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


coss. ihe fact i sufficient. Il pro, es the
la xist' nt tie govcInn ent, ia ,aaint "A n
peace with Great Srit.ir, By ~. king ar
Arrangement. which would extireuish for
ever the question 0f iprressment. Bat this
I2rran&e" en-; is n { perfectly convenient to
Greet britain. When Ter thou and ships
OF a., aye brought home by peace. ,he
seaTcn d'schaig god from actual service
c"nuct all find en,ploy ii uating YES
seiS. Aoine provision must be made for so
raer:orious class Of men. 1t Is obviously
therefore, ,eliet,o g. Britain IL at her sea
men Should Ind SUBSISTENCE FIR themselves
by their labo,s abroad (; and il She can tax e
! them oy force whenever their aid is reo'Ii
| red III war, all her purposes are answered
tShe Las tee the a5'i,tion5i .tisfacticn, of
exercising power ON the ocean, whCl,
Keeps alive the sentiment of natl nal and
naval s perurry among themselves, while
it harnesses ard d.grades IN their own es-
| TEEN thosson whom this power is exercised
| AS Ia The second proposition above stated
e will be proved in the course Of tsis adj .
thress, that the claims Of the United States
Src TAR short ot their legitimate I gifts, and
| tnat they cannot demand less, without a
oase, and AFFECT ano iuinous surrender, Of
tte character ano Independence Of the Ia
to.
Ii these Interpretations are understood
1t must b. admi d that Great Britain nigh,
accede to ur dema Is without end ng ring
| ny spch accession, in the smallest degree
that naval supremacy which is said to L..
essential Co her eite a. a nation.
But the idea that the existence of the
h'iush nation depends On it, naval supre
macy, is not admitted to be correct It's
Ae'urty Sgaiast iDuoSiOn, may dtvend 81
| that supremacy but the existence Of In
nation does not depend On It's sxemptis,
from Invasion. Tbs >upro ton is d sgrace
'"i to the Character If the people. Z JUS,
ano may add, ci,us IS the ccninct
ltne government has ieen, towards is, ]
snouio be sorry to believe It. Tie safety q.
me nation. depends on the Uni ~, sniri,
and military skill Of the peop'e-aud II eve
I nv sh'pof war belonging 20 Grea, Britain
were b!o"nup by torpedo, or sunk in rho
tohan"e', population Of 10 or l8 millions
Fought to feel perfectly secure, from con.
quest, as INST any force, which their great
est enemy coald land. II this be not so, j.
Us because Ireland has been aIie mated. bv
oppression. and because the g vernment IS
trald To put arsis in'o lhr hand Z, OF tic
grfa oody II the people. Bet LEI i BE- adj
mitted, that the go ernMenl may Justly re
gard the preserVaiin. of the present order
'of thlrgs, as substantially the same with tie
existence OF the nation, and that thu conf
nuSnce OF its present srrenoti'y at sea, i
serial to tae preservation of that order
II Cannot he der ed tha' Great Britain
rn'ght without hazard, 1tljrQuish upon the
terms already prop sed, her 81 sling ana
huniii"ting claim of imp essment, and her
monstrons preteusion, Ia interdict entirely,
our trade ~h her en-. M.
ot IBIS interdic''on, announced by the
orcers IN Council of Nov. 1907, it IS MT re
oess'ry mere tn seV ny thing. The goes
: Z hrp d.,I
OF the people, and war has been declared
not only 70 protect our eeamen from Cd
preston, but the whole Commerce of III.
country: from the grasp, OF foreign and
hes lie jurisdiction.
Leaving then this subject, where it now
IS, in the hands If our u.inisiei.s in Russ;f.
where. if the hioNs and tatriotic pray crs, of |
our good citizens shall prevail, il viii long |
remain, in undisiurbsd repose. viii devote
few paragraphs, to the exposition, & refu
tation, OF the British ,ctriue Of block de -
Ana II 1t SHALL be distinctly proved that this
u"ctrliN, IS founded on gross perversiun f.
the law of nations, in csi'ing that block
aus, which IS not a blsckade il it shall
be shew1, that block >de as practised
oy Great Britain. instead of being al at
TACK, upon Der enemy is in truih, nothing
out swIndiirg device, TRAP CATCH
FEUTRALs, the enormlty Of the interdiC ION
Of trade, which is genera! orsweepingbiock
ale will appear In its proper light IN I'D
lect Tor the scorn, and detestation, of The
whole civilized world.
What b naparte's doctrine, as 10 block
AIDES, may be, know not. The idea com
W My ascTibeh {, hin is, that seaport can
not be blockaGed, unless there be an
Investment, by land also. TIE falIacy of
tbs idea, will be exposed, in the course Of
my attempt to place this subject Oh its true
principles.
The Brish are still more remote from
the true point, IN the opposite direction.
30 Tar from admitting. thata seaport must
be Invested by land. as well as by sea. they
deny that any investment, by land or sea, -
necessary, to constitute a blockade: and
unfortunately { us. their practice cores
ponds, with this theory.
Mr.. Foster, the late minister, in letter
to the American Secretary of state dated 81
July 1911. speaking of the order of Nav
1906. which declared att the ports of France
from the ElCe to Brest to be in state of
blockade, says, " this was . Just and lrpai
"biockade according 10 the ia4v of nations,
" because it was intended 70 be maintained.
" and was actually maintained by ar ade
quste force appointed 10 guard the Whole
asst
Without wasting time in idle criticism on
The singular phraseology, in which this very
important proposit OIL is announced, viii
AXE leave before IT'S fcFahtg is examined.
tn suggest one or two Cynsiderai ons W!aSh