The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-08-13
Riclmond,' GA. } Sottu,ol1y, .8peugf is.
CALL OF CONGRESS.

oSSH SSld anu SO lhuCn VIII be conjeCtured,
does not, in cur opinion, uton the face
ofr, point out one thILg or the other
We were aware, some time since, that
the Call would be made in the course of
a lew wcckS-and we really expected at
that time it would be made ere this.
I'VE We're then told, that the call would be
calculated to meet either the contingency of
fedce or 9s'.r-J f.c2ce, that the Senate might
pass upon the treaty which our commission
ers might agree 10, and that both branches
might shape cur commercial laws according
to the provisions OF the treaty. 4par, that
Congress might be ready TO adopt su Oh mca-
sures, as were best calculated to give it vigor &
success. The call does not, therefore, appear
on the lace OF il to show that the die is cast one
way or the other-or that the President has
received sucn information as NAV enable him to
Judge how the die IS 70 be cast-T he ONLY thing
winch seems to point out any conclusion is the
une OF meeting--as 6.Jore the 18th of Sep
TENDER, the President seems TO look for some
dehnltlve information from cur commissioners
Conjecture, however, seems as busy at
Washington as it is here-for various reasons
are there assigned for the measure, as if the
general one, which we have given, is not suffi-
Gent. We have little doubt, indeed, that
the President may have received some infoI'-
nation from our ministers in London-and he
may be able to form some conjecture of the
probable issue of the negotiation. That the
header may have some idea of the reports
which are afoat in the City Of WASHINGTON.
we lay before him an extract Of letter which
we haS> received from u friend there-prc-
missing, by way of caution to the Reader, that
the writer states these things only as Re
forts
To the Editor, dotcS
{" Dcar Sir, -e' . -''''
"lou vii! perceive By the In;cllsenccr of this
morning that Congress assemble. The causes
assigned, are as various such event might lead us To
expect.
The report Of the morning here, rlost credited by
persons generally, is, that Government Lave received
by che last arrival from England the features of tho
terms on which the British Government disposed
10 maze peace Those terms, Gt sad) 20 deprive
certain part of our countTJ1nen of particular
rights and rl1vedges-and that they will fall most hca
yy on hat section of the community that least exrccts
AZ The Fisheries, it said, the British intend to insist
i"rIng altogether! The Lakes also aud they will
mast say TIC report, upon such tTammcilng conditi-
onS, as will eheCtually deprive Is of any benefit of
the trade U China ard the Fast hdies Our com
meice say they, to those parts Of the world viii not
be pFohL7leGj but IT be rcoW!qfcdn the British
Custom-iiouscs there, and in London. Impressmcnt
"9,S Efaf tie E1aopcan .gGrs end, they are
wiling to accommodate.
"Shoud this report have my ft-ith in IT, the cause
Tor which the war has for some time been pro-ecutcd
VIII be vt an end. Bat although tine Eastern section Of
TIC country has not behaved towards the others in a
proper manner, TO speak mdlv) hope tIeir RIGHTS
which arc the rights othe whole nation viii he defended
TO the last II would be the more honorable to the Re-
Il"can party, as il would be a return OF good for C.
REMARKS.
1t is impossible TO say, what will be the
tc1ms Of the enemy, or how the negotiation
will end.
II they require us to rive m an iota Of our
,crEf IL,
VIII not make the concession, and the war
will so on. If they require us, for instance.
TO abandon the fisheries, peace is impossible.
we will never desert the Eastern States in
the vindication Of o.c Of their essential RIGHTS.
What IS the vital interest of one part is the IN
tereSt Of the who!c.---H is frobabkc, however.
that this part Of thc report may go further than
the views of the encmy--and that it NAV turn
out, that they will tot require us to give up the
right f'carhbg fish upon the banks Of New
i.undland, but merely Che Hberty Of curing
them onthe shores of their own islands
As to the other point; if thev require us To
give IN the LIKES peace, in the same way,
is out Of the question. We will never aban-.
don them q the cucmy--nor will we subscribe
to any restrictions on those waters which are
no. perfectly reciprocal.
IS to the Etst-lndia Trade, however much
We should be averse to these regulations. or
whatever solcit1de we might feel to counter
vail them by wise municipal provisions Of our
own, they certainly constistlte no cause Of
war.
Any thing which affects our ripbts. we
viii never agree to--the nation VIII resist
such an attempt al the hazard Of its existence.
FROM THE POTOMAC.
No very late rcws of the cneuy.--A Ct
ter from Cen Hupgerfo9d Of the 9Th states