The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-04-23

gracetotke English press, or is it nots Wasthe
like If this ever seen to issue from AN,
tner press in the worlds Is this dictated
10y u love of country, and feelings of manly
hostility towards its powerful enemy, or by
the selfish fear of pecuniary loss. which
seldom fails to shew itself IN effusions of
mean and impotent malignitys Arise from
what source it may. there can be no doubt,
think. in the mind of any rational man, .he.
it must be productive OF mischief TO the
country. 1t has always been maxim a
mongst nations. that wars should be carried
on with as little of personal acrimony as
possible; and for this plain reason. that
such personal acrimony while it cannot pos
sibly do, any good. may not only possibly,
but very likei,h do great deal Of harm. by
exciting passions. which, without il. would
never have existed This maxim is pecu-
liarly applicable to the war now going on,
and especial care should be taken, not to
make the quarrel with Napoleon, per.
sonal one. seeing that the happiness of SO
many British subjects depends. upon his
breath. am not foolish enough to suppose.
that any thing that can be said by these We
nal writer's, or by any body else, can in the
smallest degree, tend to the. Strengthening
of his resolution to subdue this country, Il
he can; but it must be evident to every
one, that there are great variety 1T ways,
IN which he may be induced to add TO the
seventies of war, and especially when he
has so many British subjects in his hands.
Viewing the matter in this light, who can
help feeling Indignation at these unnecessa
ry attacks, this bootless abuse these foul,
atro cious and objectionable calumnies, " hich
nothing but an almost internal malignity
could invent, and which it is not in human
nature to forgive. The writer's of this coun-
try fed fhes rra L,Il. Il -
Prussian army, under the late duke of
Brunswick, on the score of personal insult.
alledged to have been offered by q very
small part of the people to the then princess
OF Orange. But if that insult had been of
Tered by every individual soul in the United
Netherlands, it would not have amounted to
a millionth part of the insult. which, IN the
above quoted passages, is offered to Napole-
on and to princess OF a royal house, but
a short while ago in alliance with England.
Am told that the English government and
nation are not answe rable FOX what is pub
iished in the Morning Pos, and G. aurier?-
My answer is, that the English government
has, upon several occasions, ordered per
sons to be prosecuted for what were deem
ed iibels against foreign princess, and e.
ven Napoleon himself; and that as to
the nation, these prints are published ia the
Metropolis, are circulated through the coun
TRY, are upheld by numerous purchasers. &
that too, amongst that class of society, who
ought to be judges OF the fitness of wha,
they read. This being the case, the natun
must be looked upon as answerable for
what these prints contain and, though il
is well known that all persons of a just way
of thinking do hold these publications in alb
horrence. yet, it would be very foolish for
US 10 expect that the world, IN it's estimate
OF the act, would make this exception with
Prospect to its authors; and. whatever may
be our wishes, we may be assured that, in
| whatever Country these atrocious publicati-
ons may be read a deaf ear will be turned
to all our complaints against the perseve-
ring hostility, ranCor. and vindlctiveness of
Bonaparte, who, if he has in him the feel
iRgs common to mankind, can never be sa
| tished with any ,hing short of the total ex-
turpation OF those. from whom have pre.
ceeded these diabolical charges. 1t is, there
fore, the duty OF every man who has at his
| command any portion OF the press, to en-
deavor to wipe from his country in general
this foul, this deep disg ace. md to fix It
exclusively upon the heads OF those MER
CENARY, MEAN and MALIGNANT HYpo-
critics, from whom, and from whom A.
lone, It could possibly flow AS to the
| SECOND point, The invitation to the TACO
bins Of France, this writer tells US that a
pow erful party may be raised in NapoIeon's
own palace, to overthrow him, that such a
party could consist, only, of the friends of
liberty. called the jaco6ins that If they were
TO become master their strength would be
derived from the enthusiasm offhe stirtt of
treedom--that it is likely they would bend
theft exertions and 6enevokence to the Der
tering of the condition Of France. This s
10 bad picture of the jacobins, and one would
really suppose, 5hat the writer of the Cou
rlers mao, lor moment, forgotten himself.
and taken leaf out of his old book We
jacobins may now hold Up our heads, think
for what better character than Ibis can
we ask on wish fors were to choose The words
of my epitaph, they should be these: He
I" zuae friend Of liberty, his hower he de
rived from The shirt Of ./reedor.. and
ms eCertions svere directed TO the bene-
a. uolent fiurhoSe Of lettering the condition
g Of England" character which | would
not exchange for the accumulated sums. A.
ris ng from the siDecures of the Perceyal and
Grenvlle families.
| Having given this character ofthe French
jacobins, this writer tells us, that they NAV
! probably become masters in France. an
event for which our government should be
lfrefiared (; and that our government should
hail the return OF the jacobins to power. en-
courage it. and assist it. The reader will
not taIl TO recollect, how MANY years we
carried OH war, how many millions of money
J were spent, and how many thousand of
men were slain in war, because France
was under the dominion of jacobins and
here we have, at the end of fifteen years of
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