The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-05-29

10 obvious, that no visit or search. or use G
force. for any purpose. On board the ves,e
OF one independent power {the u. S. to
| instance,) can ia war or peace be sancti
oned by the municipal laws or authority q
another power" C. B.)-Fhe Presdeh
does not mean then tn at SORT of seq rch whicl
is recognised by the lavs Of nutionS, hu
| that merely which is to be sanctioned by the
local laws of any one power.
The President says, then, with a.
mach prspriety as strength. that " a search
| tor or s.izure of 6rifish persons or proper
ty on board neutral vessels GA the hlg,
seas is not 6eiigereaf right derived from
the law of nations" He assumes. az once
the broad ground. of principle, that the,
have no right to search our ships ON the
high to seas for British Persons or British
PROPERTY. They have, tits true, as much
right search for the one as for the other.
They have as much right to stop vessel on
the high seas, to see whether she has not bro
away some British PROPERTY from her ports
or some particular articles which her
ia7vs forbid to be exported from her ports.
as gold or machinery; as to search the same
vessel for her sesmen. The only differ
ence between the two cases, is this.
that she is accustomed to the one and our
sensiblity to the abuse is blunted by the ia
miliarity. of the practice, whereas the
iniquity of the other would be magnifed by
the boldness OF the innovation.
After thus laying down in the LIST place
q proposition, which proves that G.. Britain
has nc right of this sort, the President pro-
ceeds in the next place to show, that the
mode OF adjusting the point which we offer
to her, is a much more reasonable one
than the one which she has been in the hab-
it OF exercising If she pretends to take her
own seamen, the discrimination must be left
to officers who are exposed bv unavoidable
bias. as well as by defect of evidence, to
wrong decision - there are no "penA-
ties" to control their injustice there is ev-
cry risk of iuflicting Z" an irreparablc viola
ton on the sacred rights of persons>;" and
the decision takes place : under such
circumstances as may endanger the ship by
robbins her of her crew and Illustrate
the plans. &c profits of entire voyages';---
On the other hand, the way which the u. S.
propose to reconcile the Earring claims of
the countries, guards with studied fair
ness and efficacy against errors in such ca.
SEES, and avoids the effect of casual errors
on the safety Ut navigation and the success
OF mercantile expeditions" l,t - t-,.
But the President bids Gs not to trust too
much TO any calculations on the Justice of
he enemy. Tile pretensions which they
have SCI up the course of injustice which
they have pursued for years, aud the en-
couragem which they have received from
me opposition in this country, give rise to
the most serious doubts of the issue of. the
mission. These doubts are strengthened hy
the spirit in which they have wagcd the war
iramp!ing On all the rules of civilized war
rare, with the scalping knife in one hand &
the torch IN the other, what can we expect
from their reason or their justice !--While
then we WOO the return of peace at st. Pc
tersburgh, let US conduct ourselves as if we
did not expect it. Let us prosecute the con-
test with new spirit. Let US adapt our
measures To the superstition that the only
course Ito just peace) is in the vigorous
employment of the resources of war;
ouch are the dictates of experience and the
counsels of wisdom
a The President encourages US to this
course, by the " suspicious progress of our
arms, both by land and on tue water" He
reminds us of the brilliant achievement of
Lawrence, the celebrity of whose arm and
the wide wasting mortality which it dealt
ut, tar Cuistrip any of the meteor
feats of old England, and will blanch the
checks OF her proudest champions with en-
W OF with shame.-He informs us that the
path to glory is still further spening before
10, by the augmentation of our naval
force ; that " our superiority on the Lakes
is near at hand (as in Lake Erie) where il
is not established" Gas in Lake Ontario) 81
lie animates US with the hopes Of equal
glory upon the land achieved under the aus
pces OF {" a wise organization and efficient
direction land points to the Capture of
York as the "presage of future and greater
neutrality-suspicious. that "the provisions
last made for filling the ranks and enlarginE
The STAFF of the army, have had the best ej.
(eetd"-and calls upon " Congress to con
sider whethef further measures are not
wanting to improve the military establish
ment and the means Of defence" l.1
The Message after having dispatched
these topics. comes at length tethe finances.
1t was this, indesd, which brought Congress
together. We havernoney enough to last us
until the conclusion of this year ; inclusive
of S10,500U00 paid on account Of the public
debt, most of which we should haze. had to
have paid ii there had been no war; and
inclusive ot the new ships building and to be
quit which sUW be so much stock in hand to
futurityg bnt as our resources zviH fall short
the President recommends " a well digested
'yStem OF Internal revenue c, in aid of existing
s0urces."@ In this way. we shall have
to borrow smaller sum, and on better
terms The terms Of the loans must be
better, not only because as We have less to
borrow, we shall have less to give for il, but
because az Vt places credit on a better basis,
those who have money to lend will lend it
on lower interest.
These IDEAS strike US all e Congress
are bound to set in imme diately, with a Sc
riOaS. and determined spirit, to devise q