The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-04-10

language. 1t stated the iscgent's carries,
wish To bring the discussions With Amcric,,
TO an anicab,e tcriiNnation. But Mis.ils
might exist where there WAS no hope, aid
this seemed tn be the case here, where ihc
speech from the throne induced a belief that
negotiations were pending between the
countries of which favorable issue might
be ;lniictated, when in fact thele WAS no
s,:ch thing, for the discussions for the time
had terminated, and il was hot 4 continuati..
On, but a assumption Of diem which ensueI
IN the negotiations opencd Ivy Mr.. tostey.--
Some time alter this, Mr.. Foster had been
sent out 20 America, and the correspondence
between him and tue government 81 the u.
States, had, as he before mentioned, been
published. At the period OF this mission,
much was expected from it. Ii was thought
that MIR. Foster had gone out with other &
new powers beyond what had been iutrustcd
To any preceding negotiation. But in this
respect, expectation was grievously disap-
pointed for he carried with him to Ame-
RIGA but re-statcments of points and mat
ters which had been stated over and over
again before, and to which he could receive
no other answers but such as had befoi c
been as repeatedly given. From such a
mission, it was indeed vain TO look FOR any
beneficial result. Nearly connected with
the subject which il was Row his earnest
wish to impress upon the House, was that
which involved the consideration Of the Or.
ders i'll Council. But from this he would
entirely abstain, and the rather, as it would
be brought under their view i'll a regular
manner, i'll the course of a few days, on a
notice given by an honorable friend OF his
(Alr. Brougham.) He would not now stop
to inquire whether the Orders in Council!
were wise and po!isic--whether those mea-
sures had ever been acted up to-whether
1t had ever been possible to carry them full
ly into effect. He would not now trouble
the House with an investigation into the ob-
Ject and nature Of the Berlin and Milan de-
crees, or whether or not these DEGREES had
been repealed-all these matters, as he had
already stated, would come more fifty un-
der the discussion on the motion of his ho-
norable friend and he hoped with Il bet
ter attendance than the present numbers in
the House disclosed. The whole object &
effect OF the motion, with which it was his
intention to conclude, was simply Tor intor-
mation-for information to enable them t.
judge officially Of the conduct ct ministers
who, as he had Ill along apprehcnded, had
brought this country to the verge OF wa
with America. From the whole tenor OF
their conduct, while processing Cancellation
and regard, such had been the result which
he anticipated, and which their situation At
this moment proved to be suspicion but
too well founded. He asked for no discio-
sures that could be injurious-for no disco
veries to retard or impede negociations-ali
he required was Information already printed
and in his hands--the correspondence "a
mong the diplomatsts of the two countries
from last October, up to which time they
were already in possession of all that had
passed. And, however his motion might
be wcrded, he begged here, once fer all, to
guard himself against being supposed to move
tor single document beyond what were al
ready known oall tile world. He had detail
ed the order OF the orrespondence---he
would now state the result. On the 5th
November, as was generally known, the
President of the United States sent the o.
pening Message to Congress, and, on the
29th, the Report Of what was called the
committee Oh Foreign Relations was made
The nature and tendency Of these documents
were apparent. There could be no doubt
of the feelings which predominated i'll the
American government and the mass of the
people. Their view Of the matter was clear
and decided; and, from their tone, 1t was
evident, the mission of Mr.. Foster had been
Intellectual in point Of fact, that it had
terminated. In this condition stood matters
at the present moment, and he could antici-
pate no good ground on which his motion
could be refused but he was aware of ma
ny arguments by which the House should
be influenced to concur in pressing for the
information he now demanded.
He was aware that the papers he asked
for were voiuminous, and had no claim To
novelty and that therefore, it would be
somewhat of task to read them through.
But their Importance meritcd that atten
ton, and they could expect no hess volu
mlnous documents on question which like
the present, had been protraCted from year
TO year. Much labor as it now required, he
again begged leave to express its necessity
! and high Importance Omt, of these papers
they would be called OF. to decide, whether
OF not they would go to war with America.
That indeed was not to be decided tonight y;
but he called ON them to make themselves
masters of the necessary information before
they came to decide upon it. In order to
this, they must have official and technical
reference to the documents and, however
little Importance he might argue from the
thin attendance he now addressed was at
tached to- the subject by the House, he could
| assure them IT had lost none OF It's interest
Out of doors. lie did not enter into discus
sal, whether the Orders in Council were
wise whether America had acted with
partially towards France /; whether sh,
mad shown a hostile disposition to this coun
| try whether the Orders In Council hat
been, or could be acted up to; 10 man cOult
doubt that their result was the utmost Com.
mcrcial distress and difficulty. No MAJ
could doubt but that if the American mar
ket was opened to our manufactures, i
J would be deep and signal blessing n,