The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-06-21

10y Ut. FrdeauX, and there are 1rrceif-
Iings IN the hRory of a Brtiil commander, that
may entl.'e pm to the. appeliation of marou-
|der.-When the Britiih fl1ip of war Erander
lay laft year within half league of the
Hook and fired at the fhip Cicero from
Liverpool; when f,e impreficd ieveuteen i;.,-
uen on board the Live Oak when fl,e fred at
the United States Revenue Gutter when DE
boarded or nenaced anof every Wei:
tel that was bound into the port of NewYork.
inc oeierVed no other name, than that of a Ma
rauder.
1t is to be hoped, that the prefent cor..
mander of the Leander, now lyirp of New
York, will remember thief i,fu,.s and the u,,;.
onal indignation. He will a, leaf remember
tnat we nave now law paned during the latf
ieiiion OF Congrefs, which gives the Prefdept
right Under certain conditions 70 " interd;t
forever by Proclamation the entrance of anv
Gihcer, and of any. armed veffeI hy him com.
manded within the limits the United States,
1t IS even quetion of doubt, whether the.
law ought not to have extended to the
Vsle1 itielf, which he might have had at thar
time under his command.
The port of Chareiton too is threatened bv
theie n,arauders. We have already feen Mn
from London the 7qvo Fyirn15, fuppofed TO he
worth so or 100000. fcrling. captured in 10
fathom water by French privateer Ecboon.
err, l. Emeranee, and fent to Guadaloupe or
Cuoa Tor examination: their plea beirg that
me had no certificate from the American
can property"
| This cafe is complicated and involves rran.,
considerations. 1.-THE bar of Cbarleffon be iefs
than one league from the fflore, the priya
teer hasundonbtedy violated our nationalriehts.
u the vefiel was provided with a pafIport for
herfelt, but was without confular certificate.
ipecltylng the nature of her cargo and diitin-
cunning between thofe articles which were
contraband and thote which were not 70 then
L.Emperance had right to take poiiefiion
OF the IMP without the jurfdictional limits of
the United States, and carry her into any of
the French ports for adjudication. -Ifuponhrine
ing the affair before the proper tribunal in Qua
daioupe g it fhafi appear from their documents
or proofs, that the fl,ip belongs to the citizens
of the United States" then by the nth article
otthe convention with the French government,
"lt fhali not be conffcated, but fhall be re-
releafed with her CARGO
The only queffions then in This cafe, are.
was the ihip within marine League of the
fhore Had ihe confular certificate Has fl,e
other documents or proofs fufficient to thew her
to De !americanproperty Ifthe French privateer
and tribunals have trenched upon either of thofe
privileges, then indeed is there the ampleit room
for thofe vehement clamours which the
Charlefton prints have poured forth againft
them: BUT even IN that cafe do they reafon
ljudiciou1y when they extend their denupciati-
ons to the whole fyftem of gun-boats and de-
mand. frigate for the protection of their fhip-
ping If one gun boat is inadequate to the
purpofe may not their number be 70 increafed,
as to anfwer all the purpofes of protection,
without mourning the expence of equipping
frigate! Gun-boats it may be faid, are una
BILE to tand high fea, or encounter an armed
vedel, at any dRance from the coat. But this
is not the pnrpofe for which frigate is now
demanded. The only enquiry properly is;
can any number of gun-boats whole expence
is LET'S than that of one frigate, be able to give
as efiectual protection to our veflels within one
marine league from the fhore?
One of the mott elaborate & elegant political
productions, which has ever iffued from the A.
nerican prefs, is "the addrefs of the focietv of
confttutonal republicans to the people of Penn.
fylvania" on the charge of their governor and
contribution, attributed to the pen of MIR. Dali
las.
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