Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1807-11-13

ready to devote to that of the exalted repuo-
lie.
And am, for ever,
Most Serene Highnesses,
(sEA1) Hamef Basha7v Carameif,
son of Ali Bashaw, sc. sc. &C."
Syracuse, i6th FEB. 1907.
Some expectations have been lately en-
tentained by Our government, from the re-
presentations Of consul Davis, that provisi-
ons would be made by the ruling Bashaw Of
irlpoii Tor the subsistence OF his exiled
brother. But upon information directly
from Syracuse by George Dyson, ESQUIRE.
navy agent ofthe u States, now in this CITY.
1t is rendered cerf2iR that no relief can be
relied on from that quarter; and Probable
that whatever encouragement of this ma
ture had been held out by the usurper, il
mad no other object than to betray his bro
Their to destruction.
Having had myself the chief influence,
as an agent of the U. States, in drawing
the eX-6ashaw from his situation i'm upper
Egypt; and having in conformity to treaty
arrangements been instrumental in recon.
CLING him to the unparalleled reverse of
abandoning his hatterjng prospects; Of re-
iinquishlng forever his hopes of recover
ing the kingdom wrested from him by trea-
son, and now apparently within his grasp :;
and OF receding from victory, like pri-
soner, to land of straugers-having ef-
tected this by the assurances, which | was
authorised to make to him, that his wife
and family should be restored to him, and
that a manly respect TO his future welIbe-
ing would be had by cur country, it NAV
not be deemed moons Stent with the dic
tates OF comm seration towards the sum
piicant, nor with my duties of respect to-
wards the honorable body to whom his sup
phcatIons are addressed, ifI indulge re-
mark ON the occasion.
1t is remarkable, for it is an incontesti-
bic truth, THAI, whether the claims Of the
IeH-bashaw go To the Justice or the genero-
SHy OF the u. States, the use which was
made or his services contributed much if
not wholly influenced, the overtures cfpeace
on the part OF the ruling Bashaw for it
was negotiated at a time when no coercion
or our squadron then in the Mediterrane.
an had as yet beed attempted TO be tried
upon HIM and when the infrmities of c ON
modore Barron placed such an experiment
at an incalculable distance. That no seyi-
Gus impressions had, from any quarter,
Deen made on the apprchensions OF the G.
nemy after the transfer of the squadron
from Com Preble 20 Com Barron, exceDt
what were impressed by the capture and
SubJugation ofhis eastern province. the in
ternal revolution of his Kingdom, and the
humiliation of his army through the infu-
ence and corporation of Hamet Bashaw.
mat the y. States alone enjoy the advan-
tages resulting from those events, while the
eX-BaslIaw, as he has truly represented,
reaps no other benefit from his confidence
and eXertions than Privation and exile but
little better than captivity.
1t cannot be contested that Jamet Pa
shaw has two fair claims on this nation.
10 DC re-inStGtcd III O citKction as cEci-
ole as that from s9hich he las been dra I'm
and to haze his .JuHiiy restored 10 him.
Inc former guaranteed by honorable pro-
misses; the latter by the solemnity oftrea-
ty tipuiation-and, it is firmly believed,
the people of the u. S. are Literally dispo-
sed to see these obligations cancelled.
From country, blessed beyond the COM
mon lot of nations, rich in the means. and
proud In the righteousness of her DISPOSE.
tons, does not honor, Justice, humQnifv,
give the world a right to expect that t6c
hand OF charity at least should be opened
to friend, whom, without his fault or free
agency and from causes so notorious, Incl
dent has thrown into misery so profound
as this unfortunate prince now suffers?
IL ought not to be concealed iron. Con-
gress also that there are at Malta and else
where, sundry foreigners, Frenchmen,
Greeks, and Mahometans, whose wounds
received in the service of The u. 6. in the
province of Derne, render them incapa
bic OF acquiring a subsistence. and to whose
cases no provisions made by law can be
extended.
Most respectfully submitted,
Nov. Sd, 1907,