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

the people, This publication of CARRIED and
nutilatcd documents, purporting to BE- real
correspondence bet wecn one country and a.
mother, has been a mean used to lead the pub
lie mind into a state of distempercd jealousy.
and array the citizen against his country
1t has been too long the case i'm i;urope.-
Whenever the sword has been drawn.
corruption has preceded it /; and when | find
the same means used TO detach the people
ofthis country fro N their government, by 81
milar attempts, 1 cannot rcprcss nv con-
tempt at them. 1t is not any importance
which l attach to Mr.. Cummings letter that
excitcs my Indignation. because the very
letter, compared with his formal answer to
Mr.. Pinkney's note, is u complete answer to
itself; for in the documents long ago publish
cd, we find an offer in the most formal man.
ner6y Mr.. Pinkncy to repeal the embargo as
related to G.. Britain on the suspension of
the orders in council /; and Mr.. Canning in
his formal reply has not even minated the
least suspicion that the offer was not the open
act oi the american government. Mr.. Pink
ney with his usual candor, exhibited his own
instructions to satisfy Mr.. Canning not ouiv
that this offer was made BY the authority of
the government, but that it WAS made in the
spirit OF Cancellation and sincerity. And by
this letter a new feature is exhibited, for the
purpose, almost avowed, of diSsolvinp the IA
"'Sh' 1iSSiSN W SEC lIldC OH miserable lit
tie differences have induced foreign nations
to tamper with us; that they have dared 70
oeiieve that we are not Intelligent enough to
know our own rights. / regret that our di-
Visions have been such as To induce a foreign
nation thus to present a picture to the world
OF what she believed our real state II ;S
proved too truly that our own conduct ha,
iessened US In the opinion of foreign nations.
mas induced them to believe that we are a
divided people; 1t is proved too truly that
they have thought the American nation ei-
Their corrupted with luxury or oyerawed bv
the iron hand of despotism, and that they
nave hot strength for a moment to sustain
thelr political structure. The letter of Mr..
Naming but for this would not have been pub
nshed III the eastern part of this country to
!oment those divisions produced by the ex-
lsting circumstances. Sir, 1 Cannot but no.
uce the honorable conduct of the gentleman
from Md. (Mr. Key who. though opposed
IN political opinion to the preseHt admin;s-
traticn, has shown himselfto be a real friend
to his Country. If the same spirit which
ne mas manifested, was exhibited through d.
out ourCountry, instead of dissentions on fi,is
hoor, that nom ent an attempt was made by
ioreigh nation TO injure our rights, our diff
1efences on minor points would dissolve into
ar. 1t is not necessary for me 10 state because
the gentleman from Md. has Clearly shewn.
the reason OF the publication of that letter,
I,sohe, DO know that 1T was understood that
.ne orders la Council were about to issue, but
that, before L heard of the embargo. | had
seen letters and newspapers which informed
th2t these orders were signed IN the cab;net
e'onSh not published To the world. In re-
sPect TO MT. Canning's saying that the offer
~ Iepeai the embargo was not authorised.
the dispatches laid on our table, at the COM
hcncement OF the season., shew TO the con
trary and his own formal ~letteris a denial
orthc inslnuatio"in the letter to day eonMu-
hiCated. why then was this letter publish
cd IN this eXtraoi iinary manner? To add RI
the divisions and lessen the confidence of tho
people IN their government, to enable Great
hritain 10 take advantage of these divisions
ana resume her dominion over tho northern
states. With this view of the subject can
not but conceive that this letteris but a part
OF a systsm which has for its object the de-
graduation OF our country. I trust we shall on
this occasion unite that we shall not allow
any iorcish minister to believe that he can
puoiiSn &c Fa'Ie statements of or garbIed ex-
Tracts OF oiicia' correspondence that divided
as we may be on other subjects, we are uni.
tea III a determination to support our rights.
Mr: Gardenier SAID, by this time the edi-
tor OF the Columbian Ccntinc! must be pref
~ well maultd. The fact is Said he) as re-
CARDS myself, that l have never read with
attention the documents said to be off .;al :.
ana therefore unfortunately am not in a sit
nation to determine whether in this resnect
our administration is 10 blame or not 7
am orc or those men who cannot cornn,e.
nehd all the details Of such A negotiation at
nrst glance. | do not believe that know
Ledge is to be obtained by so rapid a pro.
greSs. Therefore, Ishali not at present fol-
low OTHER gentlemen i'll their verdict of ar
qnittai. hope to be abe to do it. A gen
tienan from Vermont, (NIr. Fisk apneared
10 he offended at my miscellaneous curiosity to
the people of n. England. 1.-THE gentleman
suppoSes that | mean any harm to the ne o.
pie OF New England, he is mistaken. Il is
not necessary tor me to take up any time Of
inc House in expatiating on the respect
which have for the people of New Enr.
land: New England was the cradle of \.
merican liberty. Sir; it was there the re-
Voiution commenced. From that same quar-
ter / apprehendthat the same spirit vii,
ag"ln arse. A light appears first in the
east which ! hope soon to break forth in the
most perfect day. The gentleman from
Vermont, after this declaration ! hope viii
not inlpute Ia me. any disrcspcct to he pco-
pie "i New England. They viii not subm;,
either to the insoIence or injustice of foreign
nations, or 70 any cher. Nature intended
them Tor a great and happy people. The
gentleman from Vermont has misunderstood
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