The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-01-24

the t;.;t.5 States, the city n~entrpi tsst0r
.~iiJ&,;@S nrsnt,.y more severe and eS,easivc
,lisn it was IN the power az Frame ;oi..l!ct,
YOU cnnharrasssI asst cWiioundcd, and ZEN.
dcred inpracticahie, that very resistance
which yoa demanded Of us that my, pro-
?osal destroyed all Imaginable motives for
60 tinuing, whatever might have been tine
motives for accepting this new scheme of war
fare thati 1t enabled you to withdraw, with
dignity & even with advantage, what sholi6
NOT have Come between France and us tina
IT'S necessary tc6dency was to place us ut is
sue with That power, or, in, other words, in
the precise situation in which volt have
maintained VIC ought tn be placed, iii should
persist in its osroxioas cdicts; that the con.
CT olrcmSarSo. S.t modified, would
pc at least equivalent tn your orders for that,
IN their most efficient state, your o~r,ienScouid
dono more, rs regards the United States,
than cut Of theii' trade with France .aad the
countries connected win hor and that our
embargo, Reminding as to France anI. those
ccnntr.es, W uld do exactly the same !; that
II the two courses were barely, or even near
" fpon a level, il. point of expediency. G.
Britain ought to be forward to adopt that
.'sie.; 49, cs4as:sicnt with tiG rigiit, .Int;
respectful to the feeliigso of Others; that my
proposal, however, had powerful recommen-,
datlonS which the orders in council had not (;
that 1t would re. estabiish withoutthe hazard
OF any disadvantage, before new habits had
endered it difficult ifnoi impossible, q trag
hc which nourished your most essential ma
nufactures, and various other important
sources OF your prosperity; that it subj NOT
onlS restore q conneXion, valuable ~ ali it's
views, but prepare the way for the return of
mutual Kindness for adjustments greatly to
be desired, and in Il word, for all those con
sequences which follow in the train Of mag
naninity and Cancellation, associated with
prudence and justice.
Among the observations intended 70 Illus
trate my opinion Of the certain, probable, *
possible effects of the concurrent acts which
my proposal had in view, were those to which
you allude in the 9th paragraph of your let
ter: Having stated thas renewed CONNER
cIal intercourse between Great Britain and
the United States would be the first effect :
L remarked, in the progress OF the CONVEX
sation, that the edicts OF France could not
prevent that intercourse, even if France
should adhere to them although Great Bri-
thin, by her superior naval means, might be
able 10 prevent the con verse of it that the
power OF France va the seas was IN 10
degree adequate to such a purpose, and if
1t were otherwise, that it was not to be sup
posed that the United States resuming their.
lawful commerce viii his Country, after Il
REGAL OF the British orders. in council, would
takc no measures. against s. stenatic inter-
ruptions OF thar commerce by force and VIC
lence, if such should be attempted.
1t, when 1 waS.honored with the differ
ene interviews before mentioned, Ihad been
able 10 Conjecture the nature OF the argu-
lnents which, were TO have an influence "a
gainst my proposal.as now find tlem stated
III your answer TO my note, / shou.t p1o3a-
bly, nave vcntured to snggcs,, in add .ol to
the remarks actually Submitted to YOUR cen
sIderation, that, if {" The blockade oi the Ei-
rcpean continent, "by France and the powers
snbServient to or in combination with her, to
which your orders a a temperate but
determined retaliation were opposed. mas
oeen = raised even before it had been wen
established" and If " that SYSTEM" 50 cLDo-
Sed, " OF which extent and continuity were
the vita! principles, has been Er0,en nip in
to fragments utterly i:arplcss and :pntc;ais.
tib!c," there seems scarcely TO be left, in
yonr own view of the subject any inIci,jui-
Die Justification for PERSEVERANCE in such of
the retaliatory meast}rts, of Great Britain,
as operate through he acknowledged rights
OF Il power contessctllN no party tn tnat Gem
bination, and ready 50 iuiil 'ier fur neutral
Obligations If Won VIII suffer hcr to Go So+
Under such circumstances, 20 abandon what
Is admitted to have lost its only legitimate
object, 1t is not " c'ncession ;" it is simply
justice. G~oFrance, indeed, it might be CON
%cession. But il is not France, ii is+nc 60
vernm ent of America, neither spbscryiant
to France, a third party, whose rights and
interests Your orders deeply affect, without
any adequate pecessity according To y3ur
own showing, that requires their recall and.
that too upon terms which Cannot but pro
mote the declared urpose o. the oytsls, It
any remain to be promoted. ! say " without
any adequate necessity recording to your
own showing; :" for am tursuaded sit, YOU
do net mean to tell Us, as upon { nasty per
sual OF your answer to my note might be l.
imagined that those rights and interests are
20 be set at nccght, lest " a doubt shoalG "a
main to distant times Of the determination
and the ability OF Great Britain to have
continued her resistance on. that your or
ders may, Indefinitely give a new law to the
ocean, lest the motive to their repeal should
be mistaken by your enemy. If this might
indeed be SO, YOU Will perhaps permit me TO
say, that highly as we may b. disposed :,
prize the hrm attitude and vast means Of
your country at this c%ventful moment, it
would possibly suggest 10 some minds a re-
%luctant doubt on the subject of your ooser-
walton " that the strength and power Of
.. Britain are not for her only, but foi The
world."
! might also ha vs heon Ied ~ ;,.t;,,,ea "a