHs5l
stock among the nations of the earth. With
them, the only question under existing Cir
cumstances has been; The embargo or 7yar.
These are the men, who have too much spi-
rit, now to give way to encroachments, to
which they would not at first submit These.
are the men, who disdain to do less or to
make fezcer sacrifices in defence of our rights
and liberties, than Great Britain seems hi
therto willing to do in the enforcement of
her wrongs. We are republicans She is
monarchy. Shall it then be said, that zye
are Tess fertfnocfons in the defence of our
rights, than she is i'm the assertion of her in
famous injustice! If it be not the merest
nonsense to talk about "virtue being the ba.
Sis OF republics" such thing is absolutely
impossible.
The brig Stephen has arrived attn. York.
with London papers to the 18th June, one dav
later than previous advices. Nothing impor-
tant. The arrangements for succo.inr Spain
are carried on with great activitv-Artille-
ry is embarking.-The manufacturers at
Leeds, Bradford and Huddersiicld. are sta
ted to have received extensive orders during
the previous week; part fer the army and
navy, large portion for the american mar
&etS, under an erhectation that tie inter-
course Svtth This country guiH De shortiv re-
nesved
Very late news is momentlv expected al
New-Eork. The ship Otis, from Liverpool
on the 10Th July, was spoken eff Nantucket
shoals or the 10Th Inst.
According to last accounts from the Ha-
wanna, the Governor had succeeded in orga-
nlsing Supreme Council consisting of the
following classes, nobility. Clergy, merchants
planters and patricians. or the Respective
natives of the islands The Governor is
President of the council.-Frencnmen not
naturalised, were very day leaving the is
land with their ir2yherty.
n commissioner with several officers i'm
his train had arrived on the part Of the Bri
fish, with dispatches from England. Cadiz
and the Governor of Jamaica.-The San
,;'i1fi15, d ~, was fitting out to take a com
mission OF three to Vera Cruz and Mexico
The British at HAVANA would probably Join
Accounts from those quarters represent
Fhem to be favorably disposed to the
state OF things.
he seiectmen of Satem have pronounced
their opposition to the proceedings of Boston.
Inc Election for members of Congress and of
t'c Assembly have t,ken place in North Carroll
n" The congressional setmps are not vet coin
plete.
Nathaniel Macon. for the Warren district ard
Themas KEENAN,, for the Wilmington district, 10
reelected without opposition.
Richard Stanford is re elected for the Raleigh
district The poll was Stanford 3O79, Came
ron 1858
Complete returns from aene of the other dis
HGIjt4s district u Mason, Willis Aston.
,5a.li i 20. So n.,jorty
NorlhainPton 8 do.
Martin, Mr.. Aston had large majority
1dr50r0Hsh district. T. BIount. w. Kennedy.
Fayetteville district A Mcbride, 7. Culpener
Richmond Co. 489 9ln
Cumberland Co. Mcbride had a large ma.
jority. '>'- '''1 : 'N' IS ''''-
NeSs5er" di.t,iet W. BIackledge. ]. stanly.
Wayne Co. III
Lenoir Co. 215
Johnston ~
Y.
On the 1st Inst. the General Election for Co.
vernon, Lieutenant Governor, Representatives to
Congress, & state Legislature, took place IN KEN
rUcKY-Ihe papers from that state are not re-
cent enough to present us with the returns
The poll ia the county, in which Lexington
stands, was as follows
Governor. It. G,n.yuo-
Cen Charles Sect 379 Edward Bullock 925
John Alien AZ Gabriel Slaughter I04
Green Clay 81 Sam. Hopkirs "
Scattering 8 Sam. Cald,yeu
CoTg,ess-Benjamin Howard 336
Representatives
Henry Clay $50 John Parker o3a
w. l. Barry 277 Jas. F,shback 1876
II. Harrison 243 A. w Gra,so, ,co
A convention of the republicans of Rhode-
Island, met at East Greenwich, on the 9th
Inst.-Amongst ether resolutions, they st,,a1i-
moHSly agreed to support Constant Tabre
James HeIme, James Aldrich, and BENJAMIN
Remington, as Electors If President & Vice.
President. of the United States who have
pledged them selves TO vote for James Nadi-
son as President and George Clinton as Vice
President. We are assured &C The ,u,,.,.ss
Of this Madisonian ticket.
FOR THE E.VQ UfRER.
PINDARIC ODEs.-oDE xIIf