The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-02-12
I he enquirer.
RICHMOND, FEBRUARY -. 1871.
FOR THE ENQUIRER. Il

1t you have not, do SD. NJ. II. move,
tnat the Foreign Intercourse bill be done a
"ay-and with it, the Procl nation-and the
arrangement with France He says, we have
| not pledged our. tai.h ; that I" is law for the
regulation of our ozvn conduct, he operation
OF which is to depend on CERTAIN Contingent
cIes. True bui these con ingences are To
bind U.S. they happen, our faith is pledged.
WHAT'S the case! We pass our word. that
1t either IT the belligerent> shall respect our
neutral ghts, we will int er,lict all trade with
he othef. Now--one of them t,kes us at
our wort'--and pledges herself tt respect our
rights Is not here far bargain between
usf Can we fly from 1t without a breach of
faith How strangely is this same Mr.. Ran
doiph's tone changed, since Mr.. Err kinr's
arrangement. Then. when he brought out
resolution Of thanks, he spoke of the bar
gain, which Mr.. Canning had 4" obtained out
ct us"-it was bargain then, a solemn con-
tracf-aye, there was Jai'h pledged IN it,
but nozo 1t is une catre chose-quite ano
Their thing--and why because it was then
England, but with Heretics and Frenchmen
We keep no faith.--Yet this is not all--ln
that arrangement, we renewed our non-i M
tercourse as to England, without pledging
ourselves as to any thing against France.
But how did Mr.. r. view Il !? 1t put US
he said. IN hoint cfJact, in that very stu
alton III relation 10 tie two nations, i'm which
It was said that the British Commissioners
by the noe aimed to place us. The note
was sort of lien, gentlemen said-we re-
fused 20 give our bond for such it was re.
presented (however unjustly) to be-to be
re, sir-'but we have paid the money
We have done ,he very thing which gentle
men say the note aimed to induce us to do.
We have put ourselves in situation endan-
wi
Surfing amity with England But ,io7v, in
ldeed, when we have in fact pledged our
selves to do something in regard to Eng.
land. he says, there is 80 piedge---no faith
at ail--and the key 10 it is, because it mav
pu, u, IN a collision suith England
LII the representations, ON which Mr.. r.
grounds his motion, are in fact found to be
violations of our neutral commerce the en-
gagement IS then dissolved, France would be
guilty of breach of faith, and none is due
. her.-But how is this provens Mr Rus
ell h S been precipitale--Nand am sorry to
say it, because he shews an honest zeal on
the occa sion, But why did he 30 has, Nv, dis
pa CHI III, note 10 OR government? Had he
time enough tor hi tt take = fa,v view Of
tie case! to receive the explanations of
France, or her disavowals va cas-. il was
an irreg u acf He had heard, that this
act was done under the Berlin Decree---a d
was this ;umnura suffici mt reason % u to
recede from our engagement Same M m
bers IN the II. of r who opposed tue R1.o-
lui II. have gone too far.~.-Messrs Wright
and Cheves' whose zeal and principles
admire, concar in toe idea that &" il these
things had been done under the author of
France" she has been guilty. of perfdy.
and the engagement is dissolved But ii
these vessels were laden with colonial pro
duce, which may be interdicted by her own
commercial laws; and do not come with
! IN the scope OF he Berlin and Milan de
crees-& ifthcse laws d. n { violate our neu
trail commerce, because he, arr municihQl
regulations, where is the gr und OF de
nunciation?
The Due de Galore tells us in his note of
18th sep that American yesse!S loaded
with merchandise, the growth Of american
provinces, will be received without Difficult
in the ports of France, &c ''.--thus not in
Guiding British merchandise or colonial pro
duce.
g. Let us preserve our national faith, says
MIR. Cheves, and we are safe the time is
not far distant, when we ought TO resist the
injuries inflicted on US" Iagree with hin -
II France should come up to her engage
ment and respect our neutral commerce--if
she lets us into her ports and Great Bril-
tain seizes us on our way thither--I am for
asserting our rights by force. mus Confess
that 1 have very little faith in the good wish.
es of he present ministry. When we see by
the Report of the Dutch Deputy, Mr.. La
bouchere. that they would rather see Hol.
land siok into the arms of France, than give
up their Orders in Council--that they " at
tach infinite weight and importance" to
them--that these appear to formEhe funda-
mentai basis of the system" of the ministry
that they care inherent" in hem-that the
ministry looks upon this system as the best
means of seriously affecting the resources of
Ffance"-how can weianticipate its extin
guishment !-~If France is perfitiiuus--tbere
is an end of me Non-Intercourse-if she is
not then letus try it and enforce it--gnd if
tha5 will not answer let US assert our rights
on the seas by force
TAMMANY.