Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1801-11-07

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lawful plumber, French negro may e
grow rich in MarfhGeia as rapidly as H.
could in the Wet Indies. The bov, how
ever, is free, and can go OF Glay. H.b,,
never been demanded by any officer o. ii.
French nation.
have thus taken a flr"ey Of this e,;ev
Gus accaiation, and of the evidence pro
duccd TO fupport it, with all polable b..
witty, and at the fame time wirh a, murb
attention is my leiiure, Gncc the Sd;ourn
nlent yeierday, would permit. Nv re
luttance to delay the .cour, or TO Ieovea
another meeting, has induced lie 60 fs,m;,
this de.cnce without the ilighte.! rcv!aon
and Will cioie it with few general Oh
ferva,ions.
All who are converiant in Courts al
Jjnitice are daily witneGes of proiecu,ioO,
ari!ing from the fpleen, the reicntmca,
and malice of mank ind. Bur in all thar
have occurred under my obierva,icn, n
recollett none founded upon 10 Amly 4
BATS as the ptcfent. 1t is, indeed, cse
OF n4oa angular complexion, ana BE-
lIeve, unprecedented in the annals OF ns
val or military hiitory. "A number ofwi
toners, citizens of a nation, which, for ,e,
ears, has fubaAed upon the ind;Ccrimn,,
plumber Of all other nations by iea and
aod, whcle BUCCANEERS have itnpped Oh,
citizens OF uncounted millions being e
sally captured by an American inip, with.
in months after their arrival i,l
pors begin to publifh charg of hieh
mitdemcanoTs againh the officers weo
took them theie invettives are repeat,d
and circulated with indui}ry, by ,nol;
friends which that ration finds il evey
country, prompt TO proclaim her right,
and vindicate her wrongs, but Aow to ieel
and 70 retent the outrsqes offered 20 ,bri,
own coun,rymen. The executive Go.
vernment is at length deceived AMI indu.
ced TO coniider il national concern. Al
Court martial conGiting of refpeaable Of
tlcers, Is convened at great trouble and ex
pence, and upon trial i appears, that tie
defendant HIS conducted towards his pri.
toners with the mott perfect humanity and
kindne!s, and with no lefs integrity to-.
wards the government and his own crew i
that no cruelty or unnecefary feverity has
been exerciIed, much lels fanGioned
that the captain ofthe prize, the mott pro
per organ and judge of the pretenGous Of
his own crew, has layi.hed encomiums ID.
on his polite and humane department., and
what is mott remarkable that at,c. Cap.
ture OF large and valuable ihip of war,
and among two crews, coniiGng ofievers
hundred men, upon TIE mott ieyere and
extraordinary fcrutiny ever ina;g1ted, all |
that is pretended to be milling are few |
Paltry watches ard trinke;s, which were
probably plundered from our own cit1cn
or Others, and not one Of which ever cane
into captain Little's hands, or was fubmit.
ted to his INFECTION. On the contfaryk +
rel.nqulihed to the French captain fun
more than equivalent to ,helnail.
If, upon charges originating in hd
fources, and lupported by fuch evidence,
naval commander is thus expofed TO yex /
alton, expence ard hiihonor, great patti
osifm and fortitude will be requiiite soi
duce men OF honor and Independents pria
ciPles TO encounter theie dangers more for
midable than they can meet in bau!s
and which do rot exit in the itryice Of
other nations: they are not fure of yiGo.
fy, when their enemy is vanquifned, but
are liable to be led captive by their o@
p.honers in their own country.
1t is, Mr.. PRECEDENT and GenIenen,
with you, under theGe circumstances, f"
iecure to Captain Little the only copioa.
ton which he is capable of receiving
By the forms of proceeding in Courts o.
Common Law, the honeft innocent man.
even after all acquittal, is foretimes con.
founded with an equally fortunate, though
leis dcierving character. Ike conti