The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-04-30

public authorization of special commercial
privileges to the inhabitants of New Eng
land, & the still more recent discrimination,
in the application of the rule concerning
aliens, happening to be within the limits of
"A British colony, at the commencement of
the war, between the inhabitants of the
" belligerent" & non-combatant States,
and might add. the demarcation of a ge-
ographical line, in the East, which the
blockading squadrons, have only occasional
Nv transgressed, can leave no doubt, that
our enemy means to do all he can, to keep
alive, those feelings, which lead to jealousy,
discorl and disunion. The effect of those
sinister proceedings, speak sincerely
when say, do not fear. The great majo-
rity of the people of New England are A
mericans, and republican in heart and SEN
timent. This alone is sufficient guarantee
of their fidelity to the Union. But rely on
their understandings also. They know, full
well the difference between that miserable,
abject and colonial dependence on Great
Britain, to which disunion would inevitably
lead, and the station which they are destin-
ed to hold, in the political and commercial
world, when, under the auspices of a con-
federacy, honored for its justice. and fear
ed for its power, they have secured to them
selves, the transportation by sea, of the
produce of the labor of increasing millions,
gions of the southwestern world.
1t may be said that the delay arose from a
belief, that the repeal of the orders in
council, though not intended as concession
TO America, though founded entirely on con
siderations of domestic policy, would be
sufficient to conciliate our government & to
terminate the war. They ought to have
known better. Mr.. Russell told them other
wise. The instructions given to Mr.. Mon
Al n..,Ir Il 9Th
They knew that the treaty of the 31st Dec.
1906 had been rejected. because it did not
contain a surrender of the practice of i'm
pressment. But let this supposition be adj
mitted to be correct; how came the British
ministry to adopt it. Who led them to be-
lieve, that we were so mean and abjeCt.
hat, notwithstanding their long continued
insolence and rapacty, We should suspend
hostilities actually commenced, merely, be-
cause the clamors of their own starving
manufacturers compelled them to aban.
don their piratical depredations upon our
trade Let Governor Strong and his friends
attend to this question. Let them be assur-
ed, that they have much to answer for. Eve
ny hour of warfare oCcasioned by our divi-
sions, is imputable to them. For every drop
of blood which falls, they are responsible, in
the eyes of God and their Country The
present nnanimity in the British parliamen,
is the WORK OF tneir own nanQS-lt IS the
effect of divisions here.
They have for the most part an equal
i" interest in promoting the prosperity of
At the country, and when dispassionate and
Z" well Informed, they will not be found de-
90 ficient either in discretion or rectitude. D
This is sound sense--the principle en-
which republican government is built. II
is the corner stone of the temps-of that We
ry temple, which his excellency insidiously
endeavors to destroy. His observation i'm.
plies, that men may be misied, by pa ASSIGN
rs we'll as by misinform alton. This we all
know, and feel to be true, and it is as true
of the people or Massachusetts. as of the
people of Virginia. If therefore difference
OF opinion shall arise among the people of a
country, is it not absurd for the minority to
say, that the majority are not sdispassion-
ate and we'll Informed" like themselves
Are they to decide this question, or shall
che opinion of 4 majority prevail His ex-
cellency will not answer in explicit terms
but under cover of proposition, respected
by every real friend of republican institu.
tion,, he aims deadly blow at the vita
principle by which they are sustained-tha'
principle, which makes the Will of the ma.
jority the will OF the nation.
/" May they yet be more united in senti-
''ment and affection, and be ready to forge,
unimportaDt points of difference when the
PUBIC peace and SAFETY require their u
nion.''
If this Language had been spoken OF ihs
people of the United States, there would be
wisdom and patriotism in the wish which
it expresses. But this is not the fact 1t i
spoken of the people of Massachusetts
whose union. d, opposition to the country a
large, is the subject OF his excellency's APP
probation. And this is the sort Of uhior
which he prays may be encreased! In THU
prayer. Lords Liverpool, Castlereagh, &c
will, have no doabt, most cordially con
cur.
But observe the subtlety of this sentence
To the eye it looks we'll. TO the ear i
sounds well but to the understanding, i
presents itself, fraught with mischief
Mark. His Excellency prays, that the pen
pie of Massachusetts, may be more united
and that they may be ready to forget al
unimportant points, when the public peac,
,snd safety required their union" What u.
'Elion !-Union against the common enemy
which the words at first view would import
No-he means that union which he had be
fore stated to eXist--that union which hi
had before apptauded-that uHisn by which
the government of the United States wa
e. be thwarted aud opposed. For this, al
hninportant points of difference are to BIZ
forgotten. Such is the true meaning of Thu
sentence, and such is the patriotism of Gov
ernor Strong. Let his excelency deliver
Ut he pleAses, the opinions which he reall,
eutertains but let him sneak them omen