Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-06-05

Il libel on DIR. Kusa. The result OF that
action was we'll enough calculated TO leave
10 very friendly feelings behind. But the
record cf that decision was produced in
firoof Of my nor hoUiRg kept the heacs and
been Of !good behaviour, and have actual
n, since my return 10 Eurohe, 6se'; Obliged
90 hdy 20 aiy 6ai{ the Suns which they haze
6ee" COMPLETED to hoy IN consequence Of
his pretended forte fure Of mv recogni
-ances. You must 50 back to the time OF
the Stuarts to find prosecutions of the press
equal to this. an frequently reminded
of it by the enemies OF America. Some
years age sir Francis Burde,t asked me a
bout *, 1t gvicved him to the heart. 1t is
fit that country should feel how It's cha
racter is thus affected by the acts OF It's ru-
lers. WIN any Of you say, that this was
according to the iaSY aad constitution of
your country Is there man mongst you,
of any party, who would be ashamed to re-
cogn2e as legal, in An. ric B., that which
has never be- n attempted IN England since
the days OF judge Jeiiries? Aud, if 1t was
not legal If it was III open defiance of III
law, and in contempt of al the principl
Of your government, why was 1t IeTSepey-
ed u, why did coorts uphold it ; and wny
was not to feel ind gnation and deep re-
sent,nent that the parties werelever IN any
way called TO account
Therefor, my goad friends Of America,
do not, pray you, regard me as coming
before you to ask you to forget, or forgiue
wish You to remember aid 20 bear IN
mind. that if you have of late years re-
ceived any little assistance from my pen,
it is not to be ascribed to desire to "a
torc,' - some OF your writer's have had tire
folly t. call it, for past hostility, but 10
that love of freedom and that dread of O.
verwhelmiue dcsrotisn, which have, at
last, over ONE ny iust resentment. In the
year 1910 III heau's ecognizsncss and his
subs qnent lct o against my bail, were as
fesh in my melacry, aud they still are as
fresh IN my memory. rs they were iii the
years 1893 and 1900. But SAW that the
design was 10 Gevastate Your country, and
finally, to reduce you to slavery. knew
you mad great courage and great public
spirit but ki' " also that your enemy
was tremendously powerful. l saw that
your dwellings would be in flames, your
ports demolished, your liberties ami your
lasting happiness endangered. M'Kean's
bond and his subsequent proceedings a
gainst my bail, though still ranking in my
bosom, were ov rcome by the recollection
of the hospitality, the kindness, the gene
rosity or my American friends. Moved
by this recollection, and, l hope too. by the
higher consideration OF justice towards
your country, and a sincere concern FIR the
honor Of my own, laboured To the utmost
OF my ability to prevent a war from which
l foreboted so many evil consequences,
aud after It had begun, to shorten It's dura-
ton.
am actpated by similar motives now.
| am sincerely OF opinion, that this govern
m. NJ IS - 10 rnf h III Of
verted, which hope i may, will set to
work, first to SOW the SEEDS, or rather TO
cultivate the plants, & ext nd the branches
OF dscord in the United States next, if
1t succeed IN the first, that it Will coniurc
up ground OF quarrel and finally fail
upon you with AL It's terrible and undivided
power. Pressed hard by its debns, it now,
more than ever, feels the necessity Of en-
crossing the trade Of the world. 1t has Put
the naval power Of friends IS we'll as foes,
IN Europe. back Tor many years. There
Is only America that stands in the way
or It's maritime monopoly for an age. Il
fears emigration to Amenca. IL fears her
rising manufactures. I. fears still more
her example Of free government. And be-
sides ali this, it burns with implacable
revenge. III order tc defeat its schemes,
you have ony to be put well upon your
guard. The first thing recess sry 70 this is,
It appears to me, to make you al acquain-
ted with the real character, conduct, and
IF cts Of this governm ut. For il th,re be
only one single man amongst your millions,
who can openly call 1t tie ''6tizva5k of
religion and Liberty" yog knowledge q i
must be very imperfect. This, there fore,
IS what now propose TO do. And r ,hera
be any one who is disposed to call this
writing against my country, Leu NE ask
hiIa, VII ther he louks upon the Dey and
Divan Of Alg ers Is bsing the country !.
Why then AN 70 look upon the family Of
Guelph, band OF 5oroughmongers, half
Fianoverlan army, and 4 navy which i'm
pressed your scauon ; why, I ask, am to
loak upon these as Constituting Eneiand !?
The Stuarts and tae:r Instruments If op-
preston were not called the country, bv
our common foretathers, who thought they
proved their love to the country in driving
them out Of It, even with the aid OF
Dutch army. 1t, then, ! show, that the
present government is as great an oppres
SOr as the S.uarts ever were that ii HIS
violated all the fundamental laws Of the
land ; thatit has reduced as to the most
abject slavery, Insulting us all the while
with the noc@ery Of freedom if make
these assertions out, If I establish their
truth, an /, IN exposing this government,
10 be charged with attacking my country !?
Ii 50, Nero was Rome, Louis XVIII. is
France, queen Mary was England, Fer
dinand is Spain, Plzirro was Mexico,
and George the Third was the United
States.
the truth is. that in proportion as the
schemes of dis government have been sue
eessful abroad, il has bcccile insnlent and