The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-07-20

2e performed by each nation to the other
there was the following article
" The required power shall likewise fur
nish on the demand of the requiring power
WITHIN the term of three months from the
requisiiion. eighteen thousand infantry and
SIX thousand cavalry, with a propnrtionabe
train of artillery. to be employed solely in
Europe or az defence IF The colonies 7vl.ch
me con'racHng foscers possess in me
gulhh efHt.r'co -
This is AN extract from the treaty.-
Under the circumstances, the question SAID
10 nave been asked by gen. Armstrong was
lt askeu) a supelfuo one; but, having
neen asked, 40 other answer could have bee n
returned by Talleyrand consistently with
truth bur that IT we went tn war with Spain.
France (agreeabiy to her treaty) could
neither doubt nor hesitate" She could not
bur have taken part with Spain, or have vi
dated most solemn treaty.
Aud these facts, the people are told, have
ocen Concealed from them from 1906 20 1910!
Stripped of it's decorations. what is the IN
fni,eiy momettous'' fact, so long concealed
(aithougtl IN the Possession of AN hundred &
seventy members of Co1greSs) from the peo
pie OF the U. States /, Why. SIMPLY this :;
that France had declared in reply toa ques
ton by our minister, that mo matter What
was her disposition) she comid NOT do other.
wise than ABIDE by her treaty. Had trea
ties then become so cheap that they were
violated for violations sake . Or was it
expec'ed or even wished that in the teeth
OF her treaty, France was to aid the United
states IN contest with Spain Mr.. JeHer
son SAID to Congress, it appears. that France
was =" distressed 10 eff CT a settlement on a
Piah a alNg us TO what our ministers pro
p 'Sed. his was the DISPOSITION Of
france isp 6,
ing that she declared, "should they (the u.
y 60 to war with SPAIN" that she must
ana oPan. France at that time deprecated
such an event on account of the part which
she was bound 10y treaty to take. Her dis
position therefore was favorable tn a settle
ment' And yet because, M. Jefferson de
CARED this fact, this calumniator has stigma
Used him as = horrible violator of truth q"
as AN arch deceiver 20
Inc writer of these letters on French In
uehce must either be profoundly ignorant
OF pShucal history, or he must appropriate
TO himself the charac er with which he has
VANITY and wickedly attempted to clothe our
late much respected President. Whe her
MS efforts be regarded in the one view or
the other, they cannot fail 10 receive, as
they merit, the contempt of all good men
The NEW ORDER IN COUNCIL
Is conspicuous evidence or tue ioilstice
waich now characteristics the conduct Of the bel
hgerents lhns'ing tor plumber it has been dis
covered by G Britain, thst there is one branch Of
commerce (f it may be SO called) which she has
nNt monopolizcd The right 10 fish in the oce an
10 right common 20 all mankind and no n ,tion
%" prevent any nut It's enemy from enjoying the
P,"heSe. Aware that it would have been too
8iarhg an INVASION of RI .ht to Gao urs the unoi
'eh"ihS hsHng sm4cks of a neutral n.,ion winch
rail-
'hy) the british Council have invented THIS GO.
Sd'her yea OF French influence to cover tie enor.
"i'y Oh the outrage A connection with their e
"-"y was the only circumstance which could e.
yer nave paated the order; and it therefore at
iects TO -onsIder ali nations excluding British
'SSSSiS rom their por.s under French influ
ehce. The absurdiy of such construction is
manifest, when we reflect that every nat,on L,s
ri8ht to interdct any Commerce Which # deems
'JuriouS 20 itself, and IN SO ding affords no lust
0"use Oh olicnce to any other nation It is the
ui'u'spu'ed right OF 4 third party, when two n 1.
.iohs are At war, to remain neutral Nay, more,
!. IT'S outy, unless some paramount obligation
Treaty. OF ALLIANCE for Instance,) intervene -
II Such nation excludes the vessels of both beii
Sercnis from its ports, as the best mode of pre
serving It's neutrality, it surely givs 10 cause
Oh oiience To either bellgerent, and certainly no
PROOF OF ITS being under the influence of one or the
other- And yet the new order in council, pre-
eoI''u''S 10 consider such nation under the IN
nuence OF France, Uctes to them such measure
as would only beJusli6able to an lvowed enemy
Ihere IS one circumstance, perhaps, wiiicj.
deserves attention 1T relates particuii rly To us
ms order was issued early in My, when it was
supposed by many III g. Britain that the interdic.
tioh OF intercourse between the u States and
that count y, which existed prior to the end OF
the iast session OF Congress would be continued
AZ any rate, the introduction was not known L.
al an IN he ,,,.Ia 4
dated only che day after the adjournment of Con
gFess' 1t mlght therefore naye been intended Ia,
operate on the fishermen of the " Sla.cs ; al
though, as things now stand, 1t ma, not aite,
them.-NA,. INr