The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-06-09

we nave heard, at war WITH Sweden, what
are the teru,s on which the most >favouretl
nation is admitted! No'terms n, all The
Terms obtained therefore were anquestiona
bly, better than the footing OF the most favored
natien. We should also have had AN exec.
lent stipulation as to the sea-iine but above
all Practical arrangement OF the great
question OF impressnent. 1t now remains
to be Seen whether we shall get better terms
III relation to impreSsment than thst informal
Understanding 1t now remains tn be seen
whsther we shall obtain better terms from
the Portland and Canning administration,
than we have heretofore been unwilling to
accept from the Grenvilles and the Foxes
1t we do. sir, shall most cordially rejoice
at 1t and will. if gentlemen will tell nc
to which OF the Causes they ascribc it.
whether to the pr6nptness and frankness of
our Executive in meeting the British govern
ment half way, which much applaud, or
to the defeat of the British arms in Spain !;
II they will but make up their minds how
these better terms shall have been obtained,
VIII agree To the cause which they shall
assign. 1t they Tcout the idea OF their being
ascribable to >.ie present Administrations, l
will agree to ascribe them to the defeat of
the English in Spain ! will only beg of
them. when they wish to touch the chord of
our good old revolutionary principles, that
they Will not ascribe IL to the defeats in Spain,
and on the next occasion when their object
is to do honor and blaEon forth the merits of
the men who conduct our affairs; that they
Will not sascribe it to the wise and most
excellent measures of our former most sapi-
ent and virtuous administration. am will
ling TO take either as the cause, but will not
subscribe to both, as it shall suit their pur-
pose. lprotest against gentlehen's coming
out upon US with the Spanish successes, and
the wisdom of the administration at the same
time.
am sensible, sir, ofhaving detained your
attention and that of the House, not ONLY now
but on many former occasions, much beyond
what had right to DO. 1t is an offence,
and am willing to confess it; but il grew
out OF the unprecedented manner in which
eonceivea very unexceptionable motion has
been made by gentlemen of this House. You
cannot be ignorant, sir, that there are gen
tlemen IN this House, who when their object
is to obtain the passage of any motion, how
ever reasonable, certainly have to encoun
ter greater di fhcnlties than others ; and who,
when they see any thing like opposition a.
rising ina certain quarter of the House, like
council addressing jury, supposed to be
somewhat prejud:;ed against their cause,
nave to labor their points AID to impress
them much more than the council, who
knows that the ear of those to whom he
speaks, is attuned, like that of partial mis-
tress. to his address. and will put the most
favorable construction upon them.
This subject which have opened in re-
gard to the renewal Of intercourse with one
Oh the oelligerents, which l hope, in time, to
see renewed with the other--and then. sir.
we shall have choice, whether we will BEGIN
again the cotillion of non-importation, embar-
go and non-intercourse, or reap the rich har-
vest OF neutrality like men of sense whether
we shall put the interests Of the nation at
stake, tor the purpose of making very grand
and "arlIke speeches on this floor--this
change, on which most cordially congratu-
late the nation, is subject which should
not have opened at this time and in this man
ner, If gentlemen had been willing to take
my motion for what IL it worth-if my motif
on mad beef; taken at its current and actual
value, l should have waited until I coald
nave presented the points which have en-
deavored to enforce in a more condensed
form-for have not even a note-and no,
thing but the manner in which this motion
has been received, has compelled me to en-
asavor to shew, that the motion ought not to
oe indefinitely postponed to shew that there
does exist difference of opinion i'm the ma
ton and in the House, in relation to that pro-
clamation and the construction Of the nom
intercourse law, and to shew the means re-
sorted to. and very ingeniously too, to smo-
ther and keep out of sight that difference of
opinion. Those who think that America
ought to take warning by all nations who
have tlrst resisted and soon after succumbed
to the power of France, and that we ought.
therefore, to bend the knee whilst we can
do 1t with good grace-and there are those
VINO think so, for you see that opinion express
seq In papers OF high character, (for their
influence; OF no other character,) in one e.
dited by an officer holding high rank in
your public armies--I believe have the ex-
tract inmy desk; l will read tive have
been told that, " our bane and antidote
p" speaking OF England and France,l are
"both before us, and that after the exam
"ples OF the nations of Europe, who have
hrst resisted and then succumbed to NaDo-
leon, the people of the United States would
"bc fools indeed, if they did not see their
course, which, presume, sir, is succumb-
ing hrst, without resistance. see "the ill.,
ne state governments" denounced too. and
confess trembIe; 1 see this country told.
that IT Is time to put them down--for that
reason, and not from any deliberate hostility
which believe the gentleman from Virgil
MA (Nlr. Gholson,) entertains for the state
governments; it was that / was alarmed.
when yesterday heard the doctrines of
1900 revived, that we ought to have little
federal Courts for the trial of every possible
controversy; that the state Courts were not
even be trusted with the decision of suits.
TO the amount Of five pounds, or even five
shiiiings' Ii gentlemen suppose throw out
TINS IN the spirit OF an adversary, they are
much mistaken. Let us rally around the state