The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-07-31
~ LINI INUED.
BY II REPUBLICANS.

federal party that broke up the embargo
! they forced the administration to forego tlIa
wise measure cfpeace they compelled III,
government to recede with dishOhur or to an
peal TO the cannon ; they, more cruel still
than the enemy, laughed amidst the outra-
ses OF a v'ndictive foe, and scol!ed a. the
best Efforts OF wise and gallant men to sus.
tain the country in AN honorable posture IL
The eyes of the world.
but if The restrictive system was iinleciie
what would the addresscrs have b:ir !.
- 10 1t is agTsiast ws.i. that the, pamphlet
US printed Is itpeace, with. submission and
Disgrace? They. will tell yotrno But by
their leave, peace. Thou, embargo or non
importation, or redress Of wrongs, is peace
with euhnisaios ard dissrqce
What is the project of these pamphlc-
GERS They leave that quite vague and
indefinite, They dc, indeed, tell us, that
tney eoncurred in g an enlarged and en-
iightened system of defence, with securtv
of our maritime rights" In effect thew an.
nit, and we knozv, that the addressers were
for an Hrmy, for Navy, and all the e.z;-
Hences necessary Tor their support. Yet
they were not for WAR What them Did
they countenance these measures as a hedcc
establishment ? Surely folly is blind, Can
these gentlemen Halter themselves that in
ICohsistehcles SO gross can deceive Il SINGLE
mortai! No commercial restrictions-no
war-no redress of observation-disclosures
an army-and a many! Such is their pro-
Ilecs such their principles; SHch their po-
iicy
Fer their ultimate forbearance-.a for
oearance IN relation to the restrictive poll
cy-the addressers think the President of
the United States ought to have been so
much obliged to them, as not to pourtrav
the effort made by Great Britain through
John henry to discover the Union of the
States. After a course of policy (say
they) thus liberal and Concliatory, it was
cause OF regret that a commune alton should
have been purchased by an unprecedented
expenditure Of secret service money; and
used by the Chief Magistrate 20 dissent
nate suspicion and jealousy" 1t was cause
of regret" What? That the money
was spent! Ne /! Because the paltry sum
expended to obtain the PROOF of British
peri1dy was nothing when compared with
the lavish ideas of federalists in relation TO
the public exchequer--nothing when con
trasted with the sums bestowed upon fede-
raj spectators from the year 1897 to 1901
What, then, was the capse of q regret'sp
Why, the dissemination OF "sushicion and
Jeaiousy." Not by the chief magistrate
for he disseminated nothing; he only pla-
ced the FACTS before Congress- The
".sn&ffcion" and the ''jeaiouSy" did, in
deed, shoot up: not because Henry was
paid, or that the President got the impor-
tart secret outof him and let it forever be
remembered, that the main facts of the
case are admitted by the English ministry
but because the seditious and traiiorous con
duct OF the Junto oil Essex too well corro-
borated the PITH of Henry's narrative
Time, place and circumstance, all corre-
sponded to establish his story and the no
litical culprits sneaked out of their own fee
hugs OF disgrace by affecting to have thei,
PRIDE wounded Thus the bawd puts on
the mask OF virtue, and brazens il cut IN
the face OF the community; thus the con-
sciouS kna,e struts the man of probitv, and
kmts his brows in nimick superiority of
tAcsc who kno7y and detest his deDravitV
And what is the Conduct Of the federaists
OF Massachusetts no7v--that is, of those who
direct the machinery of state politics in
that quarter Is it not of the very same
complexion as that which induced Cover
nor Craig to send John Henry to Boston p
Does 1t not hold out the aspect Of rebellion
Does it not invite foreign emissaries to 90
and tamper with them I? And vet these
gentlemen regret" that the chief mari5
trate should have published Hehry's dis
closures. Time, however, has shewn tina,
he could not have done wiser thing
nose disclosures have put the nation on
their guard 4; they will warn the yirSuous
yeomaniy Of Massachusetts to he watchfnl
OF the demagogues who fan the fame Of fac
ton, goaded, perhaps, by some other Hen
ry, and bribcd 10 treason by stronger incer.
tives. In this point of view alone the trutb
that Henry exposed was worth mill ion
In mere account Current between treache-
fy on the one hand and sheer curiosity on
the other, the disclosures would not have
been worth the money. But when we look
t. the consequences--Wilen we REGARD the
posture Of national affairs when We consi,
der the game that England was playing
when we reflect on the fair promises Chat
Britain made, and was still making. of
friehdehip for this countiy-no candid man
viii pretend to deny that the facts were
mcmentous that they served to confirm
men of penetration in their incfedulltv al
English arnity; and to enlirhter. IN tbat
particular, the Understandings of all classes
OF our citizens. Here, again, we rccur 10
responsibility Of the representatives and
OF the rulers Of the people they had taken
upon themselves DREAD responsibility -
In the face cf AZ active and turbulent Bril-
fish party il the country, administrators
took It upon themselves 70 declare the IN
sincerity Of his l}Titannic Majesty's DIofes
'lons, that all his Majesty's Minister were
Inoliow- hearted, and That III sii negotiations
| were nothing more than = chain of pTocras
/ tinaton, faisehuod and double deal.6e -
/ How were they to prove this declaration ,
Prejadice5 operaCed with many honest men
! TO neutFalizs national argument The viz.