The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1808-05-17

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~ EXPRESS FROM WAsHINGToN
M THE PRESIDENT OF THE U. STATES.
A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas information has been received.
that sundry persons are combined or combi-
ming and confedcrating together on Leke
Champaign and the country thereto adjacent
for the purposes of forming instructions a.
gaiust the authority of the laws of the Unit
ed States, tor opposing the same and obstruct
ing their execution /; and that such combina-
tions are too powerful tc be suppressed by the
ordinary course'of judicial proceedings, or BY
the power vested in the Marshals, by the law.
of the U. States.
Now therefore, to the end that the author
tty Ct the laws NAV be maintained and that
shose concerned directly or indirectly in any
insurrection or combination, against the
same may be duly warned--I have issued
this my PROCLAMATION, hereby com
fnanding such insurgents, and all concern
ed in such combinations, instantly and with
out delay to disperse and retire peaceably to
their respective abodes: And l do hereby
further require and command all officers ha-
wing authority, civil or military, and all per
sons civil and military, who shall be found
within the vicinage cf s,ich Instructions or
combinations, to be aiding and assisting, by
all the means IN their power, by force of arms,
or otherwise, to quell and subdhe such insur.
rections or combinations, to seize upon ali
those therein concerned, who shall not in
ssantiy, and without delay. dispense and re-
tire TO their respective abodes; and t6.del-
yer them over to the civil authority OF the
place, To be proceeded against according To-
Law.
In testimony whereof have caused the
seal of the United States to be affixed to
these presents, and signed the same with nv
hand. Given at the city of Washington, the
10Th day Of April. 1908; and in the sove-
reignty and independence of the u States,
the thirty-sccond. TIL: JEFFERSON.
BY the President,
JAMES MADISON, Sec'ry of State.
The following well-w.itten article from the
New-York Oracle, comes from quarter
so unexpected, that we cannot refrain
from giving it publicity, as it discovers the
sentiments of portion of a political sect
who have generally been considered as the
opposers of the measures of the present
administration.
Bah. finer
The Proclamation Of the President evlnccs
thata number Of the inhabitants of Vermont
had opposed the Embargo Act SO strenuous
the preservation of order This instance of
disaffection will, no doubt, be considerably
exaggerated by the papers in England, and
the adherents OF those who are inimical to
cur union. But when SO many instances &C.
CUR, is it to be wondered at, that we should
be called a divided pcople9 The proofs of
the assertion are too palpable. Daily evil
dcncc shews that there are designing men a.
mong Us who aim to excite discord and rebel
Hon, and, as the embargo decree operates
severely upon individual interest, it is made
the bug bear Of party and the text for scdi-
ton
The inhabitants of Vermont are distin-
guishcd for their habits of industry and in
genuity. These who iphabit near the boun-
Diary lines, carry on considerable traffic in
Brandy, corn and pot-ashes, Thus situated
like all new traders, they must receive con-
siderable advances from those merchants
with whom they deal, who reside PRINCIPAL
ly in Canada. Nothing but the interruption
Of commercial transactions has occasioned tile
dsat!ection, although by different partizans
il has been attributed to other caused. Some
have ascribed it to the intrigues of Burr and
even to general wish among the people to
sever from the Union and to establish an in
dependent, separate government.
1t is a certain fact, that the: majority of
the inhabitants of the frontiers are not Dos
.essed OF real property, and are generally
OF restless character. They do not feel the
effects of civilization in the same degree as
the inhabitants Of the interior, owing to their
habits Of life and local situation. The vast
range of country before them, and the pre-
don!inancy which they possess over the ma
tive Indians, with whom they are in habits
oi intimacy. gives them an idea of indepen-
dency which continually increases. Should
the laws be put in force against them for
offences OF any nature, they can easily retire
among the Indian tribes, and the change will
not be seEsibiy felt by them, as the, have
been SO long accustomed to wandering
HE, and the customs aud manners of the
ind'ans are SO correspondent with those in
winch they have been practised.
a variety OF modes have been adopted to
e!ude the operation OF the late acts. We
have been informed, that some have adopted
the following strasagcm. A hill is selected.
which stands on the boundary line of Yer
mont and lower Canada--On the top SLIGHT
building is erected in which barrels. pines
and other articles, are deposited. The con.
Strnction OF the house is such, that OIL the re-
moyal OF stone OIL piece of wood, the whole
ed'hcc with IFS contents Immediately falls
on the British territory, by which meass. al
though apparently accidental the laws are