The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-02-27
ENQUIRER OFFICE, FEB. 81.
FEDERAL NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
No. I.

no. 4.
The enemies of the administration have
made considerable Glamour about the min
lister 10 Russia-1t is. say they, prelude to
an alliance with France, &c. The follow
ing is complete refutation of these suspi
cionS -
ExTRAe7 from Washington, Feb. %.
"The NOISE made about the Russian mis-
sion is only part of the federal tale of
French influence. The fedcralists affect at
present to view this mission with great lea
lousy-They dwell On the circumstances
under which the appointment was made
so sudden, so unexpected. These men, not
withstanding their speeches in Congress,
know well the circumstances which produc.
ed this mission.
"ln the year application was made TO
Colonel Monroe, our minister at London, by
directions from the Emperor Alexander, to
know how the government OF the United
States would view the appointment CT mi
mister from Russia The subject was fire.
quently urged on Colonel Monroe, and final.
iy in such terms, that he stated as his OPT
MON, that such step, on the part OF the
Emperor, would be considered as a mark of
his friendly dispositions towards the United
States. a statement to this effect was made
in letter from Colonel Monroe 10 Mr..
NbaotNOu, "HiiC oSCiCbdiy vi lcSG
circumstances are known to all who were
members of Congress in theyea When
it was afterwards found that the Emperor
Alexander was about 10 appoint minister
here, it was thought good policy to treat wiki
respect this manifestation Of friendship on
mis- part, and TO send one in return. All the
stuff about the Northern Con!ederacy and
the connection Of Adams's mission with that
object, may be added to the list of federal
faisehood and misrepresentation"
Besides the manifestation OF this wish ON
the part of the Russian Emperor, TO inter
chage ministers, was IT not of some impor-
lance. in the event IF general heace in
Eurofe, to have minister &C the court of
Alexander, who was acquainted with the
course of France, would have an i'm portant
agency in adjusting the affairs Of the world,
and might have all opportunity OF NANTES.
ting towards the United States a portion of
that friendship he had repeatedly express.
ed f.! The 1st. appointment during the re-
cess OF Congress was produced by events in
Europe, which seemed at that time TO rem.
der PROBABLE general peace.
No. III.
We all know the enmity of the fedeTalists
towards General S. Smith.-A mongst o.
Their proofs of their attachment, is report
in circulation. that he sent off one or two
despatch boats, ten days before the first
public annunciation OF the rupture with
Mr.. jackson.
:" there is not the slightest foundation for
"the report-That he neither sent a DIES.
"patch boat, nor did he know that one had
"been sent by any other person"
From the Alexandria Gazette we learn, that on
Thursday Mr.. Mdcon'S Bill passed the Senate,
Ayes %, Noes yin such form, as leaves only
the sections which frohibi's Pubic armed uesseis
/ro entering o eaters, and the section retedifre
the intercourse iaqv On the same day il was
sent to the III Of Il. where various motions
we're made 70 postpone the consideration of it
till Saturday, Ill Thursday week, till the
next day No question was taken, when the
Gazette went to press. We know nothing of its
probable fate, but from the following extract of
a letter, from member of the IL. of Il. dated
Feb. %.
"A vote was taken Yesterday in the Sc
nate on Mr.. Macon's bli-All to the restrict
i've clauses were struck cut, and only those
preserved which repeal the non intercourse.
II is understood, that nothing is to be insert.
ed in lieu OF the clauses struck out--In the
Committee of the Senate, to- whom the bill
was referred, proposition was made TO in
sert convoy and arming in place of the res.
trictive part---lt was lost by great ma
jority. A naked repeal Of the non inter
course is all that is left Of tho bill, and in
this form it will pass the Senate. 1t will,
l think, he finally lost, il the Senate adhere
to their amendments--If the bill be finally
rejected, We shall be left in STUN quo If,
OH the contrary, the part OF it repeating tn
non intercourse passes into a law. the ques-
ton of our Foreign Relations is settled-The
Representatives having nothing afterwards
to 90, but to- reduce the Army, Navy, and o
tner expences of tn government within the
narrowest compass, and leave the people to
reap the benefit OF savings, produced by sa
crilice of their rights fear the vote in the
Senate IS the precursor OF 4 naked submissi.
on