The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-10-09
than Britain-is it likely that sve shah Be
1ffOg.,ed IN do on 2

and therefore Britain colleges as TO make
herhorfs the medium oftrade. in order that
by imposing duties on our productions. her
own might bc sold as cheap as ours and
IN order that, by enhancing the price of cot
ton. &c. France might not be able to man .
nufacture S, cheaply IS 20 secure onr trade
---qpiH Britain abandon Mis hoicy /? can
any man ofssnse suppose she will voiuntar
ly enable US TO excel her trade, and France
to excel her in manufacturing
Although France is at peace with the
north. our timber, tar, surpentine, &c. would
be highly acceptable to her. OH account OF
her Heets-will Britain consent to abandon
paper blockadcs, which are the only OBJ
strucrions TO our entrance with those Anti.
clesf
France now possessing every description
of new machinery, and having the command
OF her own Merino wool and Of that of some
of the flocks of Spain, can supply fine wool
len cloths at a lower rate than Che British
manufacturers, and her fine Woollens are al
ready superior in every respect to the Bri.
fish [: if we furnish cotton, France can enter
into competition IN cotton goods-will Bril-
tain allow this rivalry TO go unmolested?
France and Spain consume large quaint.
ties OF fish, now Struggled into those coun-
tries by Drltain---can we reasonably cx-
pect that she will see TIA. who have the "a
bility to supply them. in Legitimate possessi-
on of that trade, to her exclusion
France Can supply US with wines, bran.
dies fruits, oils cloths. silks, ribbons, laces.
linens. Jewellery, haberdashery, and fancy
articles. cheaper than Britain can furnish
them; her manufactures in iron and other
metals, are progressing wonderfully in Elan
ders and Normandy, and the quality of ma.
ny superior to the British, yet we are now
compelled to buy the greater part of them
in England she consent to IL, us change
the channel of trade?
All these questions are so plain. that no
discerning man can hesitate to answer IN the
Negative and 10 such as doubt, / offer the
conduct Of Britain, prior to, and during this
war. as the most satisfactory evidence, that
we shall delude ourselves by anticipating the
abandonment of the British maritime sys
Fem / say her maritime system, bee ause
the mere repeal OF the orders in council
would amount to nothing. especially as the
marquis Wellesley has declaie ed that, if the
orders. in council were revoked the prior
acts infringing cur rights would not there
fore cease to be in operation.
Let any person review the conduct Of Bri-
tain, to the Flemings, to the Ransefozvns, TO
the Dutch, French, STANDARDS, Portu-
yuese, Russians, Turks, Genocse, Sauedes
and Danes, even to the Irish. and then
say whether we have aught to expect from
her; why should she regard our rights and
interests any more than she valued those of
every other commercial state why should
we alone be shared who are more likely
than any other nation to destroy her com.
snerciat SUPREMACY
There is no necessity for long explanato.
ry answers, to these questions; they were
answered in 1898, and have been replied to
every year since with accumulation of inso.
lrnC atoA Il 49, H..
bused, If not openly and much more igno-
miniously, than any other commercial state
than ever existed and this shews that we
are justly considered as the NOS. dangerous
TiUaL Britain ever lad to contend with in
trade and mercantile resources.
AT the commencement of the war, the DO
licy of Britain was developed, she had not
then, she did not pretend to have, anu rieht
10 refaljatr for at that time France had
not single decree i'll force against neutrals
who then can expect that Britain will now
consent TO abandon the policy which she =
dopted in 1898 The same motives which
induced her to adopt ii, before any fretert
FOR retaliation existed, will compel her to
adhere to it, now that all pretext for retail
alton is removed.
Besides it must be we'll known, that, al
though we have meanly submitted 20 the or
ders of Great Britain not TO go TO France.
we have never ceased to disregard the de
crees of France iDtcrdicting us from Britain
no direct favor, therefore, will be done 20
England, by the repeal of the Berlin and
Berlin DEGREES, and therefore she will have
no motive to change her policy towards us
her motives will be Oh the contrary
more strong for more excessive pressure
upon American commerce.
These arguments, founded upon consi
Iteration OF the Interests and Conduct of Bri
tain, if they require any confederation, are
emphatically enforced by the avowals of
British ministerial newspapers in Europe &
America, made subsequent to the publica-
ton of Champagny's letter. allude par
ticularly to the remarks, of the London Cou-
Iier, (the ministerial official prnt,) copied
into the AURORA of Tuesday last, which
are adopted rs a text by the British emissa.
ries, on this side of the Atlantic
The Courier says /:
g 1t is TO be remarked that BOnaparte af
fects to prescribe conditions TO the revocati
on of his decrees-he considers America az
pledged TO oppose US. if we refuse to ac-
knowledge the rights Of neutfalS; that is, to
go TO war-and he desires it to be under
stood, that in consequence of his DEGREES. e.
Britain is to revoke her orders in cornell *
abandon her new principles OF blockade
Now he knows full well that America has
made no such pledge; thar she has prescri
bed herself a line of conduct to BE- pursued
in the event of our refusing 20 rescind our
orders in Conncil-she pledges herself 10
do nothing more than stop all intercourse
with u.s.