The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-05-04
from fhe PhiiadcihhiG aurora.
THE EMBASSY.

p nation, that its policy in war & III peace
has been conducted in manner different
from that of ali other nations, ancient OF
modern ; and III whatever spirit the senu
ment was conceived or uttered, it is MT
only true, but it has been Characteristic
from the first dawn of the revolution which
achieved independence to the present mo
ment.
lt~is not the fashion among our yo1th 10
look into the history Ct their own country,
from whence wisdom may be traced az its
primitive fountain bu, flreign nations ge.
neralsy, who view US without that }dnlitiG-
'ity which diminishes our virtue, or that
hatred and jealousy which can discover
IN us nothing but vices, see us {. contem
plate our policy as we study the history of
ancient nations.
1t is thus that we should endeayor to view
ourselves. and contemplating our ma ural
and political circumstances, we should then
DC better able to form correct estimate OF
what we are and what we ought to be.
The history of the revolution will point
out to the discerning student of cur history
many points of s;militude between the
vents WHICH have preceded and Character
ised the present war. The declaration of
independence records, in eloquent brevity,
the repetition of efforts to preserve peace.
with liberty, and their constant futility !;
the disposition 20 forbear and bear, rather
than resist, to the last extremity, was al
ways construed into spirit pusi!lenimity,
or an acknowledgment of weakness, which
required only TO be pressed upon aud van
pushed. Then, as well as recently, il was
believed and declared, in much the same
tone ard terms as lately in congress, that
we cond NOT be kicked inso gar.
The members of the British parliamen,
considered the conquest of America. in
1775-6, as only the work of single cam
paign for i or 90 600 men; one member
and an officer too, declared he could march
from one end OF the continent to the other,
with no greater force than 5000 men,
Others suggested that one section Of the
colonies could be made use of to subjusate
the ether; Episcopalians of the south were
70 be employed against the Puri ans and
Presbyterians, and Congregat;onalists of The
north. The Indians were, to be let loose
upon the frontiers, ard not a cock boot was
TO be permitted topass out of the American
waters-Such were the boastngs which
PSceded and followed the declaration of
independence, which was in fact like the
declaration OF war in June last, only the
Crisis produced by the intoerabe oppress-
Oh and grievances. and the unavailing eff
forts OF 20 years, to preserve peace and Ii
berry.
The temper of the British governments
former period, by little atteuti n to The
characters OF the rulers and the hoHcy of
England; the policy in fact is the only
9round upon which rulers could exist in
that nation; and If we take the characters
INFO view as bearing on the questioa of
peace or war, it is impossible to separa e
their characters from that policy, because
none but characters adapted to it, can pur-
sue 1t, and the policy has become so artifi-
cial, that any departure from it must be
fatal alike 10 The governing Sozper and
those 7Uho administer it,
But there is another trait by which we
can form some judgment of the temper &
policy OF the enemy. Few men with no.
nest purposes, can be expected to appear
in parliament constituted like that of
Great Britain the opposition is, in fact,
no more than that side of an arena upon
which rivals without power contend with
those who possess it. in order TO engross &
exercise that powerin the same way thatit
IS exercised by their adversaries. The
gladiator on the floor of St Stephens chapel
contends only for eminence-he holds no
enmity to the gladiator with whom he con-
tends; their object is.common, and limited
TO themselves oil either side
Lord GrenvilIe of the present day was
the incipient negociator of the peace of 1888
be "ae the prime mover aud cabinet mi
Mister IN the conspiracy of Pilnitz he was
the minister who, as secretary of state,
studiously insulted Marcf, who went to
London TO supplcate peace on behalf of the
French Girondsts, that Maret who is now
duke OF Bassano and prime minister to the
French emperor; the same Grenville ne
sotiated with John Jay, that treaty of1794.
which has entailed. so much dshonor on
this nation, and to which may be attributed.
IN great measure, the outrages which the
Bri ish have since committed; that same
Grenvilie became the friend of Fox, and
during his administration it was that the
blockade as established by proclamation.
which produced the Berlin decree and the
continental system; the same Grenville.
who had been the contumelious contemner
of Burke in his days of rcforn, and his
advocate for pension in his days OF cor.
ruption.
We notice this man only as a specimen of
the oNtS--as one of those upon whom qorak
minds at9ne would Calculate for a generous
or a just policy.
Another but new hand, a man consul
cuous by the position in which he has
placed himself, and by some productions of
aliterary character, which display a la
borious logical arrangement without the
illumination ot genius OF the glow of rir.
tne-without the spirit Of freedom or the
nerve Of e%Perieuce--we anude IN Mr..
Brougham; this gentleman has exhibited
himself on the parliamentary arena with
great advantage in the case Of the manu-