The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1812-01-11


the use to which it was to be applied ant
we cannot suppose England would be 5,
blind as not to see that she was aimed a,
Nor could she, did he apprehend, mjure N,
more by thus Knowing ourpurposes than il
she was kept In ignorance OF them. She
may, indeed, anticipate US, and commence
the war. But that is what She is in fact do
ing, and She can add but little to the injury
which she is iuiiicting. If she choose to de-
clare war IN form, let her do SO, the respon-
sibihty viii be with her.
What are we TO gain by war, has been
emphatically asked In reply, he would
ask, what are we not to lose by peace +.
Commerce, character, nations best trea-
sure, honor! II pecuniaiy considerations
atone are 20 govern, there is sufficient mo-
tive tor the war. Our revenue is reduced
by the operation of the bei,igerent edicts to
about six millions of dollars, according 70
the Secretary of the Treasu,y's report. The
year preceding the embargo it was sixteen.
lake away the orders in Council it Will a.
gain mount up TO sixteen millions. By con-
unuinS therefore in peace, if the mongrel
sate in whichwe are deserve that denomina-
hon, we lose annually in revenue only, ten
millions of dollars. Gentlemen will say, re-
pear the law OF importation. He con-
tended that ii the United States were capa-
BE OF that pcriidy, the revenue would not
ne restored toitS former state the orders in
COUNCIL Continuing, without an export trade,
winch those orders prevent, ire vitable ruin
would ensue, il we imported as freely US
we did prior to the embargo. a nation that
CARRIES on an import trade Without an export
srade to support it, must in the end, be as
certainly bankrupt, as the individual would
De, who incurred an annual expenditure
without an income.
re had no disposition to swell, or dwell
apon the catalogue of injuries from England
lie could not, how ever, overlook the impress
nent OF our scarlen an aggression, upon
which he never reflected without feelings of
Indignation, which would not allow him ap-
proprate language to describe it's enormity
Not content with Selling upon all ourproper-
D. y hich falls within her rapacious grasp ,Ghe
personal rights of our countrymen-rights
which forever ought to be sacred, are tram
pied upon and violated. The orders in coun-
Gil were pretended to have been reluctantly
adopted as measure OF retaliation. Ihe
French DEGREES, their aliedged basis, are
revoked. England resorts to the expedient
OF denying the fact of the revocation, and
Sir William Scott, in the celebrated case OF
the x and others, suspends Judgment that
proof may be adduced of it. And at the
~ "ent when the British ministry, through
that Judge, is thus affecting TO controvcrt
that tact, and TIC place the Slc,,,e of our
property upon its establishment, INSTRUCT
oHs are prepared for Mr.. Foster to meet at
W ashington the very revocation which they
BY 'fni ling the engGstheht s6tehhg made
to rescInd the orders No, sir, but bv de-
handing that We shall secure the introeiuc-
ton into the continent of British manufac-
cures
England is saidto be fighting for the world,
and shall we, 1t Is asked, attempt TO weaken
her exertions 1t indeed the aim OF the
J. rench emperor be universal dominion (and
he was will s To allow il to the argument, !
what noble cause is presented to British
VaIor But how IS her prianthropic pur-
pose to be atchieyed? BY scrupulous observ-
ance OF the rights OF others I; by respecting
that code of public law which she processes
to vindicate-and by abstaining from self
ggiandizement. Then would she command
the sympathies OF the world, What are we
required to do by those who would engage
oar 1ccilngs and wishes i'll her behalf! To
bear the actual cuffs of her arrogance, that
we may escape a chimeiical French subin-
cation We are Inyited--conjured To drink
the potion Of British poison actually pre-
sented to our lips, that we may avoid the
imperial dose prepared by perturbed ina
glnauons. we are called upon to submit to
debascment, dIShcnor and disgrace--to
bow the neck to royal inSolence, as a course
or preparation for manly resistance to Galiic
mvaSiOi! What nation, what individual was
ever taught, III the schools OF ignomlnlous
submission, the patriotic lessons Of freedom
and Independence Let those who content.
for this Illuminating doctrine, read its refu-
tation in the history of the very man agains.
whose Unsuitable thirst of dominion we sic
warned. The experience az desolateo
spain, for the last Is years, is worth vo-
Tunes. Did she and her Fepose and safety
iii subserNienCy to the will of that man ,
Had she boldly stood forth ard repealed the
FIRST attempt TO dictate to her councils, her
monarch would not now be a miserable cap
tive IN Marseiiles. Let us come home to our
own history II was not by submission that
our fathers achieved our independence.
The patriotic wisdom that placed you, Mr.
Chairman, said Mr.. c., under that canopy
penetrated the designs OF a corrupt ministry
and nobiy fronted encroaChment on is frs;
appearance. 1t saw, beyond the petty take.
with which it commenced, long train o
oppressive measures terminating in the toia
humiliation of liberty and contemplate as
they were, it did not hesitate 20 resist them
| Take the experience Of the last four or five
years, and which he was sorry to say exhib-
tied, in appearance at least, different kind
o. spirit. Ele did not wish To view, the past
further than 20 guide Us for tho future W.
we're but yesterday contenliug for the In.
direct traGe--the right to export to Europt
the coiiec and sugar of the West-lndies
To-day We are asserting our claim to the di