Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-09-24


ons OF navel power and external com
tneice as e:labltshed and extended M
Europe have their full share OF iDiiu.
eHce oy'r many psrsonsof great worth
ana Judgment in the Unitcd States.
RgyIhw of the nature and practice
OF the European govern ments will fully
conYioce US, that rae Public authority is
heir principal mean 10 procure seamen
tor their raves. The most energetic ia
w Chat OF Engisrd> is manncd by Is ia
frcssmn,." Tins operation IS considered
IT, The u. States 10 BE- conducted on me
hrincifl-s Of mere orditrasy !goUernsaes:..
The happiness OF The seaineas' i4ni.i .es,
,heir comforts, and tlieir necessities, do
rol seem to be objects cf any considsrs,i
On The marines personal ughiss and
even bis Vo'Tsfen anG s3', d engagements
TO serve privae psrsons Bvtish OF 60
reign, Upder shifthiRg isatefs or nor iege
bis, are violated "unou, any allowance
&c damages either 10 TIE sean,an or ,he
merch ut, without punishment, and with
cot ce"surs, and indecG, of,en with 'ius-
,ihcalion or applause. In manning her
navy, Great BTi.ain is taaniles;iy and
compls,rly dcs'e.ic ovsy ner osa I..rr-
chants, sea cap ans. and mariners, aad
sels, a. prCsen,, IN Ike manuer even with
respect 10 foreign m tchan,s, CAPTAINS,
aud sea;nen. Silc undertakes 10 diGlaie
20 her nautical subjects alone, that they
shall neg.ect or violate ali their engage.
ne0ts and serve her. and upon terms also
4 - d, -
mc7sS' scGges are Jf1ed by sbai .goUernnse7.!.
To consult together merely tpr procuring
higher wages, wouid be treated a. a ma
tiny. T. her esanSn were to be al i.ber.
ty 10 ask and Obtain ,.ieir own rates of
wages, and were t. he pad at those ates,
their navy could not be- continued OH &c,
present scale. VIII ,he seamen of The u.
) ates submit 10 a civil regimen in tins
case, like that Of g.. Britain? VIII The
rest of the people OF ihis country conscn,
| TO such an example OF coercion and Itn..
| talon Of wages! Viii our legislatures
and courts permi; OF sanction such req =
men to one cl1ss of cilizens? VIII oar
courts OF imp achmCnt and courts martial
allow he orders AID conduct Of civil aud
military officers In conformity with such
a regimen, TO pass unnoticed & unpunlsh
ed Do not these cons deTatiuns dccDiv
aiiect the frdc liability OF great naval
power, on the principles of the cons,,,u
! tons Of the u. STATES? !, NAV be fairly
and prudcntiy asked, Uheihrr q s.assd
ing naUat establishment il nor Tube 10 g
Argc n oiioriion ofsthc oijrcHars 70 u stunt.
my army /; and coh ther II is no. enft,k,d
10 thai name and character IN vcyy ran
siberz5te degree q? rhe use which wa, made
OF the British navy, in The war of l775
against the American Colonies, eOen sv;ise
IL 7vgS conjeSsediy civil yar, viii p,oye
thai nG0ai |orec Can be openly aud ac
lively used 10 destroy the pubic hberts
OF nation al home a0d The use winch
was made Of crush navy 10 The peace
| bic year 1902, and in the war Of 1903
againS. France, will prove TIA, it can be-
used to destroy ,hs prime les of pubic
liberty abroad.t The dreadful cornuI
on It Ireland, upon various occaa.oas
aud tJr many years, Is, ~ a considerable
| degree, 10 be asctibed TO The state of con
tFol in which it bas been held by means Of
the Bgiugh navy, IN when tens Of thou
sands OF Irish sean1eD were enlisted or
impressed. Had tina, county been jojn
81 10 th.s continent IN l776, or 10 ,ha, of
| Europe in 1922, Ireland would have had
comple British constitutional id,er,y or
separation. It's in eNidcHce. therefore.
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