The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-01-21
Z Nevy Queries 70 he framera of lhe Re.

%Ot"<ionS q khe Cry Of Meg York.
1. You are the friends or {" commerce"-
ahdon ms ground you have waged war up
on The Embargo. Do you. not know, gentle
men that 1t IS not the Embargo which has
cut up the commerce If the United States
that this very measure was dictated bv a
respect To the rights OF Commerce-that jf
we mad submitted othe a~trocious encroacl-
nnents OF both the belligerents OF Europe.
tins very would have been good
i"r niue or ~nothIng--tle present prey If
fref-h"oi e's--an9 atany time hereafter the
victim ut such aggressIons, "a British Iealou-
sy might choose 10 dictate, or our own sub
mISsinE might have invited!
:, WHY do you complain Of the " tame &c
submissive aCquiescemce'' of the United
9tateS IN the hrst aggressions Of the Berlin
l'ecree this acquiesceuce did not exist
these aSgreSsions were not III being Did
not Mons Dtcres assure our Minister. that
ms Decree effected no Change in III, exis-
tlHg relations OF the two countries-did n,r
me tnfe'fretution and erec0ti0s of this de-
cree tor nionthS correspond With this assur.
rahce-nave the utmost researches of Your.
p&rt'zans been able to light upon a single
case vi condemnation, sooner. than thar os
the Horizon
) WY G0iiftiie y0tir views 10 the Serii,
Eecree: Have YOU no complaints To make
against Great Britain ? Your british feel
inGs are manifested by your profound silence
as TO British encroachmen emf. Where are
the British orders of January, passed in ti-
rect contravcnt!on Of the Lar. of .Naticns,
IN the very lace OF a treaty SO soIemniy
siSned by her commissioners, and before the
Berlin decree, OF which they hrofe,sed to-
be refuHati0n, was known in ttis country ,
" here are her Orders of November. which
Nnterdicted our " commerce'' to the whole
nunea OF Europe, except sweden. and pla-
ced IL under the requisltiOn Of British tri-
Dute! Are these things nothing Are thew
insufficient to raise the slightest resent
mems IN an American bosom , Are they
SO ~contemptible, as not even to be worthy
OF your notice? No, Sirs, vouy gorge does
not rise Al these things-The Republicans
are opposed to the ageressions of France
no man conceaiS them, no man ~iustifcs
them, there is no man, VINO does not exc
crate them. Thsrc is not a French adyo-
cate on the floor of Congress. A genuine
patriot VIII resent aggression from whatc-
yer quarter 1t may proceed. Have vcr no.
Tears, Gertlemen thar the world should hail
you as SI1T. %. hGrtizaHs-from the i%ndifer-
ehce which you have DISPLAYED towards the
much deeper sins of 6. Britain !?
q. But, sirs, if the Embargo does not suit
yon' what substitute have you proposed? Are
you Tor sHbnissi0n or for qvdr ?-You have
W "NVHCN Nbbi preference Oh eSDeNlcntS.-
Permit nc 20 say you have shown no little
art and ingenuity in cvadirg this question:
Hut IS All Your denuuCiStions are aimed nj
Oh" em~haigo-as The re6cat Of that measure
seems tobe the great Object of your ambition
AS you have not sad. "Arm our vessels {:
issue letters OF Marque and Reprisal ygo p
7var' IS not The inference irresi stiblc, that
, sV5v'srio'' ~ 1ibpte and encroachment is
tho tavorite wish If your heart And how
tl,c7 stands the question?
You, Gcntlemen, profess a veneration for
the constitution OFthe II. States-and vet are
TIC very first to abandon that so~Urreigyty
& Independence on ~hich this constitut,ou IS
founded.
You are ready to defend "the hoyor md
liberties 81 :lis c~ountry-and vet al vonr
fury - turned against the administration oS
tins c"nntry-Tou have ALREADY taken the
par ct 9. Britain against the u. States.
Nour party has hitherto profcssed the
most refined sensibility to the rights and no.
nor 81 this country. At The slightest insnlt
OF Spain or France. your swords have
been reody to leap from your scabbatds ,
W lien the right Of deposit was suspended at
New-Orieans, your party were for march
ING ~ once to Louisiana, with drums beatin~
& colors flying 10 chastier the violators Of or
rghts. On thc sd Of Feb. 1902, when the
Birthday of Washington was celeb ,ted
by your party at TIC seat If ~, ernm Mt
when some Of your choicest cavaliers were
present in the persons C Meets. Bayard.
Ross, and Chief Justice -,f.,shail--af that
honorable feast, which was graced by the