The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-09-18

and such her maghanimous forbearance.n
that her leisure. she has sent out a
mere Charge des Affaires. to attend to the
ORDINARY business of his majesty in the u
IS"--that we have no right TO hofse for the
appointment of a minister pienpo,entary
to ttis courtry----and to crown the climax
that successor will not be appointed ex
cept on conditions shat is un'il our &c. en-
rrent shall give his majesty ievious
pledge, in 6. acts and no. froft sSionS thar
! we are willing 10 be upoi gaod erms with
| him"--that She has = subs anriai 'easons
| for tispeasure nav revenSe" -Aad We
we are told in the yer, same breath. that
g Eng land is still amin ttcd by "A sincere de
sire to preserve the relations of amity"
We are told, that the reasons of these con
ditions are partly, u maiut ain +" the high &
just ground assumed BY his majesty upon
his minister's disnissai'-.and partly to
obtain some hiedse, that our government has
I" sincere desire 10 be upon friendly terms
with G.. Britain. These reasons are not
thus specifically stated-but such is the spi
rit of the piece.---Let us examine each of
these reasons.
What is the {" high and Just ground"
which would be so :. ineanly and dishonor-
ably abandoned !''--,he answer is, that ait
England had volun arly offered to send out
another minister" she would ''thereby have
admitted, that Mr. jackson was in the
wrong" And does England mean to iden
THY herself with her minister docs she
intend to revenge his Imaginary wrongs p
Does she mean to justify his insultss Is it
her intention to close the door of conc,ia
ton. on his account Does she, in a spirit
OF pique and passion, refuse to send ano
ther minister TO this country IF that be
her intentioh-if such be the motive, which
actuates her ninistry-why. be it so. The
u. States will know how to weigh these in
suits, as well as to vindicate their own lao
nor
The second motive is no! more flattering
| to on pride or consonant with the facts Il
| would be to tell us 4" You have hitherto
treated with us, in spirit of deception.
You have felt no sincere desire to be on
friendly terms with Us. You have pretended
TO treat with Us, but wi,hou, any intention of
adjusting our differences. We susoect your
! vie ws--we suspect al your Professions -
lyou must remove our doubts by some sub
stantial dcfS OF kindness and subm,ssion--
o. else We shall not deign TO treat with you a
gain"
| These reproaches are false, as well as
itsuitmg. We have never shown any indis-
J pos ION TO Come upon my proper terms with
". Britain. Wr re is he proof of the con
trarys The case Ut M RS does not prove
tit was no fault of ours that his instruct
| ons barred all success-we fairly offered
to wave the point Of clique te, although we
were the injured party-and to make the
revocation of the Presidents proclamation
take me " ssme date with the act of repa..
ration tn which the U. s. are entitled'' for
/ the Chesapeake outrage In vain-Mr.
| Rose was Ued up by his instructions, and his
mission ended n smoke
| = The Case OF Nj. JAG fon cannot be cited
against us --.hf& instructions were rather a
pr o"f OF The little desire, that existed ON the
tpau ct G BRITAIN to be upon friendly
tcrms' with US his own hands were ii
ed uphe was TO acceitt e discuss PROPOSE.
items only. without m King any But there was
no opportunity to test the sincerity OF either
Hatioh--tor the rude and iusolent temper
OF Mr. jackson sropt the begoclation, OH the
very threshold. He was guilty of such an
insult upon this government, as made il ne
ccssary, for their own honor, to close the
door Of communication upol him But be.
cause was inso'ent. is that any rea
son Tor suspccung our sincerirye
/ . Our compdcl with Mr. Ell skine shonld
surely have removed every doubt. on tnat
head And such was our desire TO be on
friendly terms with Great Britain. that
the Compact was executed OH cur part he
fore il was received III Great Britain. The
! n on-lnteFcourse law was repealed. not be
cause her obnoxious ord RS were rescipded
but on the assurance, tnat they would be
so.-On the other hand, in what respect
can we be truly charged with breach Of
lsincerity--or the want of desire TO be
on proper terms with G. Britain!
= But if these are. the grounds, which sh.
lassumes-our own course is plain one. II
she will not so far hoaor US as to send anothe
minister but upon condition that we shouId
apologize for our past eUaSfons and PLEDGE
ourselves to future sincerity, let US recSlI
our own miniser--iet us have an iDterreenum
I'm our diplomatic concerns aid sRnu,,I
any incoDveDiencies arise. lei the coasequen
Ices be upon the head OF Britain she be-
gins the scheme of suspension LET
us initiate the example.
FOR THE ENQUIRER,