The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-11-13

eWieWes W 'he ala ana ahtince of de!er:ers
To their vc;ieis; hut they viii NOT permit az TO
avail our;c!res OF deterivrs from their vely;.ts
nay, they go further and refuie us the privilege
of RECEIVING >Hr own deferters back again 20
their allegiance Tney make the deck Of /, Bs.
uih man OF wa al enchaoted place, OH which,
whoever o"cr i1~ps his foot, can never return.
whe the decks of all other veileis are mere
wood and timber, which every Tailor n.ay leave
at pieature.
We cA"n't conclude without taking notice
OF an error of no im,il magnitude, into which
the defenders If Admiral Berkeley have fallen.
i ne true q"elt'"n. thev fy, is whc,hr. the tact /,
that preceded the attack on the Chenpeake
amounted to iuch p,ovocation. as would, If
reported to the goyrrnment of Great B.itain
J"n''y reprDfah or authorize a declaration of
TUar.f This is not the true qneRion, II. ris il
at all the qneR'on But It's sy5eibey a A;b of
soar boH fareA another Rip Of scar. SuGrn t6e
'clpeai1'e Joarreigns are at peace ? we hold,
we iha!I ever hold, the nvsat,e, in terms IN
qualified.
The PRECEDENT, therefore, very properly de-
nominates the attack an OUTRAGE. Aud he in
forms us that " An armed veilcl Of the United
states was'diipatchtd with inftruttions to our
n'niiters at London, to call ON that government
for the iatisfaeton and fecurity required 10y this
outrage"
his was peofetty fit and proper. and meets
""n "ut 'u'i dpproOation. nor do we h. Htate
10 lay that this i" fa,isfaction and ,ecurity" will
he readily AVID cheerinIly given, if not prevent.
cd by any improper, njudicous terms in " hich
the demand may be made. We FAY this i,h the
ptmot confidence on the following grounds.
In the year 1899. the Baltimore Sioop of war.
capt. Philips, being met at fea by an Eupiiih
-, Commodore Loring, the latter demanded
my ieamen, aud alter an examination, four or
hve OF them were taken and kept. When the
news reached London, the American mrifer,
MIR. King, inhansy AddreiItd a note to Lord
Greenvilie, protecting againa the right of
mp OF war 10 iearch another thip of war, un.
Der any polhbe pretext, the reIpe Give fpve-
feigns beng at peace. The anf,Der difciamru
all pretenhons 10 cxerciie fich right, and pro.
niittd the mott ample fatisfaStion and an or
der was immediately i1'urd, recalling Commo.
dore Loring. II appeared however, on exami.
nation, that Captain Philips had voluntarily
lent the men On board: OF courie the blame
reited with him. But Captain Philips was broke
ny his own government, for milf ondutt, and
an order was iflned by Mr.. Adams to all com
manders OF American hips of war, not to PER
INIT themielves TO be iedrched under any pre-.
tex or III any circumstances.
Our government in puifrfiion of the cor.
retpondence between Mr.. King and Lord Gren
VILE, GA this occaGon, and if they had only
puShihed 1t few months ago, IT would not oniy
nave iaved much controversy, but have had u
material eftct in quieting the public mind.
H"fbOr Of the pamphlet.
There is a difference between the news from,
England tnrnihed by. the BORON Gazette and
that pubilhed IN the Bolton Chronicle, which
leaves the mind IN doubt wheiher the American
and Britilh negoc;a' nrs had made dsha!ive ar
engagements OF pacific nature or were only in
the way OF making iuch arrangements. We
aPprchend it the former had been the cafe, any
q notice" ot the event from the min.iiers would
have re'ched this country in letters, and indeed
~ an otilca! torn by the fame arrival that bro't
iae newspaper account. We fhall he glad, in
"eed, 10 hear thar a friendly adiuftment has been
made and that treaty on a liberal, iolid BATS
Is nearly concluded. The evacuation of South
America, (the expected conoucit of which re.
Gently 10 much cI,ted the mercantile and fbip.
ping interet OF Great Britain, and the flow pro-
freis made b. the Ehgith forces before Copen.
hagen, will certainly not procrafinate 70 deiira-
bic reiuli: But there can be no harm in the
exhibition OF li;rle patience till new more po-
ft'ye, more direct, and more official than newt
paper ait7r'Ions or turmiies, are received. The
demands which have been made upon the b.
i'm government, though Griciiy iult, are fuch
as aiiail the pride and intereft of that uatinn
We ought not, therefore, to yield too eaiy fat h
TO uaoiiIcial itatementS OF her acqueiccnce.
Galt. american.
The mItraps that have been 70 often tnrown
out with the view TO impole upon the public
and Especially upon eougreJ5, begin TO fsarm
and Will warn upon every new arrival, but any
man who has a common understanding, muR
lee thro' them. Surely our governnen mt are as
likely to learn early, and TO communicate as
early, any matter that is of importance 10 the
PUBLIC, as any EOglifh bab6erlaBsr ofGnaXI
q0ayes and furely more to be relied on than
the iniidiOus hirelings of G. Is. in our fea.ports
aurora.
The Emperor of the Guilds has arrived in PhiIadel
phia, we may expect in few days to hear of his be-
ing invited to lumptuous feltival at the ManLon
homie hotei-where the health of the Cnief Junice
Will no doubt be the regning toaG.
Con Thunder has not arrived with the little empe-
ror as was reported the grand envoy Bollman has
bsen in Philadelphia for weels--no doubt to make
suitable preparations for the great man.
The governor had nor waited on the quid emperor
as rcported-brcane the governor Is no, in town
1t IS rot true that the attorney of the difrc has
waited on the qudemperor becaute the attorney ck
We know not whether it is true or not that the
Marquis D'Yruo, the dilmiIed ambaiIador, has wa,
ed on the emperor of Ouidonia or NOT nor whether
he was accompanied by the attorney general of this
fate.
1t iaid, that lady much diHinguihed in the con-
Germs OF the qud empire (Nhethrr called Clara or Tu
ia, this deponent faith not has arrived in this eit