The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-06-27

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mobs. and they have for ever blasted the
fame OF England to obtain them. Were the
| fleets OF Holland, France and Spain, destroy
! eel by larceny? You resisted the power Of
$50 sail OF the line by sheer courage. and
violated every principle Of, morals fror, the,
dread OF Is hulks, while the expedition itself
cost you three times more than the value of
he larcenons matter brought away. Tie
French trample upon the laws of God and
man, not for old corilage. hut tor Kingdoms,
and always take care to be well paid for
their crimes. We cnntrive, under the pre-
sent administration, to unite moral with in
tellectual deficiency. and to grow weaker.
and worse by the same action If they had
any evidence ct the intended hostility of the
Danes, Why was it not produceds Why
nave the nations of Europe bcsu allowed to
feei AN indignation against THIS COUNTRY be-
yond the reach OF all subsequent information
Are these the tir'les, do you imagine whei,,
we can tritie with a year of universal hatred.
daily with the curses of Europe, ANA then
regain a lost CHARACTER at pleasure, by the
parliamentary pcrspirations of the Foreign
secretary, or the solemn asseverations of the
pecun,ary Rose? Believe me, Abraham, it is
not ndersuchmi.issers as thescthat the dex.
terity of honest Englishmen will ever equal
the dexterity OF French knayes-it is not
In their presence that the serpent of Moses
VIII ever swallow UP the sutpents of the ma
giciars. 49,
Lord Hawkesbury says, that nothing is to
De granted to the Catholics from fear -
What, Not even justice? Why note There
are four millions of disaffected people within
twenty miles of your. own coast. i fairly
confess, that the dread which have of their
physical power, is with me..a very strong
motive for listening To their claims To talk
OF not acting from fear is mere parliament
tary cant From what motive bur fear. l
Should be glad to knew, have all the improve
men. IN our constitution proceeded! Iques-.
ton 1t any justice has ever been done to large
masses OF mankind from any other, motive.
ny What other motives can the plunderers
OF the Baltic suppose nations to be governed
IN their intercourse 7cith each other !? If
say, give tins people what they ask because
1t is Just, do you think should get ten peo-
pie to listen to me! Would not the lesser of
the two JenkiHsons be the first to trca. me
with contempts The only true way to make
the mass OF mankind see the beauty of ius-
tee, rs by shelving them in pretty plain
terms the consequences of injustice Ii any.
oony OF French troops land in Ireland, the
whole population of that country will rise
against you to q man, and you could not pos
sioly survive such an event three wears
ouCh, from the bottom of nv soul, do be-
iieVe TO be the present state IF that country !;
ana SO far does it appear to me to be impoli-
TIC ana unstatesman like to conccde any
thing to such a danger, that if the Catholics,
| In addition to their present lust demands.
| were to petition for the perpetual removal
OF the said Lord Hawkesbury from his Ma
Jesty,s councils, l think, whatever might
DE the effect upon the destinies of Europe
ana however it might retard our own
individual destruction, that the PRAYER
OF the petition should be instantly COM
Piled with. Canning's crocodile tears
should not move me-the hoops of the maids
OF honor should not hide him. would tear
INN from the bannisters of the back stairs,
and plunge him in the fishy fumes of the dir
test OF all his Cirque Ports.