The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-05-02

played at full work !.ehtftO in Man hes -.
only arc now represented 20 be at ha.swo,S.
1t would not, he conceived nc exactly r5,'-
rect, to depend on the l3ait:c for q slipc,l 1T
fax seed, as the Right Honorable Gensle
man, opposite. had mentioned Hc was him
self too old (the Right Honorable Gentleman
was older) to depend upon improvements
from process OF time. UnapPallcd by accu-
uiulated horrurs, and elated by Et.,e sac
cess, which they have not view Ell a. prudent
men would, instead of generously sczing such
nsoments to cXtenC. the hand of friendship,
ms majesty ministers. in proportion to their
success, increased in rancour & enmity. The
Hon. member observed, that from the ST
milnity otiamguage, and other circumstaa-
part OF America. had arisen than that on
winch he now had the honor to address ta.
huue. J he impreSsment ofhec sailors ard
inc violation other neutrality, BY hirning On
her coast, within the preciDc.s of h.r pru-
lection, fretrch Ves.el which took raFuge
rherc, were acknowledgements. Aud lastly,
the Cause n ner complaints was hriehtened
y, the aii;,ir Of til" leopard and Chesapeake.
Tie was eStrcr. ~ sorry to perceive, that
the Honorable Gentleman (Mr. Rcsc) he
meant Mr.. Rose the ambassador, had left
the House. He would allow that Gentleman
the credit oil having disavowetl that ati;.ir 10
OK "a; the suggestion of his nla;essv's minis
tc'S BuI here he must say. the propriety
begin and here it also ended Mr.. Rose
informed MIR. Madison, that he couid not
come To any eclaircissement on the subject.
unless the american Proclamation with re-
gard to 1t was revoked. 1t was impossible.
America should act thus, as the aggression
was ON the part of this country. The Hoo
horsbte member begged. that the House
@eu,d IaTr to the correspondence between
Mr.. Madison and Mr.. Rose. living on the ia
bic, and they will find that Mr. Madison On
~ required of Mr.. Rose, TO unfold the terms
OF accommodation, and the matter would be
brought toa determination. He woptd ask,
could any offer be more fair and particularly
so on the part OF the injured and ihsulted
part.
The Right Hon. cm.ieman opposite was
mistaken. when he supposed, that all obsta-
GIGS were removed by these measures, or in
even supposing, that the .fsagments were
broken up The snake was scetchetl, not
Killed; and it would come on again with ac-
cu;nulated vigor in its attack and accumu-~
lated Venom in its sting. He apprehenled,
tnat America would add TO tic many false
Productions which the nighty Prophets OPP
posite nrtne"Hcvti on the affairs OF Spain at =
the commencement. Ministers had been
as f'ppant in their prophecies regarding ore
AS the other, and the event in both has been
uniformly false and fatal What, he ,vonld
ask, had been the benefit Which was so ire
quently hoasted a, that results to our manu-
iactures from the adoption Of measures pro-
posed by the Orders in Council?
ne e-emincncc which we have claimed
put him in mind OF the conduct Of Lewis
= INth, to the Doge Of Venice, who insisted
on absolute humiliation. When the Speak
er of the commons, aud the lord Chancellor,
went to present an address to his majesty,
they amlcabsy measured their PAGES toge~
ther, and disputed, not Oh precedence {at
lengH1) On the case of America he did not
perceive any reason why the same anicabe
equality should not exist. He remembered
nearing OF dispute on the continent where
tour ambassadors entered into contention
on the precedence of entry into the audience
chamber; 1t was happily terminated by the
separate entrance of each to the chambes-
through four doors. MIR. Rose acted ia /.
contrary manner, he would enter ~ neither,
Ga iangh.) Ia an affair of such extreme de
licacy, he conid not see that it was trifing-
matter for ministers TO cover Admiral Berke-
lev, the agent in the mat er, with the shield
OF their sauction--I'hat the case was so evil
dent. (said the Honorable Gentleman in ti.,.
immediate command which was given him
IN another 9uarter---the West Indies After
a wish was expressed that the affair of the.
Chesapeake should be considered in a dis
tihct light, he could not suppress his amaze
inem at the Right Hon. Gentleman finding
iau-t with Mr.. Pinkney for not having mem
honed It. He ridicued the idea of the chan.
ceilo,- Of the EHchequer gsng forth 10 COM
Dat France, like the poisonous Upas with his
Bark Bill. He would now proceed to the
more immediate subject of the present de-
bate. The preamble OF the order in Coun-
Gil o. the 18th of November assumed, thai
america had acquiesced in the DEGREES of
+ franco an assumption which Subsequent
events had proved to be false-As false was
the assertion, that the orders in counci, were.
in no degree Known in America before the.
laying on of the embargo. Their substance
was known, although it certainly was agreat
insuit TO the American government, thar
our Ambassador, who sailed for America on
the 18th OF November was not instructed to
take with him a copy of the order in council
OF the preceding day, for the information oe
the American government The conductof
y merica had Been most Impartial with res
pect to France and England. Had we been
VIE We sIOnid have rcsciuded cur orders in
council, and the consequence would have
been, thai America would have continued
the embargo towards France, but not towards
England; and that ultimately she would
have become the ally of England a.
sainst France. Instead Of having taken
that step, we demanded of America. that
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