The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-10-05
Inc. IS.

W VIC perceive our conte III po-
w h'uch ut variance some consi.
ider II as a tacit abandonment, rs RI. rs.
r:c'iVe system of 3onapar,e, others as leav.
ing 'Hat system in iull force. and as amoun,
ing TO Just nothing, We have Given nh.
lsu4JSc' some consideration, but we cannot
Iu'y acquiesce in either oi these opin;ope
mar II VIII SO to relieve our intercou,s.
".' me coniineot can be bur partially ad
1870 'ti'er me scale of duties has been mi
e$an'hed. The wants of the CONT
I nehl, say some, will create a demand ami
the tariffs rated so hici, 10 snl,nlv H.. s,s
mand OF the French treasury .rb., VI.
wants OF tic continent arc pressing enooeh.
We uoupt not but it is also TO bs. remem
I"e'eo' that the Continent is s,ok in no
,c'V' Nhat industry cannot have beeu. ca
tIN''S 'npeued. The sources of national we a,tb
80 Seriously impaired. but that the mower of
oo'l.hi"S !uxuries must be lessened in pro ,
l'o. '."i. I" mat wren the produce of the land
'o'''S On ne hands or the holders, aud
".e Consequently the value cfland and the
price OF labor has rapidly diminished tbere
Is % such snperauity of means as to enable
une peop4e very excessively TO purchase the
aTuoies specified in lie decree
Nu' W. Is tn's dsc"ee 20 be considered as
a'hooh ing t. nothing. This is not the cha
fac'er OF Frsnch proot G, lings. They are
neter neutral, they produce either much
VI '."o' "iSch!et; they either aim di-
10y a' some great OBJECT, or insdiouslv
* IS 90 etecr some great latent
intention. Vi The latter Character we con
ce'Vs. this new decree viii gc found ard con-
ncc'ed as 1t is with The letter to peneray
nhc'"s'f"hg bearing date on the very saoe
a'y' Il is surprising that he whole has not
ueeh discovered 80 be rick 20 draw rio,
bonds b&ween America and Frapce c,oSa,.
E ~ .,'u''e me former 10 declare against
Lei us for i moment look At the contents
-, -. - 'cttef- lie mbargo is praised and
|, e e fhon~'ntercourSe is CO t:emned I, VIC
Gifons've to FrADce becau g il inrrrd;c,eJ
Efs4Ga vessels IRON entering the harbo,s IF
me Ontted States, and hi, Sc oues,rat;on as
H"lef!can prope ny JUST fed As a msasn,I
U, fePrlsai--a matter Of ripht VIII but
''nS act Is revoked and the ports ofrAme-
! ica are opened 10 French commerce. and
therefore ,'nthis new state of things" says
:, e'Ch MINISTER, " am authorized TO
: Gsci@re 20. you, sir, that the DEGREES of Ber-
,h. ''<' tsi, ian are revoked, and that from
" 10 g - oeiHS U"derstood that in conse-s
3pcnce OF this declaration the English shala
'eEOhe their orders in council. and & sa,..------
ss'ttSies'Ue'YesPecteu by the English ----t
Then follows fulsome declaration how
much the emperor &c loves the Americans
and that heir prosperity and their com :
merce enter into views of his policy h<
style 80 different from that he usually as :;
sumes, SO opposite to true dignity. tina, II be-,
trays the true object of the letter, which is tcs
spirit up the French party in lmerica. THIS
IS the true intent of his fawnng profs ssi -.
ons. He confeases his inabi!ity to Eject he
rum OF Epgland, even with inc aid of the
whole ccn;isiemt, and now ip fact suppIca es
the assistance of America, and changes ,he<
grow of-the Tiger into the obsequious grim
ming of the.ape.
Let US now Connect this letter with the
decree. Suppose the Milan and Berlin de-,
crees, aud the British COVE rnmenl. cut of
fear, Test the American nor intercourse acts
should be revived against .hs country, res
cihd their orders in coancil + anct gsins'
this advantage, that SIC enjoys The CON
merce ot America Ehc AnC can sap'es
are brought into France and past al east:
OF III produce ard industry OF France go
to America -----I nus France will partially
relieve her>elf ON ler present pressnres,
ana e accordingly find lhat the American
staples are almost entirely left out Of the,
lisl of imports end no doubt desgncdly.---.
They WI not b. s4dded with those exor-
bi,ant' duties. The articles specified are the
produce chiefly of the British colonies, or her
allies.
BY this sch NE too. the ground Of the quar-
rel between Ems country md America will
be changed and become more complex. -----
France will evade the charge of violating the,
rights of neutrals, bv eifectimg her purpose
by municipal regulation. The British or
ders in council will lose heir Justification, s
being measures Of necessity founded upon
she unjust DEGREES Of France America
Will tell US. thai we have nothing to do with
he municipal ac's o France, aud thus it is
attempted herhahs by q coneert 6etsoesp
both heSe fo7vSrs, to reduce us To his di-
lemm elney o maintain our orders IN coun-
Gil when The show of justice is taken away
| from hem or - suffer he comn,grce Of the
enemy to be relieved and to give up I. pow =
CT Of realiatirg On hm the evils Of the war;
The article Is deep. but it may be met and
utned. ~
! Nothing IS said in this decree or tier res
pec,ng the release Of American ships aud
ce'g es under Sequesrati
! Perhaps the se9ue tratiou is held over the
lheads oi the Americas III ferrorcm. We
are cutious to learn how the French party
10 America will marage that mastery piece
OF logic in the i"f',"', General Armstrong
waen'it is argued that because America by
liner non Intercourse act, forbade the entry
LOT F,ench Vessels into her harbors. the cen :
fscation of an American vessels already in
I've harpors of France or her allies, was q
just rcprisal--" a matter of right"
NEW YORK Sept. 90.