The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-09-30
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[" You EXPECT PEACE,
KEAD-AND BELIErs

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faction in this town. They have reprefented
the men taken from the ChefdPeaae to he the
ioenticali deierters from the tricate Halifax,
while ar Norfolk {: and that Com. Blrron knew
them 10 he on board, though he returned an
ovaive an'.Yer TO the enquiry Of Capt. Hum-
phr'es. They have alto affsrtsd, that the Pre-
iidrnt defghedly Rated tina, 1h- men claimed ty
the Briti!h conful as deiertcrs from the Hsifix.
were native Americans. when in fatt they were
Englfhmen. Thefe shtrtous are proved to be
erroneous by the report of the trial. 3d.
The ulen mentioned in Admiral Berkeley IS
orders 70 have been on board the Cheflpeake,
were aledged to be defer.ers from the Beilrna,
Bel!ifl;, Triumph, Chicheiter. Halifax and Ze-
nohia. The anfwer Of Com. Barron was, that
he knew Of men Of fuch descriptions to be
on board the Chefapsake.
-, The men demanded by Id. Townfend, thro'
the Brtiih conful at Norfolk, as de(erters from
the Halifax, were named Hill, North, Hubert,
and Kaiford; thufe taken BY Capt. Humphres
from the Chefapeakc, were named Story, Mar
tin, Ware, and Wilton. The three firt are ac-
knowledged by the Britih to be deferters from
the Melampus and we know they were taken
by that vefiel from the American brig Neptune,
Capt. Crafts. of New. York.
Ratford, who is iaid to have deftrted from
the Halifax, entered under the name of Wilton.
Id. Townfend declares, that when he vi!ited
the Chefapeake's rendezvous at Norfolk, he did
not Zee him, nor sid any Of the Ijeopard'S crew
recognize him, though it is faid he formerly be.
ionged to that ihiP.
When man, therefore, was not recognized
by his ftipmates, how could it be expected or
thppofed Com. Barron fhoud know he was
deirrtsr /; and where is the evidence TO fnbnan-
tate the charge 70 often made sgsint him
Nappears even from this document, that the
men claimed by the Briti!h coniu as defer,ers
from the Halifax, and who, a, the PRECEDENT of
the u. S. affirms, =" had been proved TO be ma
tive Americans" were not on hoard the Chefa-
Peake, except Ratford, who atiumed another
name and it has not been satisfactorily proved
that he was an Englilhman.
1t clearly appears, then, that Com. Barron
avoided the eniihmeut of fuch of the deierters
from the Halifax, as had been either recognized
or claimed By their officers, and that there was
no caufe for the groIs attack on our National
Sovereignty.
Hence, then, the outrage muft be viewed by
all true Americans an unprovoked and wan
ton d'fplay OF that arrogance and cupidty,
which is 10 peculiar TO the BritiR, nation a
character which has had tendency 10 deprive
them of the confidence, friendfhip and refpcd
OF the greatef portion of Europe, and is rapidly
verging them to the fhades of ruin and debate
ment, if not of annihilaton. BoR. Chronicle.
FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF TIE MER-
CHANTS.
II the American government were TO relax in
the leaft from their original demands on the Bri-
tiih government, they would receive and de-
serve the eHseration of every citizen OF the Unit.
cd States; for The commerce of the United
States would be forever fubjectcd 10 every infal.
as betore--iF Brtiih captain can obtain the
right of/earcb, If he is by any coluiion permit
ted TO ter his foot on board an american veISri,
then he will Us before be guilty ef excef5-vex-
alton, murder and piracy-the principles Of tbe
armed nE5trality nun be the principles of Ame-
RIGA. and we would advfe our merchants to
make up their minds fully TO the eonfeR-we
have warned and re-.1srned them for years. we
have foretold the Prefcnt ituation Of The CONT
rent, and all our predictions are verified. which
they nay have equally ieen, if poHtieal figs had
not hupifed aud blinded them--we have long
Jorefod them the Prefrnt relations with Britain
would fol,ow-qVe 6a7,e done our duty we now
tell them that Britain will rot /nbaHt without i
JrHggf-exat'iy in proportion Ru6fa and
Frame, in6it on the right of fesrch being aban-
uoned, 10 oxaffly in proportion will Britain re-
lift The .jHjqiee claimed BY Hngerica-oue remark
is as good as thoufand, tie DIE is eaR, and let
the merchants confidcr il.
There qpiH b- actual qVar, or at Leaf a Iyfpen-
lion IF all trade.
In III the aninadverGons of Tie Britiih mimi.
tefisl prints, on the meetings of the American
citizens, we are termed "Mo6"-the good
people Of Britain, are 70 Ion to every idea of CT
vii liberty, and 70 much under the lail of the
proil'gate clergy, princes and ariaocracy, that
they have no opinion that the people of any ma
ton have sught to do with the laws but to obey
tbem. Nothing hews 70 much the degraded
and erlAved fate of ng'ihmeu-knoYiug that
iheY cannot meet to deliberate ON public aflirs,
but by the .Jlfcranee IF miniiterisl maginrates--
they pcriuadc the population of Britain, that it
is the fame here afo--or not recolefting that
no war can be entered into by the U. S,ates-
but what is the war of the peo5A-fuch they
will find will be the qUar with Great Britain,
and they viii ALTO find, that in rsipe6t TO them
there is no difference Of opinion.
We trult that PbiNeaJ Bond will not, any
longer, rcpreicnt the wiihes Of the foyieJ and
Brifjb cgcatS, as the opinion OF the United
stales-~he muN have had fuflicient experience
curing the revolution--the Britil}i papers ex-
prefs hope that the Americans vernment will
be able o fem the forreaf Of mobility, who
they would perfuade their fellow filves, is iini.
lar to their own popular meetings, only called
TO echo the language Of = sir OppreiIOrs, ard
10 bind their chains firmcr TO the yoke of their
nupid tyfant. Hmsra.
IMPORTANT.
a Captain Tumas, lately arrived AZ the eqit.
ward from N'icant, brings the following iafor.
NATION :-Sometime Ia the begin.ing Of Juue
Ian On A oercan brip the name pf ,s,Lirb 4. -,