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toommit end thvoseivesici b stretarssittitition. / will
bridles, fail to inform his Majesty of your • goott 4i44 loy4l
sett

to
the Wrote fhe.prncfs nt the atrocities committed at 'Hamp-
ton, thonzit it has been since they met to make theirrepoit.
'l•h-:e.harliarous ;WS may reasonably be considered as a na-
.to emise.pmnce of tpo example given by the officers of the
nsvalloece oti oureeast. • .
The-goglish,tiwpitnde oontinnes to increase, and the sot,
ditrs arrprepared for the Perpetration of the DIDe. utiorGiDat-
. bie dtrds, bcin;.; alloweij to commit smaller excesses I.rith
imatlnity. It muc4 t.ceite Indignation, galosh' not surprise,
that troops who have' been led, by the .maniple-of- their
oft eels, to plunder the property, and to burn the houses, of
unarmed citizens, sliould be guilty of violence and murders.—,
Hot fort. very violation of the laws of humanity, our enemies and
or fabricate,ap er.ense. The won nilcd prismiers on the northern
frOntier were massacred by savages; the sick put so death, the
Women insulted at Hampton, were. so -by foreign troops in
the pay of Great Britain. These pretexts (if we admit their
truth)ore as disgraceful as the conduct which is forced to
have retantrie to them. • Honour and magnanimity impose it
, as a law,'not onlyto forbid the.soldier to commit these crimes,
but to do the utmost to prevent the commission of them. li
in such a case, the soldier, in contempt of discipline, cons-
!pits an act of violt ace on any' individual whom he ought to
protect, the exemplary punish:bent of the offender alone can
• le-establish the honour of the nation to whom he belones.
It will he seen by the, documents, if the English °Ulcers he-
. hared in thi, Wait. like men of honour, and whether the na-
tional character has been avenged in this,manner.
TIM groans and.the cries of the innocent victims of a hellish immodesty at Hatripton were heard by the American prison-
ers; but they ivere too weak to reach the ears, and to disturb
the repose ,if the English (takers, whose duty, as men, it was
to protect the wens en NthODI the chance of war had put in their
power. The Commissioners will not insist on this shameful
-subject. Unman language has no terms strong enough to
express the emotions which the examination of the documents
proving these horrible feels has excited in them, and they
rejoice that the American people has considered them as forged.
Fur the honour' of beaten nature, theydeeply regret, that their
truth is too clearly confirmed. In• the cprrespundenee of the
Comnianders of the English and .rtinirivan fortes, there are •
phrases which are wiiva:rnt to an express declaiation of the
facts of which we. have spoken übore. As such atrocities, in-
stead of inspiring tkrror, ti;;' the eneety bad doubtless ima-
gined, can only produce a Contrary effect on the minds of our
fellow-citizens, the Committee submits to the consideration
Of the (louse the following 'resolution
Resolved, that the President of the United States be re-
oncsted to collect and lay before the House, during the con-
tinuation of the war, the proofs of all the infractions of the
enemy of time laws of war in use among ,civilized nations.-
6lfsnitear, Dee. ti)

44 Upon this,.M. le Podeßta, Tgire you the Itssurnce or,tov
particular eSivat, and Fray God ;o y.au in Lis holy 8"d
wortly Weeping,
" licad-quarteys, Verona, Dec, 3, 181;,.'t

tlivl74-1? 4'7I7IESOF S3f /W:4
WAAIIINGTON, NMS
RPORT Or MR. MACON, DEPUTE TO THE CONC.:BESS,
CONCERNING THE CONDUCT WIICCII MO BEEN
OZSERVED BY THE ENGLISH I)URu G TILE IVAE.
The Committee to whom was referred that part
of the Message of the President which relates to
the spirit in which the war has been earried do
by the enemy, and to the means employed by
him,

DEPORT,

That they have collected and nrranssed all the testimenies
which they have been able to procure on this head. ':('bees
testimonies and the documents which aceoropeny.thi!nt, ;tee
submitted to the consideration of the. Itouse, in the folio'w-
ing order:-e.
1. 111-treetment.of the American prisoners. • ,
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2. Detention of American prisoners, as British subjects,
under the pretext of their being burn on British territory, or
of nateralisation. • .
3. Detention of sailors as prisoners, because they were in
Etlglend when war was declared.
4. Forced service of American sailors, pre.ssrd rett hoard
English men of war.
'5. Violation of flags of truce.
G. Ransom of American prisoners taken by the Savages in
the service of England.
7. 'Pillage and destruction of private property in the Bay of
Chesapeake, and the neighbouring country.
8. Alaseacre of American prisoners surrendered to the Officers
of Great Britain, by the savages engaged in its service; :lean-
cloning to the savages of the corpses of Ainericen prisoners hi lied
by the English, into whose bands they had heen surrendered;
Pillage and murder of American citizens who had repaired to
the English under the assurance of their protection ; the
burning of their houses. ,
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9. Cruelties exercised at Hampton, in Virginia.
The firstarticle demonstrates, that the English Gtivernment
has adopted rigorous measures towards the prisoners which
were not necessary to secure them. It also ,proves the con-
tempt of that Government for the ordinary laws of War; that
Government, which confines individtiale in close prisons, and
transports them, without cause, from the ports et the English
colonies, tie the Island of Great Britain.
The second slimes-, that this usage of detaining American
citizens as .§ngliall subjects, in whatever ligtit it may he re--
ITELVORTSLUYSt Dec. 18.—It is reported here,
garded as far as principles are concerned, is ssil,in force; and
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that these detentions continue to take plaCe by the interVen- t'et almost the whole of the Allies have passed
tion of the military or naval officers of this Government. It 'l`' '
proves also, that though Great Britain does not permit other
nations to naturalise. its, subjects, it is disposed to constraint
of
the Rhine at 'different points, and that the advance
'nd a hall of
those foreigners who haee got themselves nateralised in Great ' the Russians is within a mile a
Beitain to remain subject to its laws. This custom, crest slop-
posing that all persons so detained, areafterwards released, ,
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evidently eubjects our fellow-citizens, on a hare sitspizion to
treatment, which they ought not to suffer, according' to esta- .GO
t
ITUM, Breda Bergen-op-ioont, Bommel,
wished rules concerning prisoners of war. . • . and. lieusden, all strong .ly fortified. places, are
It is seen by the third point, that while .other American tie- - •.-
tizene-sepre allowed a reasonable, time to leave England alit? Said to be in possession of the Dutch.
' `the. rupttird, att the eratnen who were-then in the tcrritney of.t..
Great virago have been considered rie prisoners cif war, wins, The fleili3li are. •collecting in great force at 11'11-
tier terry had entered its ports in time of peace, or Whether •'I
nalleesule, and Gen,. Sir T. 0... a Alum arrived' yes-
.
their carrying on an illicit trade. The injtistiee of this excep- i terday at Stavenes, in the Island of Tholen, and
they had been conducted thither by force, under pretence of
cod is not less evident than tile jealousy it betrays of thus use-
ful class of our fellow countrymen... The Ceninuittee remark I will take the coinniantl.
only, that if this practice of enraging American • sailors to
serve on board of English vessels is generally adopted and eue.
thorned, (which iesetheiently. proved by the itdvertitenneot to the Civil Authorities.
Ihe Texel fleet is said to have been given up
of George Maude, English Agent at Port Royal, which' '
among the documents justifying .the first nrtielt), the naval HAGUE, DEC. W.—According to intelligence
power of that State will increase inproportinn to• the num-
ber
of our sailors who shall he imprisoned. The present wee received, we lutist 'conclude that Bergen-op-zoom
having changed the relative situation of the two nations, the
pretended right of pressing can lip longer he exercised; lint has surrendered, it being asserted that the French
the sarne.enil is attawed by another merit's. ' All- the .eailori
•
so - employed- .(the tone of their service is not fixed), increase }
.have left that city, and that, the sank event his
the naval. strength of the ritelii):, not only by depriving; the taken place with the Bosch and Antwerp. It ap-
Criitrd States of their active sers ices, but alea b)• furnishing .
Great Britain with the means of continuing and even extend- pears- evide‘ nt • from all circumstances, that there
ing its cotemeece, without diminishing the, number of sailors
monies est on beard. its men of war. ' exi.,,ts great confusion and disorganisation among
The documents in huppott of the fourth acensation, prove It is even reported as a tact, that -
that the officers the F rench.: of tee English armed vessels are in the habit - of fiiieing iheeAtnericane who are 'nested. t-,) serve, ogoinsi 'th Conscripts. in
.sevcrid departments of France,
their country, by threats, corporal ptinisliments and eveii th e
fear of itietant execution; which furnishes an -instructive have refused to march.—(Zrzyckrzec Paper, 17th
ettinnient on the protestations °Mlle English Government, of . e e
its promptneee in releasing American sailers Ii et found on hoard eeer.l • ' .
Enelieli men of wee.
;Viet, respect to the fifth proof. of. the Cruelty cif (per etsee IiOTTERDeeIe Dec. 15.—The number of the
nii,s, it is only necessary to observe, that in a past.;:tilur ir- i allied troops which are marching by Gorcura and
genet, that of Dr. lies:llan, the utrociottsuese -of thi-i,' c,,,,- duct was increased by the ciretimstance' that the deg of truce 14. t let! road ,of tet R, against Antwerp, is very
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WitS•clealitutt: of every hind of hostile character; and lliat the .
Doctor was charged solely. with the care of the wounded, and I great • The important fortress of 13reila is, nc-
Of the unfertunefe prisoners taken on the Reisin River, the e .
CUruki,•to the report of some Cossacks, deierted2ldufitenuary, 1813.. The treettoent of :elr. Kec
•hau, sot by . • ID
the allies of England, lint by the officers of . its army, cannot
be consistently explaiaed, recept on the supposition that 'it „b the French ; and it appears that Antwerp like-
•'
y
was regnrded as very. good policy to hinder the
.e!iecrierse 4 %Viet Will tint be defended, On garrison, consist-
Surgeons from giving assistance to their country-men. lie- ! •
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cause 'the..ravaAt soggions had a more hare and expeditious . ' int" of °()°° men; • hating cluittc i
ti t, as it is said,
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tuctlaul of terminating their sufferings, • -
The sixth article, relatives to the ransom of thaprisonores• to take it position at Breschaat, and there prevent-
merits the attention of the House; first, on account. of the any. approaches ; and it was feared, that as the
policy whieli it inditates; and next, because it it intimately
est . t i i
connected with the cruelties of the haeage allies of Lngland.. town is not tenable,' , the snips of war, as well as.
It' we consider the . Indians as a. military force ire the payof.:.
the Wharf, t, nu,;, be intritt.—(Stalte Paper.)
England, the amount of the• ransoms maybe 'regarded. as a . .
-.- '.e.(ioretitit is heavily Cannonaded, stud we are in-
part of the indemnification etiptilitted for their services-44ml '
it 3 the price of the reasonts is augmented by the terror. whialt • •
the most shocking barbarities inspire, it rosy ho justly cons formed that. the garrisoo, having sti3de a surly,
'eluded, Blest whatever may be the intention of the Etiglisli ' `hart•
at first •
o•btaine .
d sonic advantage, but was al-
'Government, the custom of redeeming the.priemiers with me-
Hey with be encouraged by the litit•chery that will -be meth: •of 1. ter..vards•repulsed with the losS of 170 men. The
our fellow•countryteen, and the ontrages whielewilt be coal, • . . . .
mated on their dead bodies, so long'as the Indians shall, bar : : besiegers attempted to destroy the ships. at Wer-
unittloyed by the enemy.
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'the justness of this infeeeneeis confirmed by the testimony: ketichun by it fire bunt ;1, wt': e. • disa,ipoiuted,
of several witnesses, who, .after having been ransocued, lt%.'.e
beetedetisined apt prisoners °fewer. - '• ' - • .•• . .
ing. sunk m
the vessel. 'm before she Cause to the
• , ,
.'The proofs, o Inch supra the 4eventb article of actusatlini,e • i i
kett. It is sid that till! ShipS :it Wißiamstadt
in.iti ~.th
show us, that the property of unarmed individuals has beset
pillag•et by the officers and oilers of the. English s'eseets cruise :tidy nearly all he saved, and the 'greater part of
ink .111 the coast; that the houses have been, burnt, the .
churches,,
s profaned „,t a„tes,yeee It appmee,eliat the onirri-,, the guns haVe already been rendered useful, and
aoimitte.d !seethe presence of Admiral Cockbarn, pertictilaiee
distinguiebed themselves Lit this occasion, and that they uric scat to Oertritedetiburg.and other places to which
impelled, by the unitedire,. of itvariee and veuge ince ;
isitt lii e F4,l„.iisb have , m„rch,d.
ontented with eppropriati Fig to ti,VtlgelVA..: :iFt IC tei of fit.lVi r. •We are assured that
they destroyed all.tleat cisiiltleoi ieratify their insetielde Cups-
I.3drgen opezoniii•has surrendered.—(Sanze Pgper).
dity. it leis been alleged, to OtCt4se. these acts of stupid cruel-
iv , that a vessel seat t/il slim: by the Admiral had. been FL- • - • %% itli regard to Flushing, the ' Island of "Wal•
crived. by a elisehaiese of muelsetry,fione the American militie.- . ...e
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I.
The documents prove that this is
.. false. The,prolesri,:,cf.;cyeieri is u.i.i.04,.t.y. delivered; and it is the sain.e wide
Wee fogad' nurtalesetttite yob-duet • tvtircli Wu' 'cireuinSaiiices,.
cap iiortify. . . . ... . Yrltolen', but We arc yet without off intelligence
. ..
Tia: Committee, fully con.vinced that ea person, either of • ' feline South Bcveland. At Bergen-op-zoom, the
thiselation, or of any other, can read e ithont lively eentie . • -•
, ,
vents of indignation arid liorrer, the bate recital of Atli the- . gates are shut, hut (Aloe is -no garrison.
t.
,nu, viutatidns of lionmie justice, and humanity,. of • ots .
whkh out eoeinies have lieengliilty, abstain (ruin makin g
.a ny s
„le; X lie spirit of entering into the service under
;444.04nm0n the documents which demonstrate', !P.n. antlitni7- •
delve'. 'And I.•t i.,d one think orpollidt hr.; these sliainefill 'gee,, 13 not r ee.
, the Ortlo6'e colours ' leli i .nt at Itottdr-
0.
tipli.., by :else, .1 e, that they were coininitted toy haViig..l. ' (kin ; a ••considerable trans of- recruits ate
Every mile-, i •..., .••n is resposisible for the com Ole
luct et ; p
Allies Mee ses : eeillimid, tend. itS it share; the iebeirie.ieses ,e.s.. daily. sent.ou to the Hague, and it is reported
their sticce..: ,it ought also to pertalte the Odium to:itticir . ~ . • • ... ,
crimes. , . { ~ tltitt no recruiting parties area seen. in that city.—
But this reasoning, though _just, does not'exPrees ail the. ess,,,lle ria,let'N . • .
•
inEurly of the colieliiet of the Englieli in the ellen rof the eed,,_ ,k'`-`.. . • . i • 4 •
Stir,'
... Douro 4.011 T , DISC. is......etcCoriiitlg . to reports
hi,
an, the Itriiein River.. The ineseecre of the ea,t, refter
cepitulation, took place %slalom their ling ally eltort to
oler it. This it a•fa,ct, the certninty o , .whielt is }nerved. that have been received here this evening, and
by an the circianstanceS; 'in lif the English officers' did brit' • i
• e
centrtonue to, this celesta-se with their 0"1,4,„i5, thry,a,,,,,04,. which may be relied on, the passage from. the
crimittal,inchiferetica to the tate of the intletppy %molded, But. Ti
that which proves more than all the rest the depra . idiom cut
to the Bolumeeau has been foresee, and
,
. .
the character of the. Eneli ,Ii seldiers, le leek heviugdeti;ed to t lite.,, enonly obliged to retreat, after a very Se-
ttle dead bodies the Ise deities of butortititse 'Fite c sepsee of - , -. • •
our. ntibeespe eou utrymeii Feeeseaed expaied to el cry Illehit. t Neete-eistgageemente‘Tio. which the Prussian troops
and h4;etteie tile prey of weed beast,, in the eight of elen tele, • i . ~ , _ , ,
%T
e:Tect the create.st respect for the late; of humanity and of re- i vii ,t I tigtilsoca, News i
e ses, so twat tne town and
....
ligion. •
army;y ;•:; t::e ~-,
41* 1 the Whale island'of lionnitel is now in the power
1,-.1.1,,ei:)1e, which is reduced. tir She elteroatire •of err:; •,:itn4,
1 '',;!. i: • i,t vi.:?;e Mace vsetiltinot permit is totety-the list c:.• i '; oti she Awes. ..
..., • :....!,, :. The Comini, :•,to,ri hare n.,,t becil tdsle t(t ;la- - . . .
c:- .• •i, .1 e•!.t': t ~,Ic-11 harie.: :i&, 11.3y4 prllff fired 014 VIV lil l:. It is- reported .frotti. 'anothorlinarter„ that the
I. H.. .:,:f .H; ~,,::,.,,•.,•;.-. ei he froutier, hot the choico. of tie . _ .• . .
lieS, 01 t. ttee., =•,.! . .: e, I's,,'l of the Lesesiebeeve Bee? of 1 et% . •, after a
Tiv arter a trifling affair yesterday, near Veen,
"•••.72;..5i. Calm, :, e- ,•, • •• e.,, : 0 ctiejecture it.
IC:t ileus—.
.fill_ cwwilii:t,e 114%, ~:. es., reel it as their dctl, ,
...,.,,b.„.t • 1 .(/n.t.',% yeti W.Oudri,4lleitt- awl.. Petaden),

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