The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-12-05

reags rs Il intimate friends, to be communica- |
ted ,siene, lac might think proper, the o1y of
letter addressed by Mr.. Canning to The doks-ps
Portland, ia the month of July, in which MIR.
Canning req tests, justice TO hinse that il
may DO remembered, whenever hereafter this
coaceament snail be alledged Gas he doubts not
thst It Willy ag,,inst him, act ofinius,ice to-
wards lord Ca,tlcreagh, that it did not originate
in his suggestion-that far from desiring it,
he conceived, However enormously, lord Cam
den TO be the sure channel of communic TO
lord Castlereagh and that up to very late peri
od he believed such comnusic alton to have been
| sctusly made"
8 The copy of tn letter and of the duke Of
| 20 rtlan rs answer to it, ackno wietlginv Mr
Ca.nny's repeated remonstranses against the
coaceI nent," are still in the possession of lord
| Csstiere gh's friend
The commune t. lord Camden to which
this letter refers, made 1.-THE 29,h of April,
with Mr. Cinning's knowle lge, and at his par.
| trular desire. Lord Camden being the near re-
iston and most confidential friend of lord Cas-.
| lereagh, 1t never occurved 10 Mr.. Canning, nor
vas 1t ere iibie 10 him, till he received the posi-
| tive asseverations of The fact, IL. lord Camden
had kept back such communication from lord
| Castlereagh
| with -csHectt to the period t W ash the change
IN the war leoar ment vss TO tlke place. MIR. Can
| n'ug WAS induced, IN the frat instance to consent
to its postppnenent till the rising OF parliament,
| I'a Wy ny representations u EiinSelf Ot
the mcoiivcncnces OF any change IN tile middle of
q session, but principally from a consideration Of
me particufsr circanst tnces under which lord
| Castt ie,sh stood III the House Of Con,,pus If.
| ter Easter; circumstances which would have
| gwen To ms removal, at that period OF the ,ess-
on, a character which II certainly no part @.
! Mr.. Cannngs VISA tliat At SHOULD bear.
| - Mr. Cauiing hoHever, received the most
| positive promise that change in the war depart
l,mcnt should take place immediately upon the
close or the session When that time arrived
the earnest& REPEATED entfeates Of most OF lord
! Casliereayl:'s friends in Tho cabinet were en-
| pto,ed to prevail upon Mr. Canning to the post.
/, ponement II Inc .rr-n cement.
Atieng,h, nd mpSL reluctantly, he did give
MS consent TO rs being postponed to the period
| proposed by lJrd Casttercagh's friends, viz the.
,,rmnstion OF the expedite. a,-li in prep,r.tion
but ne Id so upon the most distinct and solemn
| ssurances, that whatever night b. the issue of
the exPedito'h the change should take place at
that period; That the seals of the war depart
! u!ent should then be ofierclio lord Wellesley
tthe person FOR whose accession 10 the cabinet
1r.Canling was Snp 10 be- most anxious J and
that the interval should Ne diligently employed
by lord Casticreagh's friends, IN preparing iprd
Castiereash's mind 10 ac Iuiesce 10 such an ar
| rspgcrnent.
50 It WAS therefore matter o. astonishment to
Nj. Canning wiien, at TIE tasis nf t.S exp ,tit-
pn, he re minded the duke CS Portlsnd, that the
line WAS now come tt.r hiJ Aces W! png To ord
w lesley 10 had, pat 50 Tar iroH. Inc inter-. II
| ha9ing been employed by lord C-st,eres gh's
ttiens., "a preparing lord CastlcresEh Tor K
change, TIC same reserve IA Il been conlnusi TO-
wards him, ;i<a.nst which h4r Canning had be-
| tore - s:nestly r-mon.trated
| Benz, nTOrreed ot this circumstances by the
duke OF Portland, and learning at ;Ift same tiGe
an his grace, that there were other III iii .uites
A.ssnd'nf The arrangement, OF which Mi. Can
mug Ia rot before been Sppiized and that the
! duke OF Portland had himself come to deter
mination to retire from ONCE, MFR Cannn.. in
stanty, AMI nefore any Step whatever had been
! taken towards carrying the promised arrange
msRt into e..ect, witn>ire mis- claim and ret,ycs
ted the duke OF Por;i-n,i to tender his iir Can
mng } resi- snAtion, at the same time with his
graces to the KING. This was on Wednesday,
tie 9th If Sept. previously to the ieyee OF that
day
. All question OF the performance of the pro-
mi'e Tuiie 10 1r. Canning being thus ut an end,
the reserve which lord CIstlcreagn's friends had
nth :rto so perssvernsy prsctised towards lord
Castlereagb, appears to have been laid aside
! Lord Ca,Gereagh was no made acquainted with
the nature o ihe arrangement winch had been
mtcs.Gi to ave been proposed to him
- " nat ma, have been the reasons which pre-
vented Ld.Casiere.yr's ir ehis fion filin, tie
assurances s,7en to Mr. Canning, that lord Cas-
tiereagh's mind should be prepared by iIielr COM
inunications, for the arrangement intended 10 be
earned into effect and what the motives for the
disclosure To lord Castieceagh after that arrange
meat had ceased to be in contemplation, it Is not
TOR MIR. Canning to explain"
! LeNDoN, Oct. Ia" France" quoth Bona
parte, in his letter to Gen Armstrong, " admits
the principle, that the Gag protects the mercban-
die" Very likely ! but does En-, land admit it
Does reason or usage admit 1t Usage is, with
out contradiction, hostile 10 orr enemies and we
| shall soon see low far they are borne ont by rea-
son, on an examination of the chief Of those argu-
| ments which are here advanced in support OF
their cause. merchant vessel" they say,
having clearance from her government, ought
to be considered as a footing colony" Why
she should be so considered, they do not tell US,
| but we Will tell them why she should not
| Inc members OF Resting colony will declare,
| oy their language, to what nation they belong
whereas the real owners and proprietors of
dead cargo can only be discovered by search and
examination of papers .--But if vessel under an
American flag should be discovered with troops
on board, they might, if they liked, tell us that
they were an American colony; yet if we disco
| yered that every man of them spoke French, we
should most unequivocally bring them to Eng
land; and so we trust shall continue to treat
cargoes, which, by their papers or any other sa-
| tisiactory documents whatsoever, speak only the
language ofour enemies.
| The seas" says the rsscript, &" belong exclu-
| sIvely to no nation they are the common pro-
party Of States, the domain ofall" True, ard it
is on this very principle that we claim the right
| OF Selling what belongs to our enemies upon
| them. We do not seize French vessel in an
American harbor, because it is there protected
| by its position II is situated not upon common
| but upon e%eIRSice property and the neutral
CONDITION OF the proprietors gives It protection