The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-06-07
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IN Increase Of commerce. by the subject,
ENJOYING uninterrupted trade. whilst in the
midst of the budget of ways and means. this
was deemed advisable but in adding &c
this favor. he encouragement here described
and o. rails ny heets, and thereby giving a
30 to the cOntendinS chiefs. anaval character
and power, the original intention, as we con-
regs ::i! &c totally IS ustI atei ior, fror,,
The Information we have, nothing can CON-.
Pleteiy do away the trade toSt. Domingo. or
render It more precarioas & destructive to
the British subject, thai, allowing those
chiefs to have sQuaslrons OF men of war.
We are informed. that almost all the pro-
perty in the towns, as we'll as shipping, in
the harbors of the French part of ), to-
mingo. is British and ii those fleets attack
towns, which 1t is reasonable 10 suppose they
wilt do, the same plan. no doubt. willsbe fol
lowed, and greater facility. which issknown
60 be common with them when practicable
in fighting by land {: the assailants will des
troy. IT they reach the spot. & meet with
opposition & this they will effect with more
b. ease. from The buildings being principally
OF wood and the assaulted if hard pushed,
will plumber, light the fire of destruction,
and retreat. The British manufactures there
piled up for sale, will be reduced to ashes !;
the loss thus sustained, in this. (until lately
encouraged intercourse, will add one item
to the wrong side f he general account Of
our trade, which at this moment stands in
need of all the help that can be given to
is
We sincerely hope the ministry cannot
act so unJustly towards even the small pro-
portion of British subjects that have been
cncouragedt to trade to ST. Domingo as to
S>,El H. l,.,I
turcd and destroyed by piratical vessels of
1hs country of our enemy. and pallatiRg their
acsSDv the name, and it would even seem
partially sanctioned by US, as being under
= blockade. We are justified in believing
that our government cannot know that Chris
topics squadron cruces hundreds of miles
from Hayti-and only some days ago two
of our country vessels from home, part of
Heet. were boarded by a squadron belonging
to this chief, 70 miles to the southwark Of
Porto Rico. Piracies, now become FREQUENT
.-.British dry goods for clothing, and Spanish
dollars to pay the slaves in arms, are strong
inducements for blood thirsty vi llains, ha
wing convenience and forse to p.ander any
Tag, and cut the Threats of every living
creature on board, to preserve secrecy, and
afterwards burn or sink the vessel.
Every man of common information in his
country is sensible, we presume, of the in
Sury, that by one dash and in one night, in
the midst of all our naval force on this sta.
zion, the fleets of those rebels might do, by
spreading every thing DIRE adful amongst us
land more especially if France (Which is
not improbable) with her usual and success
full intrigue, was to set her agents seriously
to work upon such scheme. II would be flu
tile in one 10 suppose, that this IS not prac
efeabe we all know what labor pains, &
destruction two OF three hundred of Maroons,
cccasioned to this country
Every day we have in this country, too
many vessels with crews from the revolted
part of St. Domiogo ; and these persons are
already disseminating corrupt principles "a
rnong the sable inhabi ants. 1t would be
folly to suppose they nave not, some OF them
before this tine become, a, far as situation
aud circumstances can admit, masters of the
Country. There are among them many
who are pilots round this island--thsir as
80 'atiops in this town are frequent--and it
cannot be denied hat in all the alarms the
public have been thrown into by the detec-
ted conspiracies. those very characters have
had 1T the commencement leading hand.
1t is not surely supposed, that in the en-
fhus,asm for the emancipation of slavery.
1t should be wished by any person, in the
councils of state, that the island OF Jamaica
might fail a sacrifice TO tho ambition of ST
Domingo chiefs, aided by French influence,
and accompanied with all the horrors of
murder and devastation and therefore, we
think, the wisdom of the comm unity ought
20 be combined, to take the proper and me-
cessary steps towards the government az
home, to the end. that the impending dan
ger, and the existing evils; may be remov-