The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-02-10

on Are we to give up the great principle
OF a republican government that the muio-
,1ty are 10 rule Are we to encourage any
district OF this country u rise against those
laws, which may hereafter displease them
by now exhibiting an example of impu-
n''v, indulgence and acgaiesr-nce 70 the
disconsentcd peo,ae of the L. Ststesi Are
wet she ~to foreign nations the weakness OF
cue boVernment-ua: more, are we To shew
thcia that the true art OF triuniphinr over us
is 20 eXcitc partial d~.scoltents amongst us f;
thai the best way to cogcucr oul>rights, is
70 cividr our feelings What will Great
b:'tain then say Of the Eleigies of tine A.
mei1can Union WAIST exultatiOns over our
iasien gieatnessi Win what rapturous ioys,
VIII not Marriott behold tins eonsu,nmation
o. his oNn prophecv, waen he declares,
" that il remains 10 he seen, that Mr.. JEFF
ierson will abandon the system which he
recommended as bei:G founded ON the most
d'SGified and consrnimate policy !; or risquc
1t re revolution, by pe,'sisting in his endeavors
TO enforce IT, Hints 10 boh hartier. n. SO.
Let the Federaise OF the East then blush
at their degeneracy Timothy Pickering
necd not blush, Iov re is just as coasistentin
Ms siiavoty rs ever.
1t therefore with establishment 2o regret,
that have seen the question Ola discontinu
ance OF the Embargo come ON again during
this scssicn-but as it has agaiA occurred, The
nation should meet il. Permit me, SRA
man whose rights, honor, uad Ill are cmbar-
ied III the Same vessel witn the rights aud
nonor OF his country Ito express a few ideas
on these two points.
And first s0hcn ought the E nbargo to be
raised!
Dir. l am neither for ,var-nor Submission,
II tie former can be avoided by some, patti
encp and much NriNrptIcu is,r iftha o.,l,.,.
go-be taken off "Jorfh19ihh," according t.
J. Rando'ph's motion, Of even on the DIN of
Rlarc,l, Ii will &c either the one or the other.
Ii The Embargo be dismissed syifAout any
eineienr substitute, il is submission to treat
Britain, Certainly, and it may be zcai. with
France. But am nos for submission on any
terms. / am, with J.. w. Eppes, "against
the removal OF the embargo during a cont
nuance OF the btiliSerCnt cdicts," withont
an efficient substitute. | would mainJain
This DETERMINATION, though it were 90 drive
the who,c country to rebellion" But what
efficient substitute! Ii Letters of Niurluc
ana Rcprisai be issued, that attitude vii
almost certainly lead 20 war. III a deciara-
iion O. war succeed the embargo, the question
Is settled at once. Wan c ,sues, q all dreadful
things, the most dreadful to a nation, es-
cepc the loss or liberty or honor-au evil,
H#ihioi i iih niosi sInCcrcty aot.CitUus To avoid.
BY postponlnS the revocation OF the embar-
go till June, all shadow OF submission is d.
voidcd- Wagi is put of FOR the present--and
another chance ir heQce is, Obtained. Losv
much this chance is worth, is bcyond my
powers OF estimation. Judging by the tan
SHaSe maintained by the British ministry,
1t would seem that they are infiexiolc In their
resolution TO maintain their OrDiers. Canning
asserts lii his leter of Nov. GO, 1908, a de-
IprnlInaillu RI adhere 20 than, until rln
French DEGREES are "unequiu0coHy ADAM
oned"-whic is as much as 10 say, that
though the United States should make such
an arrangement with France as to exempt
their commerce from these DEGREES, it would
not be SUFFICIENT TO produce u revocation of
the Orders for these DEGREES must be uIle-
~quivocally, formally and publicly recanted.
This, however, may be mere dipiom stic
hnesse. And circumstances may arise TO
change the spirit as we'll as the language OF
ministers. ViU not some OF these CirCum-
stances occur before June? The ministry
may lose their popularity and places. The
Convention OF Clntra Is much against them.
the subsequent losses i'll Spain may be 100
much ion tnem-Again: The British trade
may be smut out OF spain. The markets of
the BrazitS are Overlooking with their goods.
Ana perhaps When the ministry feel oHy de-
termination TO resist them at all hazards, If
they still Keep the helm Of affairs, they may
ut least DE disposed 10 change ,neir courses.
Atail events, if these hopes should prove
10 6e visionary, we shall gam time to pre-
pare for the war. Men will be raised our
ports will be strengthened; and arms will
be increased.
All these considerations most evidently
point to IN extension OF the present Embar-
so laws till the May session-at which time,
Congress might determine from all Il, lights
before them, what Course it would DE best
to Steer-whether the circumstances of the
times would admit OF. an honorable revoca-
ton OF this system, or what substitute il
would be best to adopt.
As TO the second questionable our Embar-
so is to be repealed on the 4th Of March,
ought our Merchantmen to be merely armed
for defence, or for offence also !-I'he pecu-
liar state OF the world will designate some o.
the consequences, flowing from the first sys-
tenn.
The simply aiming our Merchantmen as
J. Randolph proposes is direct submission to
the encroachments of g. Britain. The
situation ot the world" as Mr.. EpDes re-
marks, - foi5ids the idea that we can farce
a trads against G. b" Considered in her
relations 10 her rival, she is mistress of the o.
cean-France is nothing What would be
the result of this privilege Of arming our
merchantmen upon such a state OK things?-
hhy-tiiiS privilege would VERY rarely he