The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-12-29

American sea,ucn nnGei The lT-esn,i,reion
that they arc t.tS;r own. 1he vacancy made
by their thus abandoning our country will
very soon be iiscd up BY cur own citizens
OF whom Sufficient tor all the purposes of
navi,, ,tion Will SOON be found. g.
Gentlcmcl, whose feelings are now so ten
der with re -pcct IT, American scamen, show
cd little Or this when their fellow citizens
were seized, put ON board British ships of
war, aud compelled to'fglit their battles Il
g1inst nations with whom theirs was at
peace Nav, Sin, we find some of them Of
serinS apologies in behalf Of the British 60
vernment for this violence. offered 10 the IL
berries OK our fellow citizens and TO our in
dependence az d nation. have ia my hand
q public letter, and therefore i may use it,
where the writer {; senator from Massachu-
seats (ldc. Pickcring) says Z" j viii close
th's ioni letter by stiting all the caiStigsg
freteicss, far there are causes for I, war
VITA Great Britain &c &c.
~. TIE British SHIPS o. war, ng:ecab!y to
a right c,>sniel aud exercised fer accs--a
right claimed aad e&c,Cised du:';ng tie
whole OF the administrators OF WaShihgton,
OF Adams, and CT Jefferson--continue to
take some of the British scamen fo;.ad on
board our merchant vessels, a.d with them
n small number OF ours, from the impos,i-
biiity OF always distinguishing lIngiishmcn
from citizens OF the United States Cln this
pn'nt. our government we'll kucw, that e.
J3fitan is perfectly willing to adopt any ar
rangemept Shat Can be devised, which will
sscu'e 10 her service the seQmen 7vbo are
ht'' oTc1 subjects and at the same time
eNempt-ours from irpressments."
Gr:cios GOD, Mr. President, can that
man feel for American .eainen who can say
ana w''te deliberately, hat the imprcssment
Oh 5000 AnericaDs b. Great Britain is no
7fdi cGRSc, but Frefcat 0si(V VIII any
man believe that person making use of
sNch expressions canhave any teeiingSiN hat
ever for the suiii:rings Sf ouy soalilen!
wish Mr.. Press, y.lt, VIC had before US the
ahie discussion htii by the same gentleman,
('ir i'ickering) Oh the subject OF impress
mcnt o. Amer.Can scaTncn with Mr.. !.iston.
lii that we sho1id see our rights maintained
by a strength OF argument tirawn from our
Just Complaints lie did not thcu call or
re"noDs'"ances o" that subjcco tret erta.---
80 81, tic tRecStt as every 4 mcricau viii
thMz, tilat they were S,rieDouS, iH.oierabie,
aad shch as 30 free and hnh spirited pco
pic ought to slbmit to. in what estimation
are we to hold the future opinions Of
gentleman, who in 1906, did by soiemnNo:c
in scn,;e appreciate the following resolution
in senate, which advised the President 20
send = Special mission 90 London, "to de-
lnand a PREPARATION OF wrongs, ana par:icu-
larry rs IL TetGled 20 ne inAresSmc1t II Il
zre11ca37 GcGNe77,' when we see a public let
ter Ill 1908 from the same gentleman calling
the conplaints-0n that subject = tTetences
and not I'tSt eanSss?
he8oiUcd, That the President of the u
nlted States, be requested to demand the res
toratioH Of the property of their citizens,
captured and condemned OH the pretext OF
rs beng employed in trade with the enc
mics of G.. Britain, prohibited in time OF
peace; and the indemnifcation of such A
Ihei'ican citizeaS, for their losses and damag-
eS sustained by these captures and condeGi-
Eat:onS; and toeater into such arrangements
~ ri, tbs li"itish goyern.,re'e, ON thio e,rd all
ot'fsi 'eii tfrr 1gcpe su5:isting between the two
nations, and harfic4iarly reShecti,lsy The
inlaff$SneNt 1T .Eac,icG2; sedn,en, j as NAV
be consistent with the honor and interests of
the United states, and manifest their earnest
desire to obtain for themselves and their CT
e2ens by amIcatlc negotiation, that Justice
TO which they are entitled"
let US cast our eyes back to the session @ {
1&05-6, and we shall recolect the memorials
presented from the merchants of all the great
sea ports, praying Congress to adopt mea-
sures sor the obtaining redress Of the wrongs
sustained by them from depreGationg com
rnitted on their property b. the British, un-
der the prcteXt, ''that they were carrying
on a trade not permitted: in times of peace"
although it was acknowledged, that our COM
mercc was carried on cOnformabty 10 con-
vsntion solemnly made between loi d Hawkes.
bury and Mr. King. The memorial from
Boston advised q special mission that from
New Haven (Conuecticut) "pledged their
lives and fortunes in support of SUCH nca-
suIes as government might adopt 10 obtain
redress aad PREPARATION foT pas losses."-5e-
nate alive to- those circumstances, advised
the President to demand repatriation for the
PAST, and security for the future. The Pre-
sdens i'll obedience 20 this advice and in res
poet to the memoriaiists did send q specia,
mission; treatywas made. It was sen;
back b, she President Why It redressed
not oar wrongs. 1t required us to sa,; our,
exports, 50 as TO put them on a footing with
the Br]tl:l, as to their war chf.gcs in SINH
lai articics--lt made no provision for that
grievance to which senate had particularly
thiected the attention of the President to
wit, In io,frcsSmeHt Of our 8eanacn, and be-
fore 1t was possible that the President could
receive it, the British ssutd new order for
plunGcr, 10 wit, toseize d ! our vessels with
nat any previous Eoi!sc) found trading from
one port on their enemies % every other port
o. her or her allies, by which order so or 60
American vessels were seized, together with
cargCcs to the amount OF ucar two millions
this was followed up by other orders, un-
I'll our COMMERCE is eiGtirey cut of from all