The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-01-02

the same day on which that motion wa.
made. the declaration of war by AmericS
against u. Is. passed the Senate of the IT
States. On; but theI Concession was Tn
near an The Ministers, whether swayed
oy the honorable Sentieman's cioQuence or
participating in his expectations, | ,know
no,, gave way * the Concession was mad.
-Sonhdent from tins triumph, as mighbna
'uraliy be expected, the honorai1,. gentle
man, the prophet OF American r,&,nci.ia-
ton. presents himself ought rathe,. m
say is presented by some among you.--,ohS.
chosen as Your Representative in pnrl,.
lSent Yesterday lie left your town. d;snr-
pointed OF this honorable object and hv
another singular coincidence, the defeat nf
the prophecy upon which his expectation,
were founded, ismadc known here ON tb,.
very day OF the defeat of those expec,,.
tons Tor yesterday the declaration. ~,
tardy declaration OF war by this country a.
gainst America arrive, here and teIls -.
III terms too plain to be Misunderstood. that
to seek peace through humiliation IS !,
course neither OF honor nor OF ADVANTAGE.
Gentlemen, stated to you nights apo.
my opinion OF the conduct OF my adyersory'
Mr br' ugham, in deter,ninieg at that ti,ne'
NOT to decline the contest. told you tina;
thought he could not do otherwise than arr
upon the opinions and persuasions of hi.
friends and that he had explained his mo-
tives with the utmost candor and fairnoss
think so still. i myself know nothinr 10
the Contrary ~
But have certainly heard that speeches
delivered in another place were very differ.
ent indeed from those which were deliver
ed at the hustings; and while l beg nor
to be understood intending TO give anv
color or my own to expressions which did
not hear, and cannot vouch for, there is at
least one topic, which understand to have
made considerable impression upon the an
t!ience. which owe il to the Goycrnmen,
OF the country (however myself unconnec-
ted with it) not tosuffer to pass unnoticed
the declaration of war against Amer;c,
was, as l understand, stated to have beer
DELAYED by the Government of this cm,n-
try, ter the sake of sweeping into the Rova,
Chest large sum of Droits of Admiraltv.
to be disposed of at the pleasure of Minis
tiers, for purposes of prodigalty and cor
ruption. Gentlemen, j would fain believe
that this assertion cannot have been made.
An account of the distribution of the
Droits of Admiralty has, as is well known.
been submitted to the House of Commons
the last years and, surely, to attribute a
measure OF peace or war to de sire on the
part OF Government tn disappoint our own
captors for the sake of getting possession of
a sum, OF which the disposal is, after all, to
be made public, is to attribute the measure
to motives not altogether unworthy, but ut
terly inadequate and absurd.
i say this the rather becauseI must
fairly own, that differing as do entirely as
TO the causes to which the delay is to be at
tributed, am inclined to agree that the
Declaration of War against America has
been delayed too long. When all hopes of
preventing peace were vanished, nothing
remained, in my opinion for this govern
ment but prompt and vigorous war 1t was
the only Course becoming this great coun-
try. 1t would have afforded the best chance
OF bringing the American government to
their senses.
Gentlemen, the opinions which now
express are inunson with those HIGH took
the liberty OF expressing in my placein Far
Lament, when that concession was agreed
to by the Minister'S, at MIR. Brougham's
suggestion, upon the strength of which Mr..
Brougham has been presented to your choice.
then ventured to state nay doubts whether
that concession would propitiate America
whether itwould not rather tend to confirm
the hostile policy of that Cove rnment, and
TO enhance its Pretesisiiois. Il, fact. now
is IT that our concession has been met By
reciprocal concession BY abated pride.
| assuaged malice, and returning gooi will
No such thing. They have risen in ther
terms as unreasonable concession will AL
ways induce and encourage an unreasonable
enemy to do