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

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youtfef, and to all my fellow-ciitzeN, with
whom have converted upon this fubiea: but
as they are not Connected with the fubiea of
your letter, | pfefume it would be unueceffary
again To de'aiithem here. In the courfe of this
seIiation, deicrihed to them as well as I
was able the ien,imcDts which univerfally pre-.
Saheo through the country at this time, the
cauis from whence 1t proceeded, and the efFeSls
II won Il ptodnce, provided any effort on their
part ihouid be made to oppofe the public re.
ioives, AS to intsrcourlc or fhppiies. expli.
CITY declared that we had as yet received no
au'hority from our government to proceed to
acts OF aggreiiioa, but that we were authorized
and were prepared for defence, and for the pro.
'e.:'c" OF "ufieives and our property prove
wink - placed in the hands of capt. Douglas
an extract from the letter of governor CabeII. ia
hrIgad'er general Mathews, which had made
ror that prrpote concluded nv warning him
AGAIN not to fend any Of his officers or people
on There, tor that If he did. the arm of the ci.
VII authority, L did not believe, would be able
10 protect them from the vengeance of an en-,
ragged people; that this might lead 70 conE..
quences which might politely he vet averted
ana II he was iincere in the frntiren,s he had
eSprehed, he would be anxious to prevent
iuch reiults. Capt. Douglas, and all the cap.
ANS nsciared, that they were aware of the
P,sisht hate OF the public feelings. and dcplor-
ca the cIrcumttance which had excited il tha.
they did nn, intend to expofe any of their peo.
PIE 10 the recruitment Of ours, which they could
conceive was highly inlamed that as to fup-
pies they did not want any at prelrn:, but
wnen they did, they ihonld not attempt to pro.
cure tnem ia any way which would excite the
oPPoh''on OF the citizens of this country.
upon the futjee Of intercourse, he did not
sHp,ct TO hold any with the people of this coun-
Try, nor was there any location for it. He or-
" wihed to be permitted freely to, communi-
cate with the accredited officers of his govern.
ment here, who had been formally received s.
recognized by our executive, and whole func-
lions ne Preiumed none but the government had
the fieht 10 put Gown. As to the particular
manner in which this commune alton might
&c carried on, 1t was matter quite Indifferent
to nan. lie had no objection to that being re-
gulated by ourfelves, in any way which is udg.
ed proper, and that he would certainly pur.
Tue the mode which night be fuggelted as moR
agreeable to us, provided the channel of COM
munlcation was kept free and open. Tuthis
rated, that had no authority from any per-
ION 10 enter INTO any engagement with MIN, but
that as an individual | would rate, that the
letters he had forwarded under cover to YOU
had been lately delivered, aud that therefore,
Preinmed any other dispatches of like kind
"ould DC treated IN the lame way-But upon
this fubjetf, l could only refer him to you and
your afioclates for information.-He then nat.
ed that he would to-day write an anfwer to
your letter, which he lhould forward as before,
and left his Zip, Capt. Douglas again repeat.
ing the fubitaRcc OF what have already Gated.
From the moment | approached the Be!!ona
to that on which left her, my treatment from
Capt. Douglas and all his officers, WIS mark.
ed by as much attention, polItenefs, and re-
fpett, as any sgentlemat ever received from o.
theirs. My particular friend Mr.. James Taylor,
Junr. accompanied me on beard the Britih ihip,
tor reaiors that will At once fuggea themfelves
to you, when you remember the delicate and
embarraii'De Gt0ation in which l might be
placed. he remained on board the whole time
with me, and was witneis to ev>ry thing " hicn
paifed. have read to him this communication,
SIR, IN oroer To atcertaln If my recollection was
correct, AID lie accorSs with me IN every fta,e-
ment here made.
l have forwarded copy of this letter to the
Governor OF Virginia, and TO the Federal Exc.
GuiIve, beieveing that at this time 1t is the du.
ty of every Citizen to keep his government well
informed OF every thing which may be uieful.
am respectfully, Sir,
Your mott opedient frrvant,
l.. w. TAZEWELL
To RICHARD F. LEE, Efq Mayor
OF the Borough OF Norfolk.