The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1807-07-24

which the si,iteush be,y, uo,'iied h. convene, and
MggePed the eroprety, Foe the moe orderly con-
ductng the pross-dngs OF the mseting, chat chair
man ihould be thoien: Wneceupon, on the motion OF
William 'Paii, If, Sior EeOect Quarles was uani-
mouGy ehoiea ehairn, '.--anC Jim innSer!.ke, j..
was, shs motion Q. i'm FORBES, appo,atec fecre-
cary of she meeting.
On mot,onthr chairman then proceeded 70 ap-
point William Palcur, Col. Janiss Payne, Major
John Ousries, Maj Allen Barnerd, Mai George w.
eiohardi"n, Capt. Barrett, C. Payne, John Forbes
and Capt. William rompkins committee to draft
refoluons, expreiIive Of The ren,rnrs of the
ing, and having retired, they, in hort time
ed, and reported as follows
The citizens convened, having before them
the proclamation OF The Pedent ot The Ju,e States,
aud other documents concerning the late attack on
The frgate CheiaPeaie, and the laughter of CT
tzens, by the Britih ihp Of war Leopard. and the
fame he.ig read and weighed with that cool and calm
attention, recommended BY the Importance OF she
criiis; to which, for the time they yielded, their
feelings d!honor and difsua. give it the reihlt of
their deliberate u gment, that the outrage, under
their notice, was hafe and unprincipled breach OF
hospitality, harrant violation of the laws Of nations
--au inult to.the national Gag o an independent
rate, and directly hottie attack on our national
independence and iovereignty, accompanied with cir
eumitanees peculiar atroeity, which ought be
tented, refiited and efhcaciculy rcIrened.
IN. Therefore, reiSivef u7aniz,0aRy, That we have
long viewed with adherence and indignation, the
ly:sematie duPliety nfolence and oppreiiion which
have been manifeited by the Rri,iih government to
our country, but more particularly, in the recent
RACES and analhn- like treatment experienced by our
lellow.ezens, on board the figate Chefapeake, and
do, under divine providence, pledge to govern
ment in the n.ct uns quvocal manner every alifauce
Ia our power render, the rik of our lives our
fortune, and every Earthly bleiiing.
2ud. That the abuie of cur hofpitaty the inlult
To our sovereignty aud the murder of felow-cti-
zens, by the Bri;iih flip Leopard, under cover Of
their iqradron, renders criminal part any fur
,her hoipi'a;isy towards the pubic veGtls of Great
Britain, and fulfilled repriials and resortion.
3rd That the admirable, patriotic and praife
thy conduit of our fellow citizens of Norfoi Hump
ton, Richmond and their vicnitcs, deferves and has
our warmclt thanks.
4th THAI while we approve the meafures adopted
by our government, in confequence of our violated
hospitality, in the attack OH the Chefapeake, and its
inaenanimous Iorbearance location 70 apt in
hame, we rely upon its purifying the mott energetic
and eetuai meaiures redrefs our wrongs or to a.
verge them.
5th. That our beit thanks are due to Richard E.
vers Lee, Mayor of Norfolk who has done honor to
himielf and juftice to our Ceilings by his dignfied
and ipirited aniwer the nfolent letter of the Di-
tlih commodore, Douglas.
9th. That one copy of the foregoing efolutioos he
lent TO Alexander M'Rae, Efq chairman of the cor
responding committee Richmond, and one to each
OF the editors of the Argus and Enquirer for pubca-
ton.
ROBERT QUARLES, Chairman.
TeRe,