The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-01-10

what can the French do, that is worse ,han
."'S Notmngl s'r! these acts form the Gil
| max ct ontrages. But, sir, the gentleman
.eiis us. that the French emperor has said.
'here shaii be no peutrals ! do net know
whether he has used that Identical eNpressi-
ou VI not oei'eve it is not the expression
,n 'he paper to which the gentleman al
iuoes. but SIR suppose il is: what thens Is
.ne gentleman SO ready to obey the mandate
OF tic Frenchcmpcror, as to take part in the
war, because he orders him to do so> ] did
NOT think the gentleman would take the woke
SO quietly.
In erect, both Great Britain and France
nave SAID. there shall be no neutrals and
20. aare nothing Tor the fUrm of the expression.
ne hrst declaration 10 that effect which /
nave seen, is contained in the polite note of
LORDS Holland and Auckland, attached to
.ne late unratiiaed treaty, The language in
enect Is. II YOU do not m AXE war on France,
we will reserve to ourselves the r;yht m ,oats
war you, according to this treaty ot o,v;ID
and commerce. But, SIR because these two
great beliigerents command US to take part
Ia lheir wars, are we bound to obey their cru
CT mandates Are we to abandon the rich.
Oh Judging OF our own interests and poll
cy! l am disposed to think they will ulti
hateiy drive us into their wars; but let US
Keep out of them as long as we think our own
interests and policy require the recession.
ne gentleman frum Connecticut mfr
i!si'nouse has attempted to place our situa-
ton IN ludicrous point of view he asks
now are we to fight at triangles. Are we
20 night France and reat-Britaiu at the
same time! WHY, sir, this is the very cir
Iun's';!hce which increases our embarrass-
| ments. 1t is situation perfectly novel and
uneXampled, and distinguishes it from all
the cases PUTTY the gentleman as analogous
toit. At every other time VIC have had but
one adversary if VIC had bur one at this
Time There would be no difficulty i'm the
choice Of measures but having two at tho
same time. and both SO formidable, presents
an uneXampled difficulty in the choice az
measures; and is the strongest argument
imaginable IN favor Of the position we have
assumed Ibis, sir, is made more evident
oy the scntleman's illustration. The gentle
niah says, II two men were to attack him st
thc same time. would he avoid the combat
until lie could get one by himseIfp pre.nme
he would, if he were a man of prudence :.
i especially ifcither of them were full match
1or nm; and he knew the moment lie set
on the one. the other would set on him and
tear nm TO pieces. l think under such cir
cumsttnces, dignifed retirement would
be at least as honorable as being tumbled in
the dust and would certainly be more th
dictate OF prudence and wisdom. 1t there
,orc appears to me, that the gentieman's IL
.u nus IS an extremely happy one, to JUS
my lhe position assumed by the u. States,
unaer the peculiarly of tEeir difficulties.
he gentleman from Massachusetts Mr..
Lloyd presume with a view Of shs wiTa
that cur supply of provisions can be Of iittic
consequence to Groat- Britain, has favored
US with statement ofher annual consus,p-
ZION OF grain, and our annual exports. The
annual consumption of Great Britain. he
states at one hundred and fifty millions o.
bushels, and ottr whole exports at seven mil
lions. am willing to take his estimate. al
though our whole exports are probably much
more from this statement, the gentleman
seems TO inter that this small supply can be-
Vi OUT '!tt'e consequence in a marSe. rcqui-
ring 'nis enormous consumption. draw a
very different inference from these data. yi
ven by the gentleman and I am the more ~
disposed to examine this point. as have of
ten heard the same differences drawn bv o..
tners According to this statement, if G..
DiItaih should RAISE barely eueugh fo:. iei.
own consumption, except seven millions OF
bushels, and IT is probable she viii, not ex-
| ceed TINS product this present year, she would
want supply for her whole pop,,lation for
above fortnight in the year. This would
pea serious deficiency and to appreciate
my argument, the gentleman should first
make the experiment Of starving a fortnigh, .
and think, before the expiration CT that
time, he would be willing to admit there was
some force at least in my argument. 1t would
De the same case with nation, if the scar
CITY operated equally, and upon every indi-
vicual In the nation, at the same time. But
that is not the way in which a scarcity doe
operate 1t operates by raising the prices
OF gram, and thus excluding those from the.
use OF 1t, who have no money to buy. In the
event OF scarcity in Great Britain, Mr..
tanning would probably not have dish les
| 'ohls table on that account whilst the pot,,.
would suffer for the want of bread As the
! scarcity increased, the greater would be tbs.
numbers excluded from the use of bread &.
! and the stock III the nation would be exclu-
sl:e!y consumed by those who had the means
| oi purchasing proportion oft This world
De the Course of things as long as the order
C' society could be maintained, and the s,if
| icring poor compelled 10 bear their hard
tate. Bur, sir, it this quantity of provision
Should be wanted IN Great Britain this wear
and 1T cannot be obtained any where. bur
from the United States and il the want of
It should drive the prices very high, and
bear OF course with ~ eat severity upon the
suffering poor; would not these circumstan-
ces alone, furnish strong inducements to G.
Britain to relax her orders, and to do US ms
tlces 10 do us justice, did say, sirl No.
SIR to dous half justice; we 90 not require
more than halfjustice at her hands.
Il.