The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-12-19

fcr thc sricvsir,ces whitH MAJ thlntes acic.rua
to Britain? Precisely s,sch remedy and such
redress as. were obvious enough without u
Proc .amatior. ard such as must. in their ma
turc, be essentially notifications, in the WAY
of supper: to Our navy. The British capt
who suspects desertert to be of boas,. an ~
merican ship, for Instance kthe Amcr:can re-
fusing to give him up) must write to the Adj
Erniral Of the station, the Admiral of the sta
ton to the Lords Commissioners Oft Ad-
iInii'alty, the Lords Commissioners of4he Adj
miraity to the Secretary of State; and thus,
having ascended the ladder of Office IN Eng
land, you have still to go down another lad
Ger OF Office in America, before you can get
ut your deserter. Can any man see, in this
-circuitoas procedure, a,glinpse ofhope, that
we shall be able to prevent America from
continuing to allure British mariners into her
services Several threats indeed, are denoun-
ced IN the Proclamation, against the uphAp-
Py objects OF American seduction but OF
what weight have they been, (for the procla-
nation does not alter the law of the land in
this respect)-of what weight, therefore,
have these threats been, against the offer of
!, higher wages, and the dciusive promise of
better treatment, acting upon illterate
minds? One of these denunciations of wrath
against British seamen engaged in foreign
service, is of so singular nature, tliatwe
cann't help mentioning it :; it is this, " if En-
Sush Mariners. SO serving, should be taken
prisoners by any of the States of Barbary, the
British Consul at Tunis, or Algiers, shall not
ireclaim. them ~ We must close our re-
marks, by allowing, in the fullest sense, the
many and weighty difficulties which attend
our pending concerns with America; but
from the insight which the Proclamation af-
lords us OF the present state of the negociati-
on, Wecannot think, though we greatly hone,
that those difficulties will be surri,ounted, in
away beneficial or even equitable to Eng
land We should have 40 objection to con
Icession, provided it would but conduct us to a
lclear and defined state of things but such a
lconcession as leaves matters in the verv state
IN which it found them, must Gas we know by
Experience inevitably lead to incesssnt ie.t
lousies, bickeriL 5, and disputes, the melan-
lcholy termination OK which viii be the very
levi which it is thus attempted to avert
Suppose matters to be for the present ami
lcably arranged between us end the United
Estates, and the basis on cur part to be the
CONCESSION contained in his Majesty's P.oc.s
nation above cited; the most prudent con-
duct OF every British Commander on the A
mer can station, will in future be, certainly
to prevent deserticn, if he can; but if in
stances do occur, neither to search for the flu
lgitives in American merchant vessels, nor tc
claim them from ships of war, but to bear
ms loss quietly; for most assurediy. the con-
Itrary conduct will, in most instances, either
involve his country at large, or himself per-
sonaiiy, IN an endless train of squabb.es and
ld,squletudes, OF accusations end retorts, Il
charges and Cknials; which, if the matte,
relates to himself o3ly, will end in his recall
LII to the British Government, in-ircy,7 rc,.
DECISIONS, or direct hostiiities Tie TID,es.