The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-06-01
CHE Gnqulrer.
RICHMOND. JUNE 1. 181o.
FOREIGN RELATIONS.

HOHElSN RELATIONS.
Our foreign affairs wear now most S,oo
my Ppearance--France says. that onr
Flag shall not enter the ports of the CONT
nent-and moreover has sequestered or
seized the cargoes, which have already gone
under 1t. vi the first we have no right tn
complain--it is municipal regulation
ne last so tar asst applies to the real bou-
ande American property is upon the face
oft a fraud, unless it eventually extends RI
cargoes only, which have been warned mt
70 enter her ports, or those which are not
proved to be British property.-S,ill there
is mysterious cloud on these points. There
are certainly contradictory accounts on the
subject. ihe.Marquis of Gallo at Naples
draws distinction between prohibited
cargoes" and non prohibited. Notice. II ;s
sad, has been given at Paris, for claimants
TO give in their claims " satisfactory to the
courts. The letter of the Duo de Cadore
is more sweeping IN its terms. 1t makes no
such dIstinctions.-And it is to be noted
too that in the letter of the Minister of Ma
pies, and in the treaty with Holland there
are some hints dropt, that the proDertv 10
not hnally swept off, but will await the
provisional measures of our own government
In this state OF gloom and discon,ent. the
nina naturally turns to the Embargo-how
'eS ~ III what bitter re-
were its friends denounced Yet what an
encomium upon its merits is furnish ed hv tbs
passing events When Mr.. Jefferson re-
commended that measure to Congress. ON
account OF "the great and increasing dan
gers with which our vessels, our seamen and
merchandlZe are threatened or, fbe b;pb
seas and elsewhere" &c. he seems to have
been animated with prophets fire
YET what opposition did it meet with !
what evasion and smuggling what profits
were reaped at the eXpence of the honor nj
our country mushroom merchants, whose
sudden glorles' are an insult upon our peo-
pie, whose equipages shine like meteors.
and whose palaces arise like exhalations ,;
what murmurs on the part of our mercantile
gentlemen what clamors and caIumnies ON
the part of the Federalists
Inc merchants are the best Judges of
sheir own interests" said the notorious pick
ering- Let us run the risks" echoed these
gentlemen. Well-Mr Pickering has been
gratiiied to his hearts content-the EN-
Dargo rs of--commerce is let loose from
us wise restrictions--and the very first
use, "nich some OF these wise gentry have
mace OF their privileges, is TO run into their
oWh rum these men will have to rue their
IMPOSITION TO the embargo--and to repent
o' t,eir poiitical sins "in sack cloth and
III nS.'eS. he curses Of the nation too
VIII ilght upon that party, who cIamored
tor its repeal--while the imbecilitv of rho
|, loIh congress, who repealed it, and of their
successors, who declined any efficient sub
s'itu.e' WIZ become standing theme for the
eontehPtuouS indignation of their country.
Whae ccAtemptible object is poor Mu-
'uS' at thls moBent--wth his elegant
snecdote OF Charon, the negro-Sc his cant a.
nout circumstances governing us, that our
rights are " modified by the existing nos
ture OF affairs" and that "we ought to pur
sue our interest IN the most practicable way!"
Nhat me comment is our present sitta.
tion upon his iliustriouS Text and his no.
'aoie Poi'cy OF submission I'VE are in a
worse SITUATION now, than we were under
the embargo. And before this simple fact
all his anecdotes. all his sophisms and all his
trash vanishes away
otill those who were in favor of the EN-
oargo, were Tot on the vantage side of the ar
gument. They had to combat sensation with
I~iaSt'lafion---all the evils and pressure of
tne EInoargo were seen and fekt-but those,
wnich II prevented, we're in idea only
'ai5Ss, which however they might be fore
seen, were not seen, predicted only, but not
tet. Yet the evils, which are now
before US, are the surest proofs, how true
were these predictions. and how strong the
8" 6uheht WHICH was built on them
we are now verging to a crisis. We see
before us the effects OF a temporising policy
we are now called upon to take firm and
manly ground. We must relinquish the
'Iichest branches of our trade, or prepare to
defend them. The question may be brought
10 this shall we fight for it, and with whom
Or shall we cultivate our iAternal resour
ces
So much for home--as for Sir. F. Bur-
dest, he is at length Gagged in the Tower, af-
ter strong opposition from the populace.
yet the mlnisIerialists may find it as hard to
get him out with honor as to put him in.
burdett will not so to the bar of the II of &.
to make an apology and receive repri-
maDd. Should the House expel him, new
writ OF election will issue --the electors of
Westminster will return him again---but
IN that case, the II. of &. will not dare to act
over again the scenes Of Wilkes and of Lutte
rell. when the former was returned upon
their hands successive times, and when
they at last got over the difficulty by declar
rug his opponent o. duly elected, though