The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-02-24
mo. 9S.

.ihy oh 'hiS PfHicipie, was 20 draw up the
three armies In n triangular form, the an
gics ut 10 degrees, the whole making $50
degrees, or q whole circle but in this case
Won must keep them there, not let them move.
oryou destroy the principle. This is a new
thing which l wisl. to have eXplained. Ii is
not The old fashioned way of fighting at all,
nor vas it ever known in ancient or modern
war. When we 81 to sea, how Wits nc sys-
'cni stand! Three = gates, British. French
ana American, all at war with each other,
meet. Now # any two of them were on tie
same SIDE | Could understand il bnt ] can
not understand this. | have read an account
Oh an English sup OF the line gong out auid
running between two enemies shins of the
me IN the night, and q heavy Are
eng on each side, backing with considerable
address and leaving hem to fire Oh each o.
tier. Hut really. sir, I cannot imagine how
Sn'Ps OF three belligcrents are To go to work.
Aiev cannot lay aiopg side, forward, or aft.
and vet do not mean to deny that this thing
Cannot DE done. For myself have no sns-
picion that any man who has nautical skill
enongn to command 4 frigate, CT any man
VINO Can give tile order OF battle for a bri-
Sade, could think of eHgsging ut the same
TING with two enemies. II on this principle
y0n go to war, therefore, you must trust the
commandto persons totally unworthy of COM
maud.
~" |IfIsS-i AIN grad tnat tue gentle
man from Connecticut has exhausted. in de-
bate, the feelings with which lie common
ced-that he had concluded his remarks in
perfect good humor, / have no doubt. Wis
dissertation on trianSles, although ingenious
enough, does not appear to me entirely new.
nc gentleman mjgAt add much to his stock
OF on the use of the triangle.
Oy perusine a luminous pamphlet recentiv
printed on this subject. called the Trial
OF n'eNander Nnistelo"-H is 9 book con-
tanning much curious learning, and lam GER
tan! the gentleman from Connecticut will
receive amusement and instruction from
tue perusal. regret extremely some of
the observations which have fallen fram the
gentleman, and am happy that he did not
lltehi 10 apply any part Uf them to me-
] d;sclaim having ever reflected on the peo-
PIC OF any part of the United Sta1cs. When
on . former day in debate. I declared ti,at
the tory principle had aSsmed, in this coun-
Try, an citcia. form, / referred to p geDti-
ment which read from the Essex resoluti-
oHi' Containing. what / at that time consi-
dered, and still consider, a tory principle.
we are told that we are now about to a
bandon the embargo and make new expe-
rimcnt. What is the new experiment.
Letters of margue ard r~epriSai. The trial
OF force after every other remedy has failed.
iSnot a ne ~ experiment. railways hasbeen
and ever viii be the last resort to contests
bctwee1. nations. When every ether mode
Oh adjusting a difference has failed, there is
1othlnE lett but TO give up the contest or
light. Sir, from the period ct which the u.
States, under the auspices Of the federal go
Nefnment, assumed its rank among the indie
pendent nations OF the earti,, We nave been
the object OF SUSPICION and jealousy to the
presertt great beiligeTent nations of E.uroDe.>
attached to peace and anxious 60 preserve
IT,. all our efforts have been directed TO this
object. Our habits are moi warlike. Tho
glory Of conquest aud the splsndor If con-
querops are spectacles Unknown to this hap-
py country. fhc sympathy excited in this
country towards France by the American
revolution first reused the jealousy of c..
britaln. 10 this Jealous feeling we NAV at
tribute many OF the wrongs inflicted on us
oy Gf~eat-Britain, from The year 1885 to the
yer 1875, When Cur Gia%fc,rencrs were adjust
:" D """;ty. The coaclusion Of TINS t;-.e-
=" : "sed the Jealousy OF France. The sym-
pAHly PRODUCED by the American reyolu-
Won NJ ocen weakened by time, and was
LAY l"St curing the sanguinary period Of
the FRENCH revolution From the ccasos
on O the t"@aty with Great Britain. orr
peace with France was in danger. Various
acts OF inJusticc and violence on Che mart Of
mat government, brought us almost INFO ,
state OF actual war. Cur differences were
adjusted by treaty; but the SUSPICION and
'JeaioHsy OF both these powers remain. To
that untounded suspicion and ;ealo,sv wa
owe many Of our present difficulties. The
dernon OF Jealousy alone could induce e;the,.
81 those powers to believe that this nate,
Us disposed to attach its destinics either r.,
: rance or 6Teat Britain. Nothing viii sa-
tiafy Great Britain but Involving MS in ber.
contest with France nothing will sat;ee,
FRANCE but involving us in her contest viii
Great britain. Every thing short of this i,
represented by each as partialitv towards
her enemy. Each power Oh the Dretezt oF
our being partial 30 The other, has offered
rs injuries. to which We must eithe, oDnose
eheciual resistance or surrender our indie
pendcnCe. Shall we fold our arms and Il.
down content under all the wrongs that we
nave received Crslal We try orr strength ,
1t is no longer a political dclusion. We are
about to remove the embargo. This prccau-
tion&ry measure IS 10 he abandoned !; ON.
vessels are no longer to be chained to the
docks; they are to Je employed en- the oce-
an, and American senmcu viii find active
employment in avengi1g the wrongs and.vin-
dlcp'InS the rigbH ofthcir country. In this
'im6ortant object ] had hoped VIC siIopli all
upite. II seems, however, that this new ey-
pertinent q fighting IS considered rather
worse than the en6argo Ihave been asto-
nisned to hear gentlemen get up and epeak
on The Old ~~.a/ou subject Of the embargo.
[ HeV tell us thFt the u.Dnlc rn,ef ErJ .L,S.