The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-09-03

J. = Nv SiS"t d'U NaEutia wiOIgs. ~ilCh
We have On sci, es experienced. Thu, "a
! er tue united influence III syrps,iv ana
int igna'icr, We have sufl.,ed arr eaper ~,
isnuon, - be ltrpstva!iy dire ed to ev-, ,s
III which, We had 10 immediate copc-rp,
WIN u testow'ns2 ucrient's c., i6erati n
| 81 those which vitaiiy afsect the be,. inter
est ard the peace and safety OF the United
o,aiSs. When Il ,naparte conducted n : le
giOrs t1woids TIE Eastern b.1ndary at s,u
ronS, 'he wise men OF this coif,try trcm
ioie1 and TUNED palc.'' but when his
{mishiy army, befo,e which all Russia had
tretreated, overwhelmed by cold and ,un-
ger, persisted by thousands AID tens Of thou
sanos. they rndolsns feelings. in unison
| ~ieh these expressed by IN, open and de
clared enemy OF their Connsry, insultcd that
Country, by ieasta and sfnes of Joy and of tri
umph. But white we have been 50 long. <
so intensely, watching the progress of RSns
| narte's ambition, On The isnd The awful
movements OF the great Ieviathan Of the
deep-in which We have greet s, az i'm
! mediate interest, have exCi'ed no alarm, &
almost escaped cur observation. While e.
| Bri'an has been necessarily sounding the
TO sin to all Europe rxertng all her gr,s &
iutiLenoe, 10 excite tie intimidated Aus
TRAN, the wavering Piussian, ana, the doubt
ing Russian, to step forth, with all their
treasures and their sfeneth, To save them.
selves and Europe, frem Che t. ranny of 70
napa tie she s. Gieat Bytaia herself has
been employed in establishing the most sb-
soiute maritime Compion over them, and
us, * the world. l. pk at the extent OF ter
territory. and the millions Of her suhfet -
ne sun never shiDeS, withont casting it's
rays on so'ne part of her pos -essions At this
Ve-y moment, in addition to Canada & No.
aocoua In America, Gibraltar in Europe
and hrr numerous provinces in Asia. which
she seiu at the commencement Of her con
ttStwit ZAP she has now every valu-
able i'Iard i the West Ind es, Cura end s +.
Domingo excepted, p rtugai, Sicily, Malta,
the Gaze Of Good Hope, and every settle.
ment Coz tinentai or insular which belonged
TO the French or TO the Dutch in South 4
nerica or Asia.
The events which led to this accumula
tion Oh power had peculiar claims to our at
tentioR. 1t bears directly upon US, not only
OH the ocean, and on ou,. coast bnt sIone an
extended line OF cur North Western frob
tiers.
lt piunderea and confscated our slips,
ribbed IS + or searlen, PRESCRIBED laws
'or our trade, and now charges US with
aggression {; because we have dared 10
murmur ard resist.
but the Sa'esmen of Europe. cannot view
TINS unparalleled msritirr ascendancv Of
G'eat britain, with the Indifference which
has been manifested here. Eheywili not a
srses' that Grear Brraia, shall re ain the
power or d'cfating the law upon the ocean,
"uq too CongreSS at Prague, will be inde-,
r''a'ua'ed, II they do not concur in meas
nres' wh';h after protecting them against
bohaPart4. shall secure TO them those mar
'time rghts which they now hold At the
mercy of Great Britain.
But let the accuracyof the remark no
ticed In the commencement of this address
DC aumiueG, II IS apparent II at the remark
use + not called Tor by the course Of policy
pursued by the United States. Their pre.
tensions are not. directed against the raz,qL
f0FVer OF Great Ri ain, bat against ,he a
buse of that puwer. These prstensions are
tdr within the iiHni,s of the actual rights of
the y States and If admitted as claimed.
you'd have no tendency to produce d imi
nstion OF the maritime supremacy of Great
Drt'Sih OF traUsfer of y into the hands of
the fench. his may be easily shewn.
ne United states might Justly Contend
WIN Great hritaip, as was nrovad IN nv
hrst communication, that FREQ sh,ps make
tree goods. They have not so con,ended--
lhe Jmted States might insist, that
the doctrine of blockatIes, under which ,hev
1"Ee oeen 50 long and so much oppressed
oy TIeat britain, Is a gross fraud en- neu-
t'ais' and psIo die violation Of the law of
"Nuohs' as exp urded b. the writers, whose
oP'hiha "ien IN her tav, r are Quoted with
such high respect. The United 5 q esbaye
not so insisted On the contrary. the 90.
Vernment, anxious to aU1id that collision.
an 0ccts on ior VIII Oh it is charg with ha
wing sought, has Indirectly admitted, a gyi
'ish definition OF blockade, absurd, Illegal
ana oppressive. lSee the letter Of the 99d
my 10 II rom the Secretary OF State to Mr..
FOster.)
Here let II be remarked, that Bonapsrte
nag advocated, III relation To this subject
doctr'ne, the establishment of which would
De oil ihcaicula6ls benefit to the u. States i
yet our government has never minated its
appreciation OF his opinions, far less dispo
Sitton 10 Suppcrt them. On this point then
there is not Inc slightest ind.cat, of that
oase subservieney TO France, which has
been, SO confidently, ascribed, to tue present
administration. ID IS obvious, that our iute.
rest would be essentially promoted, by the
establishment, Of ihe doctrine, that free
ships make free goods, and by the abortion
os correct De hnici,n, Of blockade vet our.
government has left Bonaparte 70 manage
ms pretensous III his own way, to " CONQUER
tOe freedom OF the seas" as lie could. and F.
even alistained irom saying, what it rnjght
nave said with absolute propriety.
The propositions con,ended for bv orr GO
verpm ent. are twn--fne first Is that C,rs,u
Britain has no right 70 impress seanosp AZ ~
British subjects on board Of American yes