The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-08-18
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ed in this paper of the ith Inst. 10 have been
issued at Paris. and put into crcuiat ion through,
the sea'Ports-to have been now CO nsdered as
part o, Tie machinery OF espionage and fraud
carried ON by the British government" their
design, to create suspicion and resent ment, and
plunge MS INTO a war with France They ara
wrtten perhaps by such pensioned scoundrels, IS
Shariss James Stuart, alias George Francis Stu
art, di,as Count Stuafton, author of the Revolu-
airy Piutarch &c. &c.-the serect British spy,
whose letter from New-fork to Gen. Duncan in
i-onden has lately been ushercd into the world
the spy, whom British gold has corrupted & Bril-
tiS, INDUSTRY commissioned to sk,lk in the U. s.
ana shoot his poisoned arrows from the dark
inns spy, has been ascribed the late Infamous
Memoirs of Thomas Jefferson"
me N. YORK Evening Post, however, that first
re-PaDisned these French letters in this country,
aScriEes them tothe agents ofthe French Bureaix
Inc ist Oh tiem IS written the partial sus pens
on OF our embargo; the I'd, on the issuing of the
BRUSH Orders, of26th April They are founded
on gross Perversion of facts-but are pe niied
with much art and ability.
Letters to Monsieur LIE Comte de ~. on
'he repeal OF the Embargo law by the Con-
SreSs OF the United States.
lfnie0 D0naos ct dona ferentes.
:, PARIS, May 10. 1909.
You enquire of me- Monsieur I.e Comte.
what is my opinion relative to the raising of
tne embargo which has existed for upwards
ot year In the ports of the United States ?
In reply to you, hesitate not to assert. that
that'measure is one of the most important
ana artiui maneuvres ever practiced nv the
british caoinet.-This shall readily demon
strate To you.
Ihe closing of the Sound and of Trieste
becoming daily more inevitable, the CON-
meIce OF England was at length on the point
vi ne'hs cut OH from all communication with
tne continent, toto divisos orbc Britannos
The vast prohbitory system. so wisely con-
celved by the genius which governs France.
was about to be completely executed Over
SUCKED with the merchandise of the two In
aies' without any possible outlet, her manu-.
iaCtures driven from the immense market
Oh the American as well as from that of the
european continent, England for once was ON
the verge OF receiving the reward of her in
sasable avarice, and Of sinking under the
weight OF her i'll acquired riChes*
What was she TO do to extricate herself
iro"i that CRITICAL situation to transport to all
the places in the world which her own YES
seis CANNOT approach, those vast collections
VI ',,eiCiahuiZes OF every description cnnti-
nuaiiy accommodating upon the banks of the
Thames3 Va '''e
Inc assistance OF a people by nature ad
VehturouS, active, ambitious. possessing an
Immense number OF merchant ships, able to
NAVIGATE at small expence, exploring every
u'e.uing no danger to satisfy similar
tiurst OF gold that assistance she has ms,
obtained by the raising of the American EN-
/ barge. ;"
we learn by the last letters from America
tliat the measure has been DESTROYED. If
may say So ~ open force. by the Fedora
parry .hat Is to say, by the English f,arfy
10 wen Known that at least two thirds OF
inc american commerce is carried on with
English capital, and On accoun. of Enelish
men.
from whence it follows that the renewed
Immense extension of the pretended Ameri
oah commerce., must i'll the end, turn to the
advantage OF this same English commerce.
WITCH moment ago was on the verge of ruin.
W"o .heh can be the dupe of that pre-
tended impartiaity which congress ,ffacts
10 De deairons of preserving in it's act for
raising the embargo! The meanest sbop-
! poy IN London would not be imposed upon be
that Clumsy artifce
he congress addresses the same demands
= 10 rance and to England
/ 1t requires both bowers tn resp.c, ;.s a.,
threatens TO smut its ports against that one
winch shall Violate its oeutrai;tv and 60
10 declare war against il. But this time es.
Pecialiy, when France is OF is about to he
IuePiiVeu OF her last possessions i'm the West
.,iuies' THE American people well knew tina,
,"sy nave no longer any thing to fear from
ner III any respect, and that BY keeping at =
Instance from our shores in Europe we canno,
modest their vessels whilst England. mis-
trsss OF the seas, neishbor of the United
States can wound them sensibIy in every
quarter 1t was then necessary, in order tc
seem neutral, to find way to satisfy Eng
ia'u, without appearing to submit to ner ~.
iahhicai pretensions; and behold what ha,
oeeh devised and already put in nracricc
laCSotolnSt to authentic accounts.
NJ the departure OF the disnatcb vesca,
Mentor, from New-York, moro than IoC
vessels were already lading or departed for
f1oiiahc, where they well knew thew wopla
not DE received, and where they had not the
intention togo Several have already arriv
Gu III England, Notwithstanding the nrobib;
ZION OF Congress and the bonds which have
been required. On approaching the F.ngIish
coast, they cause themselves TO be captnreJ
by the first English vessel they mert-tb a,
then prove that their cargo is English nro'
| perty-tbey are released with doc1ments r.
prove their capture, which exemnte ,h.n
from the penalties incurred-tbev nav in I'm.
i grand the duties fixed by the orders in com.
Gil, and may then go whittier thew tbink s.,
Dut as tneSe secret subterfuges would no,
merce in general, they have found anotbe,
method TO favor them in the ereatest mss.
Die extent
American vessels so land many are airea.
! ny on the way,) to the Island of Madeira
"hlch wiz shortly become vast entrenot
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