Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-06-10

that the sGertion IS FALSE; and thu, ),
late administration were NOT tame e., a.s
tators.
Wefay then that, the American enrov ,b..
at London did Immediately demand ~.
difchasge Of all the American f.amen wh s
had been impreGed and, tina, in conf
quence Of that demand correfponde,c.
took place between that envoy and Il.
Bsitilh minifer /; the latter Of whom ple,d
ed the impoaibility Of diRioguiIhinp Enc
li!h from American Iailors; repreleD,sd
that if,apon the mere Allegation Of a lesmsa
that he was an American, III. adrni,al,r
officers were to difcharge him, the EnsI;n
failors would take advantage of it TO ee,
away fiom the menof war, and the Aee,
could not be manned and that he f,he
Britiin miniGerl wihed lomc plan could
be deyifed 10 afcertain the truth in eve.
ry cafe 70 as to provide equally asaiua
both miichiefs. Col. Lenox, gentle.
man who, we believe, fand, high in pub.
lie eeecm, was difpstched by the then ad.
nniniRration to aid fhe American enyov
IN the fettlement of the bufDels, and it w.
then adjuaed in the following manner
The American failor claiming his dil.
charge was to have 'itgranted, upon con.
dition tha,.he fwore to his being an Anne.
rican, and that the captain of the vca:I
TO which he belonged aho made an aAids.
Wit that he had brought him from Amer.
ca. Thus was the grievance completely
,edreGed, and thus it appears the aaertiea
that ssthe late administration were tame
fpeefatora ofit,"is grodndieis and unjua.
But this is not ALI The photographic
not content with endeavoring to fix that
falle charge on his paty's advefaries, en-.
dcavors totake for them merit on the fame
fubject, TO which they are as little eni.
tied as the late admniAfationwas to CEN
Gure. % Our conful refdent in Londoa
/" lays bel had an immediate ard long in.
(" tcrvi,w with the BIitilh Lords OF til:
I" Admiralty, and procured orders ba.
I" all fuch as could produce teitmonials
/" Of their being ciiizeus of the United
!" State. fhouId be difcharged." Jua
exactly the very thing that bad heea
done before, and which being anteced,at.
ly etabliihed would have done without
his immediate and long Interview with
fome of the admiralty clerks or rannsrs,
perhaps in the lobby Report fays we
do not, however, pledge ourfelves for il,
nor ever will for what we cannot prove,
that this very confai, whole prompi con.
duet the democratic agents will have i!
throws fuch a ihade upon the late admin.
ftrasion, is himfelt Birth penfooer.
/" It is further added, lays the para.
!" graph alluded toy that ieseTsi OF them
/" american iailors) entered voluntari.
{" ly into the Britifh fervice." I" lfb,
!" sv< haze noting to do ov'fb 1t, and can
:" only FAY, there are Tools OF all nations"
Now, will the worthy gentlemen who
make tholc fsgacious remarks rccolet'
what was iald in the late war upon The
American failors entering voluntarily 10.
10 the Britifh lervice. Did the demoora.
tic prints then fay, !" We have ro'hl's
to do with it," Mono iuch Ihing-
they rung an incefIant peal upon all tn
changes of the American tociins, againH
the administration, as if the fault OF 'ns
American failors entering lay at snel
doors.
But this is their way, from winch n0'
thing can remove them, and in when We
are afraid they are as little capable OF =
mending themfelves, as they are OF caanS'
ing the colour Of tAeir hsir, the dner.
fons Of their fsature, or the form OF '0s"
faces.
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