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

contemplate the fate of the veliel as well as O,
| the imrreiled fcaneu
The Br'iih contend that they have right ,o
impreis the iramen in our veli-is, within THEN.
o"" Jur'id'ttion and ON the high iess. If the
ACT occurs in their own ports, our W nsls NAV
be detained for days and weeks from the i'm
pracfica0it'iy OF obtaining new ieau,en in Ilor,
! er time IT on the high fea, the fate of the.
Veiiei may be fill more fevere. The EritG,
may "nprets the greater part Of her crew, and
he may BE- expoied TO imminent danger firm,
The want OF hands to work her into port.
ot'ii more Rigorous is the lot OF .he unfmtu
nate iear1an. Is It legal s iuti ;,iIunal which
Tears hIin from his compario4s, No. A f:GpeN
/ e' piece OF contraband goods cannot he
conceu''ea without heing previously
carried before fome Prize court. which can.
mes or preten:.s to examine into th. merits of
!he cafe. But the iiher,y of a poor i.anan j.
IN one moment 10 be iacrfccd without trial, 10
the sroltrary caprice of an ignorant S. defoot;,.
captain. The hardGlips 20 which he is doom.
ed would frequently battle deftriotion. Jbrv
are more rigorous than thofe which The ,vr,n-
ny OF iripolitan ia.s- risGer word irEi4 u,.
on h'fn' And Yet Giail we quietly behold so+,.
OF our captive countrymeu sGuetlv inuru,o', -,
board of B,itiih prifon.ihips, when ,bi. n,,i,,,
was 10 iuit'y excited by tie fa.. &C 500 An,e-
ncans condemned IL the dungeons of T,ipo,, ;
Is the miery leis, becauie the MATS is brcE., e
icattered into 5000 pieces!
Even IN Great-Br:iain, the right of irnpreCioc
their own iubjects "has been 4 matter Of rom,.
diPute, and iubmittst To with rrea, reloe-
taoce. IL flows from no eXprcfs itatute and
Or Al,chael Foiter himielf sc concludes it to be
tmeresy) part of the common law Ills
"only defeniibe, Elys Backbone, fyon, publ..
nece'.ity;" bur fureiy this is no arcumen, on
the part or O. Britain to iultify her uiurpa,ions
on the rights OF other nations. If Great Brita,,
can better iupply her navy by the rapid nrok.
OF impeachment than the low proce(s of crlia.
ment, this is = benefit in which sve have no par
uc'pation. We derive no profit from her Sene.
hts nor ihou'd we iufler any Inconvenience from
her ueceiiities.
But even in England, tie pra9ice Of impreG.
ment has produced the mott melancholy mif..
RES: SutferIngs have awaited others tei:ie, the
victim himielt, at which the heart of .en!i5iIi,v
has wept. Take one out of Il thou,and,
during the wife diipute about Falkland,
ihaous'which were, in value tn this country. be-
low the power of igures, d workman in Lon.
don was returning one evening 10 his family
WIFE his weekly wages. He was apprehended
oy Piels-ganS, and caf into the hold of A ten
DER. his landlord and fomc other creditors.
heard OF what they called his e,opsr.cnt. They
ieIAed Oh his furniture, and his wife and child
were TUNED to TIC door. Within a fec, days
after, the mother was delivered ct fecond
child, In garrett. When weakneis pernit,ed
ner to rie, The left her two naked children. and
wandered into the itreetS, as common beggar.
lnitcad 81 obtaining aiiittance, ie was reDroach
cd as an abandoned vagaboni. In de(2air, he
went into tcoP, and attempted TO carry off p
nai piece Of linen. She was feized, tried. &
condemned 10 be hanged. In her defence. the
woman laid, that fac had lived reputahly and
happy, TIL prefs-gang robbod her of her
nutband, and IN him, of all snears 10 fun
port heTie!t and her family and that in at
tempting to clothe her newborn iufanf. H,~
perhaps did wrong, as fhe did not, AT that time.
sno'S what The did. T'he pariih officers, and o.
/ tnef "'tneteS' bore tceimony TO the truth of
DER aYerTHent. but all to no purp0ic. Sne was
ordered for Iybprn. Though her milk, If (he
had any, ma(t have hecr fermeuted into cotton.
Vt irtTns that nobody coH6eicenGed To iees, a
nnrie tor Der child. Tbsba1Sman as-4gQed Ter
J1fFing i~yja9t from Ter 6reaH, zvk-,. he trait
eSssd tie cord about bsJ. useE.'
(PoTtitoi Pr2yreyj Of ByT.aia.)
AS TO fiiGitiVe5 from juj'!ce, (as far 40 we have
been informed) the Eri,iil, have made no pre-
teniona, that are inconiitent with .he recipro
cal oolgstions due TO both Countries. But in
cEc CAFE at leaf they have rnfnntlesfooL or.
own political infitutions, as well as the law Of
nations. This cafe is tated in the National In.
teiiigeEcer CT 10Th Of JGiy. % irch demand.
our government IS laid 10 have replied that ooe
only no prerogatiYc for the purpofr IL eu.ttion
exits IN the fyrsntive ofthe It. S; butthat neither
me Ia7U nor the braG5iee Of nations impoics on
then in obligation 10 provide for the.Glrrender
Of icgiti7eS from the iuri;iit}ion CT ether pow
era. Tie obligation can reiult oniy from lpr.
cia and mutual tjpuia:iors; winch 60 not cx
lid hc:wcen the u. s. and C. B. - and whicf,
was indeed limited in the eth article of the
'redty OF "a TO murder and forgery This
ani"sr was written OIL January ub, / sO7.
eysIs
HWte J,H 70 tie ti,!5f jiAA,, a, Hrs>eYiei, in tie
county = C55fgf'I, on TIE 2!9 do, Il Des. r.xi if
fair, y not, tia ne;.f Jair Day
4 'I3L i1cvszHoLD - KITCHEN FURNITURE.
= belonging TO tee .Aate IS Henry Randolph
dce,d. aiio two HORSES. a :.e1s Of twelve months
viii b. siyen OH all iJnrs over dnllar. The pur
eh'!er SWING bond with approved lscuriry. to carry
inferred from The date if hoi pnn1ualIy paid
JOdid ". F!CC&NB9FHAhl,I Jat,Q,ssar.
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