The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-07-24

"Jreefy" thereat; dispatch aud unarmed
vessels alone being admitted. LET the
hardy fishermen of Nantucks, and Cape Cod
then be upon their guard---lest they them
selves be whaled by these uefarious orders. Sc
scooped up IN the British nets.-Unless v.
ry singular care is exerted, their Goldfish and
their biubber may become the prey of the
universal shark of the seas
-, DIPLOMATIQUE.
We have no room Ia GO 1T large. into the
State Papers. which we this day Law before
our readers -Tbev are most Interesting
horceaus in the dihiemafic line.-Mr. Gal :.
latin nils very conspicuous mic he-and
certainly with much more pleasure 10 his
enemies than to himself
Mr.. Galiatin's letter bears date the 2lst
Hfrt--at the time it was written. Or
skine's dispatches must have been before
him-but his own is not published before
the 18th July. Why this chasm. At length
1t appears with those of Mr.. E in the same
paper, cheek by jozOi--What is the infe
renee from these facts? That he had co
Ply OF them before the 21st April-that they
were Kept back until hints about them began
to creep into the public papers--and tina,
then. beginning to hear the murmurs of the
distant thunder, he furnished them for pub
lIcation ---'ut trembling at the impression
which they might make on the public mind
he sends an explanation along with them
that the poison and antidote NAV go toee
ther.-And what says the wis or this
sI5jec:l
g When the writer of this was at Washington
m A.brfl LAST, he was informed by . reputable
member of Congress, that Erskne he'd disclosed
certain conversations, which reflected deem
oiackness on Gallatln that letters had been re.
ceived stating such sentiments and it was ex
pected the Whole would be published in n Ec,s
days, with the other intelligence received by the
ship Cincinnati, Conkln, which had arrived at
New York the 1lth of April Gallatia doubtless
received these papers by that conveyance,
and wrote his defence under the impression
hist other copies of the correspondence had
been received here Finding Tins was not the,
case, we are not surprised that he withheld them
from the public from april Till .SSuiy He natu
rally dI eaded the exposure OF ms ire scherv and
treTnbied to encounter public scorn. Recent
" occasional hints" startled the secretary. and
Compelled INN to march out ofiiis concealment
TO meet the enemy which was marching to meet
Inn He may have heard of a certain letter
from The famous Co65eu to an I'D cr0ny in Phla-
deiphia (IGtely received) and he NAV have
iearDt that copy Of the correspondence was al
SO received at Philadelphia In word, conceal
rment had become impracticabie any longer"
1t will strike every man, from a compari
son OF these letters, thai Messrs. Galatin &
Ersklhe, are foint blank at issue, on the
most material point. Mr.. E says that MIR. G..
mad insinuated to him that Mr. Jefferson had
shown Partially towards France, which
Mr.. q fatty COMMUNICATIVE shall ex
press ourselves more at large hereafter
yet we cannot but say that his defence is far
from being satisfactory. IF Mr.. f were so
solicitous to pursuade his cabinet, that the
new administration was more favorable to
G. b. than the old one, why does not thi.
solicitude impaft its tiDge to his conversati
ons with Messrs. Madison and Smith ,--Jp
these we have nothing OF Mr. Jaffer,on's
Partially towards France How was it Dos
sbie too that MIR. Erskine could have so mi.
understood the expressions of Mr.. G. PIT is
plain too, that NJ L. had no other interest,"
IN the business, than to put the two ma :
tons ON good terIns-----but that the reputa
ton OF MIR. g. is now deeply at stake This
gentleman, deals in equivoques-those sIy
aud am6tSnas Uoces, which are beneath the
dignity o. any politician.
These letters, too, shed Considerable
light ON some ether points. ----They show
us, how much the British Cabinet are in the
habit ot watching the fluctuations of our no h..
litIcal beam-how nicely they speculate on
our revolutions, on the rise and fail of parties.
on our elections and movements
Va every occasion, they count on the aid
OF the Federal party--they watch their sue
cesses and the changes of the Eastern
states, where the head quarters of this par
ty are pitched. Mr.. l. even speaks of a
" dissolution of the union" which he had
heard Z" has of late been seriously contem-
plated by the ieading feohLe in the Eastern
division From whom has ne heard il p
From Mr.. Pickering or LLOYD And bv
whom contemplated BY Federalists-thc
Essex Junto. Do not the Federalists blgsh
at this use OF their name DO they not
see IN what light they are viewed by England
how much their opposition to their own
country inspires and nerves the unjust poll
cy OF G. Brltaini
Are not these disclosures calculated 10
persuade us into the idea, that we should
withdraw ourselves from the intrieues ot
Europe recall home our ministers resident
aud forbid the Courts OF the old world re-
tanning any OF these privileged spies" a
mongst ourselves!
But there is another view, which Strikes
Us with peculiar force The source of these
conversations, is that Anomalous, ont Of the