The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-10-09
Political.
FRoN coBpETr's WEEKLY REGISTER,
OF AUGUST a, 1912.
TO THE PR I.h'CE REGENT ON I'fYE
DISP UTE NTH AMERICA.

SIr-If have now to refer 10 tho proofs of the
correctness OF those opinions which addressed to
Your royal highuess many mo,ths past, upon the
subject of the dispute with America, beg you to
be assured, that do il not in the way OF triumph,
but in the hope, that even yet my advice, most
Respectfully offered TO your royal hghness, may have
some weight witl' you, and may in some sIaall de-
gree tend to avert that last OF national evils war
with America, a War against the chiluren Ut E,-
giishinen,a war against the seat of political and
religious freedom. ~
In my formeriettersI took great pains to entiea-
vor to induce your royal highness to distrust the
statements in our public prints as to the power of
the English party in the American states. l ass,i-
red you, that the venal press in England euga-
scd an prom; ulyating series OF deceptions with
gard to the opinions of the people OF America. L
took the liberty to point out to your royal hghness
tn. mischief which must result from listening To the
advice OF those whose Language might correspond
with that ot this press; aud, in short, showed,
that, al the eadeavors of that perneious, partial 6
corrupt press had their intended effect, war with A
metica must be the consequence BY this press
1.-THE vest instrument OF the vest corruption that
ever existed in the whole worldly thu people of En-
gland were induced to approve of the measures
which have now produced war with America or
at least, they were induced to wink at them. They
were made to believe, that measures OF hostility
aga'hst America were useful to US, aud that the A
merican government had not the power to resent
them by war The same, doubt not, was told to
your royal hiShness verbally but, how wretchedIy
have the nation aud you been deceived
The state of affairs between the two countries
now staads thus--fhere. exists a dispute on the
subject OF our oras1s an eocii on that of the inn,
oresshleHt 81 american Sedfnen and the pos
session IF the Eloridas.-There are some other
matters of inferior Importance, but they would adj
NIT oil easy arrangement. With regard to the
ders IN council, your royal highness advised to
Issue, on the 2lst OF April last declaration, stating
that you would repeal the orders in council un-
f' France, officially and Internationally, by some
pubic PRONUNCIATION, repealed her Berlin and Milan
DEGREES. France, so far from doing this, has. in
mr. anAc nlpFnn 81.
she will never do what your declaration required,
though, at the same time, she has repeated land
she has done no more) what she had said to the A
merican government in 1910, and what then
communicated to our government by the American
minister In Observation-Disclosures. you were after
wards advised to repeal the orders council, though
the conditions OF the declaration before issued were
not at all satisfied, but were, in fact set at open de-
fiance.
This repeal, which took place on the esd of Jnne
last, was, however, too late in its adoption pre-
vent war. The American government, who had
becn making their preparations for many months, s.
which preparations had been the subject of mockery
with the venal press in England declared war on the
18th OF June last. The intelligence of this having
been received in England, your royal highness was
anVisei to issue, on the 31st of July, order in
cornell Tor an embargo all American vessels in
our ports, and also for capturing and OBTAINING all
American vessels at sea,
lhs rs tile state OF affairs between the two conn
tries; and the main question appears to be,
whether when the American government hears of
our repeal OF the orders in connc they will revoke
their declaration Of war. This is question of great
interest at this moment and, shall, therefore,
proceed to lay before your royal highness nv sen.
tim with respect to il.
The same sort of nfatuation that has prevailed
hero, with regard 10 American affairs, for many
months past, appears still prevail Indeed, Sir
cav call it no other than nsoienee an insolent
contempt OF the Americans, thought by those who
hate ths m, and who would, If they could, kill them
tothe last man, in revenge for their having estab-
hcr her
slnecures, JGbs or selling OF seats. This nsolence
has induced people TO talk of America as country
incapable OF resenting any thing that might do to
her as being wretched state, unsupported by any
thing like viyor in government a sort of horde
OF half savaees, with whom might DO what we
pleased; AMI, to the very last minute, the great
mass OF the people here, ninety-nine out of every
hundred, firmly believed thar .711srica spouii ne
Der go to 1udy With They left propocations
quite out OF the question. They appeared to have
got INTO their heads n conclusion, that let us do
pdr with US.
This way of thinking has pervaded the whole of the
writings upon the subject of the dispute with Amer
ica1 ~ every stage iii the progress towards war,
the corrupt press has asserted, that America kne1p
better than to go to war with us. When she went
SO far as to pass acts for raising army and equip
ping ieet and that, too, with the avowed intention
OF making war against us still the hirelings told
the people, tirat she dared 60 war, and that
she only meant to bully. ] could fill large volume
with assertions from tie Times news paper alone
that SDe should net yield title, and that 7,nerica
would nor dare TO go TO Scay But, the fact is too
notorious to dwell upon. There is no man. and
especially your royal higbness, Who can have fail
ed 20 observe the constant repetition of these
sertions
At last, however, America, has dared TO 20 10
var, even against that great warrior George the
ih'rd, nearly three-hfths of whose reign has been
occupied IN wars, exclusive of the wars in India -
lie las been not only the greatest warrior but the
greatest cor9Heyor of any European prince that e.
yer hved Napoleon &c nothing to him as = conaue.
ror ana yet the Americans have dared to declare
wsraSaInst him. But, now, now that she has
actually declared war, and that, too by an act of
Congress, by law pissed by real representatives of
the people; by men elected by the free voice of the
nation +; by an unbribed, unbought, unsold upep-
shaved assembly, not By a set OF corrupt knsves
whom the president at any time twist about bv
means OF the peoples money even now when
she has declared wer in this solemn manner, the
hirciing newspapersin London would fan make us
believe, that the whole thing is mere make belief
that is mere fcint, and 's will end in smoke"-
~ the least they tell US, that when the news of the
repeal OF our or,lers in council reaches America.
there must be a fepocation Of the declaration of
FpdT- they seem to forget, that the declaration
OF war IN 3nerca is an act o congress, and that to
90 away the effect of that art, another net must pass
They seem To forget, that it 10 the beobic who have
declared war; ard that the eople must be con.
suited before that declaration can be annulle1. or
revoked. But, sir, the fact is that these writer's
talk miserable uonsense. We at var with a
mes1ca and, before can have peace with her A.
gam, we must have a treaty Of Peace
But The n,ain Question for rational men TO dis
cuss IS " VIII The repeal of our orders in council
be sufficient To induce America 10 make peace with
US, without nclading the redress OF her other erie-
Fances - his is the question that we have IN d,s
n fe n f.fnt