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

other country Can " folve and melt the chain
which binds him To his monarcl's throne : tina
his country has right to claim his feryices. an,
10 ie'Ze his perfon it he can he found on boar,
OF neutral veiiel on the high feas.
But no nation has ever been more iqecnE1eu
IN her own principles and practice, than Grea,
Britain, and the reaion is, that The has uniform
~ taken up Or laid down principles, as her in
tereh dictated. Her principle in this uitaucc is
| ,hat no tate can paturalize her ieamen Blu
let us conlider her braaiee regard to the ir,
men ct other countries; as thefc practices hav,
been repreiented to US through fomc of tn,
public prints.
tatute of IS of George 2. limits the Bri
TIN Navigation A9 pailcd in the reign of Charls,
%. to periods of peace. Inlead of the mall.,
and three foa,tbs of the marines of the Bri,iGr
'h'ps being competed OF Britifh Ebjegs, AS thi.
celebrated act required, it was declared by .hs
ita'nte to be iufficient if the crews of the fbps
are comDofed OF axe fourth natives or even No.
tnraLissd mariners.
But even during guar, the principles of the
Navigation ACT ate enforced in refpett to for.
eiSn vlJfe!s trailing TO G. b." Theft ,nut have
tne'r m,afer aud three fourths of their mariner
competed of the " ftbjseir of the countries To
which the foreign vei!els belong"
me / of Geo. Q. exempts all fore;euers who
have ierVed in the Merchant Bips or l5riq,ateeJs
OF Great Britain from being impreiled into the
f-Ing's fervice, and for their fecurity they are
entitled to projections from the Admiralty.
All Foreign Jeamen who have ierved faithfully
Tor two years, on board Of any public or even pri
vate BTti'., hips are deemed "naturai born
iubletts OF Great Britain" Is Geo 2d
"herefhen is that liberal reciprocify for which
we contend If an American velleI enters a
hrt''n port with little more than I-4,h of her
crew competed CT Englifhmen whom we have
h'turahzed after years re!idence, iiie is not
emitted to the rights of an American VeGe :
why becauie G.. Britain contends, that we
cannot nStura!ize any of her iubjetts. When a
britiih veiiel enters with even enc fourth of her
crew competed or nSturaisycd 11nsericans, iile
Is conhdercd as true 8rtifh vefei why !
oecduie u. britain can naturaliZc our Own giti-
ze"s. Naturalization and brofsS1ions appear
therefore o Hourlih in other ioiis bchdes that OF
the u. States.
Aud as TO asiSrtc,s My Lord Berkley direct.
cd the commanders of his majcay's vcilcs on the
American ftation TO authorize :. heAmericans'
to JeHreb tor any dcierter from fbei,' fsrvice a
mock Permtiion intended 70 coaceal his own
'ttack upon tile American vefIri aud che which
no commander in his majeRy'o iervice would
nave dared to have granted. Rut my Lord Berl.
49, ''H'~ OISi iShSiduI Oh TIE &,
relevant TO American deiesting Geanlen, WHICH
prevails in his mjehy'S ports.
-" a dcfsTter from 4 foreign cip cannot h..
arreited in England, and returned to Ri, dp,v
And any iraman may leave his iervice at anv
Iin.e and enter OH board kiRg's flip, without
torieltnng his wages or being conidersd as dc.
ferter." ~
Three of tie very leamen who were raviG,ed
from the Cheiapeaks, are iaid to have firt de-
ierted an American veflel in BritiCl po,t .
they were demanded, but were resuf.d 10 r.
given up.
Where then is the reciprocity on this point
III an HhGe'Iea" iearnau deferts in a Rr,iin
por', ne cannot be demanded and reclaim y,
bnt II even an American citizen tieierts 2r;till
vehel 10 our ports, the Britih conceive then.
'e'VeS authorized to demand MIN AMI becauie
there is NJ authority toL give him ITO, an Ar,,,ri,
Can ?uoc armed vei'ti IS to DC violently isa.ch.
ed, and the deirrting feamen, thcash Americas
CITIZEN, arc Ia be feiZed.-MoG literal and con.
Eftent nation!
bnt not only is the practice OF Great Britain
on f@'- one PAM com3leativ iucon.inent with
hsr pretrn!icn but her preteutions in another
point are lnconhltent with her prae,ice and
even TWO Other FTe.eReoEs ale a. Wax With e,c,
other.
l. she Claims her narize.bor2, fut;efs.
2. She claims 6e}irterJ from her Alps that i,
ieamen WHO have artieied tkelniege3 70 her
veiieIs, and have no, fulfilled their ,,cnts
va The ground OF reciprocity, we are l;ew;fs
entitled 10 this incu kence.
CG this !aIt p .ncipe, Great Britain reclaim
iuch ieameI, even t,so' they are acknowledged,
to be American citizcns, who have arti,:ieG
themie've 10 her ihips. On this gound of re.
ciprocitY, qve ihou:d be 1T leaf enttlcti 10 d.
NJdRI the ferVcs5 OF any Ijrtif, G,I.J -