The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-02-01

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ners, OF language, oflaws. a common inter-
est, ana miSss .iiicc Rina55i material tender
ness" Yes, no doubt the last of these cir
constances will induce her to look back
with pleasure to the period of our revoluti
on-the remembrance OF her generals de-
feated. her ARMIES captured. her arms dis
Sraced, must endaar us greatly to her guy.
erninent-She must view with secret pride
our increase in population and wealth, ard
J 1t Is quite natural that she should foster the
commerce and promote the prospersty OF so
promising a child Ridiculous as these CON
| sderatiuns are, they yet have weight with
some men of full age. when repeated by the
halt fiedged tus,ian ambassadors frt,m Man
chester, or the brazen ENJOYS from Biruling
ham.
But II her uniform course Of conduct fails
to persuade, at least let us believe the e,5.
piicit declarations of Britain, as 10 the treat
| ment We have to expect, It will ce.tSinly be
not more favor06le than she promises. II
Mr. jackson could have induced our cabinet
to s'Sn the Certificate of their own infamy,
by acknowledging that they hat irauduIently
induced Mr. Erskine to make an unan-
thorised stipulation II he could have made
US surrender all our neutral rights, and ac-
ce?t the odious conditions in regard TO the
&toncnent Tor the attack on the Chesapeake
there is little reason 10 doubt that n treaty
might have been formed On this basis-But
when he discovered that the indecorous Ian
guage ile had used. and in which ne was
40 doubt Instructed to persevere, mustbrcak
! oil the ncgociatiun--he then began to recede
from the ground which he had formerly
| maiutaiuedj to abandon conditions OH which
he had before insisted, and TO cQuivocate on
| the verbal communications he rad before
made--he did this with the obvious view of
pcrsuading the American people, that pune
tilio, not substance, had mace the breach
between the two nations-he wished to hide
as many OF the offensive features OF his pro.
posals as was possible, and by an affected
earncstness to renew the negotiation, and
display OF moderation in his terms, to fur
n;si the apolosists of Britain with weapons
against their own government
Yet with this object manifestlv in view
which must have induced him to display the
most acceptable terms in his power to offer.
let us hear his language, and from it Judge
what we have to expect. The points ofds-
cuss;on were-the aggressionS on our neutral
IriShtS-the affair (as it is mildly callcdD of
the Chesapeake and the impressment of our
seamcn-witIl the two first were necessarily
involved the disavowal of Mr.. Erskine's ar
arrangement: after a sullen silence on this
important point, we have at length reluc.
taDt ungracious statement Of the reasons for
to be simply "becausc the instructions were
not complied with"
| What were these instructionsi That the
orders in Council were not only to be revo
sed on our formal agreement to relinquish
the colonial trade, and TO permit the Brush
navy 10 enforce our laws-being advised
that the nation would not submit to these
Degrading terms, he was induced, as | have
SAID, to put the failure of his negotiation on
another point-tor this purpose he aux
@ardiy shifts his ground, and confesses that
his majesty disavowed the arrangement of
Mr.. Erskine, because it did not contain three
conditions, OF which one had been complied
wlth,f and the other two were as he him
lseit says, perfectly immaterial--for fear.
however, that our government in their de
sire To preserve peace, might be induced
to take advantage of the admission, close
with him on this ground and forget his in
Suit---he takes care to- repeat it in this let
ter, and at the same time to tell U.s. 1t
Is nquestlonabiy true, that before the or
ders III council can be revoked, their object
must be obtained in some other way."-
What was their objeC,! In terms, the in.
terdiUion of all kinds of commerce between
Us and the enemies Of Britain, that is to saw.
All the rest OF EuroDe-n hracIice, the
monopoly Of that trade to those veyy enemies
lby Britain herself.
Ont the second point he is equally explicit !;
IN the same lester We are told that the rea
son why Mr.. Erskine was disayowed on
TINS SUBJECT, was because he had deviated
from his instructions ill " not recording I'm
the official document signed here, the revo
cation OF the Presidents proclamation, as
WEI as the t7Uo reserves specified in his
(Mr. Jackson's) latter of the 27th.'' These
reserves we're
LIST. That his majesty after restoring the
men taken from the Chesapeake, should
have right to claim the discharge of such
oil them as should be proved to be either ma
tural born subjects of his majesty, or deser-
iers from his service.
I'd. That the families of no person of the
above description, who were slain, should be
entitled 10 any provision.
Here them you are placed, my fellow citi-
zens. i'll situation toanswer my first enqui
ry-What probability there is of a fayora.
bic change i'll our foreign relations,
one OF the belliyerents here tells us ex-
lplicitly the manner in which she is determi.
ned To treat us.----It is nnguesiionabkv
true, she says, that you shall trade with nc
other nation but with me, and with me only
under such restrictions, and OH the payment
or such duties, as shall chuse TO impose
VIII carry to my enemies those very sub
plies in which forbid you to deal, that
; may Shew to the world that Cannot Con
descend to barter objects of national polio,
and dignity Tor permission to trade with an
other Country" and &c to Convince Europ,
and A I'M erir IA, Fro,s, =