The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-10-06
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FOR THE MINISTERIAL sIDE.
BOtIey, Nly e3d 1872.

FOX The slINlSTERA1L SIDE.
The London Courier of the 3Ist of Juy, contains
| remarks ON the war message OF the President OF
the U. States, frou which we make the following
Extracts.
After reading the message of the American Pre-
s'dent, there are few OF our readers who will IL o
opion, that the repeal OF the orders in council vii
satisfy the American government, aud induce there
to recall their declaration OK WARRIOR those orders
are only one of the grounds sd hardly the prime
Pc. ground oil war. The Prcsidcnt brings every ac-
c'saticn he can bring against us, aBG cxaggerates x
in!taiOe rs them all! Complaints which i:9ve been re-
dressed, charges which have been refuted, are all
pressed INTO the service of his ms:lesto in NUter to
meet the different tastes and turns OF every body
Those who deem The orders in council an Insufficient
cause u var, assaulted BY he impressmen of A.
meiican seamen-and persons by whom the latter
is not conceived to be adequate ground ofhostli-
", are desired to couple with it the pruciple and
system of our blockadcs. Mr.. Madison seems to
be uncommohiy apprehcnsi,e OF remaining at peace
with US, Throughout his Iaboured message it is
manifest, that while he regards France with fear or
more probably with favor, he has most jealous &
resentiui temper towards England, il it WAS pos
sible that all natural ties could be dissolved while we
speak one language, & as it England were not now
the only bulwark cf Liberty and Of all that should
De dear to man.
The grounds of war, as laid in the message are
The right OF search eSel eised by us--rhe affair
OF the Chesapeske-Tbe system OF blockade parti-
eosnc--The disavowai of Mr.. Erskine's arrange
ment--tienry's Mission-and the Indian War.
The Courier here goes into train O. statements
TO attempt to prove that the q. in c. did not pro-
duce the war, and that their repeal would not put
stop to it.
A great ground of war is our rieht If search -
Now we have long since abandoned the search of A
merican ships of war; consequently it is wished
that we should abandon search Of merchant
men, In the first place, how is it possible that we
could know whether they have contraband of war
on board, if we 30 not exercise this right Bat zve
tGfe everY Brifish seaman from on board tAei,
S4'PS. 10 be sure soc do, and 50 70 be sure sve
ShGX. or This is n Dir gyord No power or,
his oath of allegiance, 70 deprive his country of
his services. Why does America resort 20 a Grim
inai conceamcnt Of our Subjects or have recourse
to the immoral and mean practice Of declaring then,
TO DC Americans merely because they have certi-
Gates Of citizenship III is this practice that has
produced Che difficulty Of discriminating; between re-
NJ and foreign American citizens And it is the
manner in which the American governTn mt itself
las reused orr suspicious by encouraging the prae
iice OF characterising British eeamen American
seamen. In Inc affair OF the Chesapeake, the
proclamation Of the president asserted that the
in question had been ascertsined to be citi.
zens ct the u. States. This assertion was after
wards viewed by congress in their report upon the
subject.
The systctn of blockade, particulars H1r. Fox's
blockade, OF Nay 1905, is another grievance. That
blockade extended to certain part OF the cncInys
coast, from the Elbe 10 Bre5t u cannot he de,ied
we believe, that urcP quite adeulIate to an
sexual blockade of tle different ports in that line uf
coast. But apprehcnd, and this WIS the rule OF
The war m 1856, that we have 81 right to prevent
neutral from carrying on commerce in war
which had been uniformly thut against him in time
Of peace-sucl IS tie colonial trade and such also
is the cOastng trade, both iterdcted 10 neurals in
TIRE OF peace. We prevent neutral5, by our decia-
lations OF blockade, from carrying ON the coasting
trade Of bellgerent, aud we apprchend that we
have clear right to do 50.
Here IRE Courier touches nbon the otker boinfs
viz EfsLinc's arrangement. the affair di the
Chesapeake the mission Of Henry, and the Indian
vars
We think We laye nearly gone thro' the Ameri.
can mahifesto. The claims oi America may be re-
diced 10 The following ponts-1he orders in coum-
oil seem TO be subordinate object. The msir ones
are
Abandonment ef our right of search,
And Of our principle Of blockade
Which abandonment would in fact lead 10 the es--
Enlistment Of Bonapsrtc's principle, neutral flags
shall make neutral cargoes.
IL 3 10 such claims aud pretensiOns that the prince
rogcnts speech, we sappOse, allCdes, in that part
wlicn speaks ofthe possible a" perseverance, Of The
government OF tic United States in any unwarrautq-
bic prc;susons." Against prctensions such rs those
VIC have mentioned, the Whole country will be unan-
imou9.
Whoa ihc orders IN council we're revoked nr.
Br0ualam said, taaj " if that measure did 10, cx-
cite au amicablc feeling in ncrica, lie Should be-
the last man % say, tbat ~ such case the govern
mont ought mt 60 he firmly supported"
Mr. Earring beietcd that it must, and " he knew
ought 10 sitisfY the Nmerc ~ rcpGb g."
Mr. foneDriT added, that " should the rcpub
lir demand say unreasonable concession, no
'uon wOdd he more ready tban himself to re-
ss' il!c tiam and airport the hOnoar Of tle cCuu-
'ty"