The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-07-11
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REMARKS.

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was deputed by the court 70 carry the forego-
ing anfwer to Capt. DOUGLASS. On his arri-
val at the Bellona Gt is fa,ed) that he was re-
ceived with uncommon attention, treated in the
mott hotpitable & polite manner, partook of a
repah drank with the officers, among whom
WIS Hnmpbrie, the humane HumfbrieJ who
declared he did not know there was woman
or child on board the Chefapeake when he fired,
aItho' they were on the deck at hailing dfance
at the time but this true is nothing compared
with the tratbJ uttered by Douglas bimfelf I;
he declared that his letter was not meant as a
menaCing letter, that we utterly misunderstood
him, and that he had no hottie intention what
ever. How or by what means our Negcciator
transformed the man and his fentiments, is 4
iecret envclopcd in the my1erics of depo-
macy, never to be unrolled for the eyes of the
People to gaze at. We can fuppofe, we can
imagine only, that perhaps after founding the
bottom, he found his ihips could not come up !;
perhaps after founding the men, he found with
the line OF his understanding, that the bottom
Of his friendfhips here was not efficiently pre-.
pared for his reception, and that the hull of
the political machine would be injured by pre-
mature attempt; he might hurt his -t,iend5
more than he could injure his enemieJ. The at
tempt, the menace, the further founding are
Therefore for THE prejsnt given up, and Douglas
with no hottie IL ent;on whatever, lies with his
fhips (tretched acrofs tie channel commanding
the entrance of the port, the mouths of the RI
vers, and with their boats and two cutters,
firing at and bringing too every vefel, every
boat, that patIes, examining every mail, and
ftuffng the pockets of the pailengers with his
diipatches, orders, letters and commands. Col.
KING of this place, rather than be compelled,
rejolnteLy went on board and brought off a num-
Der of letters much agaHR bis aviH, to be fure.
As this was the ordinary practice of Jome gen
tlemen lait war, 1t is not to be wondered at
that the precedent fhould be now plead az an
apologyltor the act. But let us turn from this
gentlemen and his vifit, and ak with becoming
lterioufnefs, what is the h;uatiOn we are placed
| in! If it is not war, will any of our numerous
tribe of Vettals rife and tell us what it is p
Fired on in our own harbours, blocked, befieg-
ed by an enemy, fearched, captured, impri-
Toned, and prevented from entire deftruetion
only by the insdequacy of his force for the at
tempt, fhall we fill continue to cry PEACE 3
and when he RENTS the fcorge for a moment to
enjoy the malignant peafure of laughing at our
credulity, fhall his partizans walk abroad, look
at our wounds, and afemble in feitive crouds
TO mock our miicry, drink the bealtb of the az
f.IEH, reveI in the land they have degraded and
debated, and breath the blaft of cowardice on
the American name forever?
Our national honor is gone, the real Anne
diC piCitidted III INC OCIt OI iIaEny aOQ
contempt; the fpirit of our forefathers has fed
difguited away, and the clear ftream of our
lives is changed to dirty fagnant pool of IA
very and fear, over which Britannia wealth
ltrides loathing and breads TO foil its foot-ftep
with the pulluting touch. Our aim, Mr. Prin-
ter, is to warn, to route, not to exafperate or
inHame. Had it been our with, had not HUI
manity allayed the ferver of our feelings, this
town would long e'er this have been deluged in
the blood Of its citizens, and mutual deaths
would have been given and received we with
for no individual revenge, let the whole of our
energies be pointed to the proper mark, but let
our enemies of al kinds, know that this end
mutt not be defeated by foreign attachments,
Affected moderation, and real fear.
THE PECPLE.
NoTE--We underasnd that the fervicss of ano-
Their" able negotator" volunteered and accept
ed on rhis location
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