The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-07-21
WIN. B. GILES, Chairman.
ROBERTSON, Jr. Secretary.

j. ROBERTSON, Jr. Secretary. Z.
AT meeting of number of the Citizens of King s.
Gueen county, tald a; the CT. Houfe on Saturday
e 4th Gay OF July, 1907 they proceeded to cheofe
aeomnllttee, to wit I: Iarkiu Smith, Rich'd. Brooke
marry Games, John II. Smith ard John Roane ir
10 ora't reioiutIons relpeAing the late conduct of
tne Britiih nation towards The United States, and
.ne unwarranted attack of Captain Humphries of
Inc briti'h ihiP Leopard, Commodore Barron of
the United States Frigate Chefapeake, by Monday
,fs 18th initast on which day arefpetiable num-
Der OF the inhabtants of the faid county having
convened az their cours-houfe, for the purpofs OF
eAPFehihg their abhorrerce of the late outrage COM
mittei on the United States Frgate Cheiapeake
by the Br'tn tquadron competed of the BeIlona
.he iriumph, the Leopard and the Melampus.
LarSin smith, Eiq. was unanimously appointed
Chairman. And,
Robert Pollard, Secretary.
he ia'd committee having prepared the following
preamble and re!olu,ons, the fame were unanimously
adopted
WE, the inhabitants of King and Queen county, at
iembled on this occaon believe that we are brought
together BY an ind!penfable obligation to ourfeIves
and our country. We feel tie ri.bt as well as duty,
on all queitions OF ferrous importance of deep
onai concern, to meet in the character of freemen
make known to our fellow citizens our opinions and
our wI!hes We believe that the fene of this State and
oil the United States be beN afcertained, from
numerous meetings of the people held in the Countyy
which generally ipeak the ientiments of the 4esLanie
and the Farmer, who the main pillars of our 90
'ernment Under thele impreliions, we have aiIem.
pied tn raiie our voices again the aggreions and n-
Juries OF Great Britain, and to pledge ourleves
mould the horrors of war bura upon u.s. to rae our
hands IN defence OF that Government and Country
which fecure to us the bleiiipgs of freedom--We
nave long viewed with ilent indignation and fecret
horror, the
Country by Great Britain We have long believed
tha TINS iaithles nation bound by no treaties but
.hoie that are compatible with her uterR eliraned
ny no laws but thoie Of force, and Influenced by no
other motives than haotual dilregsrd of the ,iebi
81 neutral nation, public encouragement of piracy
and plumber, xorbiant and iniaable avarce which
CRAPS at the commerce of the world and fecret ma
hgnant with to pull down the elegant temple of iber-
tty' which philolophy has erected in america We
nave leen inius and injuries without end heaped up-
on us, which have been borne with from ipirit OF
peace and from ardent with fee our relources as
nation expanded and matured by the genial warmth
OF freedom We have behed with regret our feamen
preiied, our commerce infulted and pindered num-
oers OF our Citizens murdered in cold bleed our arfi-
ed veels fearched, and the actual jurifdieio Of the
United States impudeutly violated. And, whilA we
have witnehed thefe accumulated wrongs our boioms
nave giowed with Indignation, and our warmeit WITH
eS of peace with the Brtilh nation have been olt IN
an utter aitohhnen the blind, fathels and bloc
dy policy of her mniilry.
R50fUFd, Detsfo,t, That the late premeditated
attack on the U. States Frigate Cbefapeake, was
BALE Peffdious az of fsperor naval ftrength, under
the appearance and fanSion &C. riendlhip which aim
ed deadly blow at our honor and dtpendenee &
therefore cannot be lutmited to, without prorating
eurieives i'll dihenbled homage monarch who
mas Iong been the TyTam of the ocean, the curfe Of
ms country and the icourge Of the world" f-
"a Refoived, That the darl, niduous protection of
rIendihp of the Bri;if niniary to our niniiters in
London, and the iavage barbarity manifeRed by the
6"f1o'yfd Ggeah OF the Brtiih government, within
the luriideion OF the United States, refembse the
hend-like malice Of dsfgnirtg foe, who will fmiIe
Ia the face Of his pretended friend, fawn upon him
aud Halter him. till his fu(picious is dllarm 3D. when
he will FAB him 10 the heart with his dagger
3d. R9f9fvef, l nat fleuld all commerce with c..
b. be nterdiaed by our government, we will with
the patrotim and ardor of 76, fipport the govern
ment in this meaiure which reiults from the opprefon
OF our Joynet mother eoSaiyy, Whole memory is no7o
tortured by recollection OF the fad modification the
bitter disappointment have occafoned her, who
will ever retain her perfdious dilpoftion and Whole
every a9 will mark her indeibly as a Modern Car
thage whom no treale can bind, whole only laws are
iafs,sa and Eoree.'
4th. R9Sfoei, That the repeated Interruptions and
plHnder OF our commerce, the mohnrous and uubeard
o' INNOVATIONS on the laws oil nations and the late
bale and hottie attack on the Chefapeake, are
component parts Of ituPendous fynem Of opprefion
which at open war with the eRablhed uages of ma
tlons.
9th. R5OfyTS, That the horrid murder of the in
noeent but unfortunate Pearte the Gill more mon
hrous murder OF Joleph Arnold, tohn Lawrence
John Sharkley and Robert Mcdonald, on board the
ChelaPeake, and the wohndiug and mu,ilatng in
eoid-bloodea malice numbers of our fellow citizens.
are detesable crimes which call aloud to Heaven for
vengeance that lmaller violations Of natiufal fpbt
have been preludes to bloody wars
9th. Rgefvef, That in-as-mueh as we have a well.
founded confidence in the wfiom and frmnefs of the
government Of the United States and appreciate the
Ju't @nd Pae'h' policy which they have bbs.io purlu
ed towards foreign nations, we entertain the moa fan
gure hope, that our Independence viii be maintain
ed thst our ris;s sutraI cation will be fhisi