The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-01-27

I've NtNoC NoStstuCfilS NNDilG nltlSrlO-tn mat
h saSui,s !.Ssc scSn IL only whca one Ut uhe !
ic;ters Mas published. Ii unders,ano s,,r
message OF Va day. the rc.soa wny this
COMMUNICATION IS made, is. that A;r. Can
ning's letter is calculated TO make an inn
PRESTON uhtatorablc To the character OF the
government, and the answcris necessary to
set them right 1t would nave been =, much
better reason for communicating il hereto
fore, that the people ought tobc fully infor-
med. l know not whether the strongest sen
sation OF regret which | feel is, thai i, has
not before been made public by the admins
traticn, or that this House should be made
the organ of communic.t ;on, Tor the p,rY,oss
OF preserving to it the confidence OF the peo-
pie. Ret gentlemen remember that as ,vng
as the liberty ut the press exists, it will be
hcentiouS ; that as long as the repubiiceX
lists, there Will be parties, those ia power and
those ouf. 1t is to te expected that they
viii assaii each other frequently, uiigenr-
rously and with much calun,av and ADM
niStrations may again iall as the have fallen.
It's one OF the evils attending the ~inya,ua.
bic liberty O. the press II the printers pub
iish untrita, | have no objection to punish
thcm. but do not like these denunciatiens OF
a printer who will laugh at them. He does
nat care lie viii acquire new vigor and
those who participate in his sentiments wi
ike him much Deter for the publicity given
to his name.
Mr.. LOVE said, as he presumed from his
observations til at the ycnlleuan from New
York was no IN the House when the message
was read, he rose 10 state that the answer O,
MI likne was not III the possession of the
government when the formal currcsnonueuce
on the subject was published. Whether or
not 1t was correct to notice effl-
sions on the floor, it was certainly oui e as
correct tor ore gentleman to com .ncnt upon
them as tor another TO rise in their defence.
Inc statement which he had seen i'm the
newspapers was nct correct, and could oniy
be intended for deception and to mislead the
people at this critical moment
MIR. Macon said Notwithstanding the Ii
centiousness OF newspaper editors, lie wa, a
gainst any 1asv ror curbing them Let them
run their whole length. said he; | only ask
the liberty of buying such OF their PAPERS as
l IKE AS long as the press is free, newspa
pers Will make their own comments; and a
great many will make these which | do not
approve but 1t is really TO be regretted that
1 do not know a paper in the United , atcs
that takes up both sides. | vish there was
such a one. On the subject of this messaee.
to DC serious, it strikes me in a ditferen point
OF view from that in which it has appe.led
to any other gentleman. Compare the fact
Oh the extraordinary mode OF publication of
MIR. CanninS's Eetter in New York, (some
say FIRST III Ho5tonj with several late trans
actions, as, the invitations 20 our Citizens To
violate our laws, the vessels IN our coast
forcing Il trade, &c. and 4 consider them IN
no oIher light than as appeals 10 the people
OF TINS country by the British m,lisiry. In
stead OF alternating the affections oil this peo-
PIE from their government, it will more
strongly attach them to it. That q. Bri-
tain 'hoIdd address his runaway proclamati-
nn to our people, !sao; surprising. we are
Il people made up OF EN- igrdnts and descen-
dants from different nations, and here are
soh'e msn amongst us VINO are not as vi:tu-
Gus as Il Cato or Aristides. This cirCum-
s'atce wi induce. European governments al
ways to mike attempts of his sort. MIR.
EARNINGS letter has strack me in a curious
Point oil view, compared with the docu nents
heretofore communicated. At one time he
wants conversations and at another lime
written communication The otter read
to-day completely satisfies my mind on this
subject. At the very time that this letter
o. INC British minister is p ,biished ut Boston,
a public armed ship appears OIL the coas of
GEORGIA., cruising alter Cotton. Sir, nothing
Can pc stronger evidence to me of the ctfi-
c'cncy or TIC measures which this nation
has taken i'll relation to Europe, than a fair
examination of the conduct OF Great Britain
towards us since. Why the proclamation
encouraging evasions of our laws! VVly
thee pu3iications? Why the snip or ships on
tire coast OF Georgia, slrs Facts speak stron-
ger than words. the efficacy of our measures.
Can Ii be u i-i6lc that a proclamation isvi
ting tbs donations OF oar laws, would be is
sued, t.i;,; armd ships would be sent On
smuggling exp 'itions OH our coast by any
civilized i,.on winch did not feel our mea-
strea: HE worst government that ever ex-
istcd, IS Vcll as the wei st man that ever ex-
listed, is DESTROYS OF maintaining a good Cha
racter with The word. This proclamation
was not issued whiit we had any ching ietc
ailoat. Whun they caIhot plumber you, they
VIII iia'bor our r%unaways. Fiat is the
p ain English oft, sir. o. tie subject of
tho eDb,rgo, as it mas become IT ,hionable.
| will state my impressions OF circumstances
as they existed at the tine of It's passaee-
As well as / recoilect, there were reports in
circulation, that The British orders IN ooun-
Gil had issued. l cared not for it. | was
satisfied thae they would be if they were not
isSaed, and under that impression l voted for
The embargo. 1 ain glad, sir, thlt we had
sagacity sufficient to be so quick upon
tileir heels ,hat they ca"@.t no plumber Dy
their oiters. l mus, here LAY, because it is
my opinion, hat the administration have
not acicd i'll respect TO the emDargo, as they
ahould have done, because they ofiefed that
oGrcat Britain, which they aid not offer to