The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-08-30

useless. and, being useless, must be isjuri-
Gus. because bc!i,tins the goyecnment or
such frivolous Conduct.
These are the ,frcc facts on which the
! federal papers. the same papers which par
I ticularly laud NJ. Smith for his publicati.
/ on, reply for proof of French influence ;--s
! (heSe are the facts by which letters from
Nova Scotia. published in federal papers in
Baltimore, declare " President Madison is
clearly proved TO be Frenchnan." We
appeal to every man OF Common understands
ing IN the nation, whether such charge,
supported by such vouchers, be not superaa
lively ridiculous.
But it may be, that Mr.. Smith sanctions
the idea promulgated Through a certain
| medium" that no charge os subservience to
france was intended. A re perusal of the
address would have flashed conviction of the
incorrectness of this assertion on its authors
HiInd. " Sensi6te as l have been" lays
Mr. Smith } TO the insults 6 injuries which
the u. States have received, again and "a
gain from G.. Britain, / [Mr. Smith, have
at no time been blind t0 the reiterated OUT
RACES OF france" Who said he had Why
introduce this phrase and the paragraph
which follows it p It's insertion was not cat.
led for in Standardization 1t mus then
have some other object; there needs no SUI
pernatural agency to disclose it's meaning
and II harmoniZeS well with the evidcns
design of the whole address.
As to Mr Smiths opposition to the law
OF last March, on the ground of partially
to France, on which he evidently designs to
leaVs its nothing can more Clearly illuse
trate It's futihty, than moments refeC ton
on the present state OF our commercial re-
atoms. France. for doing US a Certain uSs
'lcs, has received the distinction in her ia
vor which was awarded By our law 10 thu
nation which should return 20 an observance
CT respect tor neutral rights. Great Bril-
tain had 1t IN her power to have awaited
herneit of the law long before France heard
OF It's passage, but she did not think pro-
per to do so. She now has 1t in her bowen
without resignin5 single particle OF her
greatness, TO entitie hersei to the same mr.
sIleges IN our ports that France now enoys.
by revoking the orders in council ss thev
respect the u. States.-,We refuse to re-.
ceive her goods, SO long as she refuse. ia
permit ours to pass. And is his what Mr..
Smith calls being s"blnd to the reiterated
ou'rages OF France {" The recent condem.
nations in British ports speak Different
language, and the general voice would damn
the public servants who did not, by soma
act, resist such outrage. If France were
10 have been placed in the same relation to
US, a Britain is BOW, there is no oues.r,n-
but we should have been at war with her
long ago.
w = Shoti SOuSluQS tnSt& QGSultOrN
Elections, all we have to maks al This ume.
on he subject of Mr. Smith'a address. bIs
calling the attention OF our readers more
particularly to the effects WHICH Il nav he
expected 20 produce our foreign relati
ons. independent Of the unfayorabIc i'm
pressions which will be produced by ,ha
spectacle OF our great officers Of state dis
vu'ging the secrets OF their de partments,
he effects OF this combination of fact ana
h y uDth a ii m O,r TDi.
lgeren'3 will. we are persuaded, be felt IA
an extent which cannot now be realised.
.4s TO England, few weeks. we fear.
VIII TOO clearly indicate the operation OF
the delstcrious political poison. Who ~
there that expects repeal of her orders in
| council, when an ExSecr etarv If Safe
delares by implication, that his SotcrDment
has identified" itself with France Who
so creduous as to calculate on restoration az
the property coafscatcd under those orders,
or any respect for our rights when a per-
son just elected from so high an Office uro.
Claims from the house top, assertions from
which The inference is clearly deducibIe.
that his government has been blind to tho
reiterated SURFACES OF FIR nee ," The rea.
| iity OF the atements contained in this az.
dress, enters rot into the consideration OF ito
effects abroad, which will precede their res
tutation with speed not to be overtaken
| .Es 10 FranCe--how degrading is the %,
stion in which we are placed as to her -.
n picture is held up to her view in which
our Chief Magistrate is represented as
bending TO her will, as humbliag the mats
on to her high behes,s After this. WIS
would be surprised With the ignorance Of
| our institutions anG sentiments which gere.
| rally prevails in Europe, that we should be
greeted with language fit only to be adj.
dressed to vassals' When Secretary OF
! State processes - draw the mysterious
| curtain" which wells our affairs, who but
attaches credit 70 his statements? IF sonoe
OF our own nest people have been in,slea
| by them, how much more will those be af-
fected who have so few opportunities ~
gaining correct knowledge of our CON-
cern3i
INTERNAL NAVIGATION
On subject so important to the Union.
and SO particularly Interesting to this state
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