The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-11-13


! cisions, in different districts, would weaken its
provisions-all uniformity would be lost--all e.
ncrgy would be extinguisheo-a rogues would
1.-The law. -, =, .,
4 1t is certainly casus os,sisscs-bit let the q.
MISSION be remedied--let congress either STE
/ CITY the points which we have Fight to demand
from Dor what is better, direct the Presi.
dent TO be the Judge OF these points, BY autho.
risinG him 10 issue proclamation, dec,aratorv
of the revivsl of the Mon Intercourse law He
! IS already made the judge in the lst instance
| why rot IN the Cd BY this arrangement, all the
,aconvcnicnces ofthe present state of things viii
be remoyet-for the proclamation woul. then
become the law OF the land nsi,dam,,ses wou,i
be totally ont ofthc question---f for The co,lr,s
| would have no coEnsance ott!,e Case---,hey
would say, The law has spoken and svr must
boy in silence.
| In the nest place. steps should be taken to en-
force the Non-Tn;ercourse Law to tAe u,uos, IF
our rower--to put all naval force in rcuuisi-
tlon--to emp!cy an additional nu nber of Revenue
| Cutters, &c and, perhaps, to lay an E.,bargo
| as 20 Great Britain
II is difficult thing 70 predict that those will,
be the only steps, as to Great Britain, which the
eieoenM Congress WILL take. The mere rircurn.
stance, OF our havin, allowed G. b. tl,the Cd Of
February to come into terms, will tesea, O.
very other energetic proposition. II will be ask
ed, how are we to know whether any other
she has come into the terms we have laid down ,"
But hthese measures are pursued, with spirit,
they may be sufficient. The pressure upom C.
b. is much greater now, than it was when the
Non Intercourse law was formerly in force The
smuggling in Holland is roso stopt The B.lt;c
ports are closing upon her.---Our Non Inter
course may be partially evsded---but there
Will stdi be force enough in t--s,il be a
sufficient scope of our market, shut TO her com
reree .and manufactures in addition to her
commercial pressuresin Europe, to bring her to
her senses The defeat or retreat of her arr,;es
in Portugal may add its mite of compulsion to the
| reluctant minds Of H. r min s,ry.
| The only thing which will lead her to CONT.
nustion OF her stacks upon neutral commerce is
a hope that we are not in earnest-that her part,
| in this country is sufficiently strong to nuiity
the non-intercotirse law-It is this -oppos;t;on
which may induce her TO hold out, in the very
! teeth OF her presstres But if this opposition he
| thus successful ifthey cherish in G. g. the hone
OF our disgrace upon their heads be all the sin
| OF British perseverance in injustice upon their
heads be all the consequences Of the Non-Inter-
course Law being defeated, and of less oacife
measures being adopted to defend the rights of
| OUR country h
Saeh may Be the faet..
10 Lieut.. Grayson, of the Marines. char
/ ged with dispatches for Paris &c London. has
| arrived at Norfolk, to go on board the Es.
| sSA, [aPtaih onitn, VINO IS said to have or.
ders to proceed to France and G. Britain.
II IS supposed that these dispatches relate,
among other things. ia the Presidents Pro
clamation-and that those addressed to
Mr. finkney embrace the specific points
which the u. States have a right 10 demand
from G.. Britain. We rrs,st. If she does not
revoke every Public .dct, which is in vic
lation of our neutral rights, and pledge her.
sell to the Immediate appointment of a mi
mister TO this country. that our own Mimic
FER nil return in the E88ey.
! SCRAPS.
The Legislature of New Jersey has passed an
acsfo taxing Bank Stock--detals not publish
ea-every Republican member voted for 1t. and
every Federal member against it.
Several mnes have been discovered in Tibet
lord. perDsoat r among them, rich lead mines.
The Philadelphia Evening Start states, that
the next house CT representatives. (of Penhs
WI. consist OF rs fedsralists, snti-Snyderite
"e''"vtsis, anu Oy onytieritcs 1T notes "a
! Sny. only those that are Soogn To be sucb bu,
ihinKs IT possible thgt many Of the new mem
bers' not 50 markcdj are however, of tina. de,
i cription. NI'
The Legislature of Rhode Island is now in
sess'on--ln the III. of r there is a fedaral m 10 .
rity OF about Ain the Senate, the Yepub;csn.
nave the ascendancy The latter passed bill to
X u'iIer which tile Town
Council OF Providence cisimed the RICH, of pun.
'shng Ihos. Fletcher without triaI-the bill ygss
postponed IN the other house A Joint corl.rnittee.
appointed TO count the votes for representatives
70 the 18th Congress, reported the re election of
me two iedersi candidates, Potter and Jackson !.
the first BY majority Of 1853, and the other tyv
2o@. Boil, houses baliotted for Senator of the
from the IT. of March next, sfe,e,a,sL q
HozrcH, Esq the Rep had AZ votes, and eya,,cc
6mrrH, Jr. Esq 4l-Mr. II is of course elected
Lewis Condit, Esq has been re elected from,
New Jersey, Senator of the U s from lac fourth
| March next VI
he Secretary of the Navy recommends
to the officers Of the Navy and Marines "a
wear Grape on the left arm and sword hiIt
Tor one month. as mark of respect to the
memory and merits of the late Commodore
S. Barron.
ChrlstoPhe has announced by Proclama
ton the surrender of Cape Nichola Mole to
his arms ~
The london prints confirm the REPORT ~
Luclen BopaParte's leaving I,alV with his
family and treasures. Wliilst ambassador
IN Portugal, he amassed considerable wealth
for only negotiating the Peace with
Portugal, he az said to have received from,
the Portuguese a doHceur Of about gro non e
Sterling Two reasons have been assigned
Tor the step he has now taken: 1. his not
conserving to divorce his wife, ci dc7,aut
madame Jacerberon the widow of an Ex
change Broker and>2 his refusing . AZ
nance his daughter to Ferdinand Tn,
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