The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-01-09

sident to issue forth, with letters OK MARCUS
and reprisai. ONLY seventeen voted in the
iirmat've. The British government sent Mr.
CaNely here with instructions, under .ns
tirm belief, as conceive, that the embars,
was in force, and had Mr. Ersknr, alter re
ceivinS the instructions. instead of obeyine
them As he did. informed his government o
the great change which had taken place here
he would not. believe, have been disyra
ced, but ennobled. The instructions were
sent under the belief that the embargo wa.
IN force. When they arrived. the embargo
was gwen up, and the non intercourse &c,
! substituted In its place, and no, ar. The
embargo and non intercourse united, would
have been like Sampson and MS hair, invi.,
chile; but the non intercourse alonc, is nc,
worth the hair after being cnt from the
head of Sampson. 1t has had the etF.ct ex
pee edit has operated upon ourselves, and
NOBODY else, and scarcely OH ourselves; for
n" one, l believe. regardsit. have seen
letters from England, written rs was told
by respectable men. which stated that the
people of England could not have stood tie
embargo three months lsngcr, and that they
were determined tn stand il AS long as posi-
BILE; because if they yielded to ir, we obtain
ed victory in a way that would always put
them in our power. The nation was prepa
red Go Continue the embargo agreeably to the
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stand, and ought to have adhered to it, We
than solemnly pledged ourselves to the ma
ton, but we did not mind that we unhiede
ca ourselves with great ease, and am I'm
Wiling now to make any pledge to the Elk
ecutive whatever.
In my aggressive way I go back to the
resolution. / dislike it on account of the
language; to say the least of 1t, it is too
rough one state paper excepted, and all the
rest issued by the government, have added
to the American character. The man who
ever he may be, that dislikes Mr.. Jefferson
! most as a statesman. cannot but feel pride,
when he reads his correspondence with &c
net and Hammond, his language always 20
lite and correct, constantly putting them
down by refuting their arguments; ! may
, he mistaken, but really consider The reso
luton sort of public manifesto. Ii was
TO vote for a ching OF the kind, should wish
ie to be strong, but not rough or rode. Ii is
NOT often that undertake TO give advice, but
cannot fosbear Recommending 10 the house,
II they mean TO pass the resolution, to com
NIT it % select committee - put it in
d,tferenr, and viii add better dress
Though should not I've able TO do this nv
self, am sure it could be lcne Ii appears
to nave been copied nearly from precedent
in the Journals Of the Eugiish House of Com
mons and of no lare dase--f such Language
was then fashionable in England, | hope it
I i, not now here, know it may be said. that
often in debate speak roughly of the be,li
gerents and their agents, bur then [ speak
To my brethren, and not To them. / wish
never to see a state paper under any admi-
n'stration. that may not add new lustre to
the American name and that the world NAV
say the STYLE of the men of 'I6 is not banished
! from the U. 5
Ii is a little remarkable. that this question
about full! powers has never been started be-
lore either in this country or England. When
Mr. PInkney was instructed to make an of
fer of the repeal of the embargo. provided
the British government would withdraw their
orders IN council. he was not asked for his
instructions or full power; his au ,hority wa.
not doubted. 1t between u, and the English
there should be departure from the strict
rules of diplomatic etiquette, may it not rea
sonably be imputed to this circumstance, shat
we speak the same language and of course
there may be MGfe ease and less form gene
rally i'll our diplomatic intercourse. than
| among nations not speaking the same Ian
guagc =.
! Whs her Mr. Erskinc had competent
powers or not, is a question between him &
his government, with which We have nolh,ng
to do. He told the executive he had au,ho
rity to make the arrangement, and the exc
cutive was bound to believe him. I put this
question to the gentlemen-suppose tine exc
cutive had not believed him, or that the exc
cutive had told him MS instructions were
not sufficient TO make the arrangement, and
mad declined all negotiation for either cause,
what would have been said! Surely this
that here was fair offer to adjust part of
our disputes, and the accredited minister
was not believed or that it was refused
on matter of form-a mere point of ETH
quette.
| WHAT'S it that makes it necessary for the
House TO pass the resolution The dismis-
sal of Jackson cannot be the reason, altho'
| 1t appears 20 me. from all his letters, that
he did not come here with any friendly in
tentions. The style of his letters sufficient
~ shows this. 1t will not be said for this
we ought to pass the resolution. 1t seems
to me, in asking for passports to protect
him from the insults of the people, he has
continued his insult. Genet and D'Yrujo
were dismisssd-they asked for no pass
ports. j beg of the members to compare
his LISTERS with tie letters of any other mi
Mister, and they will be satisfied I have not
, mistaken their meaning, especially the first,
with any first letter written by any minis
ter in the world But lis letters, indecent
as they are, ought not to induce the House to
adopt the resolution.
Ithas been said, that the administration
were unwilling to settle our disputes with
! Great Britain. In my conscience, SIR, !
! fi'mty believe, and Judge only from their
transactions, that they are not only willing,
but anxious to settle our disputes with all