The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-02-29


~,"h- iia'i M hesitation tn say, depended s. rvsui.
- '.,,i, the Unloading ani violating con-
d.et OK our government"
to ,nis 2he Chaaceiior Of the Erche-
gar replied as follows:
q Another topiu and one which h. confessed Ia h
oi the greatest importance, observed upon by the
hiors5c gentleman, was the state of oi,. relations
with America. lie hoped that the house would be
i.'iisent enough, ii they saw at present AN inds
piti'' on the part oil Ministers to 20 nto any dis
n,hon on that i,nt, mt to attribute that ndisposi-
toa to want OF ajlty to meet amy srcL discussion
nos 10 any apprehension that this country would sui-
Ter IN hcri or her interests by whatever might
he disclosed upon it. fhc policy for this cotin.
Try t. adopt to wards America and the poicy which
nal been adhered to by the ministers oil the crown
Was 20 stave oil that catastrophe-the catastrophe Of
war--wliciI it the interest of both nations to a.
void. The conduct OF the government to America
Ought to be temperate and moderate, but. at the
'ans t'me' d,gnlied and consirent but nothing
nn;df ;.npede its plans and progress more than du.
ring the pending negotiations, be thus putting il
upon It's lefcncc-to be thus putting the co,,ntrv
utoa its trial. fthe conduct Of America was really
that OF fair impartial neutrality, as the honorable
gentleman contendet, he would rather give the hon
orable gentleman credit for his opinion than run the
risk OF endangering the Of the pending dis.
sassons, ny any declarations to the contrary. war
between this country and America would he pro-
d9ctve OF evil to both although, in his opinion not
OF SO much evil to England to America So far
irom considering the interests of both countries to
be In any opposition to another he would ALWAYS
consider the wealth of America as accessory to the
rehes and her prosperity as accessory to the great
ness OF England.
He would, indeed, he sorry to America crushed,
impoverished, or destroyed. (Here Mr.. Whitbread
repeated the word destroyed.'') The honourabIe
gentleman might repeat his words but though he did
not use the word destroyed in the sense of physical
annlhi'atlon, yet he contended that war with Eng
land would prove desractive to America-iestruc
tive to her wealth, her strength, her prosperity :.
her progressive civilization. The honourable gentle
man rcved the phrase oil " concliatoy disposition"
cactu .IrtnI Z.
government in its transactions with America For
nus part, he was candid enough to confess, that he
would bear with more from America than from sny
other foreign country with whom England coul, have
any relations. His opinion this point might be err
roneous; but he confident that he possessed to.
wards America the fullest spirit of consiliaton The
honorable gentleman farther remarked, that we
should have believed in the revocation of the Berlin
and Milan DEGREES, because America said that they
were repealed. Oar charge against America was.
that she had been too acquiescent aud too partial to
Crance-too partial to her opinions, and too acauies-
cent in her DEGREES So much did he differ from the
Americans this point, that he considered the very
notice OF revocation itself tire very strongest
that they were not revoked. In what the honorable
gentleman called revocation, he the clearcs evil
dence OF rc-enactment, and proof Of the existence
Of the spirit in which those DEGREES originated He
even conceived that he in that revocation de.
terined intention of abiding by them to the last ex
tremity. fthis revocation was as sincere as Il has
been said to be-if it indeed existed at ALL WHY did
not America produce the instrument itself! Why
NOT give distinctly, as she has other state papers
But the fact was, that France oni, gave notification
ana that too conditional one. dependent upon two
alternatives he hon. gentleman totally distracted
The condttionalty of the instrument from its consde
ration but he, 1.-THE chanceor) could not.-What
were these conditionsl That Great Britain should re-
woke her orders in council and abandon what is call
ed her new system of blockade, or that America
should cause the independence of her FLAG to be res
pected--that is, that Great-Brtain should abandon
that system which was founded on the laws of natl
Gus, and her own immemorial practice--becausc G.
Britain had adopted no system of block ede k,,.
mad adhered to her old prnciples-to those princi-
pies and maritime rights, which were the productive
causes OF her greatness and without adheing to and
asserting which she could longer exist as an indie
pendent nation New words had been invented -
lately VIC had heard of denationalizng ships, which
meant, suffering them to be visited by us upon the
ocean but if Great-Britain is to be hindered from
visiting and searching American ships on the high
seas according to her recognised & legitimate rights
have BEEN" :.
Whatever may be the opinion entertain
cd by different parties, certainly neither the
Regents Speech nor the sentiments of the
MINISTERS, as expressed by the Chancellor
OF tue EXchequer, contain any thing hos
tile to the peace, or offensive to the
character OF our country. On the contrary,
the language OF the Minister, is temperate
and conciliatlng, beyond what could have
been expected, if the ministerial journals
las they are called) were taken as the
standards Tor ascertaining the sentiments of
the government.
The report made to Parliament of the
state OF the Kings health would appear TO
exclude every hope of his recover We
40 not however perceive, i'll the parl!amen-
tary proceedings, any measures tout ming the
removal OF the restrictions on the Regency:
neither do we perceive (even in the opposi-
ton Papers) any thing which can warrant
us IN stating, that change of ministry is
IN contemplation. Affairs in Ireland are
growing more serious, particulars of which
shall be given in our rext.-Peace was
made between Russia a turkey. Russia
and France were expected to be at war.
Sweden had. it is said, determined to take
no part in the war. Repeated gales in the
Baltic had done great destruction. The ST.
George OF 08 guns, and the Defence of
~ guns are supposed to be lost.
Ledger.
LONDON, January 10.
The advices from the north of F.urone
brought by the Anholt Mails Of Yesterday
al concur III asserting that peace has been
concluded between Russia and Turkev
ihe letters from Petersburg. which are Of
the 9Th ult. ANNOUNCE rise in the EXCHANGE
winch Cannot easily be accounted for bnt
under the snpposition that peace has been
concluded. The advices from Riga state
decidedly, that preliminaries have been
signed by the respective commissioners for
x.s-f.