The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-02-22

Is so far from being true ,i,at during the whole
OF that period. they consinletl tneir encroach-
meats and fraudulent purchases giving .
farthinS per acre for lands anil Immediately
selling them for SIX dollars per acre esta5-
hshirS trading pests, and converting them mt
WI INTO military stations; ia fine, prohibiting
british trauet's, and seizins their property
without asl,,iow OF authority Some Ame-
rican writer's inseniousiy DEFEND all this, as
loving from she iiaturai and necessary supe-
.lority o. civilized over savage nations but
II 81, surely We ought to COME i'll for our
snare, Tor "e arc at least estuallv civilized
with tMr. 1aciison's friends. ard our brown
ces lie jGse as convenient for annexation aad
piiiaSe. On the other hand, il We mean re-
ally 10 proteet the rights of our Iu,lian al
hes. We oughi rot 20 surn them over to some
future arrta ssnien. between themselves and
MIR. MaGiSe9, which is like putting 40 in
ttnt TO play picdaet win . professcd game
stcr; but We Should insist on being parties
to the agreement, aud guarantee OF its exc
cn.ton. IA We have itnprovideptiy neglected
the Interests OF the Indians, hoy much uor;.
Fave VIC ne,iected those of the Colon;s;s T.
IS notorious that the boundary line OF 1888
WAS liked by the grossest ieiorance on the
ps't OF our then negociatcrs. is well
known that their instructions directed them
TO INSIST On extending the provnce Of New
Brunswick to the Fenobscot. To that river
we have now. in fact, extended our conquests.
we have proiessediy taken permanent pos
sSiOn or the intervening coaotry aud have
cxdcted the cath of allegiance from the mia
oitantS. In ike manner we have made cur
Selves masters OF Nantucket, and of the is
lands IN the Chesapeake and after all, We
cede these important possessions absolutely
for "ofAiaS All copquest5, on 5oth sides
arc TO be given up. Very brief ard pit!.y
tIh.,t Ill tI,.
one side unless we mean to adopt the A.
inerIcan sophism, that Il ship is floating
island, and so recover those trophies of Anne
'1ctn enterprise, which have unfortunately
caused such an A:GtUs in our Navy list. AS
TO cedinS to us the Passamauuoddv islands,
wuich have always been part OF the parish oi
West isles. III the province Of \. brunswick,
Tins was, as one Of the negociators properly
saill, ike confirming to his Majesty te doni-
r'on OF No:thAmptonshirc The American
territories Actually in the possession or under
! tne control OF cur troops, at the present mo-
ment, wculd, # ranscnied at their fail value,
furnish some considerable indemnity fCi the
eXl>cnce which this country has been so wan
tc; put x !!;;' NJ; X GGiiiit
reEce IS to b. wholly thrown OF the people
ct England, instead OF being thus partially de-
| irayed by .hc enemy, VIC cwn ourselves nct
very able IL discover.
'ESSS CphsuSfat!Dfis- together with the
bitter mockery of suojscting the connun;ca-
; tons ~i,h Canada to the intervention OF Il
ncfrcgn ConimissioncrS, viii, we greatly feac
sotar toTard ano,hiatins ON influence in a
t'ouarter more deserving cur attention, at the
present inon:crit, than Vienna AS to the
negotiations at that seat of intrigue and ca
cai, they SSern daily TO become more & more
lntricate aud eucarvasSed.--yV have given
81 ienstc 9 not= FROM tbs Princes who did
! rot take ps,ft in the Rhenish Confederation,
rcd woo Tor that reason justly urge their su-
I'erior claiins 90 attent!oC at the present mo-
r.ent' lncy profess zeal for the good OF
TER Common couutry, aud a wish to sec a
speedy end put to its present interregnun,
by tie establishment OF strong and liberal
Nons.'t1t'aH, coinPTehending the institution
o. StassS General, supreme tribunal and
paramount Sovereign clothed with definite
1nd legal authority. Reasonahjc as these
demands arr, We fear that testing only OF
reason. they will meet with but ittle atten-
ton.