The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1810-05-08
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BRITISH ADVERTISEMENTS.

The greatest evil we labour ;lnder is the
impressment of our seamen on board British
men OF war. Are American citizens to be
forever dragged from their vessels by BRUSH
thieves and murderers these pirates
Claim the right OF impressing all the Anne
ricans they meet with & if they burst, they
would land on our shores, pfunder our hou..
ses, violate our wives and daughters, and
carry our sons into slavery There are now.
1T is nationally supposed, ten thousand i'm
pressed Americans on board British men of
war and there they are suffering all the
tortures that lawlcSs tyrants can inflict-
without the least shadow of an offence, they
are whipped till their blood streams on the
decks Ye tender mothers, what would
be your sensations, to see your beloved sons
whom you have nurtured' at your breasts !;
Whom you have embraced in the arms of ma
ternal tenderness; whom you have beheld
with ecstacies of delight what would be
your feelings to see these beloved sons man
gled by the Scourge of British butchers-
to sec their garments wet with the stream.
ing biood----to hear their cries and groans,
and to see them writhe in excrutiating a =.
comics These are not fancied scenes -
they are painful realities. Our beloved sons
and brethren are suffering every insult that
can be inflicted by demous in human shape
Americans you ought to express your IN.
dignaton. against the tories who in the fe
deral papers endeavor to paliiate the crimes
OF British murdsrers. It is asserted. that
2S7 have been ordered to be DISCHARGED :.
we see by the subloned deposition, that on
board ONE ship, there were II Americans.
and only two had an opportunity to inform
the consul OF their situation-tbey arc close
ly watched, and are not allowed to write. if
they can possibly lie prevented And ac
cording to the statement in one Of our fede
raj papers, there are more than TEN
THOUSAND Americans in slavery. on
board British men of war t!-The voice Of
an injured people calls loudly on the gene
raj government, to interfere, and rescue
their suffering brethren from bondage.
The Deposition Of JoHn EATON, of S,Js
bury, in tSe County Of Essex, and Com
monwealth of Massachusetts, of lawful
age, teSti6eth and Saith
I That he, the said JOHN EAToI. was
Porn in the town of Salisbury, and com
4 bonweaith of Massachusetts and was i'm :
pressed from an American vessel, on board
Re Ingiish trigate Diana mounting SO guns,
he 10th day of March 1905, and that he
I'd an American protection, according to
d te laws of the u. States, which he shew
to the British officers and that he was
Hnsferred to four ships OF war, and in each
4them he was treated in a cruel and bru
manner, by which his health was much
bred. On board the Diana there were
VA American born citizens, who had pro
lIiops, and about so American citizens
lIipse projections were fraudulently taken
I'm them. That he was compelled to work
board said English ships of war like a
bye, and for not hearing the watch called,
s 1was brought to the gang-way, tied up,
Y numerically whipped upon the naked
w, with cat of nine tails. And he
tther testifieth, that if an American should
tspTaPt to escape, in case Of detection he