The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-04-27

mat tue war was a war of passion :" buf
VINO was 1t that had made ii-a war OF pass
on and irritation Those who thou,sa,
themselves perfectly in the right, and ,hos-.
who believed America To be all in the
wrong. Such, however, was not his opiai-
on. To illustrate The nature of the ouarre,
between the two countries, il nigh, not be
unaptly compared with that which might
take place between two individuals. Sup.
pose some Noble Lord opposite, had given
nm personal aifront, and after having
done so. had acted differently from what
might be deemed Customary on such oc-
casions-thas adding insult to outrage,
would he not be justified in then thinking
the injury worcestershire insult enlarged ;
Just so did he think it was with the Ameri-
cans. They had been injured to certain
degree. and then, in our correspondence
with them, We must talk of the late dis
cnssion and negotiation" Had that dscussi-
on taken place ar SD very distant date, or
had hope OF conciliation been so completely
abandoned that the Ministers of En- LAND
must talk of the late" negotiations at the
very moment when they were correspon-
ding with America Bat he would ask.
had the Ministers forgotten. if they had
they must be reminded of the fact, that
they promised America TO repeal the Or
should be complied with? America &C
Icepiet the proposal made by England. and
the British Government ought to have kept
the Orders in Council suspended, until A
merica should have complied with the ar
engagements which had been entered Into.
England should have called on America TO
repeal her Non Importation ACT, for she
had promised to do that on the revocation
But irrtations had followed, and therefore
was the y oble Secretary correct in calling
tue war war of passion He differed
from the noble Secretary in what he said
respecting the demands on England by
America, for the regulation of our future
conduct in the impressment of seamen.-
She had not called on England to abandon
the right.-America had only called O
us Tor a cessation of the practice, ill
the claim might be adjusted. He could not
but lament, that war had been entered
INTO; yet, having entered into it, he hoped
that Ministry would so act as to sustain the
high honor and high maritime character of
England. He agreed with the sentiments of
a Noble Marquis (Wellesly) that we
ought to beware of entering into quar-
rel; but, being in it, fight it out manfuliy."
In conclusion-he could not applaud the
language of the Address, for it went upon
an assumption that he did not admit tn be
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his estimation, America could not be said
to have called on England for an abandon
ment OF any maritime right. but to suspend
the rights questioned with the view of nego
cIating them, to bring about an adjustment,
IT possible.
LORD ELDoN
then left the Woolsack. He could not al
low the extraordinary opinions which had
been brought forward by a Noble and
Learned Lord, (Ersk,ne) in particular, TO
pass, without making some observations on
them. and on their tendency yet he could
not but premise, that the continued provo
cation OF America alone could be no apoloey
OF lis Mljesty's Ministers for the manner
III which they had acted towards that Pow
er and he thought it would have been We
ry dlfhcult tor them to eXcGsc themselves
to Parliament, and TO their country, had
they observed similar forbearanCe towards
any other Nation whatever. If that for
bearance did not prove the fact to the world
ne we'll knew that his majesty's government
III all its Conduct towards America, had
been actuated by spirit of peace; he was
also convinced, that they would most cheer
fully return to that good understanding be
tween the two Countries, which had un =
/ rtunatey been interrupted
however, as they were for peace, the,
would not abandon those rights which
in their estimation, tended to support
tie homer, The dignity, and the power #
TINS country.---And here he must be
allowed to enter his solemn protest against
the doctrine preached by his Noble & Lear
ned Friend (Erskine) this day, in the
course of his speech to their Lordships. He
would oppose even suspension of those
rights questioned by America, believing
as he did and ever must, that our country
could not exist unless her natural born
subjects were to be prevented from enter
ing into the service of other states at war
with this country, into the service of States
to which they could owe no allegiance
The natural born subjects of this Country
could not put off that allegiance which they
owed to it--and when this country might
be called into conflict, for its safety, it had
right to demand the support of all it's ma
tural-born subjects. As to the extent TO
which the impressment of seamen might
be Carried either by this country or by
America, their Bordships must very well
Know, that 1t had been matter Of frequent
discussion with all Administrations. Hi
therto all of them had failed in the endes-
vors to ascertain the extent to which T.
might be carried, for all OF them had found
1t impossible to give way to those de mandy
which were made by America. But it was
said that the American Government had
offered to pass laws on the subject. Oh.
yes iIT nneu very wen ia az ne .,a,, oil
fered to pass 6 laws" on the subiect--he
knew well that they had made such offers
very often but, for Gods sake, why had
they never told the English Government
what sort of " laws" they intended to pas, !,
lie should be very glad to know, what