The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-01-05


iat nc rights of The na,;uncarnot,h he aban-
"ned without q struggle. The only qucsti-
~ ~ tn commence il. Our resource 8
WI soon he al ouc command. Means Of re-
s'stancc are provided, and the period must
aon arrive when nothing will De wan,in.,
'ui squirt on the part of the representative
| Souse them. The people are with you--va,
nave their support. Nothing can forfeit it
out abandoning their rights. If by war on
~ they en- he maintained, the people IL
meet 1t with tii'mpess, | neverhad a.y othcr
feeling, mt tha, these DEGREES must be with
drawn, on VIC n;u>t resort 10 war. SAID 50
'aSt year took it openly NJ sentiments
are Known TO thi people ! represent. 'rhcy
I"aitc IN u sentiment It is The undivided
sentiment of the s,a.c which live.
IL haS been said that thc southern ,,eo-,'e
w:sh 'onestroy commerce. vii. ::sk gem
t'emen what but Co'nnic,ccI,as ,,rcdgced car
present dihicutiese I'll had cunsa'tcti m, ill.,
'e'est Only, % what Importance TO ,nr was
the carving tiades None sir. but il was. IL
eVerw'!i he, ofinfnitc Npor, 7ce to nc f.,
support the principles of our cons,i,utiun -
what are these priucip'ess Ecna! and ,s><
act justice to eve:'v Glass ot GU. Citizens. ~
nted Tor co"inon protection and for, the &C.
neral safety. the rights of NO one class can
De abandoned The merchant has as g-, 4
ii rgnt tn protection in the use of his shin 10
the farmer IN the usc Of his plough said
SD III 1905, and say -, still Oar si,uat;r,
however, is now changed; it is no longer a
commercial question the late DEGREES and
orders made diicct attack on the sovcreivp-
" or tie nat'cn; it is no iorgcr a oucs.i,,
Whethor we viii trade. but whe,ihcr we viii
nl9:ntun o. surrender our Independence =
Ihe embargo ~ the time il was a,o,teN
:as believed, the best -ncasuve ys,i:ch cn,i.i
nave been rrsortcd TO Its operation was de-
teated partly BY the misrepresentation, az
winch iiiave spoken. White IN this subj ct
VIII ask attention 20 another point, witch
had ne ar!y omitted Thave said some;,ign4
ABOUT tories wish il to be understood! that
meanno gentleman in this house I:rran
TO state that the tory principle had manifest
euitsest IN portion Of this Country, ani ne
1t was that principle, in union with the Al
gents and acts of the British g..vernment.
winch produced the cv stems Of our law
Your towns swarm with these British agents
who send to their friends what IS essential
tn their prosperity. in violation of,vouI. la ":
Ray, sir, tors;sm, in this country. has IN
one case assumed a SORE of official form I
refer TO the proceedings of the Essex iuntot
nod them in my hand and will read a.
resolution from them
these patriots say
a, to TIE orders OF council Ii will be rrcol.
l tcG tnat these orders. bearing dag li.h Nov:
1907, We're occasoned BY the decree &C The
ti"nch Emperor, dated Nov 1866 dcclarina,4ll
Ia: ;ii1tis domiH'O"s IN st lt-' Of block de C:
Brtan m v tis these orders cnYnr,iot oil,
"a by tiv Lex Ta!iouiS law OF reta;i4tiDnS
iherf Is no reasnn,,O consider them as orci. +
ing from disposition hostile 10 this country, aud
they ought MT to be 50 considered: tits ..otor-
Gus inst She could. sec@r,'iig n known isw aud
u'1ge, plead TIC actual blockade, by her navy. of
all The ErIDr,Dyl
Now, air This say is a rank tory pninci,,le
a'iit IS Inmateria what may be the professions
men. The m III who can say in the D~4 emf
tnalIon OF cur country, that the conduct al C.
Is gun towards ns is justified by the lex t.Iio,is,
Or ny any other law, is tory. Il is lin vain f,r
people III any portion Ui the union to make profess
s. ms ofpati1o'isn. when they come forward, sni
pf public acts y, that we have no cause of { 5n-
p'iint against Great Britain. ! wish gentlemen
Correctly To understand me. If the British WITT
en- Wooid come forward and rake PREPARATION Tor
re insults offered m our ports and waters she
vii stand with 'ne on equal ground VITA FIR nee.
out when rec licct that instead Of tenferne.
icparaton for the most humta;ipg insults and
iNui!es, she sen; here e%a! zad spy t. igsnIs
us WITH insoent demands, cannot consider nj
PHh' ~ injury done Ia mas cppI,ry, thesc two To-
reign nations IS eqIain the honorable career os'
.jistice ard violence iovEards us. Let Cgcat
Hrtsm redress these injuries, and voald -
France
believe Tive principles ofbo'h arc Infamous
ii2t IN contest for The empire OF the world
they regard only their own aggrandiscr.cn;s 1t
Ii the daty tthc United States to tax frr., aid
manly attitude, and oppose bosh to rnai,i.si;
tic independence of the nation and sp,.ra Z.
ip'cIgn kc You must ass,rt youg rights
they con'ot be mainlai cd e.itloui mon Ti.a
Independence OF our country IS Az object bef.ye
which all differences to the intej1,a! adiniii.s-
triton OF QUE affairs s!iouid sink. This is peri
od wien a. honest men have a common interest.
1t IS period when Ill party feelings shold be sa-
CT need at the shr;ne of oar countiy's good It;s
3 period when fcderalsls ou,~ht to forgt that
they have lost the helm of state, whes, ~ OLD to-
rles, dispersed through orr country, should rr-
get that we have acquired md .pcnd+ c and
when al honest men should unite to maintain
those rights, which the birth right of an A.
III sican.
On Saturday the 21st, no Business Of irpor<s
taurc was done The hill for the relief oft
M m and Disabled soldiers, &c (.or raising IN
IN alb cor7s) vent through com IL &c OF Z
W o,e> ard was re comm ed to a ~ I r.. de-
tails. The House d till Tuesday
FROM HALIFAX, N. s Dec. 9.