The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-11-08

within sight of the port, where tile;: Ash is
wanted, and where they might receive gold
for il, they are spoken with 4 British c,oii-
ger. ordered hcfse ON pain Of capture and
Observation-Disclosures return, pue their fish in
60 warehouses, take IN their salt, and again
sail for their fishing ground without. lispins
q murmu' against their own gNvetnment.---
Wonderful people
We had better t~aid he) cndarc all the
embarrassmcnts and Inconvenience We sut-
fer on accent of The EMBARGO T'r three Yeats
longer, than tho unavoidabie evils ct war I his
wise1measuic ofthc government was eminent
ly calculated to'sa,e our property S our sea-
men from this dreadful CALAMITY Where
could we so, if the embargo we're osfe
have a permission to send vessel To Russia
Tor property l left there, where the pros
pect is good for making great vovaSe---hut
] dare rot, white the DEGREES and orders
of council exist, risk even AN empty vessel
and know of no port where could send
cargo with the prospect os n profitable vow
age. And sincerely believe that five had
submitted to the embargo with unanimitv and
cheerfulness, and borne the inconv eniencics
Of it with patience, and had placed Il lust
confidence in tho government of our own
choice, and not by our divisions encouraged
the bclligcren;s to believe that VIC were d-
vided people. that before this day the orde RS
of council and DEGREES won!d have been re-
moved, and we should h5xs enjoyed free
commerce.
Mr.. Rockford, one ef tffSstEerseeis of the
Poor, said, that he thought himself implicat-
ed by Mr.. Graw's remarks respecting the
distresses of the Poor--and said that the o.
verseers had expended 700 dollars for their
relief, and if they were not proper objects of
distress, the overseers had been guilty of
sanandering the towa's property.
r, Mr. Gray declared he had no such n,cn
tons as the gentleman had ascribed to
him-tsat he was clad tn hcarthe oversecrs
had made these disbursements-said that
the gentlemen overseers and selectmen would
do him the justice to acknowledge, that when
the embargo was first laid he had desired
them to let no family want the necessares
of life; and if means were wanting to pro-
cure them, he was ready to the extent OF
his ability to furnish them. am, sir, (saii
Mr. c. so far from complaining Of the ex-
pending 800 extra on account of the pres
sure Of the times, that the gentleman has my
hearty thanks. and think the town under
obligations to the gentleman for his long and
faithful services in the important Office of an
pverseer-but the expenditure of $500 ex-
traordinary in 10 months, was Certainly no
conclusive evidence ofthc extreme distress,
and to the extent that had been represented
and that one of the board of overscers had
acknowledged that even part of that sum had
been applied, by misrepresentation, where
it had not been warted or was useful
Z. have no partially for the French (said
Mr.. G. nor for the Ehglsh-I love nv ma
tive country, and in support of its indepen-
dence and its rights, my whole property Shall
be expended, if required. Mr.. g. here
went into an able and accurate investigation
of the situation of our commerce and neutral
rights, and the manner and extent 20 which
they had been injured ty the decrees of the
beligerents.
He Showed conclusively that if the EN-
barge we're removed, no trade could be car
ried or benefcially to the country, and that
all our present evils resulted from the belii-
gcrent DEGREES. We are sorry that we can
not follow him in his various and luminous
examinations oh this head. They obtained
for hiu the undissembed gratitude of the
town, and proved that he was deeply read in
every study connected with our maritime and
neutral rigkts.-Never was an effect more
electrical than that produced by his decisive
tatements. it CONVINCED even where il
i'd not CoNvERT.l