The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-08-08
THE ENQUIRER.
RTCHMoN22. AUGUST s. 1899
REHABILITATION
OF FACTS AND IxFEnENcEs.

~ OF FACTS AND INFERENCEs i,sp
FACT 1st.--'Ihat the aecredited agent of
Great Britain did, on the lSih April. solemn
~ pledge the TAIN of his government. to take
OIL her obnoxious orders of January and No
vember, 1907. on condition that the United
States would take off the restrictions to a
commercial intercourse with her. <: T.
FACT 2d.--That ia consequence of this
pledge, the United States did rescnd their
Embargo laws, as respects Great Britain.
Oar mercliattshave riske(s, on the high
seas. nearly 1900 of their vesseis-and
o or &C millions of their property. :.
The pressure of the embargo on Grcs.
Britain Is gone---her Islands are sun
Piled with provisions and lumber, her
manufacturers with materials, and her
merchants with market ..
. FACT Sd.-That at a time whsn all these
good effects were secured to herself, the ACT
OF her minister was disavowed-an the be-
nefits OF tho contract We're lost to the United
Statcs-Desit!cs the immense calamity of ha-
wing 1890 Of our vessels. and 5om;liions of
our property, laid open to her rapacity.
. FACT 4th.---'Ihat it this e,,capen,s;,,t ne
their MINISTER be not Contrary to his i,lsirxc-
mons, the disoUofyat of it is one of the most
Proiiigate acts OF ferfGy, which stands on
record since the days of ancient CARTHAGE
whilst such acts would call upon the United
States to- arm. they would deserve the in
disnant exccratiois of the world-for Z" if
honour isto desert the rest of tile World, let
1t never abandon the bosoms OF Drinces''-
without which, words would be but wind
treaties would be parchment, the reciproci:
ties OF commerce could never be secured. and
wars would be perpetual.
FACT 5th--'rhat the tc6ar,e,e,.i. ,ba o.
fnation, and the assurances of MIR. Ersk;ne
are the pledges of his hQuiag .ful,fHed his
Instructions
ms character Is tha: OF man Of honor
MS situation is that of a minister, vino
holds his office on the pleasure and sus
Ptc1ons OF party in opposition to his
own
and'his assurances, both at the FIRST ;;d
Justment oFthe affair and after the re-
csipt OF subsequent dispatches, were
ample and conclusivethar he svas :" au-
thorised and was acting" in c9nf1r
1nity to his majesty's Instructions % 70.
Whilst neither the characters. nor tl,e
measures OF the ministry are any: PLEDGES
OF the contrary-whist the confederation of
Copenhagen and the orders of November are
ON record-whilst the affairs of England are
conducted by such men as Canning, a iesu.
ltlcal sophist, and "a joker OF jokes"--
melville, proven pecuator-and Castle.
reagh. the unblushing advocate of harHa-
men:ary CORRUPTION.
FACT 6th.-I'hat there are the strongest
reasons for believing, that the instructions
laid before the House of Commons, by Mr..
Canning, were not the ones, by which Mr..
Etsklne has acted: c'..'
because there was nearly lapse of one
month, from the date Of these ins.ructi-
ons, to The departure of Mr.. Oakley:
thASea
affair OF the Chesapeake, which an
pears, from the first letter of MIR. Frs.
kline to MIR. Smith, to have been the |
first point which he was instructed to
. bring forward: 81
because they are 80 directly contrarv'to
the arrangement at Washington, that
they could not have borne him out I'M the
assurances which he gave on that occasi-
on. and which he afterwards repeated on
the orders OF the 26th April, in the most
solemn, prompt and spontaneous man
ner. g" =.
FACT 7th. il these SJere the oniy
they at least would show the
proua and Insoient presumption, which &C
tuates the present ministry OF Great Britain
1.-The rmpossiDility OF coming to any fair q
Sreement with such band--and the neces
sity OF resortIng to some immediate at de.
ciStUe Ste1iS for the vindcation or protection
of our rights. - 49,.
that the LIST condition, which calls upoh
US to give security for orr good behc-
Ukor, IN defence of our own rights toe
against the attacks of France
the End, which requires us to abandon
one OF the natural branches of our com
merce, which the present President OF
the United States has so ably defended,
the British cabinet itself in 1901 &C
knowlcdged, and which in 1906, all the
leading merchants, as well as the senate
oil the United states, pledged themselves
to protect
and the Sd, which solicits the aid of the
British navy to enforce our ozyn iaUa--
are deroSatory to our honor as well as
to our interests
That the di6aVo7vak of Mr. Erskine's en-
gagement, is the disavowa Of all intention
TO do us JuStlce-tecause it conferred no
JaUorS OH us---but only recognized Ger
tain rights, which the United States might
claim and demand.
FACT 8th-Ihat, even if Mr.. Er8kfne
has franSSre8Sed his Instructions, his go
vernment has equally Iransgressea Those
peculiar duties, which grew out of such an
event. lhey have neither acted up to their
o7vn frincthkeS, nor displayed that tender
ness towards our merchants, of which they
have made such sounding professionalism
was their dutyt Ioreftace Us as ncariy as
foS8i6ten That situation, from 7vhich thei,.
minister had withdrawn as. Their orders
OF May oath, permit only the vessels of the
y. D. sailing before the 20fh Of Juiv, direct.
to enter the ports Of Holland. This ICON
cessIon" falls eminently short Of our ,ipbks,
i. Because many oil our vessels are hound