The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-10-27

loSy-Nu meif oMcerS were 20 stop the vos-
sells beionging to Maryland and the other
Statcs-capture and conhscate them; i'm
press their seamen ;cast.them into the pene-
Tertiary and devote them to hard work, or
keep them on board their vsssels of war. com
pelling them to fight the battles of Virginia
and assist in the capturing and murder
ing OF their brethren-would the fathers
and brothers. and statesmen of the captive
Citizens patiently give them up Z, or declare
eternal war against Virginia, until they had
recovered thsm and made her at least PRO
misc not TO repeat the aggression ,'.. =.
S. Well--Has not the British government
with as lew pretensions to right or TO Justice,
plundered, impressed and murdered our CT
tizens 2. =, -. =
s. Has it not heretofore, instead of max
ing repsration for these wrongs. added re-
peated insults to accumulated injuries
2. Is there man in FIVE who believes that
Mr.. Jackson will make us amends for the
innumcrable outrages that have. been COM
mitted upon US . And is not this conclusion
drawn from the insolent terms of Mr. Can.
h'ng's published instructions to Mr.. Erskine
IRON the rejection OF his arrangem. It with
the r. u, S. made on the only terms, which
the u y. can make, and which secured to
Us nothing 6nt right, and indeed less than
right-and from the insoent tone with which
Mr.. Canning defended this rejection, and
avowed to the House of Commons, that he
could and roowto interrupt our trade with his
enemy AS - ..
8. On the contrary, do not 9 1Oths of the
people OF this country firmly believe that
M }. is sent over to insult: to deceive to ca
Jole or to Copenhagenise us. If he can PIT
rs painful to suspect any man-much less a
Foreign minister. just touching our shores
and much less minister. whom Mr. Bar
Gay tells us, has come Gin the spirit of
Peace But when we look at 1phOt Mr..
Rose did, and what he said he came for
when we..I5sec what ssrt IF ministry it is,
that commissions him--the man they have
taken from US, and the one they have given u.
IN MS rosm-c what he went TO Copenhagen
tor-witi any frank man doubt Let torie,
and po tical fanatics charge this suspicion
to a wish to break off an adjustment with G.
Britain Men of clearer heads and purer
hearts know better.
3. have not thousands of English-of
scotch and Irish come over to this country
and re ouDecd their allcgianceto the British
Ans and sworn it to the United Statesl
;. 10 Have not hundreds of them amassed
fortunes among us-that are now daily re-
turning to their native shores, taking with
them their wealth to spend in country that
has thus nggrieved us
: III. Do they not thereby, almost as il were.
s. adhere to the enemy and give him aid and
comfor. -
IL How many millions are now due from
citizens In the U. States to adopted citizens
OF the same now in G.. Britain and Ireland
who never expect or even wish to return to
the u. Statcsf
IL. Are not these transatlantic citizens by
their partners, agents and attorneys, exert
ing every faculty, and straining every nerve
To collea and draw from thi. country every
resource which lies within the compass of
their ability to our injury and the benefit of
G.. Britain
!. - Do the first 10 articles of Mr. Jaws
Treaty, or sny other rule or law, moral, po-
litical or national, forbid our tndehendent
government from saying to it's citizens. who
have left their country (without renorncing
their allegiance thereto) and gone to that Of
its direct foe, lyon shall not collect what is
. now due to you from citizens residing in
Z" this Country until you return, and BY Your
conduct prove, that you mean to employ
your wealth, as far as required by the
9 laws, for the support of your government,
and not of nation which has injured it so
severely"
IS. IL no sush prohibition EXIT, does not
the first Law of nature. (self- preservation, J
Justice and prudence, call aloud on the
states and national legislatures Immediately
tc pass laws to that effect!