The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-11-30
BRITISH FINESSE.

BRITISH FINESSE.
wherever we turn our eyes, we see the
Efforts OF the British to supplant our com
lherce. New interpretations are introduced
INTO ths laws or nations those branches
Oh commerce, which are recognized by rea
son and usage, are forbidden by arbitrary e :
u'cts or admiralty decsions-irst, the
%hoie continent is put under the ban of
oiNCKane, under the pretext of coercing the
enemy. through the medium of bis COM
'nerce. and then the British merchants en-,
gross the traffic which was denied 10 ua.-
bat where these gigantic stratagems will
not answer, recourse is had to the lowest
ana 'nost pitiful tricks, to supplant U.s.
Lies are propagated against us--their
! ministers turn intormers-and all princi
| ple.is sacrificed To pelf But their effort,
will be vain. Truth will dissipa,e delusi
on-----and nasnre has destined us to pitch
OK prosperity. which will rise superior to
! British Interest and ambition.
Look at Souh .4uerica :
nc federalists wished US to take side
IN the revolution of Spain-recognize the
cause OF Ferdinand, aud receive Don Onis
IL we did not, they threatened us with the
resentment of South America-and the
loss OF ourcommerce in that quarter They
predicted, that all its ports would he shut
/ against us; and that the British would mo
| nopclize all its commerce. But "mark
how a plain tale will put them down! -
( Behold The pitful shifts which the British
themselves have used, as If conscious tina
their efforts IA Spain could not entitlc them
TO the exclusive confidence of her provinces (!
See the very generous aid, which the fede
s="a. prints hare contributed towards rear.
ing The commerce of Britain upon the ruins
OF our own :
hete are various reasons to believe, that
the flame OF tndefendence is rapidly spread
Ing throughout Spanish America, and that
the people OF that Invaluable region, so emf
neniiy gifted by the hand of nature, will soon
manifest most cordial disposition to culti-
vate the mcst salutary intercourse, CONNER.
clal and political, with the II 5. as their best
and natural friends. Our own government
VIII no doubt cherish this disposition, by all
he means in is power. Instead oflinkinr
ourselves with either of the parties which
Claimed the mother country, our wisdom will
be shown in fostering, as far as prudence
VIII permit, the resources of it's former col
on'ts--Let us establish the most AMIGA
Die relations with Caracas, and all those
Countries in which the germ of indepen.
the r'eLubiicans.
But, Ike Satan in the garden Of Eden.
the British could not view these natural
approaches without malignant jealousy,
ana attempting to blight the first bud of
promise Ihty have recently employ
ing every strataSem, to exclude our Mer
chants from participation in the com
mcrce ofour neighbors. We have reasons to
believe, hat their Ex-minister. FIJI, Jack
son, anlongst the other schemes which he
plotted against the u. $. and the other con
triyarces which he forged for this particu.
lar purpose, did actually resort, to this low
minded and pitiful tiick---The expcdieni
was worthy ofhis character as we'll as the
object which he designed. He is said TO
have addressed letters TO the British functi.
onaries ~ the several ports in Spanish and
portuguese America. stating to them, that
tie u >. teemed with Freuch Emissaries.
Whj were 10 be transported to those ports in
AMERICAN vessels Did he stop here Oh !,
- o che flew TO those able Auxliaries of the
BRUSH interest, ,boSe jealous guardians OF
the american prosperity federal pres.
ses--and ne had influence enough over Ger
tain OF their Editors to induce them to give
currency In their papers TO these injurious
taies-"D DO you take" Gentlemen These
Gazettes were also carefully transmitted
rs Vouchers cf the yeracfty OF Mr. jackson.
Ihe ihysic worked admirably. The
plot was a good plot, can tell 'yc'---apd
Tor season II really answered wonde rfully
--Ah the American vessels were, of course
Tor a time, subjected in those ports, to the
most 'exatious searches and injurious de-
lays But delusia will not endure forever.
he tale runs, that no such Emissaries were
found in any OF our vessels, aud that the
local Portuguese and Spanish authorities be
gan 20 perceive that it was all mist pre-
sentatIon ct sour good friends" the British,
dictated by their selfish and monopolizing
spirit. Yet these honest folks could not ex
actly understand, as well they nigh, not. in
what way IT had come to pass, that Anne
rican presses, supported as they seemed to
be by the 20 d people Of these y. States had
been induced to promote the Commerce of
foreign nation TO the prejudice of that Of
theif o~n ceIntry.