The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-06-06

that the whole of the enemy's trade ought
obe laid under restrictions similar to those
Of the Orders OF November.
it Is a fact, that Congress heard of the
case Ut tae Horizon and of the intention of
France To give u new Sweep to her Berlin
decree. 1t was easy to forsee what would
have been the conduct of G. Britain under
such .CirCG stances. -,
| > turtfcr-there are facts on the file of this
paper, irresistiby showing that these orders
IN council were currently and confidently
spoken OF in the British prints, the contents
OF which'wcre in Washington before the EN-.
barge was laid. And what positively prove,
that these facts had made their due impress
sion at Washington; Mr.. RS. assertion to
the contrary notwithstanding. is this memoir
able fact: In the Enquirer of Dec %, 1907
is. the following Note under the Richmond
Head: TIE PROSPECT shic&ers e uery day.
! Lne only resource seems TO- be, at last, ..iu
EMBhRGo. "-Let The reader attcntipety
! zoetsfh The following documents." These do
cuWents are extracts of letters from two of
the best-informed members Of the House of
Representatives then III Washington One of
these states the existence of &C another procla-
nation of the British government declaring
all France, it's allies and dependencies In
strict state of blockade, "-Ss AYERS that "no
remedy will be left to US but to adopt what is
HE other states, that IS the British either
nave or. certainly will prohibit by a similar
DECREE OF blockade, our trade with all the
rest OF EuroSe, worth trading to'--and soon
after points TO the embargo as our best refuge
against the storm. These twoletters are con-
elusive. They bear date on the 18th Dec.
one day before the dase ofhe Presidents
message.
But even if this course had been founded
ma rac ~
been the only case in which the administra-
ton OF the U. S. has thought proper to act
upon them. After the conditional ratitica-
ton OF the British Treaty of '94 by the Senate,
zen. w ashinston had once determined not
TO ratity 1T, in consequence of similar inof-
nctai lnfSrnation respecting the Provision
ORDERS OF Jube.-See Mr.. E. Rsndolph's
| Vindication.-And this points out another
analogy III the conduct of G. b. towards the
O.S-Ihe treaty of '94 was sent over to this
country for ratification and the orders of
JuEe interviewed. The Treaty. of 1906 was
seht-and the orders OF January, IL days
after. were ISSUED by the British government
what then was not to have been expected
from G. b. when the right of issuing these
or any other orders, however extravaganza
or bold, was expressly reserved in the More
su5Joined by the British Commissioners
A'A'' Johi rah'i0ipn mas introduced z style or
Eioquence into Tie III. of r. which is as abhor-
rent to true taste, to the best models of this
exquisite art. Instead Of elegant illusions to the
casStc works OF antiquity fine quotations from the
ehuaiohs an The poets, or trcpes and figures drawn
4 from the BEST product ions of nature and of art,
we nave a new sort of machinery played off up
on us Ire rudcSt scenes of life arc ransacked
| Tor proverbs and illustrations The wise saws
OF ola women--the sWcepings of chimney cor
ners--the tlih of stables and the dialect of STA
bie-boys, arc aii enlisted into the service. The
| Wine-ccar is made to tell us that we are not to
put new wine into old botiles"-nay the poor
COOK IS gravely brought into the II. of K. tn give
lecture on tile virtues of added Tor rotten)
! eggs IN pudding" Nothing seems to be too
mean 10 be nsed III the way OF ornament or beau
w. Nothing comes amiss to lis net" whether
II be The handsome or the homely, he fair or the
loui ti,e pure ard dazzling light OF the Sun,
or the dunghill with +" ali its honours reekinr up
| TO heaven"
1t Is to be regretted that these splendid arts of
| Eioq'ience were so perfectly unknown to all the
Critics & Orators who nave gone before U.S. How
much more compleat would have beenI- ongiR,l ass
lFea''se ON the Sublime, if aided by this L, ,ht
ROW nuch'more directly to the purpose x to the
! heart would Demosthenes and Cicero, Fox and
| burke, nave sPoken--or even Chatham him self,
! that orator whom Mr.. X. has taken as his model
IN another respect. though certainly qxG,,s lsngo
tnfefrdHs 1t is one OF the great benefits of this
| nr''o'etJ tiial ilopers an entirely new held OF
| feiuence and aliusion-whose flowers & fruits
ha"c hitherto mocked the taste OF every Orator.
| ihere is besides this attraction too in tie path
| That is struck out. When Mr.. K. has run through
all the old homely proverbs of our own country
/ women, there is another crop of them made ready
at his hands. The wit of Sancho PanZa, that
great orator OF romance, is ready to assist him.
And surely 1t must be more perfect character
than even Cevanteshimselfhss conserved, which
ufhteS the wild errantry of the Knight 10 all
TIE sagacity aud saws of the Squire
we approve OF MIR. Bacon's Resolution, to re-
ier an enquiry into the present state Of Our Ma.
nuhictures, to the Secretary Of TIE Treasury
| IL isthe best means OF obtaining Information Oh
thi' SUBJECT. How can lights be collected of the
state OF those various institutions, which are no W
scattered over the u Statesl There must be
some general head for this purpose-from which,
as rom focus, all these enquiries must flow, &
10 which they must all centre Who so fl, for this
as tne present Secretary Of the Treasury!
! Al inns Resolution passes, Mr.. Gallatin will
probably address circular Letter to the differ
4 ent parts OF the United States. az mo onuO diu
IN the case of Roads and Canals, cnumerating
the different points to which he would wish his
correspondents to bend their attention--and
rom the replies to hi letter he will draw out a
body OF differences aud information in the same
manner as lie formed l,is most instructive Report
Il on Roads and Canals at is thus only that Con-
gross can act understsndingly as TO the encou-
ragement OF Domestic manufactures, by laying
duties on imports-fOr they must know which a
THESE has struck q deep root in eur soil and
spread so far to be able to supply the wants oil
) large mass of the people.
: Should Mr.. Gallatn be directed to state IN,