The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-02-27


american government. In the president
ms sage TO congres, ON TIC 5,h OF las
month, as tar as the first magistrate of ~
ton which thinks Itself Injured. and feels 1t
sell irritated, can. withols Political degra-
cation, mention conciiiaticn, we consi .cr til at
MIR Madison has mentiorcdit. Ills address,
though neither elegantly nor perspicuously
worded, but it is, Throughout. correct in sen :
! hment, decided in the me- sures it proposes.
| and perfectly in the spn'ir of The republican
character. The removal of those in,pedi-
mcnts with which both the bclligerents have
| oDstihctcd the commerce Of America is :s
principal subject. and while i. complains Of
inJnries produced by war between nations,
with whose preponderapce of power Amcri-
ca has no concern, it advises such an atti-
tude OF defence as may protect her remain
ing commerce and preserve her coasts from
insult.
''In England enough has been said, and
enough has been felt, of the orders in coun-
Gil, to demonstrate their folly, and to mani
test the mischicvOusness uf their tendency.
we shall not here repeat alGahe reasons
| which our suffering merchandising to la
| ment that such a means of warfare was cv-
| err devised 1t has been effective only against
america and ourselves : it has facilitated
The measures Of France, to whose DEGREES il
mas given mischievous efficiency. But upon
4 ne SUBJECT OF the orders in council, our ell
Informed correspondent (Mercator) has suf-
hcientiy eXpatiated +; q his arguments in ia
vor OF petition to his royal highness the
prince regent Tor their immediate RECESSION
are now strengthened, and enia rged, brt
message OF the president to congress. Mr.
Madison speaks of them alone as the exist
ing obstructions to the commerce of G.. Bri =
| taln with the u. S. The many complaints
which before the PRONUNCIATION of these hate
ful orders, were frequently raised by the A .
merican government against the operation of
our naval sovereignty, are lost in these -
eUit IN fhemSfloeS, they are the a6sor6ents
NJ az other eUHs and therefore one extern
siVe and general good must result from their
lrePeai-they will not leave behind them a :
ny obstacle to that harmony between those
Nations, who are not less connected by unity
o. commercial views, than by language, con-
s'hguihity, and the principles Of FREEDOM
But these orders in council, even as retalil-
tory measures against the DEGREES of France,
had thy, instead Questioning vigor on thos,,
DEGREES, impeded their action and frustrat-
Ell the views OF our enemy, are no longer
warrantable, since there are every 1uhere
IIi''0 JS, more than sufficient, that the obnor
tons DEGREES i Berlin and Milan are kotal-
iiy 1550saied. OF this, t appeared by the
message, the American government had
lately communicated fresh evidence to the
British Cabinet, and Justly expected, as Mr..
Niadlson declares, that upon it would be
founded an actual repeal of the orders, or as
surances that the repeal. (on that evidence
beng clearly veritied) would necessarily en-
sue. such assurance would at least have
been amicable, although a more immediate
repeal ought to have been the policy of lib
Graz cnnclilatory statesmen. Instead of such
a repeal, or of such assurance, however. we
lament to ind, by the statement of the Pre-
sident, that this communication {" was fol-
/ lowed ny an animation, that it had been
transmitted to the British plenipotentiary lin
America J in order that it might receive
consideration in the depending discussions.
| MS communication appears not to have
lbeen received :"
| America suffers, it is true, in such sit
uation OF affairs; the president is sensible of
this, and therefore, while he SAYS that the
states, with whose direction he is entrusted
should put themselves in an attitude, de-
manded by the crisis, and corresponding
with the national spirit and expectations,
he carefully avoids any expression that may
widen the differences between the govern
ments, and preclude the possibility of con-
Citation. He speaks of being ready to meet.
with cordially, satisfactory proofs of any
change in the policy of the British cabinet
and he characteristics the vcxatious disouisi-
.iohS ny Which the direct repeal OF the or
ders in council appears to be eluded by our
ministers, by no harshcr epithet than that of
untriendly. Even in speaking of those
manufactures which have been resorted to
during the operation of our orders in council
he ventures to acknowledge that their sue
cess IS owing " to the impulse of causes not
permanent" ministers consider the
atnlcabic tenor OF these expressions, and
taen let them turn to the following sentence
where with respect to France, he says, "no
PROOF however, is yet given of an intention to
repair the other wrongs done to the u s. :;
ana particularly TO restore the great amount
or American property seized and condemn
ca under cdicts, which, though not affecting
our neutral relations, and therefore, not en-
terins into questions between the u 5. and
olacr oeiliSerents, were, nevertheless. f,,,lri-
ded on such unjust principles that the re-
paration ought ohavc been prompt and am
pie"
Surely, the accusation Of partially in
the Councils OF America to the views of oul.
enemy can no longer be brought forward :.
the most prcjudiccd of our politicians must
here eSclaim that the moment of reconcilia-
ton with America is at length arrived she
oHsrs II herself, and policy demands that we
should embrace il.
OHre.t nt0fe9, continuation or obser-,n-
| INNS on the PresideHts Message. There
exists a war party in this country: an ava
| rlcious war party, whose unsated thirst of
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