The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-06-22

I !, French Inference Where is it. Doe
~. exist IN the acts OF our government-in tn,
language OF our ministe rs--or i'm the tone O
our prints?
| Was it. Fench Influence, which extend
ed .he Embargo to france as we'll as Eng
laEds
Was it French Influence, which ex,endc.
the same restrictions to the vessels & good:
OF both the belligerents.
Was it French Influence, which excluded
the national ships of France from our port!
& harbors thus melting cut the same degree
OF punishment TO the Erenca ships wnic
had done us litile er no rnng, as o those OF G.
Britain, which had murdered, our citizens
assaulted one OF our trigateS, x trenched OF,
the sovereignty of our country
Was it French Influence, which led
US to treat alike, the first and the last az
gressor /: the nation that las ALWAYS done US
the most injuries and the one that has but
followed III her steps with inferior calami
tyr
Is it from disposition TO extend this in
f1ueace. that the French Emperor seizes our
properly and rouses our hearts against him ?
Are these the means, by which he hopes to
retain us as his allies, Gf we were really
sucn, as the Federalists have insinuated y
or is this the way, by which he trusts to en-
tangie us in his tolls
When these acts were done, was il French
influence, which tipped the pen Of our min
ister with fire !--Had he really beeu that
subservient tool OF the Imperial Court
winch he has been represented-had lie
refused his protection to our imprisoned
countIymen, and their sequestered ships
had he Frustrated our rights ut the foot of
the imperial throne, as the Federal pres
ses nave dared to insinuate would Gen
Armstrong have demonstrated against the
wrongs OF France with such force of argu.
men, and keenness of irony, as must even
touch the feelings of the imperial court
Would ne have employed n style of reRon-
STRANGE, which has never been e9naiied by
any OF the European ministers at the court
OF France, nor SURPASSED by oay of our Min
isters at the courts of Europe >--Is Mr..
PinkMey his superior Hyperion to a Sa-
tyr 20
And now that we know of these wrongs in
this country, where is the French Influence
dlscernible in the tone OF cur public prints, or
OF the public mind Where are the defenders
OF French confiscation !-There is not one
atrocity of the British government, which
has not been Palliated or defended. There
is not one stretch of British power, which
tails not within the limits of Federal Charity.
Il. Britain has done us no essential in
jury" says Mr.. Pickering. attack on
the Chesapeake was justifed-thc impress
ment OF our seamen is justi6ed-the in
suits of Jackson were too dim to be seen
q when the arrangement was made with
Erskine, why, these were the very terms
which G.. B. had so uniformly offered us-and
when 1t was rejected, why this was The very
thing which we should have expected
And yet there is no British Influence in
this But there is French Influence in our
Councils SUCH is the lopic of the Fede-
ralists
II you would wish to be thought very origi
nal e smart, says Helvetius, you must not as
sert that the Sun shines in the day. because
1t is what every one may see---but you
must prove that he shines in the night.
10 be sure, the last proposition is ra
Their more difficult ofproof-- but you know,
whenever IL rs hroUen, there will be the more
merit in the discovery