The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-05-18

we mad only to pursue system. thus in
c!ciously begun aud euu;l!y >fraugHt witt
lJustius and firmRess, either to secure III,
wished-for object, or at least 10 have pre-.
served dignified atttude-For what wa.
'he contest, bur TO maintain an inhereni
lrght freely toravigatc the ocean uamclcs-
tea by conflicting powers. when we were
engaged IN pursuit of fair traffic THAI
had been interrupted by the arrogant order RS
and DEGREES of boeh. which, if we had sub
mltted To. would have closed the account
ana sealed your dependence.
what less could nation PROCESSING free
oom, do, than enter herprolest against such
conduct, TO keep alive righteous claim
even If we had not the Ig,ser to procure a
settlement or the basis OF justice n this
| 'i5ht, TO say no more, must be Considered, the
lnon-imPortation, embargo and non inter
course acts-But that either, Or ali of
those measures Combined have had other
ehcctS on these aggress0rs, will scarcely be
denied, except by those yelo assent TO no
thing but what gra:ifies their wishes; par.
! .icn'ariy when Mr.. Ershiue's negotiation,
the result OF their pressure, is adserted to /;
though az was made perfdious trick to OBJ
tam little respite from the operation OF
those measures. France, too, admits their
influence, directly through Champagny's
last communication. who acknowledges them
10 De Consistent with the dignity of a free
people.
! 1t behoves US, however, to Guard against
the insidious professions OF bo,h, in which,
there is probably, as little reliance to be pla-
| ced as on tie declarations of swindlers in
common traiilc /; and 80 avoid as much as
possible any communion with either, lest
their anti republican habits should contami
nate our citizens.
| Ihc policy OF nations is somewhat like the
management Of individual concerns, equal
~ subject to embarrassments. when rcuder-
ed too complex by variety-IVith both,
difficulties will increase froIn duration OF un
settled accounts, more especially, where
there are many parties concerned, who may
be influenced by conflicting interests, selfish
views and arrogant tempers---To the pre-
vaience OF these motives, over the finer feel.
ings OF benevoience, generosity and conf q,
aence, may be ascribed the necessity cf n}u.
nicipal law, TO regulate individual caprice,
and preserve unimpaired our civil ard re
! ligious rights.
Similar causes operate on nations with
increased force, IN proportion to their ex-
emptlon from those lies of personal safety
which bind society Observation-Disclosures
iPists, therefore, have Iaborcd to establish
more extended compacts. embracing natl
ohal intercourse, on principles, calCul;tt ed
/ to reciprocate tavors, guard the integral in
terests OF each, against those encroa chments
OF any which tend progressively to absorb
the powers of the most feeble, and thereby
to evertuate in the universal dominion Of
some aspiring genius.
such regulations when founded in equity,
with the consent OF all the parties concern
cd, might justly be called the national law
aud constitute a republic Of nations, univer.
saty bensfclal-As from virtuous exc
cufion OF the municipal law, flows the en-.
Joyment OF lie, liberty and properly; so
from the other, properly formed and pro
perry sanctioned, might the whole world
participate of that vast variety. which ma
ture has distributed through different reb,
ons, chmatesand elements. Mr.. Pope's ex-
preston, all natures difference keeps
! al natures peace" seems to have arisen
from due appreciation Of that diversity,
among animals and the globe thy inhaGir
1t furnishes useful hint to the great
family or man, by friendly associations to
Keep their hands employed in commn'- ng
tie products OF dii!ereLJ sections of the ca, III
under some kina of guarantee to those who
are peaceably disposed; and in settling and
improving those pc tions which are vet IN.
occupied; rather than tobe perpetuaiiy ia.
brulng their hands in human gore.
| he intention OF benevolent djsposer of
this extensive theatre of action, is not more
| By ti'Si ny us variety, lIlSn tTlG
facility afforded of free intercourse between
all IT'S parts--Seas and oceans are great
highways common TO all, as desirable as the
privilege OF locomotion, unaliemable as air to
a free man, and essential to the enjoyment
OF life itself which man is not authorised
| to hazard for considerations of inferior i'm.
portance.
| Is it right TO concede, that those very laws
should be trampled on by hebelligerent M -
! lions OF Europe, to their own enoirment {;
those very laws, too, which they had esta..
b!Ished, and observed for ages! Shall we
submit In silence Yet such is the i,,Dn
strous system of encroachment thro' witch
America is 10 be swinded out of her indie.
| pendence.
| What did our fathers do, Mt the Revoluti
on WAS tine inestjmabe blessing of
self governmcs Mt heH obtained without pri
vations & suileringsl Were privileges cal.
culated down by dollars and CENTS, or a bar.
ter proposed, 20 exchange liberty of consci.,
erce, or the uSufruct of Corporeal or mental
eXertion for Celusiye prospects Of great
wealth, with its concomitants, splendid G.
quipages, fine fdildngs, aud sumpluous re
pasts lave we cause TO repent the eE
change f our condition! For myself and
those truly represent, content to labor for
their own comforts, unwarped by a restless
| spirit Of speculation, that covets, what it
has not earned l say No---Is it of less
moment 10 be debarred from peaceable iu..
| terCOursf Ngjth friends aCrose an oceop IA r.,