The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-07-24

toms of Il determination not TO endure il
much longer.
! The government and party in power une
! Quivocally express their re ISOLATION not 10 re
move the Embargo. except by substituting
war measures against both be!ligerents, tin
less either or both should relax their restric
tioas upon neatral commerce.
| Upon this subject some important com
| munications have been made to me by MFR.
Madison, and several of the members of this
government, which will accordingly lay
before you. as confidently believe they were
delivered from AN unfeigned desire that they
might produce the effect Of leading if pos.
| sible to some adjustment of their differences
with Great Britain, so to enable the
| government and the nation 10 extrcate
| themselves from the present very distress
sing dilemma in which they are involved
Mr.. Madison expressed his firm convic
ton. that when the documents referred to in
the Presidents Message should be seen by
his majesty's government, and the cores
pondences between their ministers in France
with the French minister respecting the de.
crees of Berlin and Milan, should be deli.
berateiy considered; particularly the strong
remonstrance of Mr. Armstrong to the
French government of the 18th November,
1907, that it would he acknowledged that The
u. ). had exerted all the efforts which
remonst RANGES could have been Supposed 10
be capable of producing and that in failure
OF any effect from them, in persuadng the
French government to withdraw their I'M
just restrictions upon neutral commerce, re
Course might have been had by the u. S. to
measures OF more activity and decision a.
gainst France but that in the mean time
q. Britain had issued her Orders in Coun
Gil, before it was known whether the United
States would acquiesce in the aggressions of
France, ana thereby rendered II impossible
to distinguish between the conduct of the Two
beiigerenys, who had equally committed ag-
gresSions against the u. s.
lie vert also into all the arguments upon
that subject which are detailed in his CORES
pondences with the American ministers in
London & Paris as published in the documents
referred TO In the Presidents message, bnt
which L do not now repeat, as my object is
| merely TO inform you OF the result of his OBJ
ssrvatons, which was, that as the world
musttDe convinced that America had in vain
taken all the means in her power TO obtain
from G Britain and France d IuSJ attention
TO her rights as neutral power, by repre-
senlations and remonssrances, that she would
be fully justified in having recourse to hos.
tinties win either beiligerent, and that she
only hesitated 10 do 50, from The difficulty of
contending with both but that she must
rlghsS against he two greatest powers in the
| world, unless either of tiIem sh 3ulG relax
their res.ric Ious upon nea,ral Commerce IN
which case the v otaes would at once side
WITH that power against the other which
mlSh' continue Its aSgtessio9s.
MI. Madison observed 10 me, that it must
be evident that the U. States would enter
upon measures of nos ility with great re-
luc ance, as ne acknowledged that they are
not at ali prepared for war, much less with
power So irreslStibjy strong as O.. brits,n
and that nothing would be thought 10 be 100
great sacr tce To The preservation of peace,
except their independence and their honor.
dc said that ne did uot believe that any A
mericans would be found wiling 10 submit to
(what lie termcd) the entertainments upon
he rights Of the y S.ares by the Deiiige
rents, ana therefore the alternatives we're
Embargo or War. He confessed that the
! people of thls cOui.:ry were beginning to
think the formci alternative too passive, s.
would perhaps soon prefer the latter as
ven less injurious to the interests and more
congeniai with the spirit OF Il free people.
lie declared to me that every opinion
Which he en- tertained respecting the best in
terests OF his country led him TO wish that I;
good understanding should take place be-
| tween @. Britain aud the u. States. and that
he thought that the obvious advantages which
would thereby result TO both countries were
sufficient pledge of the sincerity of his SEN
| tmentss
| Fhe reasons which induce me to believe
| that the views and determinations of this go
vernmeHt. AS described to me by Mr.. Mddi
son, are their real sentiments, and that they
Will pursue that course of conduct which
| they have marked out, arise from a mature
consideration of the actual state of the at.
fairs of this country, me particular SITUATE
on of the government and ruling party. and
/ from Certain private bat important commu-
nicatioDs which have been made to me by
some of the members of the administration,
who are sincerely DESTROYS of a Cancellation
with g. Britain. %"
1T is evident from every thing which has
lately taken place in this country, that the
people at large are DESTROYS OF having the
Embargo removed bur it is also TO be col
lected from the result of the elections thro'-
ont the u. ,. that the present ruling party
have decided majority of the people with
them, aud as they have pledged themselves
not to repeal it. while the restrictions upon
their neutral rights continue in force by both
bel.igerents, without substituting war mca
| surcs, and as hey themselves acknowledge
"that the ul innate and only effcctual mode
ofresistIng such warfare, ii persisted in, IS
| war, and e that "A permanent suspension of
Commerce. wouldnot properly be resisl ance.
but submission ;" cannot therefore conceive
that It would be possible for them to retract
! their declarations, and indeed, they would not