The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-12-08
ed around. and condemned the President

flor not having required the production of q
1" patent power" But this objec ion doe.
not lie in the present case--it is not Tnr
Ireau, but Champagny-and therefore the
lquestion of " a power under the great seal
of state" is put completely 1T rest. This
arrangement has therefore all the merits oi
Mr.. Erskine's. without any Of it's object
ons--and yet the Federaists will pursue il
with their unrelenting hatred Out of their
own mouths ~ will they stand condemned"
But though a revocation of he DEGREES
nae taken place. still the violation of our
commerce continues in our sequestered yes
sells" Those whs urge the objection, can
not surely have read over the Act of Con-
gress. Neither the letter nor the spirit Of
the Act, supports this conclusion II mere
ly requires that the Edicts violating our
neutral commerce." shall be revoked
where is there line ia it. which requires
that the property previously sequestered,
shall be restored to us
1t cannot be pretended, that the Legisla
tnre were ignorant of these sequestrations--
because they were known to every man in
this country during the session of Congress.
which framed the law 1t is besides. the
Shirt OF the act, not to procure Indcm
nifty for the past" but " security for. The
future. Our commerce was to be made
SAFE on the Ocean--this was the great Oh
Ject OF the Bill, and though it was important
to be UNIDENTIFIED for our previous losses, vet
this was point to be conhdsd to future ar.
rangement.--The rule too, should clearly
work both ways-if we require indemnity
from France, we must require it from G
Band according to this doctrine, her own
Orders Cannot be said to have been re
voked," until ample compensation has been
made us-our property relinouished TO the
uttermOSt nd
given up to the last man. In Mr.. Erskine's
| arrangement. these things were not dome
and yet SO inconsistent are the Federalists,
again. that they approve of one thing, while
they condemn another, which is precisely
parallel In its bearings. Is there no British
Influence here Y
!" The President had no right to accent of
the terms-because they involved pledge
ot resistance to G B.-5y zoar." What
| shifts and doublings will not distressed
party give into! War The man, that
| could utter such palpable misrepresenta
| ton, must certainly have his face sheathed
with bronze. The Duke of Cadore tells our
minister, that the French DEGREES will cease.
on an understanding either that G. B. shall
respect our rights; OR, that if she does
not we snail " conformabiv to the Act" of
congress, "cause our rights to be respec.
ted by them. The federalists. however
take care to drop that important ln,,
{" conformably to the Act") in the chain of
conditions--and state it, as if il were a
sole and naked proposition, cause our
rights to be respected by the English.
lhey construe it,as If it were to be an oppo.
sinon by war-whereas it is manifest to the
whole world, that the mode of opposition is
concom,tant part OF the pIedgc-it is to be
confornia6ie to the Act-that,is, a revival Of
Non Intercourse against G.. b.
% But she has given us the same pIedoe as
France" Indeed France tells ms that
she Will do such and such a hing. upon snch
ana shch specihed terms. England, on the
contrary, tells us in the most vague and orc
neral terms what she will do. and even RI i,
pledge rests upon terms equally general and
vague. Does the British minister fell mo
whether his government will revoke their
blockade OF May, 1906 No. Does he tell US
PIeC'seiy what ne means when he requires,
as a preliminary the restoration IF m.
commerce of neutraIs to that condition in
which ii sioud, : Irev ou8ky to the prompI
CATION OF the French DEGREES" Far from
1t: and yet the Marquis Wellesley is just az
precise as NJ Champaign,
But were these objections more solid
than they really are, the Federaliets
should take care how they urged Them now
II they were greater friends 20 their conn
try. than themselves; ifthey were not more
Is'ronglyswayed by their own narrow scheme
OF ambition or partially to Britain. than bv
a, sacred regard for our honor, they would
submit with Difference to the situation of the
nation How do we stand The voice of
the Legislature, has enacted a law. nv which
the word OF the nation is soemny passed
and the honor of the government Is bound
to redeem the pledge. Acquiescence in such
a case becomes the imperious DUTY of ri
tzen ---'hese men have as great stake as
any OF us, IN the honor of the nation. and
no efforts should be made to blight it. bv
violating the public faith
But all these arguments will be in vain.
inere Is no risk in predicting that the Fede
railsts VIII murmur, rave and decry i'm every
shape the Proclamation of the President
a spectacle may be exhibited on the Hoor ~
the present Congress, which NAV contribute
to open the eyes ofthe nation. I1aake o9T
The British Parry in America" as thew
are styled by Mr.. Stephens, of the British
Parliament, will shine forth in their true co
lours. All their British attachments will he
reveaied-France no longer serves them as
an excuse for not doing any thing aeains,
u. B.-they will not have the ADVANTAGE nj
hghting behind masgued battery. There
Is no alternative before them. Jhey mus,
either give up their idol, or conse nj to stand
before the whole world as the unblushine vo.
taries of her cause.
This goes on the superstition, that G.. Bri-
tam viii not respect our rights. Either she
will or she will not. If she does. cit is a
contamination dezJoufI,J IN he ,u;sb ed g.. o.