The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-08-28

The gentlemen then go TO recte all the in
Nentions. birth IA England America, prove that
the dceress have not been revOked-on this point
they are very prccise-thc declaration OF repeal by
thr minister of AN emperor, whose will is law, is
not solemn enough facts must be produced in proof
and when releases have been made in virtue OF the
revocation of the DEGREES, then that Is proof that
they revoked The topic has been already
too much canvasscd x I have disposition to en-
large the sphere OF pucthty.
The AddresseIs, as decisive argument, aver,
that France offers no inducement, through the me
dunn OF her cou,meree, to the United States, 10
cuuntcrhalance the evils of with Great Britain.
Ii grant that she does not, what does that prove
il proves that make war, not for any benefit 10
be derived from the French, but to redress the
wrongs that We suffer from c. Britain----no, from
any inclination for union with the emperor OF
France, hut from a strict adherence to
rights. 1t would seem, BY their dwelling that
point, that ii France offered TO our avarise more
trade than c. Britain would offer, the federalists
would sccedc TO the rropriey OF the prevailing
his consideration has not weighed with the reub
licans-thcy have not suffered themselves to be
thus 6Ii6eG into hostlitcs. If maxim 90 this sort
we're to be made the basis of national policy, il
would At any time be in the power of one eclhSer-
ent TO tup as into awar with the ottSi--'t would
only be necessary to halt the invitation wth supeEcr
commercial advantages for our government TO snap
at.
That the adtresscrs arc influenced by such max
in, they have themselves furnished the proof They
have gone, ut page %, into computation, stating
the reiae amount OF trade between the u. States
and France the hand, and that permitted. by
c. Britain the other and they state contrast,
which makes the amount of our trade, allowed by
the British, thirt--one millions five hundred thOus
and dollars more than it with the French. Thi.
balance, they distinctly intimate, administration
ought 10 have accepted remaining ut peace, and
sacrificing all trade with France, he; allies and de-
pendcncivs. &c Notwithstanding the violence OF the
belligercuts (say theJ p 2S) were tie restrictions
OF our own government removed, the commerce of
the United states might be eetensive and proj1ta-
bic -
Thus, then, the sum of thirty millions FIVE
hundred thousand dollars is the satistactOry Price
in the opinion & the Addressers for eubDissio1 10
British control in relation to the improvement O,
our seamcn unlawful biookades and orders in coIn-
Gil whose effects are, to this country, stare IT cole
NAL VaSSdtarc. Had The majority Of Congress, in
q printed phamphet, proposed, for any favor
France can oestow, to submit TO the operation of
her DEGREES, would that not have proved an impro
per bias 80 that country And have the minor
ity, i'll attempting to prove, with respect to our
prGseut rulers, what does not exist, furnished evil
dence with regard 60 themselves, OF what does ex-
list TO suppose French influence to prevail with
out motive, either OF honor or of interest, is to
suppose community of action without single hui
man incentive; but to suppose British influence
to operate where the motive of interest is named,
where the very is specified, is it lot to estab-
! lish the fact
But the balance stated in favor of British trade,
IS not clear gain. ltis the amount OF what
port to the dominions of that Kingdom and other
places, and which are chiefly paid for in British
productions and manufactures. Even exporta-
tons to Anglo-Portugal and AngloSpain, do not
yield ms payments in specie. Our merchants are
! paid in British bills, PAYABLE in G.. Britain, from
whence, by law all transportation of specie is pro-
hibited. In this kind of barter the British are the
only gamers. We furnish them with food and raw
materials for their manufactures but the manu-
factured al tIcies afford higher profit than the
ones, and jhus they draw from than we do
| from them. Our trade with France and the CONT
nent of Europe used to be more lucrative; if, AT
present, the French will not purchase our produce
rxecpt we invest the avails in silks, wines, and
braudies,' what has produced that regulation !
| W hat has produced upon our commodities in France
So high tariff, and almost closed upon our for
mcr profitable markets Ask the British naviga-
ton act ask British statutes of monopoly and ex-
clus,on ask British custom-house regulations +;
| British bockades, and orders in council
And If, Indeed, the trade with France, and the
nations under her sway, since the revocation of her
obnc%ious DEGREES, be so trng, how has il occurred
that the navy Of G. Britain acting under the orders
in council, have made so many captures ltFrench
commerce be so extremely burthene0, so worthless
so little worth pursuing, why is it that our mer-
cbants-and federal merchants too-have engaged
in it 1t may be seen, the lists reported to the
House of Representatives, that G. Britain, since the
first of November, 1910, has seized and condemned
not less than one hundred and fifty-eight Amer-
vessels with their eareOes, bona JTde property of
| citizens of the u. States. Well may that commerce
be limited, which, subjected to high duties by one
becsrent, is cG6tRred BY the other ! The wonder
is not that it is so small inamount-the wonder is
that there is any at all. There is, nevertheless,
distinction the tariffs legal though unfriendly
the capture is
1 offer no apology for France She has wronged
us, and must do MS right. But it has not escaped
observation, that many her seizures of vessels and
IN crchandi9e under our flag British properly
British merchants, prcstrating their former lofty
character of probity, forged our papers and our
passports, and every where rendered our hag
pected. Denmark, who had at time taken so
many of our vesscls under pretexe of their being
Engiis',, did not, after the arrival Of Mr.. Erving,
who enabled accurately to discriminate between
the false aud the true, condemn single real Amer
lean. MIR. ErvjnS foa; return, communicated by
the President, w Justify the assertion. In effect,
the perjui+es 7nd frauds of the Brtish placed
commerce liz the ports cf Europe in the situation of
yirtuous woman surrounded by persons Of i'll fame,
aud it has suffered from The bad company il has
been found in Debsuebed herself, G.. Britain has
debauched our flag, and has endeavored to screen
her own vices by CRYING out that American virtue
was vioisted BY Frenchmen. Like Mrs. Waters.
! IN Tom Jones, The British have always roared
rape : and murder whenever they have been
detected in their rOguery.
do not attempt to disguise, that vessels claiming
to be Americans, were seized by France after The
French DEGREES had been declared have been
cindcd; the document / have introduced, shows
that there have been in all fort -Gye. Most Ofthcsc
I however, IL pCt the whole, have been liberated,
will appear by the letters of Mr. Russell and Mr.
Barlow. This is the humorous list said al p. %
Of the Address, to exist in the office of the Secre~
tary of State" tits, admit, too numerous but
why DO the hddresscrs csncea, that many OF them
were suspected, If not proved, to be in collision
with the English Ii, however, forty-fve vessels
detained, and subsequently released, create such
Indignation in the breasts OF the pamphleteers, why
do they dOze over the ore haadred and Gtfy-eight