The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-04-04
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Resoiped, That the several laws laying an EN-
haryo OH all ships aud vessels in the ports and
harLnrs OF the United Stdtes, be repealed on the
9TH OF March next, except as to Great. Britain and
France, and their dependencies, and thatprovisi'
on be made by law for prohibiting all commerci.
Al intercourse with these nations and their de-
Tendencies, and the importation of any article in
to the United States, the growth, produce or ma
nnfacture OF either Of the said nations, or of the
dominions of either Of them.
Let me now, Sir, implorc your most serious
attention to the publication of Mr. Cummings
letter IN the Boston newspaper. The time and
circumstances attending its publication aggra
Tate the act 1t was an objectionable insult,
and ought to be repealed with indignation par.
tIcularly insulting was it to those for whose use
1t was more Immediately intended. Is itpossible
that the British parliament nation can Justify this
act OF abandoned proAgacy In the cases Of Ge-
net, fruJo, &c. their minsterid functions were
suspended. Their recall was Immediately re-
quested and complied with. In those cases the
authors were known i'll this he is concealed.
The publication is conducted directed by an
invisible hand but, Sir, the act is not the less
d,shonorable nor reprehensible on that account
No, Sir, the author skulking from public
view, stamps the character of the transaction
with peculiar disgrace. Insults of this kind, Sir,
ment and nation. Let us see no Nv insults of this
nature were received and treated by that gov
eminent and nation. Several cases of this ma
t're have occurred in Great Britain, but 1 will
select one in point which. occurred in the time
81 George the LIST, in the year 1927. 1t will be
found recordedin Belsham's memoirs of George
the LIST, pages 1919, 1875, and III the proceedings
ofparllament OF that day, in reference - that sub
Ject. These l have examined and find them
stiil more pointed than the historical account OF
them, particularly the resolutions of the house
OF commons, which are highly worthy ofi,nitati.
on they are contained in very large book, and
therefore declined bringing it to the Senate.
The case was, Sir, that the imperial resident at
the court OF London, count de Palm, was instruc
ted by MS government to present to his Britain
nc majesty stropg and pointed memorial a
Ga,nst certain expressions or intimations III the
King speech tc parliament, which were sug-
gested by the imperial court to- be unfourded
and false, as they probably were, &c. SC. and to
publish the memorial for the information of the
British nation flow. Sir. did the British gov.
ernmeut and nation receive aud repel this in
suit Sir, 1t was received with universal dstes-
tSton, and repealed with universal Indignation
1t hushed for the moment the spirit of party. 1t
was deemed al insult to every man, woman
and child in Great Britain, &c. &C.. But, Sin
let me give you the account in the words of the
historian
" With the memorial also was transmitted
from Vienna a letter from the chancellor count
Zihzendorf to count Palm, expressly command
ing him, IN the name of his imperial majesty, al
representing the memorial to the king of Great
bi1tala, to publish it together with the letter an
neXcd, for the Information ofthe British nation.
The chancellor Zlnzendotf, affrms IN this letter,
:. that 1T is easy to see that the speech was made
Tor no Other purpose but to exhort the nation to a
rupture and open war with the emperor and
SPAN, ard to make the parliament approve the
preciPitate and burthensome measures which rhe
government has taken for private ends TOO zveH
fnopn--That on the first report of these false
supPositions, the erhpe:o and the king Of Spain
Inorder to silence them, proposed formal act de
non cfendenGo, into which all the contracting par
ties OF the treaties of Vienna and Hanover might
enter, till such time dtfinitive agreement
might have taken place but that this PROPOSE
ton was rejected He saws, that the articles of
the quadruple alliance expressly and public
ly laid down the unalterablc basis of the trea-
.ty of Vienna, and that to affirm that by secret
pact concluded at the same time, engagements
have been entered into by their imperial and Ca
tholic majesties, repugnant TO the same, is an
outrageous insult to the ma jesty of the two con-
tracing powers, who have right to demand
PREPARATION proportioned to the enormity of the
atfrent And that the high contracting parties
had no other view than that of making peace be.
tween themselves without iniuring any one else +"
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mortal seem but too well founded but the in
temperate language ofthese papers gave high
and just offence and Mr. Shppen, Mr.. Hun
cerford, sir William Wyndham, and all the lea
ders ofo7position in parliament, warmly concur
red in the address presented to the throne on this
occasion, and which passed the house without
disss ntent vote. Aud ain order was sent to M
de Palm, signifying that the said Palm having
delivered into the hands OF his majesty at his late
audience, memorial highly injurious to the ho
nor and dignity of his crown and having also
publicly dispersed the same with letter from
the count de Zinzendorf TO him the said Palm,
still more insoent than the memorial his ma.
iestyiooked Upon him no longer as public minis
ter, and required him forthwith to depart out of
This kingdom"
Here, Sir, we find the imperial resident. the
count de Palm, Immediately ordered out of the
country, sndthe nation rising into instant war to
repe the insult and retrieve the wounded honor
cfte nation. Here, Sir, we find the bick"r-
ings of party silenced--we find every heart uni
ted--we find the opposition facing about and the
whole nation presenting hostile front to the all
tlors ofthe Insult. Can you believe, MIR President,
that a nation which feels so just sensibiIity,
when Az insult in inflicted ~ others upon itself,
can Tor moment justify its ministry in INJECTING
a similar insult upon another nation Can you
believe, Sir, that the British nation or ministry
can feel any respect for those for whose use the
publication was intended, when you contrast
their conduct with the generous and correct con.
duct Of the British opposition When instead
ofrOusing every American feeling to reuel the