The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-12-17

,.hcy m ah' cecsnc the rar,,c.'c orr--1,
priNateerS. Thcles,cr y re-. .recsi.
'Nct that ~ ait'cle q the ycry came =, NV
appeared IN CIR paper some weeks nat =,
the form 81 letter from Amsterdam. lated
August &4th. This letter sta,es. that M
Bourne had received verbal mess, o. FIN
Mr., Munroe, by which that gentleman nd.
vlSed all American vessels, that should he
ready tcr sea, should get Dis as 500. as ms.
slbie norEh d60rt whereas those vessel.
that were not ready. $hsuM zuait IRE nm az
eOentS. The instructions from gen. Arm.
strong may have been dictated by the same
apprehcnsions OF Great Britain-not NJ
France.
Let us not suffer these arts of the pr;fieh
party in this Country to lessen ourindirnaf;o,
against G. B. By exciting our apprehens;on.
about France. Such however, will he q nav.
OF their policy. They VIII attempt TO start
up some fresh scapc-goat for our II ,tiopal re-
sentiments to rest upon; they will attemnt nv
arousing our luminosity against France 70
divert our Just indignation from the corrn,,t
government of q. Britain: F'
The extract o! letter from member IS
Congress, published in our last paner con-
talns more real information upon the nre-
sent state o. our British relations, than onv
ardclc which has yet appeared on the sub-
ject, 'N'-
| The writer statcFthe consequences which
must result from Mr. Roses inst,r,ctio,s e
they do not permit him 70 separate the n,cs-
ton Of the Chesapeake from the general 1rin.
! CiPle OF lTnprcSsment.-As to the affair o. the
ItheSapeake, the writer asserts that +hre,
things are essential to heal the wounded ho-
nor of the u, States:
| = dissVowal of ,hc act.
| The punishment of the officers.
| Ana the surrender OF the seaD,c,
nc late Proclamation Of the British ro-
vernment, Is not disavowal of the at+sce
On 'he Shes"pe2ke, as the British prints
nave contended. Magnet government n
oaho9h a r!Snt to-day, which the have pre-
viously exercised Nav thcv not have AZ
thorised an act, which they hcnceforth GeeTn
1t ImpcIuc to exercise, and which tbe,-4
will henceforth abandon The rerau ce
Admiral Berkeley comes nearer to A dis rov,-
al OF the attack on the ChcsaDeake thar, th;s
! PROCLAMATION; but even this is an act ,,bicL
wears . Ee:y ctitiiy0cai aspect. Admiral
her&eiey may have been recalled from the
American station because his services ar,.
wanted at home.-Under these circumstan-
ces, therefore, it IS incumbent rpon the II G
Ito demand an explicit remuneration Of the ae-
neral principle Of searching national vessels
as well as an explicit disavowal of the attac,
upon the Chesapeake.
AS to the Punishment Of the o6rcero II
seems unnecessary to demand the nun;sb
ment OF any other, than Admiral berkeley
hnSef. It was he, who gave the orders for
searching the Chesapeake, and Hurnnbrev.
Was bound 20 obey the orders of his suDerior
,-But II Berkeley is to be hunisIed htvbon,
IS he to be tried D.? No man will consider he
Ir'caI as a sufficient punishment. Is he tn
De trled ny a British tribunal Can ary A.
mencan repose confidence, in such mode Of
trial; after Reresford has been punished hv-
promotion to higher ccmmand. and NVb;f-
by, the murderer Of Pierce. has been s;rn-
ply suspended from command without any
iOther punishment
The trial and cashiering Of Admiral Dcr,,-
iy by british Court martial NAV be- sniff =.
Gent compensation to G. britain bc~self ea,-
one OF he; officers having acted without or
defs but - 1t an adequate COMPENSATION to-
the y. .. This att4 q; was ei.hr,. an ai+bo-
rlsed or unauthorized act If british cFcer
Il It was the iattcr, i can be considered in
no other point Of view than as Dir.icv and nur-.
DER 1t was i1Grsnt violation oS the j., ,.is-
d3c'ioH CT the y. S.bccause t was. r,erne+r.,t-
edupon an armed vessel of the u :.
1t was in these lights, the ,he COMMITTEES
OF agSresaions &c. has l2te,v presented this
Transaction 20 Congress. The answer Of
the British government, now daily evpected
(Says thai report) will either sink the 6etcs-
table act into f'iraCP, or expand il to the
magnitude OF Prcmedita;el hostility aga;osr
thc sovereignty and independence Of this ma
tion.'' '''
Such too is substantially the definition Of
piracy in the 9th section of the act of Con-
grcss of April go 1890
SECT. - 'ta'v eitzcl shall commit anr
piracy orrohbcry fsesaid, or a1,y aci cfiogt;i;t,
GGai"st he Chiei SAFES, or any ctizon thereof.
pom the hIg1 seas, inter c7!or y. iny c9,np.;ssio,
,J%m ar }ote'gn -TiHcc, III Sane, o. on 1retcnc.