The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-04-06

Say ABOUT tne " common origin OF the TWO
nations, if of any weight, it might be urged
l suppose, with full as much prCpriety by
the Americans against our inlhr Clements,
as it is now urged against their resistance.
| remember that 1t was urged with great
force in favor of American submission to
be taxed by an English parliament but,
As the result showed, with as little effe CT
as it possibly can se upon this OCCASION,
There is one thing in this "caiiing cousin
as the saying is, that / do not much like.
The calling cousin always proceeds from
us. The Americans never REMIND US
that ave are OF the same origin with them.
Thisis bad Sign on our side. 1t is we,
and not they, who tell the world of the re-
iaticnshp. In short, it is we'll enough
fora newspaper to remind them of their
origin but would not have doneit in a
solemn declaration /; especially when l
was accusing them of being tbs willing in
strument & abettor of our enemy. Com
mon interest. THAT indeed was a point
to dwell on--but then it was necessary to
produce something at least, in support of
the proposition. The Americans will
query the tdct-and, indeed they will fatty
deny it. They will say, for they have said,
that it is not for their interest, that We
should have more power than we now have
over the sea and, that they have much
''oiS W oiSsNu iIOih S'Sal haNdi )oNtTs
than from an overgrown power on the
continent of Europe. They are in no fear
of the emperor Napoleon, whose fleets they
are now match for; but they are in
some fear of US; and. therefore, they do
not wish to see us stronger. 1t is in vain
to tell them, that we are fighting in defence
OF the " liberties of the 7corkd." They un-
derstand this matter full as we'll as we do
and perhaps, n little better. / should like
TIC see this proposition attempted to be pro-
we'd. | should like 20 hear my lord Castle
reagh, beginning with the declaration a
sainst the republicans of France. continue
on his history Of our hostilites to the pre-
sent day. taking in those of India by way
of episode, and concluding with the war
for the right Of mIfTeSsme,t, make it out
hoTo we have Been & are defending The Ii
oertieS OF the EvOYL9. dare say that his
lordship could make it out clearly enough.
Lido not preerHd to question the fact OF his
ability but it would be at once instruC-
tive & entertaining TO hear hozy lac would do
it. From their firofesSed principles of
Freedom. From these the "BECLARATI-
ON" says that his royal highness expected
the United States would have been the
last power to become a willing instrument
OF French tyranny Very true-of
French fyranHy-Dut that did not hinder
of undressing wen from on beard their Shits
and it should have been showh how this
disposition proved them to be a willing in
strument OF French tyranny, or Of any ty-
ranny at all. II is useless to revile it is
useless TO Fly of to other matter. We i'm
press men. on board or American ships up-
On the high seas--we take out (no matter
whether by mistake or otherwise) Amerf-
can seamen as well as English--we force
tt,a Eabt hoo ,.l
nish them if they disobey. And, when thew,
after years of complaints and remonstran-
ces, take up arms in way of resistance, we
tell them that they show themselves the
willing instruments and abettors of rench
tyranny. l wish siRcersly that this pas
sage had been omitted, There are other
parts Of the DECLARATION" .ha.
do not like--but this part appears to me,
likely to excite a great deal of ill wil-of
lasting, directed i'll will. do not like the
word "fTQtssed," as applicable to the A
merican f7fac;E lies offrecdom. The meaning
of that word, as here applied, cannot be
equivocal, and assuredly would have been
better left out, especially as we never see,
in any Of the American documents, any
expression Of the kind applied to as and to
our government. But to take another view
of the matter, why should his royal high
ness expect the Americans to be disincli-
ned towards France, because they profess
principles OF freedom Why should he, on
h 8 account, expect they would lean to
oitr side in the war! Does the declaration
mean to say, that the government of
France is more tyrannical than wac that
monarchy, for the restoration of which a
league was made in Europe in the years
1892 and 1898 From it's tcne, the decla-
ration may be construed to mean that our
government is more free than that of
France, and that, therefore, we might
have expected the Americans, who profess
principles q freedom, 60 be on our aide in
a cont estsgainst I" French tyranny." Hem !
Nuns Well. well, we will say nothine
about TIE niatter--but, it must he clear to
every one, that the Americans NAV have
their oUn ofi1iion upon the sGbject--and
they uay eTfTess " TOO, until We can get al
them with an Er-O 6fcio. They may have
their own opinion upon the matter-and
their opinion may possibly differ from ours.
They are, to be sure, 1T great distance
but they are a rcading and an Observing
and calculating people--and I'll engage
that there Is not farmer in the be- ok
states who is not able to give pretty GOOD
account OF the Blessings of " English liber-
ty."
Besides, leaving this quite out of the
questiou--supposing that the Americans
should think Us freemen and the French
slaves, Why should that circumstance prc
vent them from leaning to the side Of
France What examples Of the effect of
such morality amongst nations have the re-