The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1806-02-01
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE.
JaNUARY 23.
Defence OF OUR PORTS AND u.R-
BO{JRS


Dh8A1E Q" ne f'i0,oi.g REPORT Of GI.a eeo.nt,,.
Of @aip1't fb< Prsiasutt ns:Dase ibaf ,eiafe, 4.
4sg,5,ss committed or orr eo4fs ty G,.ie, ar,,.y
sfgrhi 10 tie djtinee Of Oh, e5yts anJ SasLo,, IA
-. S1''a."g /ceat,fs1- gp. s4,, ard 10 tie RE-
"'fi"g zoe e*lS''taHe~ IF arms asi a1ez,anitior
in com r1ittee Of the whols-N.R. GREGG :, ~.
ehair. The hrt re!olution was read as follov.s
~ yea nat ium ct money, nor excesdip.
enable ebe pr.Gssa 'f q fan dS.54s - -cedto
ports ana harbors to b. better fortified aud proteSei
againit any inult injury.
MT lawson. at the eernniencen,ent Of The nre
lent feiion, the Preident OF the United 5 ats j.;
oedsnce to his duty, made known to us rLe na,e If
,he nation-he thea informed U.S. that ur COATS ,s,
oeen inistted, and our haFbors wa he'd, by priyate
armed veieis, foine of them viih:ut eon, :, five
lone with Illegal cpnruiilions othes w;tb tbnC IS
legal iorH' bur conmitfi e prltic.l atos bevopd he
authority oil their comn,iIiions Ihev h I'VE oc,nrei
IN tie very entrance of our har ors as well as ON the
high eas, nor only the ve-s of cur friends cos,n,
TO trade with us, but alto. They have CARR.
Cd mem OH under Pretence OFFICIAL adjudication but,
not daring to approach court of iuaice, thew have
rundered and funk Them by the ear, or in obfcurr
places, where no evidence could arle zeaina Them.
haitreated the cr=Ss, and abandoned then, i'm boats
IN the open lea, or defsrt fores without food or
covering. Iheie crormitieS appearing 10 be unresch
co oy any control OF their iovereigns, found i, me-
ieas to arret ali veiies of thec descriptions found no.
verng on our COATS, within the limits of the (rlf
SrreaR, and to bring the offenders in for trial rs nj
rates.
" The fame fyfen of lowering ON our coah, and
harnor under color of iee'ng esen,ies has been all
10 carried on by publs armed hiPs, the great an
noyance and oppretlion of our com..arce
" With Spain negotiations for A fettIerep. Of
differences have not hada satisfactory iue. Spola-
tons during the former war for which fhe had for
naIIy acknowledged herleif refponible, have been
! reiuied to be compounded but on conditions affea-
ing otner claims IN no wife connected with them Yet
the lame practices renewed in the prefer, war.
and are already of great amount. On the Mobile,
our conlTeree psfing through that river continue,
to be obitruaed by arbitrary duties and yexatious
iearches. Proportions for adjuftiug anieaby re.
boundaries OF LouiaDa have not been acceded TO-.
! lnroids have been recently made into the terri
tories of Orleans and the MffGppi. Our cit Gems
have been fized and their properly pIundered in the
very parts Of the former which had been iullIy de-
ivered up by Spain, and this by the regular effect,
= and folders IF that government
g In reviewing thee injuries from fone of the bel.
ligerent powers, the moderation, the Grninefs anil
the wIidum OF the legislature viii all be called into
( a aio1."
! Thi. communication excited the honen ind;cn,,ion
of all who heard and Griar inprelion feems 10
have been made in every part Of tbs cont;nent-Al-
ready have cofttituents expreed their ientimens
daily do fellow citizens csnvey TO us seolafat,-
COS of their indignation already have they Offered Their
lives their fortunes ard their acred honor in Iippoit
ofocr juit claims, and of Our violated ri1hrs-ncr
have occurrences sr:s lefened that iinpreifon--It
now becomes our d1ty, and moa important one Il,
Is, to adopt tho!e nieaGires, and to provide thof.
means beft calculated the Gate of thugs TO
fecurC peace il peace attainsbe terms coofAent
with inrereft aud honor--snd, h not to unite tho
confidence rotfe the zeal, and dire6l all the enerL
gesS onr country by the folly Of fone govetn.
nients and the vices Of others, they ihoud become
Ee,eiary. To his al the syiidom, all the 6rmnef,
all the moderation Of Conerels will he called into &C.
ton II well behoves Us 10 be neither rafi ~ diff
dent. But ailuntng Ma. ground which rs4ion III
zee and onr inPosfnee ustion enti;le us to- ta
! msnIa'n It Wi!li rn1ba:ibg zeal, nviueble firm
r"s, 'nd rendering luiice to all, have fight GO
= demand II trom al
.i t,,nyoThir for any peffop TO look back on ~,
= iuri.s sad tu!,s whS1 We have received, withoa
s fy-'rg much ndignsi9r ard fpirit for revenge
II i, inirOiblc 20 Ucl forward without feeling n.c
i anx:e'y ADD hiueh ave. own 90 yon have t1pa
3 risnsed sheni; have however coli(oled lnyIelf yin
a m Y'eeiiny hope la Hhsg We same jlro conn,