The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-11-21

acknowledgements ofthose lust rights. wfth I,
out which our commerce. will always be pre-.
carious AMI exposed that the very policy,
80 much censured, protected and promoted
che interests OF our country, by withdrawing
+. om the rapacious and piratical plunderers
of the ocean our property to an Immense and
incalculable amount-by rescuiag from Sci
zure and bondage our &c brave and hardy
tars"--by diverting portion of our wealth
and attention to the establishment of those
manufactures which are necessary to our
subsistence, essential to our independence,
and which nave. III the short lapse of two
years, succeeded To an extent SURPRISING the
most Sanguine calculations of the many no.
nest, ingenious and industrious mechanics
with which the u. States abound that the
"Jcalousies and disc ontent, distruSr, sispi-
cion and alarm" and the violation Of g the
sovereignty of the laws" may with more
correctness be, attributed to the opponents
OF the late administration, Who have united
into one body, and particularly to their lea
ders, who, by their feigned and uniform dis
appreciation ofevery measure pursued by the
late administra.' IN. however wise and vir-
tuOus, have shown and evin-ed a determi-
nation not to " sheath the sword of oppose
tion" until it had reached its destruction and
overthrow, and that their opposition has
been aided by the specious misrepresentati-
of the great belligerents of Europe, and by
the conduct Of artful and designing men,
vino seek their own ACKNOWLEDGEMENT through
the distresses OF their fellow. citizens, and
the commissions OF their native country -
that the insoent boastings of the British mi
uIstrv, originated not SO much from dsre-
gard of the operation of the embargo, as
from confident hope Of its speedy removal,
and desire to promote the success, to fur
ther the views and to verify the predictions
of that party in this country, which it con-
ceived most compliant to its wishes, and most
friendly to its interests; that the adoption of
the said resolutions, by a majority of the
late "House of Delegates" may have had
the most injurious tendency; that it Is fear
ed, by SOME unfortunate concurrence of Cir
cumstances, (Which the great wisdom of tho
majority of the late House of Delegates
might not have foreseen,) they have gone
IN aid CT the system of measures adopted by
both England and France, and particularly
by England, to embarrass the government of
our country, and to effect its downfall and
humiliation, for they were entered into and
passed the blouse of Delegates at the we
~ moment when that system of measures, if
they could succeed, would have had their
effect that, as serious and as awful as the
declaration is, it is our firm belief our differ
ences with the two great belligcrents might
have been settled long before this. had it not
been Tor the opposition made to the late great
leading measures of our government, by
"a party within ourselves 20 that the late
treacherous and dishonorable conduct upon
the part of one of the great and powerful
nations OF Europe, in disavowing the acts of
her minister with the government of Our
Country, must have been instigated, in part,
by the differences existing amongst eur eli.
tizens, and from hope that she might find
friends i'll our national councils, or by the ma
ny +. solutions which have been entered into
by the opponents to the late adninistra ion
OF the general government, similar to and
adva ing the same sentiments contained in
the resolutions adopted by maj ority of the
late House of Delegates at the last No
vember session; that effects the most be-
nehcial, have followed the adoption of the
embargo, and they have not failed To attract
the just appreciation of a vast majority of
the patriotic people of these United States :;
that unfortunately for our common country,
the blessings of that policy have not been
discovered, or if discovered. not approved
of by that fraction of the people sitting them
selves by a particular party appellation, and
of whose sentiments the majority of the late
'House of Delegates" largely partook and
that this legislature are of the opinion. that
the said re solutions were founded kotaiky in
error and contrary to the fact.
ReSotOed, That we highly approve of the
measures adopted, and the policy pursued
by the late administration.
ReSoLUed, That we have the fullest con-
fdeDce in the patriotism. virtue and wisdom
of the present administration, and that we
freely pledge our support to the general go
Vernment, upon the adoption Of any measures
calculated toprotect the rights, OF to ayenge
the wrongs of our country.