Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1809-07-24
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We have often (pokeaoi he iojury
and iniult which our country fuaains.
by the confinement of a great namber
of our icafsring brethren. n prions
and dungeons in France. Bur heugh
the faGt is well known, it produces
NOT the leait refinement among one
clafs ofpoliticiars, who yer pretend 70
have deep regard for The iecufity OF
ieamen. We have lately iren given
as toaft Am rican ieamen, may
they break their chains over the heads
of their ByijB oppredofs,' but not
ference is fuffered % efcape from
tha; party, in favonE Of the unfortu
nate victims of B5naparte's cruelty,
who are deprived Of their liberty
without ihadow Of pretence, tina:
they are other han true American
born citizens OF the United States
The tmperour can do no wrong
is the practical doctrine of every gen.
nine democrat. The true fate of
the CAFE is this.-for a year or two
pait we have not heard of Jingle
Americans being imprened by the
Britifh, and poGtIvc prohibition
againit any iuch aef, has been iflued
to every Britiih commander. With
IN the farne time, the ehanpisn of the
liberty Of the feas, the great defen-
der of neutral rights, has feized on
nun bers unknown of our failors and
even officers of merchantmen, and
thrown them in'o priion, where they
are dragging out wretched ex'itencc,
with no profpeet # being fuffered ever
to reviGt their native country.
The following is liz of a number of
feamen who were confined in The
common prifon of Arras in France,
in February laf.
Thomas Stanton, Come aicut j;
John Charley, NV York John
Warner, FIuihing. Newyork James
Bride, VIM. Frogbank, Richard
Hedely, Norfolk ; James Burk, Bolon
Briggs, and John Smith, New. York ;
Francis Rogers, Robert Stole, John
Neal, and John smith, Philadelphia
John Wills Virginia John Shaw,
Baltimore Richard Towniend, and
John Moore, Salem VIM b. Ford,
Franklin, Pennfylvania John Brad
ley, New Haven James Humphreys,
Newburg N. Y John Lander, Malta
ohufetts John How, Bottom and
John Gerald, Beauford, N c. The
above perfons have American protcc-
lions bu, being taken in veilels under
the Briliih flag are conldered as pris-
oners of war and treated as fuch.
THE lew is =" The place of abode
is of no accoun. here. The political
ties determine the quality Thefe
flilors proved their political relation
fhip by their projections. BY the
law of nations they ought, on prelen-
ting that proof, to have been liberia
ted. If they had been taken volun-
tarily ierving in ihips of war, it is
another thing ]
James Dougherty, Robert Potten-
ger, Francis Tucker, Benz SeD5urn,
and Nathaniel Low of Mahachuietts
Thos. Clark, New-Hampihire; John
Vulcan, New Y ork I; John Wapgrove
Pennsylvania x John BillanS, Mary
la.d taken in the Neptune Portland
Daniel Tracy, Mailachuietts Rich
ard Oronorod, Norfolk Jofeph
lhompion New-Caiile, and Peter
Auguitan, Matchmaker, Cape May,
taken in the fhip Holland Trader, of
New York Louis Dee and Thomas
Gritfen, Maryland, taken in the Bro
theirs of New York Many Of the
above though claiming to be Amcri-
cans and having projections are fuf.
pected OF being European fubjetts.
[anpsftaa Of being European fub-
je6t Is not regular protection to
defend one asaiatt mere Jg9iei,n ?
Let this imperial doctrine be remark
ed and remembered