The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-02-16

| ~'N- Sest'SiCdSu, communicated TO SOn-
Sress during its present Sc ssion. Lord Cas-
tlereagh says to MIR. Russell -
| Indeed there has evidently been much
misapprehenson on this subject. and an en-
roneous belief entertained that AN ARRANGE
'neht, IN regard to it, has been nearer an
accomplishment than the facts twill war
| rant. Even our friends i'm. Congress,
mean these who were oppose to going to
war with us, haze been so confident in this
mistake, that they have ascribed the fai
lure OF such an arrangement solely to the
misconduct ot the American government.-
his error probably originated with Mr..
hihg. Ter being much esteemed here, and
Always well received by the persons In pow :
er, ne seems to have misconstrued their
readiness to listen to his Representations,
and their warm professions of disposition
Go remove the complaints Of America, in
relation to impressment into a supposed
convection on their part of the propriety of
adopting the plan which he had proposed
but Lord st. Vincent, whom ne might have
thought he had.brought over his opinions, APP
pears never tor moment to have ceased to
| regard all arrangement on the subject to be
ATTENDED with formidable, If not insurInoun-
table obstacles. This is ob vious from letter
which his Lordship addressed to Sir William
Scott at the time" Here Lord Castlereagh
read letter, contained in the records be =
lore nm, in which Lord St. Vincent states
TO Dir William Scott the zeal with which
MIR. King had assaied him ON the subject
Oh lmpressment, coniesses his own perplex
ity and total incompetency to discover any
practical project for the SAT discontiuuance
OF tnat practice, and asks for counsel AID
! SoViCe' nus you see," proceeded Lord
Castlereagh, that the confidence of Mr..
ed" o'0
Thus 1t is apparent. that, at no time, has
the enemy been willing to place this sub
Ject on satisfactory footing will speak
hereafter OF the overtures made by admins
| rration since the war.
he honorable gentleman from New York
lMr. bieecker, iii the very sensible speech
with which he favored the committee. made
one observation that did not comport with
ms usual liberal and enlarged views. 1t
was that those who are most interest
ed against the practice of impressment did
not desire continuance of the war on sc
count of it, whilst those (tbe soutbern and
western members) who had no interest in
It, were the jealous advocates of the Anne
rican seanien. 1t was provincial re nti -
ment unworthy of that gentleman. 1t was
one ~hich, IN a Change of condition, he
would not express, becauss know he could
not teel 1t. Does not that gentleman feel
Tor the unhappy victims of the tomahawk
IN the western country, although his quarter
or the Union may be exempted from similar
barbarities am sure he does. If thsrs
be description of rights which, more than
any other should unite all parties in all
quarters OF the Union, it is unuuestion.bIv
the rights OF the person. No matter what
MS vocation whether he seeks subsistence
amidst the dangers of the deep, or draws i,
from the bowels OF the earth, or from the
hunioiest occupations of mechanic life ::
hc
freeman are assailed, all hearts ought m
unite & every arm should be braced to vim
dicate his Cause
ne gentleman from Delaware sees in
Nanada no OBJECT worthy of conuuest Ac
SSiGiii6 &c hiiu, IL cold, sterile and IN
hnspitabe region. And yet, such are the
aiiarements which it offers, that the same
gentleman apprehends that, if it be anrex-
60 10 the United States. already too much
"eakeheo by an extension of territory, the
people OF New England will rush over tbr
'ine and depopulate that section of the u
mon Ihat gentleman considers il honest
TO hold Canada as kind of hostage. to re
gard 1t as sort OF bond, for the good be-
naVlor OF the enemy. But he will not Ell
force the bond. The actual CONQUEST of the
country would, according to himi make no
impression upon the enemy, and vet the
very apprehension only of such a cononest
wouid at all times have powerful cpera
ton upon him Other gentlemen consider
the invasion OF that country as wicked and
uyustihabie. Its Inhabitants are represen-
ted as unoifending, connected with those of
the bordering states by thousand tender
ties, interchangihg acts of Kindness. and
all the othccs Of good neighborhood Cana
ga said MT. y. innocent Canada unofen
dihg lsit not III Canada that the tomaha wk
OF the savage has been moulded into ito
aeathlike forml From Canadian maea.
zines. Maiden and others, that those sun
plies have been issued which nourish apd
sustain the Indian bostilites Supplies
''h.ch maze s::@s1!!Sd rho savage nordes TO
butcher the garrison Of Chicago. and 70
commit other horrible murders Was il
not by the JOINT cooperation of Canadians
aud Indians that remote American fort
Machiilmackinac, was fallen upon and re
duced, IN ignorance of a state of war; Put.
SIR, how soon have the opposition changed.
when administration was striving by tb,.
operation of peaceful measures, TO bring
Great Britain back to a sense of iustice
they were for old fashioned war. Aud nov.
that they have got old fashioned war. fhe,r
sensibilIues are cruelty shocked, and all
their sympathies are lavished upon the
harmless inhabitants of the adjoining PRO
vinces. 70
What does state of war present ) Tho
united energies OF one people arrayed a.
ga'nst the comoined energies OF another
a Conflict IN which each party aims to in
iiict all the injury it can, by sea and land
upon the territories, property and citizen