The enquirer — Richmond, Va., 1807-07-24 00:00:00, page 2

lour*, and the regiment with prefented arm*. The
regiment being again formed, the w hole of the troops
then proceeded to the Parade, wher« they were <iif
At 3 oVfcfc, the cmnpanny, conGRing of 700
perfons, tat down to a handfon'.e dinner, at which
the Mayor preliJed, and Col. Sharp a tiled a. Vice
Titfidcut. After whicu the following loads were
drank.
III. T'-;e People of the United States—Unanimity
of fentiment and friendlhip of action will ever crown
their efforts with lu.ccfs.—3 gu/u, 3 tb*tn.
2d. The PreGdent of the United States—The
meafures his wifdom has refolved upon, it is our duty
to execute with fidelity.—ebrert.
Sd. The Governor of Virginia—His prudence,
promptnefs and vigilance to protedl his country, me
hit and receive the tribute of fineere approbation of
nit fellow citizens.—2 g"ni, 3 cbttrt.
4th. The Congrefs oi the United State*—We look
with confident exportation that the Representatives of
a Free people will adopt every proper meafure to a
▼enge the national wrongs, and fecure the national
right*.— 4 gum, 4 cheers.
5th. The Conllituted Authorities of our Govern
ment.--They are agents of our own choice, entitled
therefore to our obedience, rtfped and confidence.—
3 guns, 3 cheers.
6th. The Army of the United State*—Having the
benefit of more military experience, we will regard
them as models for our example in the hour of dan
ger.—2 gusts, .5 cheers.
7th. The Navy of the United States-- Our flag
has once been tlruck but the iuttre of its flats is not
extinguifhed.—4 guns,6 cheers.
Sth. The Militia—Their fwords altho' formed of
ploughfhares are fo well temp-red that they can
reach the heart of a foe—S guns, 3 cheers.
9th, Our Brethren from Richmond and Peterlburg
—When they heard we were in danger, they flew to
our affiflance ; They merit and receive our gratitude.
—6 guns, C ch-ers.
10th. The Britifh Nation—We wifh to preferve
an honorable peace with them, b'.’t we dread not war,
it is preferable to either infult or injuflice.—2 gum,
3 cheers •
11th. The memory of George Wafhington—Let it
infpire every American to emulate his glory.—G guns,
12th. The Heroes of our Revolution—The rich
legacy of honourable Independence which they be
queathed to i^, mull never be impaired—4 guns, 6
lSth. Our Brethren who were wounded and
flaughtered on board of the Chcfapcake—Their blood
cries for vengear.ee, and when our government dt
rerts, vengeance it fhall have, till then we can only
mourn their lofs and fympathize in their fuflerings.—
4 guns, 4 cheers.
14th. The Nations in anmity with us—May our
peaceful relations long continue.—2 guns, 3 cheers.
15th. Abolition to all party diitinrtions*—t guns
lGth, Arts and Manufartures—our country fur
nifhes every raw material, let us not be indebted to
others for the workmanfbip—2 guns, 3 cheers.
17th. The American Eagle—a prowling Lion has
fprang upon her when‘unfufpicious, but flic now de
fies his roar — 6 guns, 6 cheers.
18th. Our Brothers now on Duty—they livs in
our memory altho* abfent from our Banquet.
Volunteer ftam the Chair.
The Spirit of’76—It is again excited, may it ne
ver be extinguifhed, but like the lightning from Hea
ven, defeend upon the ftrurtures ar.d forms of Ty
ranny, to blafl them forever.
By the Sfusnijh Canful.
The liberty of the Seas.—The nation that arro
gates to itfelf the fovereignty of the Ocean, and at
tempts to impofe reftrirtions upon the free navigation
of other nations, *tsthc common enemy of mankind.
Our lad noticed that a detachment of caval-1
ry had been fent to Cape Ilcnry and its vicinity,
to prevent the boats from the B.itifii fliips com
ing on Ihore.
On Thurfday night about 9 o’clock, a boat
came on fhore near Lynh.iven, where a party
of militia under captain Reed was Rationed.
Upon the firing from the militia, the per foil s
left their boat and ran into the woods ; in the i
morning they furrtndcrcd themfclves to captain \
Sheppard of the cavalry, and confided of a maf- i
ter’s mate, a midfhipman, and tlnee Teamen,
belonging to the Triumph. They were inform- 1
ed that they were not confidertd as prisoners'
of war, 'out as offenders agairdl the law.—They I
came on fhore for water, and had only a muf-j
kst and a fowling piece in the boat. We can
fiy with confidence, that tlirfe perfons have)
been treated with cvety mark of p*!itenefs and
attention.-—They are not yet difpofed of, the 1
orders of the government being thought nectf
f\ry on that head.
On Saturday morning, ann'hcr boat was on
fhore with fifteen men, hut put off at the mo
ment that captain Taylor's cavaliy appeared in
fight.
Another boat has been, we undei ftand on |
fhore, bearing a flag of tmee ; btr as ti e officer
who came had no written communication In
p-nvr the diSrScIo hr appeared in, tie was or.
dr red on board, without inquiring into the ob
j-rt of his million, which wt believe was to af.
erttain the fate of the perfons who are detain
ed. Ledger.
The B I?ifli frigate Cl opatra, has joined the
Triumph \\ml Leopard, now anchored in Lynn
haven Bay; and as Douglas Ins f liter), it is
the gencnl opinion that he is hound for Mali
fix, to v'fit his Admiral, who is not the mildeft
man in the world, and that pcrhap*, in a few
days, we may have the whole of Berkfley’s
fquadron in our waters. Herald.
Tkii morning (he Oercral i fined orders cnunter
tnsndi"-g the return of the Richmond and Feterf
bnrg Infantry. Lt^er July 20.
PHILADELPHIA, Ju’y 13.
From our corrrfpondcnt at the Lazaretto—July
iS.
“ The fli'p Martha, rapt. Kingfton, arrived
here, was boarded off the Capes of Delaware,
l>y the Squirrel floop of war, which detained
lirr 12 lours; PRESSED 13 PASSENGERS.
Said tlure was War between England and A
merica, and threatened to find her to Halifax.
The morning after, faw fur fiw into a Northern
frhooner, which ra.nc too, and wai taken pof
fcflion of by her.”
The Sa'em G'7»tte i-f Tut fday lafl fays :—
" (J ipf. Felt arrived here on Sunday, from
B irdraux, G!> day* from the C trdavan. Me
brought p apers of that city to the CG'.h May,
which contain army d,.»<3 tot e 8th: hitwc
do not learn th t any important event had late
ly taken place."
IMPRESSMENTS !
Rarhjlable July “.th 1807.
M V S $ R 3. ADAMS A8D RHOADES—
“ To add to the vil’any of the P.ritifh frigate
Leopard, I confC Icr it n y duty through your
paper to make known to the public, that a
fifhing fchoor.tr, hitund from th aprort, was on
the 30tli ultimo brought to by a tender of his
B itaniu majefty’s. on George’s Bank, who for
cibly t ok thereftom two of her crew, belong
ing »o Yarmouth, one of whom wet p.rovijtd
with a pro eft ion, which not finding fo four a*'
pltafrd the p»refs-ga: g, th.ty hurried li.m anr*«
the other on boar J the tender, declaring ** they
were ite‘ermi.:cd t»i take fio*n ef. fry coaftirg
and filhingrcfiel that they nre acrof% every
Teaman who had not a protettidn.” W. O.
COUNTERFEITS.
Counterfeit Ten dollar biMs of the Hagers
town Bank (in this ftatc) are in circulation
We have Teen one, which was off:red at the
Mechanic’* Bank in this city. This note is,
by a competent judge, pronounced genuine in
paper and plate; but the name of the perfon
to w(iom payable, (Rezin Davis) is erroncoufly
Kevin Davis; this and the prefident’s anil
cafhier** (ignaturesare all written with the fame
pen, and are very poor imitations.
Buit% Fed. Gui.
KINGSTON, (Jam.) May 30.
Two Spanifh privateem, with Seamen of dif
ferent nations, lately landed their crews at the
Iflaml of Bonaire, to windward of C.irracoa,
and drove the few men inlo! the country who
were fent there by captain Brilbane, to keep
pofTVflton—they plundered every article they
could lay their hands on, not fpjting even fotne
wearing apparel.
June 13.
The temerity of the enemy's privateers has
increafcd to an alarming degree, as they now.
in open defiance, parade our co ills, and plun
der or capture every fmall vefTd that puts to
fea.
NASSAU, (N.P.) July c.
His Majefty’6 ftore-fhip Chithefter, captain
Tate, in 13 days from B.irbadocs, arrived here
on Tuefday ; (he has on hoard upwards of 500
troops of the 7th Weft-India regiment, under
the command of Lieut. Col. Couran ; come to
reltevc the detachments of the 99th, and the 2d
Weft*India regiment, now litre.
Among the moft illuflrious difplaysof nnani.
mity and American fpirit, is that evinced in the
ftate of Connecticut. This fta e, hitherto fo
di ft railed by political feuds, holds an undivi
ded tentiment on t!ie outrages of the Britifh.
Thc following is taken from a federal p,int,
pubhfbed at New-IIavcn, the feat of Rovern
ment.
“ The anniversary cf our independence was
commemorated in this city with a fpirit truly
national. Until after intelligence of the out
rage committed off the Copes of Virginia had
arrived, no meafures had been taken for a gc
neral celebration of the day; but roufed by
this event, a meeting of the citizens was con
vtned at the S,ate Iloufe on Thurfday evening,
and infpired by a fpirit of conciliation, worthy
of this awful crifis i« our hiftory, a vote was
taken without a dimming voice, that a com
mUA r, °J fhould be appointed
and fete Sled fre *n both political parties.
The gcntlerncn thus chofen, were afiiduous
in the talk aflighed them ; and although the
intervening time was extremely fhort, every ne
re/Tary preparation was completed. Injuftice
would be done to our own feelings, and we
trull tothofe which univcrfally prevailed, did
we pafs in lilenee the harmony and unifon of
tentiment which pervaded the guelts The
number who partook at thc feftivc board was
nearly two hundred ; compofed of citizens
who have long been arranged under the ban
ners of oppofite politic. Yet the dagon of par
ty found no worlhippers here. On this day,
every ur,fecial principle was made a willing
lacnfiee at the Ihrmc of patriotifm. We moft
Cord.aUy reciprocate.-** May e-very Succeeding
fo urth of July find us infpired by the fame fpi
r,t' Nut. Int.
SELECTED TOASTS.
AT ANNArOUI.
Our Infant Navy; May Preble, Decatur and ci
thers, with their brave crews, foon teach a haughty
cowardly foe, that rhe American flag is not to be in
fulted with impunity: to ftrilce is worfe than death.
Unanmity. When our rights are invaded and in
dependence endangered, there is but one ftandard.
around w hich we all rally.
'l i e day we celebrate. The bravery of our fere
fathers, rekindling in their fous, will compel us to
take the fame bull by the horns to redrefs our inju
ries and avenge our infults.
The government of our b.doved country. Ener
getic meafures to reflrain tyrants and pirates.
'I he departed heroes of America, whofoughr, hied
and died in the caufc of Independence. They made
a proud foe bite thc dull; we feel as they felt.
AT rillLAOELruiA.
The author of the declaration of independence,
Thomas Je/Terfon ; h« has indemified example with
prreept, may every public agent like him practice
the virtues he profefles.
Sequellration and non intercourfe ; Britifh agents
and Britifh property as hoflages, and ftarvarion is
the befl cure for K.-infh outrage, ripi„c and inur
Agriculture and manufacture; the plough and
loom for ourfelvrs and our friend*, and not a hr
corn for Grrat Kritain, nor a tlfread from her v
hou'. s, un-il (he it governed by other rulei, than
thole of an Algerine dey.
Ourmad* and our river*; n. ’ion* f«r their im
provement, not a cent for naval nations.
The internal improvements of our country, the (bl
ew* of its union and power ; may a liberal fpirit ne
ver be wanting to promote them.
Drcifive and unanimout refinance to foreign ag
grefii jn, and a patriotic lacrifice of party opinion, on
the altar of our country.
The fpirit of the nation ; prompt at the call of ho
nor, may it g ve vigor to the avenging arm of our
country.
The blood of our murdered brethren if juflice can
not expiate it ; vengeance (hall.
The memory of Franklin, Hancork, and S. Adams
--they conducted the lightning of liberty tothelcep
tre of tyranny ; May Heaven's lightning be referved
to blaft the foes of freedstn arid a #Franklin neVer be
wanting to condudl it.
National honor ; a fpirit that will not offer nor
fttbmit to infulr, is the bell fecurity of national hap
pinefs.
FxtraS of a letter, tinted London, 87th April.
“The rtnfon the Englifhdid not bombard
Coriftaiitinople was for Icar of the vindictive
threat* held nu' by the Turks over the Brit fh
factory at Smyrna. The Ruffian tc French armies
amount to 600,000 men, but that thry f.em
mutually to fear fo horrible an encountrr, and
that peace ’fis fuppofrd will be the refult;
T hat the Fnglilh government are fending 30,000
turn to a:d the Ruffiins: That the Ruffians
nuclei It-1 rid killing bet ter than the French report
ed:—Ti at the Fnglif.i have 1.3,000 men in
1 South*America; it is believed that they will
make a fetious im predion : and that he hopes
America ha* not refufrd tlie treaty, the guie
fa I idea being tls t the Britifli has “granted too
much! I”
In Bril’} London Weekly MefTengrr, of the
I9!h of April, wf find the following paragraph :
“ From North America, the news is of no
pie; Cant quality. It appt an that our treaty of
commerce with the United States has been re
jected, and tiiat the Pretident has retufrd to ratr*
fy the ail of his minlftrf. The matter of thi*
treaty has not hitherto tranfpired ; hut if we
may fnnnife any tnii g from the conduit and
intentio; 9 of the late miniltiy, it was not wan
t*. g in indulgence and favor to the An ciK.lr '
claims—all is not to be conceded in an over*
tiraihed fondneis for peace. Tbc ufurpatiohs
of America Upon the B'itifli fli\j are notorious £
her hollow neutrality ; h' r p>\ Jnty'rr at/tmercei
her whole mercantile fyfttm tounde-J on a fill
tif fpecies of ca'ttrabatd and fintig^ling, which
for its bafen-.f* and extent lias It.iJ no p.trilici
tn the hidory ol nation., lias long demanded*
check.”
I
At a numerous meeting of the citizens of Louifiu
comity, held at their Court-Houfe, «>u the I3ih day
°f J«aly, 1807, for the purpole of tak<r.g into con
fideration the late outrage committed by a Brltifh
fquadron, on the U. $• frigate Chelapeake, within
the jurifdidioti of the U. a. William O. Callis was
called to the chair, and Will am G. Poindexter
chofen fecretary. A committee was then appoint
ed of the following gentlemen : David Warfon,
Peter M. Daniel. Gar.and Anderfon, John Poin
dexter, David Yancey, Robert Yancey, George
Fleming, George Harris, Frederick Harris and
Peter Minor, who prepared and reported the fol
lowing aJJrefs and refutations, which were un.ni
moufly adopted :
We believe, that on ordinary occalions, wt fuilici
ently difeharge the political duties of freemen and fo
yers of our country, by an iudepctidant and c ireful
leledion of conftitutional agents, who, tinder our vi
gilant contruul, may truly exprefs our opinions and
execute our will. But the principles of our conliitu
tion, and the pracliee of our country declare, that
there may be occafions on w hich the voice of the
people, uttered immediately by themfelves fltouldbe
heard. We believe that a cafe of this kind, has tKiw
occurred in the attrocious outrage, lately committed
on our coaft, upon an armed ft.ip of the U. States,
the Chtfapeake, by a Br.tifli lit ip of war, Leopard,
ailing in obedience to the exprefs orders of a BritJh
admiral.
Had this barbarous and blooJy fcetie, between two
nations, who fay that they are at peace, been pro
duced by an accidental difference between the parti
cular individuals, who were the adors in it ; or did
this during attack wpon our rights and our indepen
dence, (land alone tc reproach and Jifgrace Grcat
Brit&in for her ccndud towards our country, we
might have remained ftleut, a:i„ have left it to our
couflituted autnorities to decide and ad upon thecaie.
Lut when we rtfled dial this deed of favage tyran
ny, fmguiar only for its unparalleled audacity, has
been preceded by a long train of injuries and infults,
to a people whole love of peace has become prover
bial with all nations ; we can no longer forbear to
call a.oud for prompt and deciflve me a fu res, adopted
to the exgiency of the occafion. We have not pa
tience to go back to make a detailed and odious com
panion between the widely oppofite tempers, which
have charaAerifed the government of Great Britain
and of the United States, from tire day that our inde
pendence as a nation was acknowledged. We will
not recapitulate the numcrious and various injuries
which have been inflicted by the one, and borne too
long by the other ; nor will we enumerate the many
friendly, but unfuccefsful applications, which our go
vernment has made for redrefsand future fecurity.—
But we have now feet) with aftonithment and indig
nation, that,at a time when Great Britain is in the
daily practice of forcing our native citizens from on
board our own vefTels, and compelling them to fight
her buttles againfl nations with whom we are at
peace, & at the moment, too, when friendly negoti
ations on this fubjed were pending between the two
governments, then has been luperadded to all her o
ther crimes againft us ; a deed of fuch flagrant injuf
tice, of fuch hideous barbarity and infufferabie info
Icnce, :s may well provoke patience into rage, and
drive fenfibility to phrenfy. Within fight of our
own harbor, w here fhe w as then receiving the rights
I of hofpitality and friendship, the iawlefs executioners
| of her baroarity, have feized by violence and mur
der, from a fanduary, as (acred as our houfes ofdwel
ling or of worfhip ; thole whom Jbe claim as her fub
jrcla ; though her claims had been refpedfully con
fidcred, and juftly rejeded by our government. A
nation who can authorife orfandion outrages like
this ; who is fo extravagant and peremptory in her
own claims to rights and previleges.but fo dead to a
( fenfe of jullice, and fo contemptioufly regardless of
the relpedt which is due toothers, mud rely for
peace, not on the efteem, but on the forbearance, or
j 011 the fears of other nations : we cannot efteem her
--our country hashing exerciled forbearance ; per
I thinks *'t i* lear : but if eti this prefumption,
, fhe unjuftly and haughtily withhold from us, ample
reparation for the wrongs fhe has committed againft
us, to three fourths of the world with whom ike is
1 already at war. America mull be added ; and then
fhe may glory, if (lie plcafe.in having all the nations
of tiie earth for her enemies. We truly declare that
we fincerely defire her'4 F.oneft lriemllhip,” and we
well know the impertant benefit we might reap from
it. Nor do we affed to defpife her enmity. We
know her great power to injure us in war, for we
have felt it. But fhe too mull know, for Ihe has felt,
that we alfo have the power, and that we may be
provoked to have the will, to rofift and to avenge in
juftice and infolence. In a conteft which we hoped
(he would never compel us to repeat, we tore ottr
j half of her empire from her ; and fliould her wicked
and intolerable perfeverence in wrong, conftrain usa
gain to be her foe ; we are not vain. warn
: her that the addition of our means of annoyance, to
I tliofe of the numerous and powerful enemies, who
already prefs her to the brink of rain, may give a fa
tal blow to her exiftence asa nation. Nor do we
perceive that her irrecoverable fall, would produce a
ny confequences more to be dreaded, than the evils
which the exiftence and tyrannical exercife of her
power, Teems deflined to i..9id upon ourfelvcs ana
upon the worIJ.
. ti. nrjaivca, lotrtfurt, I nat l! the coming of t!>;
Briiifli officers, in attacking the American fr:gate
Chefapeakc, be not difavowcd an«J diftlaioied by the
Britifh government, there ought to be an end to ne
gotiation ; fer the cup of Britifh outrages mud be full,
and there is no alternative left to the U. Slates,but to
break and trample it under foot.
2d. Rrfolvcd, That if the conduit of admiral Berke
ley, or the commander of the I,eopard, be authorifi d
and difclnitm d by their government, a fhain trial ol
the offender on the other fide of the Atlantic, will be
no fatisfa&inn to the injured, and nothing (hurt of the
condign puuifhment of the guilty, can atone for the
blood of our feilow citizens, which has been barba
roully and ur.jsftly fjpdt, and for the fufferings and
perhaps the murder of thnfe who were torn from
their companions, and who may have bled under
the lafH of Britifh cruelty, or have been hung at the
yard-ar.-.i of admiral Berkeley’s fhip.
3d. R fo'.vtJ, That our government has the right
to demand, and ought to infifl in receiving from the
Britifh government, full afTurance, that no perfon
wbatfoe ver, fh.ill be feized or impreffed by their au
thority, from on board any vtfTel, public or private,
belonging to the Unite f-tates, and being in our own
W3ters or upon the high feas.
4th. RtfsviV, That we folemnly pledge ourfelves
cheerfully, tofubmit to every privation, and firmly
to encounter every rifk and danger to our property
and to our perfon*, which fhall be necefTary to fuim
port any mcafures our government fhall adopt, for
the attainment of ail or any of the objedls above,
mentioned.
5th. Rrfntvcd, That the proceedings ©f this meet
ing he publifhed, and that the chairman he rrquefled
to tranfmit one ropy to the Prefldent of the U..States,
and ore other copy to Alexander Mc’Rae, chairman
of the cvrrefponding committe in the City of Rich
W. O. CALI,AS, Chairman.
Atleft,
Wm. G. Poindextr.a, Rtc’ry.
At a numerous meeting of the citizen* of Fluvannah
county, at the Court-houfe thereof, on ti e 13th
dry of July, 1807, agreeable to previous public
notice
Major John Quarles, in a few appropriate obfer
varions, Hated that the occafion and views under
* inch the wic'i- taAT> 1 lie.. * ti‘-*‘iKvl t • convene, a’.d ■
TuggvOed the twopriery, Ihf the nio-e orderly con
during the proceeding* of m- imttuiig, that » chair
man if. on Id be thuieu : Wnereupt n.on the motion of
WilKim Pill* jrt ivt i»'>r Knoea <,>uarle» eat naui
I tnouflv chole.i chairm •—an. J\hnTitn!>'T.’\ke, jr.
was, on th motionoi J ihu Forbes, appoint.'•«! fecre
t.rv of he meeting.
On motion—the chairman then prorecdeu to ap- i
ooi.it V.’dliaai i’aflcur, Col. Jan:«* Payne, Major
[oh i Qnarle*, Maj. Allan Barnerd, Maj George W.
Knhatof.Mi, ..‘apt. Barrett, G. Payne, John Forbes
and Capt. William Tompkins a committee to draft
refoiutiot:», exprtffive of the fentinients of the meet*
ing, ami having retired, they, in a Ihort time return
ed, and reported as follow* :
The citizen* no at convened, having before them
the proclamation of the Pr clident of ih* United State*,
and other document* cmcerning the late attack on
the frigate Chefapeahe, and the fltughter of our ci
tizens, hy the Britifh flvpof war i.eopard. and the
fame beuig read and weighed with chat cool and calm
attention, recommended by the importance of rhe
crifis; to which, for the time they yielded, thrir
feelings tlf honor and riifguft, give it us the refnlt of
their deliberate jr ’gment, that the outrage, tinder
their notice, was a hafe and unprincipled breach of
hnipiculity, a flagrant violation of the law* of nations
—»u inl'ult to,the national Sag o f an inilepeiideut
| llate, and a direilly hndtle attack on our national
independence and fovereignty, accompanied with cir
cundance* of peculiar atrocity, which ought to be re
lented, refilled and eflkacicufly redrefled.
HI. Therefore, rtfo.'veJ wuinimt-ijfy, That trt have
long viewed with abhorrence and indignation, the
fyileniatic duplicity infolence and oppreflion, which
have been manifeded hy the Britifh government to
our country, hut more particularly, in the recent out
rages and alTiiflin-like treatment experienced by our
iellow-citizens, ou board titefiigate Chefapeake,and
vio, u:ukt ill vine providence, pledge to our govern
metit, in tile niu>l unequivocal manner, every afliftance
in our power, to rentier, at the rilk of our live*, our
fortunes and every earthly bleffing.
2nd. That the abufe of our hofpitnlity, the inTult
to our lovereigtuy and the murder of our fellow-citi
zens, by the Britilh ill ip Leopard, under cover of
thtir Iqnadrnn, renders criminal on otir part any fur
ther hoipirality toward* the public veffclsof Great
Britain, and juflided reprifals and retortion.
3rd. That the admirable, patriotic and praife wor
my condu.ll of our fellow citizens of Norfo’!., Hamp
ton, Richmond and their vicinities, deferves and has
our warmed th ink*.
4th. I'll at while we approve the meafures adopted
by our government, in coiifi-quence of our violated
hnfpiuhty, in the attack on the Chefapeake, and its
magnanimous forbearance on an occafion fo apt to in
flame, we rely upon its purfuing the mod energetic
and c.Teiflual mtaiurts to redrefs our wrongs or to a
vengc them.
5th. That our bed thanks are due to Richard E
vers Lee, Mayor of Norfolk, who has done honor to
himfelfand jufttce to our feelings, by his dignified
and fpirited anfwer to the infolent letter of the Bri
tifli commodore, Dougljfs.
fitli. That one copy of the foregoing re dilutions he
fent to Alexander M’Rae, Efq chairman of the cor
refponding committee at Richmond, and one to each
of the editors of the Argus and Enquirer, for publica
tion.
ROBERT QUARLES, Ckairman.
Telle,
J. TiMBzat./ r.t, Secretary.
At a convention of the fludents of Rumford Acade
my, m the IGth July, 1807, a committee was ap
pointed, compofed of John Caines, William R.
Roane, David Davidfon and James Covan, to take
into confideration, the infolent condu.fl of Captain
Humphreys of the Britilh fliip of war Leopard,
towards Commodore Barron, ofiiie American fri
gate Chefapeake, and aid. the conduit of the Pre
sent of the United States and our citizens on the
occafion.
1ft. Refulved unanimnujly, That we view the attack
of the Leopard upon the Chefapeake, as a mirk of
hoftility to our civil rights, on the part of Great Bri
tain.
2nd. That we view’, with high approbation, and
cotifi Jer as peculiarly aufpicious to our indepcndauce,
that fpirir, which has charafterifed the refolutions a
dopted in different parts of our ftate, by all clafles of
citizens. »
3rd. That we\view the late proclamation of the
Prefident of the Onited States, as a matiifeftation of
that Heady and uniform attachment to the iotereft
of our nation, which his marked the proceedings of
the executive, and confeqnently, that the prefent ad
miniftraii.iti, is entitled to ourhigheft confidence.
4’h. That we will cheerfully refrain from the ufe
of all foreign productions and manufailurrs, w hen it
may be thought expedient, for the prefervation of
our civil and facred rights.
5th. That the ftudentx of this accademy, will al
ways be ready to come furward to vindicate their
rights, when called upon by the voice of their coun
try.
6:h. 1 hat we will fludioufly endeavor to acquire
literary and military accomplilhnient, by which
means, we hope to become fei viceable to our coun
try, and preferveto ourfelves, A perpetuate to pofte
r.ty, the rights acquired by the living and departed
heroes of 177G.
7th. That tliefe refolutions be laid before the teach
ers and vifitor.* of thi* inflitution, and with their
permiflion, r.-fJvrJ, that a copy be fent to the Go
vernor, a «<| another to the editor of the Enquirer, to
be publilhed in his paper.
JOHN GAINES, Chairman.
Wit, R Roane, Secretary.
At a meeting of the citizens of Oraigo, held at their
Coart H-iufe, on Thurfday the fixteenth day of
July, 1807, to take under their coofidcration the
bte daring outrage committed upon the frigate
Chefapcake of 3G gun*, by thel.eopard, a British
vi-ffd of fifty guns, under cover of a Britirti armed
ffjuadrcn. The meeting was opened by Col. James
Barbour, by the reading of the Prefident’a Procla*
matin 1, a id followed by an eloquent and impref
five Ifperch, recapitulating the various adlsofag
greflion which we have for a long time received
from the Britifii government. Col. Thomas Bar
bour was than unanimoufiy appointed Chairman,
and Reynolds Chapman Secretary to the meeting:
Whereupon the following gentlemen were appoin
ted a committee t*> prepare refolution* etprefiive of
the fenfe of this meeting upon the occafion, to wit:
Robert Taylor, Jamas Barbour, Dabney Minor,
Robert Mallory, John G.Mon, Robert T. Moore,
Philip P. Birbour, Francis Cowhen, Jofeph Al
cock, Goodrich I,. Graity, Thomas Row, Uriel
Mahory and William Campbell, Efqu'.res, who af
ter fome deliberation, preferred the following pre
amble and refolutio.il, which were unanimoufiy a
dopted:
Wr, the people of the county of Orang", in con
templating the tragical event produced by Britifh vi
olence and Britifh perfidy, in the attack of ti e Leo
parJ upon the Chefspeake, feel deeply affixed at
the murder of our beloved fellow cit'Zeiis, and high
ly indignant at the outrage which has been perpetra
ted upon our national honor. If we could have found
Great Britain pradlifing tow ards us a long courfe of
friendly office*, and this unparalle cd offence haJ flood
alone, it might have been palliated, but there is no
pa Hi <tion. On the contrary it is the continuation of
the moft daring and wicked adlsof violence : it is in
dicative of an inveterate arid cowardly hate; it fills
up the catalogue of outrage anJ contempt, and re
duces ns to one of two alternatives ; either a tame
and infaniot'i fubmifiion, or an appeal to the ener
gi- s <rf the nation.
We duly appreciate the calamities of war, and
have mod ardently fnpplicated the ruler of events,
that our country might be exempted from its evils.
But war with all its accompanying mifehief*, we
! count as dull in the ballance, when oppofed to the
prefervation of our rights fiom outrage, and the purr
ty of our national character from contamination.
I Whilfl Great Britain eicct* to herielf an eternal mo- *
huntenf nf '• limy by at. urtcRra».ve«T in-lulj'n * !«i
whatever courts nrmv.nfes her inr. rr!>, or '--at:fi-*i
her m I’iffnity. aecnmpani . .v«*li a fh-imei.-is coiu^nn-fc
of rhofe lawi.which.iiai. ms tile nu Si barbarous liv.J
facred. and oT that unit which con Hr-1* vtd hinds ci
vilised! men t«*gv*her : 1 .• • . ,l..if. • t
the rtfi-'i-ion that t!i i* <1 •» >te»! to thr oxer'•atm ••(
all mankind, fro n the r:f>r tha «... i
lnr.nln li> to aiTu ne an »•*tr•««}•• tnlci*' it* •! to r- *> 1
and chaftife her lawle;> .n, and to pm me a
cojrfe which may prore«ii <;ur name I’rnm the
famy attachrd to the bafeuels of cowardice, t;.1.. ;
mcannef- of fervi’ity. Great Hritain on her part «! li
ly indu'-ges in thr f| liatl »n of our tommi'c it. .• i -
prefT.nen: and murder of ouv fi.linen. h- v
on of our jurtfdiflion, under circumftance* the mefk
ofTenfive : To ail of which nti our put, ive I. iv«. of
fered nothing hut renvmftrance, convinced • f the cot.
fequences, and if pollible, uetern:r'*-i •<> ..void ih-a
calamities of war, equally injurious to bmh nation*.
Our mitiifler* for years have br.e-i dettMtrii .vr r< pat i* -
on for the intuit * and injuries, otfeied n*; in lieu of re
paration. W" have received a further lvi'uU it: thi>
cent tranfa&ion, which threw all former enormities
into the (hade. We have arrived at the ptuittii i
of forbearance* The hlood of oar count: yir.>..< .1.4
been fpilled, ami cries for v-r-gi-ance.
rTue*cfort, r f. y.- /, i</iu■/.»•"• /.'r, 1 hit It Would ho
expedient to itui-rdtcl ail kind .>i intercomfe with fo
perfidious a nation.
2d. un.iiihnai.JIj, That if complete j'nrr.
ment and prompt reptr.ition be not made .‘or this in
fult and outrag-, an” meafure :»f humility or retalia
tion would be justifiable.
3d. fir/ci'vetf, unar.:no 'J!y, That we are prepare ? f -
fupport the conftituted authorities, with ourlivisi *
our fortunes, in any flep which they nuy take t*.'..
venge the (laughter of our countrymen, ami to brin—
to deflniclica the habitual violators of our rights.
4rh J?rii!ve(f, unattimwjl-,, That the letter of Com
modore OoitglbS to the Mayor of Norf olk, ia a tu w
ad? of O.'icif?i violence, which defervr.s the marked
animadverfion of our government; and we highly ap
prove of the fpirited and appropriate anfwer of the
Mayor. The day on which it was written v.ouid
have permitted no other.
otn. KeJoivcJ, tinaiimo’.J'^ I ri it tviitrr Ti.*^cr«^
ly feel and fymparhize with tlie fituafion of cur bre
thren in No'fo’k, \rc highly approve of the tvdd av.|
dignified fi mil th*,y h ive attu'iird on this trying <?*»«
gency- We cor.fider th* m a<;n5lirgin a c-mmon cauf-,
and will obey with cheerfulr.eA tl>e call of our coun
try to aid in their protection, againft any agfjref
fion.
6th. PrVved, nnnnimo-jly, Tha* the Chairman he
requefied to tranf nit copies of theft rcfolution* to the
Prefident of the U"iieJ Sratey, the Cnrrefpondinjr
Committee* of Kich.'.mn.l and Norfolk, and to ;J»e
Editor of the Richmond Enquiter, l«»r publication.
Signed on behalf of the nv.rtir.g,
THOS. EAR HOUR, Cb.irma*.
Tefic,
Reynolds Chapman, Stcrrt.nj,
The citizens of the county of Cumberland, -.Tict
together for the purpofe of taking under con
federation the Ia*e P,igil:*'us attack made
by the RritiHi fquadron on the United States*
frigate Chefapeake, have examined the lub
j.’dlwith all the temper which the occnfion
will allow. They have been able, howtvet,
to difeover nothing in it but evidences of the
infolence, malignity, treachery, and wanton
cxercife of lawiefg power, which have uni
formly, though not on ail occafnms f.iclear
ly marked the intercourfe of the Britiih go
vernment with the government and people of
the U. States,
In confulering this outrage, they have exam
ined palt occurrences So fee if any thing there
in might be found, which, from the goodnef*
of its character, ecu1,! palliate thegniit of the
prefent, or diftinguiih it as the ra(h ai't of in
ferior agents, or of individuals unauthorifed by
tuc government. Rut they have examined in
vain. In reviewing the palt intercourfc be
tween the United States and Great Britain, they
have fern on the part of the former, the tr.otb
fcrupulous fidelity ohferved in the practice of
tliofe principles of fritndlliip, which as a peace
ful and neutral nation, wire avowed towards
the latter ; and the like good faith in the exe
cution of thofe tlipulations, of treaties, which
in their operation were inoft dcftruiftive of our
inturelt, and in their nature mall obnoxious to
our feelings.
While on the part of the latter, every cor
relponding duiy and obligation have been ne
glected or violated. S1 c h ith failed t*s tihfervc
the flipalationi of ltie* moft fidemn treaties;
fhe hath anfwcrcd our peaceful remonfUances
for redrefj of irjunei. with new Ibpulations, arttl
again difeharger*. thefe by new aggrefliuus ;
whiiC in true cbaratfler the debt of our v/rongs
by her is never paid, but the *i(t of our ir juries
increafed with mftances of her perfidy. Her
honor pledged, has been a Hike of treachery
and deception ; her intercomfe the Ingenious
practice of insolence, violence and injury. In
times of avowed peace, llte hath practiced the
means of war ; vexed our commerce with ar
bitrary and iirjult limitations and rellrhftions ;
plundered our property, fezed upon ou -citi
zens; and carried them inti* fervile bon 1 ige
on board her (liips of war : and that nr* col ur
fhould be wanting to complcat tiie datk m.d?c
nity and treachery of hsr chara ter, (h
the moment, when by foft word* •*• ’ f. *
civility to our mini Hers, (fie appeared ,i V- 3
of turning away the wrath r ’ i.n (,< •
ces bath kindled, ordere d her arnr I * >
come home to our doors, < d in tin v,*.
joyment of the hofpitality cf d 'r fl' iru,
dered our people .ml infilled our m.' , f .
vereignty and independence. ‘I laft 1
not he regarded bid as part of a fyfh *r> <>f 1 •
tility, which the Riitifh government under t. .
mark of fricndtVip, hath for a long ti ne part
pmflifed againft the intcrelt and independence
of the government of the U. S'at's, and a*
cont. 'r.ing a propofi'.ton that the independence
of the U. States iruft be moffly nominal or
maintained by battle. This meeting cannot, at
fir as depfn s ,>n them, hefitate a moment in
iiuimg wiiii i;ic liii er alternative. i hetvlore,
Rf/o’.'vrd unanimoujlj* as the opinion of this
meeting, that every effort fhoutd be ufed to
avenge the aforefaid abominable outrage. That
all intercom fe with the fubjetfs and govern*
mrnt of (», Britain tiiottiJ tie rtfufed, and eve ry
means of inji.iy towards the latter prndtifed,
until redrefs iiobt lined, and until we have af
ftiranccs that her ftipuluiors with ur, and our
rigiits and independence as a nation, will be
obferved and refpeded by her with better faith
than heretofore.
Refolded unanimtujly, That the maintenance
of our rights and independence inviolate, is an
object dearer to our hearts than peace . with
out them their c.ao be no peace ; we therefore,
expeft the government of the United States will
prefer bill war to inglorious peace, that wai is
juft which is in defence of a nation'* rights, that
peace inglorious in which a nation’s independ
ence is loft.
Refblved, unanimoujly, T! at we join the citi
zens of Norfo k, Rhicmoml, and other placer,
in a like holy pledge of our livr s, fortunes, and
ficred honour, which they have tendered to
fupport the government ot the Uoite.l States
in the meafurcs it may adopt to avenge ur
wrongs, and to defend and afiVrt our national
rights and independence.
Rf/t'vrd, unanimoujly. That a ropy of the
foregoing r< fo l in ion# ami preamble he forward
ed by the Chairman to the Executive of this
ftatc, and to the prefident of the United States,