The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-10-24

SuinCicht iorCe from the home defence OF the
country to protect Walcheren permanently
against the French armies. We give this
however as. conjecture, as we do not know
the ground, and form our conclusions only
froma valuable collection of the best Maps.
AS to the utility of keeping permanent
possession of Walcheren, we have no doubt
at all that it will not be worth one fourth of
the cost of maintaining it. If we are to
burn the ships i'll the Scheldt, where is the
utility of having blockade at its mouth p
The ships in the Scheldt, and the flotilla
are in fact already blockaded up enough
When have they ever been at sea! 1t is
not necessary to have Walcheren to keep
them in their harbors. 1t is not necessary
to incur sach an expence to block up few
old ships and few new boats. Besides, if
the Expedition have any success, these boats
and ships will be burned.
AS to commercial view, by which we
may pour goods on the continent, this is We
ny absurd. We can only pour in such goods
by smuggling, and the French will take good
care to prevent that by lining the opposite
coasts with their soldiers The Dutch are
more experienced smugglers than we are,
and we may as well leave that business
where II is-lt is at present in the best pos
sibe hands. The subject is not worth ma
ny words, or we might briefly observe, that
1t is not very consistent with the dignity of
nation, to set up as smuggler, and that
it is certainly not very polite to create and
encourage Kind OF traffic which NAV
grow up to our own ruin, and against which
III individuals, such severe laws are poin-
ted.
upon the whole, we conceive it necessary
70 say, that our expectations from the E.x-
petition are not very great Whatever can
be effected by sallantry. will be done by
British sailors and soldiers but we must
not rashly ran our heads against fortified
cities. Flanders is a land of iron and steel
When the Dutch are put up to it; when
they see their towns and houses in flames,
they will fight with their usual obstinacy.-
Whatever we may think of the French, we
must not condemn the Dutch. They have
very strong resemblance to ourselves
How did they fight at Compendium How
have they always fought when the odds have
not been too strongly against them, and when
they have fought with good wiz [? 1t is most
absurd 30 believe that they will take part
with us, whilst we are bombardng their
cities. and destroying their loved property
1t they had merely to choose between the
French and the English. they would Certain.
ly choose the latter; but when choice is be-
tween saving or losing their property, be-
tween having their towns burnt to the ground
and expellng the English, will they tlesi-
tate which in such circumstances is the
most immediate enemy? Why will people
lose their common sensel
BosToN, Oct. IS.
Ertract Of a letter from Rotterdam, of The
25th Of Juiy-receiUed in London M
gust9.
The news is known, that the Emperor
has declared TO the American ambassador
that he would not enterinto any treaty until
the United States declared war against En-
gland, thus probably war between France
and America
Two uncommon papers on public affaip1
were published in the Court Gazette, at A n
sheridan, July 95 and %. m
Alter depicting the horrors productivity
the French Revolution, which is desS3bed
as "that terrible Convulsion, which sfrcadsl
deatf, despair, and mourning over tie hnestl
region of the world, and finally .b<ought in
their train that greatest of all ,r1isfortenes
state OF bankruptcy" the DHch are stat
ed to derive some consoIatiopyfrom the con
seriousness, that they havepot bad to sub
NIT to the caprice of AS sr5itrary Govern
ment, nor to groan underth the despotic inso
lence of a coneueror."S1'h This language needs
no commentator to explain It. Theyeven 90
on to say, " The King Uouis Bonaparte,
has already openly declared against the CON
scription, in the face of all Europe" Fore
seeing & depPecating the punishment which
is about tobe inflicted on him for such an a.
yowai, and anticipating his deposition, they
add, "PLet us, then, all unite our efforts, to
shew<our king that trne Dufchnlen zyish to
frosect him 70ho iabour8 for them Nav
we thus ever merit the care and the love of
a King who gives us unceasing proofs that
he is less our sovereign than our First Ma
gistrate, and the man of the nation
SALEM, Oct. 10.
Captain Stacey, arrived at Marblehead
on Wednesday last from Gion, Ga the north
ofSpain, < the province of Asturias) which