The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1809-09-12
THE ENQUIRER.
RICHMOND, SEPTEMBER ~, 1903.
II DL4LOGEE.
"To shoo, the foiies living. as they rise %
Avast there my lad !

Avast there my lad
Who's theies Jack, why what d'ye want ],
No harm, comrade only wish TO know,
where you are: bound to with that cursed
sun burnt face Of yourss
Bound! why where do you think ?-.Avast
with your suspicious, Jack An honest Tar
need never be ashamed OF his Course IL am
bound dye see to Boston
10 Boston Come, come, Conrade-
none of your guizzes, and I'll have none of
my Susficio,ls 10 Boston with all that
heap of tobacco, aad stripped leafsd tooac-
co too! Yon are really carrying your pigs to
fine market! Come, come, none Of your
tricks mhon traueUer8!
Well, well, to be honest with you, since
you are too shrewd d knave, tobe made Il
dupe of, I'll whisper ia your ear--3it re-
member mum, not q word, or else I'll give
YOU the ropes end.
We'll!
Well. then We shall clear out for Bos-
ton--.but mum, we are off for the British do
niipionS .
Blu, where's the collectors clearance
Clearance why, dan'me, you know,
suppose, that 1T is more than the Collectors
place is worth ?--that the Presidents Pro-
ciamation has restored our Non Intercourse
with Old England ?
But where's your coasting bond {,
Faugh The penalty Is not more than
few hundred dollars
But happen TO h,:ve the very ION. Inter
! Course law III my pocket, which was passed OH
the 2Sth OF last June.--Are there no new
penalties imposed by that, for this evasion
OF the laws of your country ?--Let's see !:
! The Sd section declares. sir, that elf any
ship or vessel shall, contrary to the provisi-
ons at this section, depart from any port of
the u. States, zviIh0Ht clearance, or with
out having gwen bond in the manner above
mentioned, such Shih or vessel, together
with her cargo, shall be wholly forfelted"-
Cargo! Why, how is the collector to lay
| hold OF it, when it is, may hap. in the Kings
warehouse i'm London And as to ship
or vessel" arrah, 10y lad. dye think we are
such looms, rs 70 bring my hulk back to the
u. States, until the foul WING is a little blown
over9
'Vhy, what will we do with her.
Why, for want of something better. we'll
sell herto the English merchants. You've
seen, that 90, out of 90 American vessels,
so called, have just been Condemned in Rus
sia-now, arc you such an arrant blockhead,
As not to know, that some of these were A
merican huiks, sold TO the English and ma
ny of them English bottoms with counterfeit
American papers and flag!
But suppose you cannot sell to advantage
Why, then, dan'me we will carry for the
English Wen carry tneir merchandise,
where their flag dares not show its face -
Sure, JACK, III spite of that prim, puritanical
phiz fyours, you have done such things your
self
Never, Sir.-I should scorn to prostitute
the flag OF my dear country to such SNUG
CLING adventure as that. But must confess,
that | have heard of a few such cases.
LightEings blast the piratical and smuggling
tribe, that would thus soil the flag of the u.
States!
Wen, we'll, Jack, we shan't quarrel about
that love my country--and dam'me | ven
crate her flag
Andyet would prostitute the object of your
yeDeration
Why, dye see, comrade, this British Gold
is so much like-SLuSh--so smooth, so oily,
so curs'd insinuating, that for the life of
me my conscience can't stand upon her legs !
But what do these fellows. these dcrlure
merchants OF Great Britain deserve who
minister the dose
The execration of the world
All, lack Mark we, how curs'd consis-
tent--as tie land Iubbers call it--these Ty-
burn dogs are They tell the Merchants
of the u. S. that they shall not carry on a
trade with the colonies of France, lest they
should protect French property under our
| Bag--and yet these are the very chaps, to
use or Counterfeit our flag. to smugg,e Bri-
tish property into their enemies's ports
| What's more----they have now declared al
most all the ports of the continent and the
colonies of France, under what they nick
name a state of biockddc----that is, they
ssy, they'll Jake rs, if we 60 there---aud