The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-09-10

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fortnight, with the Fl az of losing our trade.
were now puzz.ing and Worrying tnern
selves from day to day, tn devise WAYS and
means TO prevent airy part Of u tror.' being
carried on by American citizens. This IA
nous lmo OF the privy council were many
days resolving, re- -resolging aud celebrating
before they could hit uron moti.. of issu.,S
llcenoes which they deemed sufficiently re
strictve. IL may appear strange that this
great government is thus actuated and thus
employ ed, but 1t is nevertheless true
lhe British government views Ours az .
government without energy and utterlv
unable 20 carry any energetic measure into
effect. 1t believes that our government,
dares not tax the people TO carry on the
war and dares not prevent the British
from Carrying away orr bread to supply
fheir army and fheir colonies or even to
regulate and carry on he Whole commerce
| OF our Country. With these opinions and
feelings, It may readily be supposed. that
the British cabinet do nns feel in much haste
to make peace with MS and they do not
mean 60 use the elegant language of the
! Courer) ITO give us peace, until tnev have
chastiscd the insoleut Americans, for daring.
to make war upon them."
! Stopping the neutral trade entirely, and
especially so tar as it regards breadst,fTs.
lumber. haxsecd and sailed provisions
cona not fail to have most beneficial eff
| feet. We should soon be inundated with
British licences, to export our surplus pro
ducts ON our own terms. 1t does not belong
TO an individual to say whether it is proper
or not to use British licences but they Ger
tainly viii be used by almost, every mer-
chant, when he can make pISft thereby
unless they are prohibited by law and it is
unquestionably better, in every point OF
! view, that we should export ourproduce on
oar o7vR terms, even under license than to
crafty the British with the liberty of expor-
ting it on theirs.
| The writer will take the freedom to state
further, that he knows that CONGRESS-. bv
passing the law against the use of British
licences III American vessels, and az thc
s0sle time leaving the neutral trade unno
Tested, have placed our commerce on the
precise footing which is in exacs conformity
with the views & policy of the British govern
rnent. And he cannot refrain from declar
ing it as his most solemn conviction. that it
is the worst footing for us, and the hest for
our enemy, that could be devised
! AT the same time. it cannot ne calculated
how infinitely better it would be for our
countrv, if we could entirely prohibit tie ex-
portation of provisions and lumber. What
ever we export Of these articles. GOES dj
rectly to feed orr enemy, and enables him
TO Combat US with renewed Strength and Vi
gor.
tmay safely be pronounced that the With
holding our bread and other provisions from
the enemy-the preventing him from carry T.
ING on our commerce through The neutral
fiag--aDd the shutting out his nsail;,Ge c. yes
ARE the three most powerful weapons with
which we can fight this powerful antapo-
mist: and it Cannot be doubted ont the e0
barge which was lately proposed, had it
| been carried into q law, would in this in
stance az least have borne Infinitely harder
| upon the enemy than upon ourselves ] can
now scarcely suppress nv Indignation at see
ing the large quantities Of beef rolling off
the wharves in this place into Spanish ships.
and which knew was going direct to the
armies Of the enemy.
The past spring. the British Aieh church
statesmen made rather lofty calculations
with regard to the issue of the contest with
America. They considered Napoleon com
plotely ruined and that all the northern
Kingdoms OF Europe would now be in their
alliance and open to their commerce.: end
that consequently they should have little
else TODD but treat US rs they pleas "a. They
felt sure OF compelling us to submit to the ir
own terms as to searnen the rule Of " ar
SO, without " relaXation,' was 10 be the flu
ture law of nations; aud they even thought
VI H'"s''9 ~ '''O vi we CpnQIIONS on tHH
peace they would eventually bestow on us,
that we should in future be restricted as to
our building ships of war! That tone however
is somewhat lowered since the total and
| wonderful change of affairs in the north OF
Europe.
have no need of informing that the Bri
hsl government rejected the Russian medi-
ton almost as soon as IL was off rcd-Dor
that the Law passed by Congress relating TO
the employment of foreign seamen, was only
a Subject OF laughter and ridicule, in that
cunning cabinet; and considered weak at
tempt at cenciliating, by government al
ready tired of and frightened at the war it
had 50 lately declared against the all DOW
erful Mistress of the Ocean,
There is no sort of doubt but that we have
now got 20 look for peace with Great Ri
tain. not to their jastfce, but TO their E,ara
and their interests. If we Cannot (besides
making san Impression upon Canada Will,
our troops) make, also. deep impress. on
upon the Yves. India Colonies and the armies
In the Peninsula, by Withholding bread
stuifs or no their monopoising mcr
Chants, by taking orr commerce out Of their
han s /; or upon their manufacsurin. osta
bFshnents, by refusing 70 receive thcil
goods It IS bat too certain that we can ne
YER foe that government to a lust and
+h.rvabl: peace.
The decided advantages recently a., ain
ed BY BoAaparte. IN the north, will operate
generally in our {avor--indeed they have
reduced the hopes of Britain (as it regard,
he. l.