The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-11-27


lchiet magistrate of their country. NO sucl
thing '--Str.cS with astonisnment at FIRST. We
. nothing dannted by the difficulty of the en-
Iterprisc, they at Lass cleared their brow anS
{. entered the lists, 6AidrIsh ia Laal, as aims
The arniisfice itself. In the very terms @
lit. they commended. might be seea MIR. Ma
ldisen's dislike OF peace
fog WHY, IN the frs: place. It's term.
were unequal. England was to Geese her
limpressments bcf,re we had passed o17
fdip Tor the exclusion of her seam,cA from,
our serrice.--.Nosv S5has Turns CIR 10 BE tAe
Jacf, here That We eventually shaped on,
propositions SO as to remove ever this ob
lJeciion that we wished to have an a.mix-
: nee To make a peace. but in tho mean time
the question OF imprcsSmens was t. go on as
1t did before, nor was it to cease ,t,.ill our
own law was ready to rake effect. Thus
the discontinuance of imprcssment on he,
side was to be only of cotemporary operation
with the statutory exclusion Of British sea-
men on our side. Where then is the alledg-
Cd inequality /! Yet this reasonable pro-
position WAS made and--svcs nude in rain.
II was even rejected 9vifa contemkt-NVe
were 81, GaTscnS, 1t seems, to get rid Of
tie zpGr."
The bawicrs, being driven from this
ground, have recourse toanother. They saw.
y lis true, Mr.. Madison offered TO exclude
BRUSH seamcn from our service (; but it was
mere sham, trick, n conf-de. main ; for
he mcGnf at the same time to naturaEze, &
thus To use them 1t is astonishing what
Glamour the federal prints are making on
this subject. This is their sole ground of
attack left; their foriorn tote.
| The fromffcrs behind the curtain have
gwen them the cue-and British Se0men.
6i7FIsh Sedmen, is the ,watchword. The
whoie Devy Is now in an uproar and from
the highest to the lowest, from the Rehc,.-
tory or Ccnsinei down to the alexandria
Gazette, every grasshopper that can raise
note IS chirping about British seamen.
ms is war for nGturdized Seonen -
MEMBERS OF Congress are disgracing their
places by STOPPING to the vilest tales on this
subJect-letters from them arc crowdinr
the Boston prints.-I'he United Stairs Gno
zeftc fiatters Itself it has hooked the Pre-
s'dent he claims, (says this oracle of
truth) the right OF comforting American CT
tizenship on every British subject, who, by
the laws OF his country, deserves to be hang
ca. i nose citizens of Hanover. who have
come to the bar of the public with an abo-
minable address in favor of Mr.. Richard
Morris, have joined in the chorus, singing out
that we arc. fighting d" for the rights of natu-
r0Hzed scQnlen."
NOW, " marx hozv a hlain tale evHi hut
them dorm. Mr.. Russell, in his last con-
versation with the British Secretary of For
elgn Affairs, proposed to "prohibit the en-
ployment OF all native subjects, except such
only as had already been naturaHzed."-
Only give up the practice of impressment,
says he, and on that condition we will en-
Ploy no more OF your Seamen, we will not
even nafuraHze them on the seas We will
also make Il reciprocal ARRANGEMENT for
| plUINp IN 6PSPrfPf-. from ,,bl
In VAN were these propositions, moderate &
llDerai as they were, held out-they were
treated In manner which for6ad MIR.
Russell to expect their acceptance
| What becomes then of all the federal cla-
mour on Mis point ?-This is nor a qpa,. for
British or naturaliZed seamen; it is for our
own dear countrymen for our own flesh
and blood bone of our bone and flesh of our
| flesh.
Though Mr.. Russell confesses that he
hazarded ms overture without the precise
commands OF MS go' eminent, yet the result
OF 1t distinctly proves that it is not satisfac-
tory to the enemy--Under present circum
stances, 1t is not sufficient to procure peace.
yet, though Mr.. Il. has made this over
ture without any precise authority. it is
likely that the administration would have
been willing to sanction it. IF there is no
other way To secure to our uafiue country
men their full rights without giving mod.
Ged privilege to the foreigners who wish ia
| come in by naturalization, we NAV be bound
SO TO secure them. The right of naturalization
is municipal power, which we must use for
the interests of the great body OF our native
born citizens. We may give it as and hoz,
we please. We may stipulate the terms
the time, the manner, and the extent in
which its privileges shall be conferred. We
may say to the British Seminar who here.
after comes before our tribunals We
VIII make you citizen OH shore YOU m AZ
| SIT under our vine and our fg tree, and there
shall De none to make you afraid, but if
you creep INTO our ships, we Cannot stretch
the same immunities over YOU" If the
foreigner accepts this invitation, he knows
the conditions on which he jans us, and
we practise neither deception nor breach
OF faith. But as to those who have been
airCady naturaIized under our laws. we arc
bound by the good faith of the nation to pro.
tect them.--We must consider too. Ina,
such an arrangement as Mr.. r. proposed
must nc reciprocal one, and that G. Il
would consequently on her part have to re-
peal her statute tor natpralizing our CHI
Zens by residence of f5vo years in her ma
~.
Peace, Peace, then, to the noisy Peace
makers who have disturbed the peace OF
the nation What plea will they now EN-.
pioy what shit, or possible device is now
lett to them !-HW they say, that Mr..
Madison is /ond Of 7Var, that lie is ambiti
Gus ct military fame, or of an increase of
power The whole course of his life would
give the lie to them--bred in the cabinet.