The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-11-03
Dolllegtlt.
From the aurora.
FLANDERS OF ENGLAND.

1t is astonishing with what open basen es
papers of this description seek to palliate
the outrages of England, and endcavour
to transfer the odium to our own Govern
ment.
More than seven years ago. 1000 of our
seamen were In a state of enslavement on
board British ships of war; the American
slavs in Algiers, for which the u States paid
SO much, were in their condition, compared
with those in British bondage, happy.
Since that period perhaps an equal mum.
Der have been impressed and every effort
to obtain by negotiation either the eman-
s,pation OF those in bondage, or the cessation
OF the outrage, has proved fruitless.
Pearce was murdered in our waters. and
without redress being Obtained on the con-
trary the ruffian murderer has been promo
ted.
he attack upon the Chesapeake. an out
rage unexampled, is still unatoned: even
the Americans who were not hanged. have
not yet been restored to their country, tho
the British government by :. special min
lister promised to restore EN- and nro-
vide for the families OF those they murder
ed.
Thousands of instances Of outrage. Insult
and malignant eamity have been -xperien.
ced at the hands of G.. Britain and her a.
gents and otticcrs-and the fnshiag stroke
of all the solemn engagements of her minis
ter plenipotentiary, have been forfeited and
broken through
Oar gsvernmspt does not seek war nor
covet war with England; we covet only i,,s
tlce and honest peace we want no favours
from England nor from France, to us they
are alike, enemies in war, i'm peace
friends" if they will only act as friends
Can the outrages of England be called
friendship-have they not war made upon
us, which in bearing with unparalleled pa
tIence, we have proved our pacific and for
bearing disposition
Look at Francois there one species of
outrage which England has committed. to
which we Can fad a parallel in the conduct
OF France! And yet in papers devoted to
the baletul influence OF England, we find
such articles as the following
From LANc's GAzE71H.
Surprising Bonaparte has declared, tina
there shall be no neutrais, and that every
nation on earth shall fight for him or against
him. Query, which side ought the u. States
to take, for or Ggainstf"
The folly of Lang's Gazette is proverbiaI ::
like sir John FalstaE in relation to mir. If
Lang has neither knowledge nor understap-
ding, he has the faculty Of exciting the minds
and provoking the exposition of the faults of
his friends by others in most unfortunate
manner.
Here is a suppose, that cannot but be very
unpleasant to Mr. Barclay the British con
sui, because Mr. Barclay having the super
intendence of the British presses at n. York,
ought to have guarded Mr.. Jackson at this
moment, from reference to the British de-
claration at Copenhagen, that there should
be no nentrais; :" the American public
cannot be mistaken on this affair of Copen-
hagen, because the express cause assigned
Tor the attack and conHagration of Copen.
hagen, and the burning of that city and the
robbery and murder committed there, was
the refusal OF Denmark to go to warbler
determination to be neutral
In calling TO mind Denmark il is impos
sibIe to forget that the same menace was
made at CoiIstantinople about the same time ::
and that the Turkish empire is now like the
Austrian, on the verge Of extinction for ha
wing ceased to be neutral wherever Eng
land or English influence prevails, there is
certain destructon-Hollsnd, Switzerland.
Prussia Sardinia, Spain. Portugal. Sweden,
jesse, Hanover, Sicily, Rome, Florence, ALI
all have bent to the influence of Britain
they ceased to be neutral and were des
troyed; Genoa, that resolved to be neu raj
was driven nto the arms of France to avoid
the destructive influence of England Flo
renee was eHtinguislied in the same way. af
ter AN unavailng effort q resist and repress
The influence OF the British Ambassador !:
switzerland became the victim Of Wick
nam and Fitzgerald, who made Switzerland
Tie magazine of conspiracies and anti ueu-
traliiy; tue fate Of denmark was of a diff