The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-10-27
NO. 40.

tbs South Aud If ne once obtains n)s--
session OF tine whole of the coasts of Portu
gal AMI Spain, what, if we psrsovere, in onr
present mode OF warfare. is to prevent him
from sitting quietly down, and seeing us ex-
h2nSt ourseit, wear onrsclf cut, torment our
selves with continual alarm, while his don,i-
mons nave only to- support fotilii at i3ou-
log5ne and ain army of England, at an expcncc.
perhaps not greater than that which We are
pat to for the maintenance of our local mill
ia Where, then, should we look for an
end CT cur danger There never more,
while that state of things lasted, could be
peace united with safety for England
lfthi> paper should (Which greatly douht)
reach tn" ear Of Your Majesty hope, that
by this concluding paragraph, | snail pre-
vail upon you to disJruSt those who flatter
You with prospect Of seeing the people of
Frtnce revolt glinsc their Emperor, to do
which there has not appeared in any shape
the smallest incliuatjun. ! beScech your
Majesty To consider, RI At ali those persons
III France an1 her Cioninions, who are now
from 90 To ~ wears ot age-that is to say,
all that part ct the population which, in
time Of disturbance, decide the ta,e OF pav-
ernment( have been AIRED ~ in DvinCjtlp,
which must make then hazard thc,. lives
iii rusand times over. rather than see their
Country return ~ he ancient order of things
and that suppnsng principle and prejudice
20 have no weight, stlli self interest," thataH
powerful stimulus, will never su!fcra nation
consisting in great part. oftIluSe WHO are stvi-
ed usurperS o. the soil, to permit any thulg,
which shall expose them to the chance.
however small of being Ousted tron, their
u%uipa ions ! trust, therefore that vottr
Majesty viii he induced to place no reliance
upon any such events and # course tnac
you VAL be the more disposed t. adopt such
measures as shall tend to bring into fair
operation the naval power Of the country
and thereby to keep alive the hopes of your
people. II thertO there HIS ALWAYS hren some
ground ttr hope, or the people have at least
agined such ground But il Austria should
tall-and it, which would be the almost GER
tain consequence, the Southern Peninsula
should follow, where then, if the means of
suddenly forming a navy be still suffered to
exist III France, will be our ground Vt nope
The gloom OF despair will prevade, & must
prevade the political horizon to suhmis-
sion alone we look for any allevaJron Of our
burthenS and though the Thought will at first
he accompanied with horror to that sub
mission we Snail, in time, fashion our minds
SUCH. sIr, IS my Vicw ot this subject For
the truth OF my facts, Ivouch with as much
conhdcnce as if they had come under NV
own ewes; and my reasoning is, as | believe
Correct. ! have sometimes been wrong in
my opinions, but ! have much oftener been
right; and IN this instance, the greatest ia
YOUR would presume toa>k fropi your Ma
Jesty would be, that vou" War Ministers BIZ
sea and land, should be allied upon TO prove
the erroneonsness either u my premises or
my conclusions. The sending OFT of IL, 900
men, the selecting q{hrche3 herSonS 10 RIM
mHHa them, the planning OF operations for
such an army this is OF great const C,aence
IN itself, bot it is nothing at all whei, com
pared 10 the object which | have submitted
TO the consideration Of your2Maesty 10 the
evil which have pointed our, and TO the re-
medy which shah hereafter have the ho-
nor to subuiit--i ana &c &c
WILLIAM COBBETT.
Sottey, l2M, nm 1900.