The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-03-10

= Hrnrfsr|, Tat we cherish az u,sha.es
j~ccnhfspcc III the present administration Of
the government OF the U,,iseA ta.es. snsfof
This statc ; and we confidently believe. that
their late measures have.becn exclusively
dictated By a sincere desire to promote the
best interests OF the country.
ReSotUrd. That we view wish alarm and
labhorrcnce, the conduct of many OF our po-
li,ie:l opponents, and more particularly of
lsomc of the federal editors of news. papers,
IN the open and undissuised encouragement
winch they give to attempts to resist the cx.
%sention OF the laws. by furce-and we pledge
ourscrvicessnd lives to the government, 10
defeat every attempt. y
HUGH JAMESON. Chairman,
JOHN GRIFFIN. Secretary.
On SATURDAY. James Madison in obedience
1othe voice OF his country, assumed the duties
OF President of the u. ).
Ihe dawn OF the r'av was announced bv y
i%5eteral Sslute from the Navy Yard and Fort
!! a'burton /; and at an early hour the volun-
lSer corps OF militia began to assemble
ouch was the interest to bc present at the
inauguration, thai the whole. area allotted 20
l~citizens IN the Repre- sentative Hall was flied
and ov~erfowing several hours before noon.
the time assigned for that purpose, and it is
icomputei that the number OF persons sur
rounding the capitol unable to obtain admit.
tance, exceeded ten thousand. The Senate
convened at IL O'Clock in the Chamber of the
Representatives, Governor Miilcdye, the
President pro teWpcre. in the chair. Agree
aoly to arrangement the Senators were Dla-
ced next to the chair, the late Presiden, OF
'ie ~. States III the right of the chair, E,
reign ministers and suite en- the left, Ind
| gcs otthe Supreme Court in front. Heads Of
departments on the rig'st of the President
OF the Senate, members of the House of
Representatives on the foor, and various o.
therr.aces assigned for other public charac-
ters and for Ladies.
Mar. Jefferson arrived about IL o'clock.-
A short time before thathour. Mr.. Madison
lett his own house, escorted by the troops of
cavalry OF the city and Georgetown, COM
manoed by capt. Brent, ard at - entered
the Representative Hail, attended by the
secretary OF the treasury, the secretary Of
the navy, the attorney general and Mr.. Coles,
secretary to the late President, and intro
duced by a committee OF the senate when
MIR. Milledge left the central chair. and
conducted Hir. Madison to it. Mr.. Madison
then rose and delivered his speech.
The oath of office was then administered
to him by Chief Justice Marshall : ON which
and as the president retired. two rnnnde of
minute gains were fired. On leaving the ca
pttol he iound the volunteer militia Comma
MES of tile district, nine in number. and in
complete uniform, under the command of
col Kinney, drawn up, whose line he pas
sed III review, when lie entered his carriase
and was escorted home in the same way he
came.
A large concourse of Ladies and Gentle
men ana Mr.. Jefferson among the number,
iimmeaIateiy waited upon him, among
whom refreshments were li,erallv distri-
buted. Ih- company generally, after cal
ing on the president, waited on Nh. Jefer-
son to take a last farewell before his deDar-
ture.
In the evening there was 4 grand inaugu-
ration ball, at Longs Hotel, the most bril-
liant and crowded ever known in Wash
inyton, at which the late and present Pre-
sident OF the United States and foreign min
listers were PRESENT. by invitation. The com
pany is supposed to have exceeded four hun
dred.
Mr.. Madison was dressed in q full su;t
OF Cloth of American manufacture, mad of
tne wooi OF Merinos raised in his country,
nus coat from the manufactory of col. Hum
phre!S, and his waisrcoat and small Clothes
ifoia that OF chancellor Livingston, the
Clothes being we understand, severaliy pre-
scented by those gentlemen. .. .Nationa[ Ittek.
Hgencer.
1o:eaut INC speech OF the GOvernCro of Cor
nect1cut at the opening OF an extra session
which he has called. To interfere with the
constitutional powers Of Congress, we would
De led to believe that there were no disho-
horanle restrictions OH neutral commerce by
me European belligerents; q! at least that
DIS EXcciiency had never read such doom.
nIents as British orders in council O. French
DEGREES. IL is the duty of a statesman to in
forTi himself well on the af4irs of nations
and TO trace effects to their proper causes
1 ne embargo is not a cause, but an effect.
hence the per6dy of Gov. TrumbuN. in az.
crloln% TO 1t, the evils resulting from British
ana french aggressions on our national rights
-BaA. HMerlcan.
we rePublish the following from the Bed
ford Gazette, to shew what credioilitv is at
tached to the tales which the federaIpaner
IN the interior circulate, to bring the cmbar-
80 laws and the aAmjnistratinn into dis,e
putc. We do not know of any period a+
which flour has sold in this city. ats since
the existence of those laws, until the bring
ing into the house of congress the non-intcr-
course bill. to which this Bedford editor re-
fers, and if the embargo be taken Of ,o. -5or-
row., without a more efficient substitute than
non'intercourSe or the removal of the obnox-
ions orders and DEGREES Of the beliicerents
4 1lllIl "a nh ri not n.-a-