The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-04-11

THE no Cradle
JOSEPH b. VARNUM,
And for SE.A.dTORS for this county,
Hon. PLINY MERRICK, Esq. of Brook6eld,
EDNVD. BANGS, Esq. Of Worcester,
SAMUEL. JONES, Esq. OF Milford,
MOSES WHITE, Esq. of Rutland.
The meeting then passed the following Re
solves, accepted an Address, and directed
the same to DE printed and distributed:
Rrsoivea, That the administration. of the
general government, during the Presidency
of THOMAS JEFFERSON, was wise, dighi-
fed, independent and patriotic /; entitled to
the confidence and respect of the nation.
Resolved, That as we view this admins
tration i'll an comment degree TO have pre-
served the peace of the country, and secured
the property OF the citizens by the happy
expedient Off EMBARGO; we hold i'm deep
adherence those mean and unprincipied cha
racters, who have made gain by It's evas-.
ons, and those still more vile and despica-
BILE wretches, who realizing its Importance,
arailed themselves of its necessary pressure
to PROSTATE the authority which enforced,
and reyile the officers who executedit:
Resolved, That the Resolution. passed in
the House of Representatives in Congress
at the beginning of their, late session. viz :,
that 4" the United States cannot, zvithout a.
SccrJfce Of their rights, honor aad indefe7s-
dence, SUBMIT TO the late orders and DEGREES
Of Gre6t BrTtoin and France" meets with
our most hearty concurrence; and that we
entirely approve the conduct Of all Our Re
personalities, from this state, of both parties,
IN the unanimous vote in passing this re-
solve.
Resotued, That as the first resolution pro.
posed in our House of Representatives, in
this state, by Mr. Crownfnsheld, was of he
game i,sy,ort the refusal To pass it there.
IS preof OF more open, hardy and pro-
Kissed devotion to the cause of Great Britain,
than federal membersin Congress had cou-
rage to avow. MI
Resolved, That the printed report of the
Committee, on the last mentioned resoluti-
on, by CHRISTOPHER GORE, Chairman, is
absurd and Inconsistent in itself; beginning
with an acknowledgement, that such natl
onaisconcerus belong exclusively to Con-
gress, then proceeding to examine and con-
denim, all the measures of Congress, respect
ing our ,intercourss with foreign nations, and
concluding with declaration of war against
France. ts .rrs. - ~
Resofped. That the report of the commit
tee of the general court, to whom was refer
sed the memorials of several towns in this
state. approved and accepted by a large ma
jorityof both branches, which denounces
the embargo laws as unconstitutional, is i'm
direct contradiction to a solemn resolve, pas
sed in both Houses of our legislature, by yeas
and nays, almost unanimously, in Feb. 1899,
expressly declaring that /" TO JUDGE. OF
rHE:CoNs T1TuTIoNALI OF THE LAWS
OF CONGRESS BELONGS Exclusively
ToTHE JUDIcIARY" s,''
. ResotUed, That the constant pretence of
asnppression of documents, by the admins
tration. is an impliedacknowledgem that
accorG~i ~ to thoseswhich have been commu-
tiicated, the conduct of our national govern
inent lasbeen fair and impartial.
= Resofpsd, Thatwe have no reason to be-
lieve, that duringthe administration of JEFF
ferson, any thing has been withheld, which
could tend to throw more perfect light on the
state OF our controversies and concerns with
foreign nations: But there is the fullest and
most undesirable proof, that during The admi-
histratiSn of adams, important public dis
patches were kept back and concealed by
Timothy Pickering, then secretary of state,
on which the President, with great propriety
and magnanimity, Immediately upon its de
lection. dismissed him from Office.
Resolved, That as Timothy Pickering,
in the Senate of the United States, on the 3th
Of Feb. 1906, did give his assertto a resolve,
t"fbat the cajtfHreGnd condemnation, Under
"Me orders Of the British government, and
''adjudicatioH Of fheir admirGkty,, of .fne-
''rican vessefa and their eat,goes, on me
." treterte fthcir bring emhloyedin a trade
"7uh tie enemies Of Great Britain, hro-
'shibifed in a time Of heacc, is an intro
,"voked aggression nfionthe firohcrfy gfthe
I" citizens Of the United STATES, violation.
'fof their neural rights and an encroach-
"ment nfcn their national indrheiidence ::
And as has since, in his public letter, de-
clared, that I" Great Britaia has done us
80 esosnfidi i'vury'--As the same Timothy
Pickering, by another resolve, passed on the
same 18th day of Feb. did join with the Sc
nate i'll requesting the President tomakc de-
fnaRd Of the British government for repara-
tion of injuries, which resolves include this
remarkable parenthesis, {" and more parti-
tularly respecting the impre ssment ofAme-
ricaD seamen, and as the same Timothy
Pickering has since openly denounced the
late President Jefferson for coupling this with
another demand--As these facts are proved.
on one side by the journals of the Senats.
where bis name stands recorded; among the
yeas, and ON the other, by his printed let
ters and public speeches, we can place no
confidence in q man whose passions are 80
turbulent, whose conduct is so inconsistent.
and whose memory - so treacherous.
ResoiUe1, That the majOrities I'm the two
branches OF the legislature Of this state, the
last year, were MOI a real, but a fictitious re-
presentation of the people; as is evident from.
the. Cube Ina torial election in whirh th 49,