The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-05-29
III be GnQulrer.
RICHMOND, MAY 80. 1910.
INIIK'II4NDI Ilh 80, 10 10.
THE OBSERVER.
No. w.
No. w.

STATE OF TIE NATIoN-ACAIN:
from France, as published by our govern
ment.
These prove the authenticity of the duke of
Cadore's celebrated letter-as well as the
intention OF France to sweep the cargoes of
the American vessels, in France, Spain, l.
tally SIc.-Ihe documents which bear upon
the last point, are, the letter OF Count Dau
chy at Trieste. and that of Marquis of CAL
10, the minister of .Wafles.
The first announces an embargo on all the
American vessels, in the ports of the nlyri
an Provinces, and the ccnGscation Of their
cargoes-Wlthout stating the grounds of
those measures-Ihe I'd announces the
rigorous measures taken against our vesse Is
laden with firehi6ited merchandise" ana the
relief to be extended To the crews of the con
.fScated vessels-the grounds are stated to
be, retaliation for our non intercourse law
that, as, under that, we took French yes
sells which should enter cur ports, they took
our own on entering their ports.
Ibis alters, To Certain extent, the
grounds alledged for their seguestration
IL this confiscation is to sweep off our OWN
cargoes, even those which have not violated
the French DEGREES, by going to England.
S1c.--the measure is an abominab!. VIC
lation of friendship and OF right-If by
" prohibited cargoes" is meant those only
which belong to British subjects, or have
been warned not togo into France, the mea-
sure assumes anew aspect. Notice was, in
that case, given OF their municipal law Up
on these points, the question materially
hangs.
As to this act, lift be a general and sweep
ing one, without any distinction of Z" prohi.
bited," or non prohibited cargoes, no apollo.
gy Is be found In our non intercourse law
the French. if they had chosen to retalia.e
1T municipality, ought to have given notice to
our merchants They ought not to have
opened their nets to have closed in upon us.
IF the conhscation be thus sweeping and
general, without distinction Of prohibited or
non prohibited, or of English or American
property, it will be an unfair and unf-
riendly exercise of authority BUT the
loss will not be so general a one, as some
have unprecedented. Most of it is Bri-
t'sh property, struggled in under forgery
and fraud-the sensation has been already
felt i'll Liverpool-where several Merchants
have broke.
AS to the circumstance stated by the ID.
de Cador, that they had taken our YES
sells, because we had taken theirs, it is not
a TACT known to them at the time of the
composition of this letter---5-One or two
French Privateers have been seized at New
Orleans-but this was not known in France
AS to England. we have no certain prog.
pectsof favorable djustment--There is
one question in the relations of the two coun~
tries, which ought to be weighed by our
government. Ifthe Marquis Wellesley in :
tends to send over no successor, in the room
of +. ]. Jackson, that is, no minister of ed,,aI
dignity to Mr.. Pinkney, ought lie not be re .
called after due notice
x Letter from an american in Paris. al,
der date ofDec. 18Th, addressed to gen
tleman in this city (and Just come to hand, }
states from undoubted authority, that Ma
" dame Jerome BonapaFte formerly Miss
" Patterson was TO be sent for, she will be
" created Duchess of Westphalia, and
her son Prince Royal and Heir to the
I" Crown Of Westphalia"--not Of the u. S
as the good Feds would have il.
MAssAcHDsETTs EbzcTIoN.-rhe Federal.
lists of Boston have nInsfeyod then whole force &.
sent ~ recruits TO the n. of X Else more than
Lass year. The Federal majority 7S7--In Nov
1903, for members Of Congress, their majority
was i119-Federal loss since 1903, ssh
The Patriot ( R,b J Of the 18Th, states, from
the returns then on haid, III nett Rebu6iican
gam at 72--the Centinel Fed ) of the same date,
a,'n its II 10 b. IS
The last n Of II. had 594 members 514 Feds,
and $50 Republicans 4.se piessne will consist