The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-05-30
TIE ENQUIRER.
RICHMOND, My so. 1899.
MR.. RANDOLPH.

fit was his wish to sweep off the rotten parts
of it, why did he continc his resolution 10 the
recruits of 1903? Had they doIe any act
to bring themselves into suspicion-had any
of them been implicated in the conspiracy OF
Burr! As to the number of troops neces
sary to garrison our ports and guard the west
ern frontier, we know not--bnt whatever part
it may be found proper to disband, let the
sponge be rather applied to the officers of the
old establishment. Some of them are too in
firm to do much service-some are tso much
addicted to life of Incidence and pleasure
few of them perhaps unworthy of trust.
Those officers, however, who have come in
last, are men Of a boder purer, and more
eneerprising spirit.
Mr.. r. wishes an Investigation into the
expenditures Of the last Administrations
Agreed-Let Congress- never part with it's
superintendent over the hursc of the nation:
-Ifsuch were the Practice at the end of eve
ry administration, it would undoubt edy prove
an additional check upon those that came
after it. -.
We cannot agre. with him, that the four
last years of Mr.. Jeffcrson's administration
nave, like the lean kline. eatup the four first
He is peculiarly unfortunate in the illustrati-
on which he has offered He seems to ;ns;-
nuate, that the embargo was the greatest ca
lamiry which has befalleh this Dation--We
put two questions to this gentleman If the
embargo was an eUiI, WAS Mr.. Jefferson's
administration the cause of it? Had ma
tare scattered an universal blight over our
farms, would he have been the cause of
this devastation Had our country been
invaded by an enemy, would he have been
the Cause of the war-of the blood split and
the treasures exhausted To come to the
point-lf the changing events OF Europe had
changed her policy towards us if her Or
ders and DEGREES had compelled us to mea.
sure of precautions was Mr.. j. the cause of
it, or were the sovereigns of Europe! Did
he wreathe around the brow of Bonaparte,
the triumphant laure's of the battle of Ans.
terlitz9 Did he enable Benaparte to enact
or execute the DEGREES of Berlin and Milan!
Was it he that dictated the British Orders in
Council? No. How then is the embargo
justly attributable to the last Administrati-
on!
But another question-if the Embargo
were an evil in itself and greatly oppres-
sive upon the people, was it comparatively
an evil! What better course could have been
adopted at the tins? We need not put this
question to Mr.. Randolph, who has skuIked
from the responsibility of proposing sub
stitute. He was for submission and tribute
to which the heart of every republican was
Il.
What then could have been done? The re-
suit has proved its wisdom. Great Britain
was willing to exchange the repeal of her
Orders for the repeal of our restrictions-
But Mr. X. was for doing, emphatically, no
thing-of course furnishing no inducement
to the British government to dc,us Justice
AS to his vote of thanks to Mr.. Madison,
it is merely calculated to offer AN invidious
at the expence of his prede-
cessor. Mr. ]. has shewn the same promp-
ttude to meet the evertures of the British
government. What Mr.. NJ has done, would
have been done by Mr.. J. standing in his sit
uaton.
We this day furnish accounts from Lon
don, down To the 10th Of April. These are
not very interesting. Further particulars in
our next.
1t was said to be the opinion of those well
acquainted with the secret springs of the late
revolution in S7veden, and the sentiments of
the new Government, that the intercourse
between that country and G.. b. would be cut
off before the end of two months.
The King of Holland has passed decree
important to the interests of our trade. All
COMMUNICATION zuffh EneieHd is still prohi-
bited; but the trade to neutral pow ers is
opened under certain restrictions. The
following SO articles may ROW be erhortcd
to friendly or neutral countries, in Dutch
vessels, or those sailing under the flag Of
neutral or alliedpowers:
Books, beans, butter, brandy, bricks, white
lead, cheese, cambrics, copper manufactured,
clocks, clover and garden seeds, cells, flower.
roots, fruits, geneva, gauzes, glue, hoops, hides
dried, iron manufactured, leather, linen, lnseed,
madden, mllslones, oak bark ground, oars, oils OF
seed, pottery, powder, blue, peas, paper, perfu-
merry, plants, pipes, playing cards, quilts, rushes,
silk manufactured, sach. saturn, starch, tiles,
thread and thread tape, tobacco, tarras, turf,
vinegar, watches, wine, wood manufactured
The inifortdtion OF the following 50 arti-
cleS is permitted:
Ashes (pot), brandy, candles, copper, corn,
fish oil, isinglass, hare.skins, hemp and hemp
seed, hces irough), iron, leather (manufactur-
ed), lead, linseed, mercury, masts, pitch, Rus.
STA skins, rape seed, stock fish, soda, tar, talow,
tobacco, timber, wax-wool, wool, brstes and
fruits.
The preamble declares that this decree is
adopted to place all matters relative to
navigation on footing of COMPLETE unifor-
nifty with the DEGREES Of France" 1t is
more important to us, as Holland is one of
those countries which are exempted from
Incorporation Of our intercourse law.
Sir A. Wellesley was going out as comD1an-
der in chief of the forces in Portugal.
The Feb Packet from New-Yofk had ar
rived at Falmouth bringing such accounts of
the proceedings in the III. of X. as led to an
opinion, that the resolution for partial re
peal of the embargo would be carried into
effect. On the superstition that g. Is would
reco;yc In ctnplies hro,tph the circn;fots