Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-11-20

ally fell in with an hour afterwards and pic
ked up by the pilots. The pilot who was
on board the Esther, being stationed in the
magazine, escaped uuhurt.
The state of the killed and wounded on
board the Esther is as follows: The capt.
Sd mate, carpenter and two men killed.
The chief mate and four men have died of
their wounds. Thirteen are at the hospi-
tai. number of which are expected to die
of their wounds. Thcse, together with
one boy (woundsd) On board the privatser,
and four mea unhurt, also on beard the
prlvateer, and FIVE. men arrived uahurt IN
the city, compose 33, the ships company.
twill naturally be imagined by any be-
ing, not beretr of inteilect aud feeling, that
upon the above transaction there would be
but ore opinion, one sentiment, and that
excIamations Of unmixed abhorsence and
exccration would interrupt the hideous re-
cital. Nav we believe or is it only loose
report, that even this atrocity has not want.
ed its eytenuators and its indicators in this
city? That there are some, whose lnven-
ton, prompt and pregnant in the dictates OF
evil, could hnd ous causes, excuses and
pretexls for such vlllainies. Vlllanles, the
perpetrators of which must, before they
committed them, have had every thing hui
man cast out OF their composition. Ii 10
said by the poet OF nature (Shakspeasre)
that the Devil himself can quote Scripture
for his own purposes. The eign;seath cen
eur, has added a new and miraculous proof
of the power of his eloven-f ooted majesty.
!. The devil himself will never want impu.
dent advocates among men," We swear he
never will wherever his signed and sealed
with. blood agents, the jacoblns Prowi "a
bout upon his missions. Wekaow and We
have now for about fifteen years bsen say
ing it, that there Is no ordinary wlckedness
which those who admire the Revolutionary
French, and admrng If course resemble
them. will not with alacrity perform, pro-
sided it answers purpose; and hat there
is nothing which such persons can do that
will not have its advocates. But TO advo-
cate and extenuate gralui:ous, useless, an
profitable viilainy, is stretch even beyond
the long measure of depravity which We
always allow to their hearts, when attempt
ing to give to jacobins their due Enc
murdert himself, is not always SO bad as
the advocate for murder. When we were
told that there were some who expressed a
savage exulsation at this business, we oil.
reeyly recoiled from the criHe of believing,
that thsre was in the form Of man, any
wretch so damned.
Iii shame for he British commanders
on the stations near this coast TO leave the
British commerce unprotected. 1t Is uu-
charitable in them not to AFFORD TO Ameri-
can commerce, with wsich, BY the bye,
the interest of their country is SO intimate
ly connected-.hat protection which the
ucisdom, the integrity, the spifit. and the
dismterestedburity Of their present prudent,
parsinoniouS misunderstanding from
it.
While we have hand to write, we shall
continue 10 expose the turpitude OF that
whole system of piracy called prlvateerlng,
while we have breath te utter a gov we shall
exeora1e it: No matter whether 1t be per.
petrated by French, Spaniards, English,
or Americans. The eUl IS great enough of
itself-it always was SO, when confined 90
battle and rebbery: bur, when Vengeance
goes hand in hand with plumber; when he
trader is no, oaIy robbe d of his means, but
deprived of his life and when fair defence
Lead 10 cold, cowardly, dciiberate ,,vlndic.-
i've murder, the hanes and hearts of all
mankind ought to be at cnce raised against
all coacerned In it.
The above Ross, ough. 20 Be SO designas-
ed and fnarked out to ths eye OF justice,
that he should not escape FrenchInenand
Englshmen may plead the an!lquated abuse
of priva,eering, because they are at wal
with each osncr. But the american Cit.
zen, havlrg no such plea, has no excuse.
He is a pirate, and ought to be executed,