The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1811-09-06
HotiIIa of pilots. chants and shins. has nd.

WhsS'on. Ihe only accounts that we receive
OF him, are by Schooner that has arrived
al oayorook from Leiih; which reports. that
about the 26;h of Juy. in lat. ~, long. 90,
| she was four days in company with his soua-
oron, bound tor the American COAST
ihe English priats say. that this very DO.
lite and amicabe knigAt-errant a. mas or.
ders to CON nence hostilites immedi ately,"
unless this government should make proper
concessions-for what l--sn imaginary in
suit oaered TO the Little Belt. And is this
tue tone III which shey would seek repara-
ton Is this the way in which we would
make 1t !--To opera7,e US into an apollo
Yy 10 ROB even our explanation OF the
grace OF its being free and volunta-
ry act To leave US no other aIterna
tive than that of withholding All explana
ton. width truth requires, VI of making il
under the appearance of compuision So
NICE Is this sense ot honor, that a gallant ma
ZION would rather refuse an explanation,
Ihan grant It under such circumstances
would sooner ieny reparation, even for
all Injury that has been committed, than
submit to its being insulting!y demanded in
an. aIrogant manner. We could almost wish.
that our government had even refused TO
make prompt and explicit disavowai to
"A'' Eo>ter-tnat they might now have AN
opportunity OF showing their Contempt tor
'he manner IN which II vas 10 have been de-
m,ahtied. We ,rust, however, that should Mr.
oster desire any further explanations on
the subject, the President will positive
~ refuse them. until he has received the
most satisfactory assurances, that the mis-
sion OF oil j. Torke has no connection, in
the way OF AosCIhtlcs, with the affair OF the
Little Belt
IL IL is said that Mr.. .Proudman. the
| messenger charged with dispatches from Nj
oSter' from London, has gone up the bay.
PROSTITUTION IF our Flag
Is not wonderful, that the French should
employ such rigid means to prevent SNUG
shng-such as PERMITS, sentences in CIPHER.
&C &c.-wnen we recollect the astonishing
lengths, to which the British have gone in
STIMULATING our papers and our Flag. The
Itoiiowlng from London print will shed
some !Ihie light ON Ibis subject IN additi
on TO other precautions it is now said, that
france has revived her Navigation Act,
similar to that of G. B.-that is, to admit no
article into her ports, Except under Ii
cense) which is not the produce of the
country to which the vesselbelongs
| ,"When we hear the accusation of ~ treach
erous neutrals' daily made against the A.
Inerlcaa nation, we ought at least to inquire
whether:it is Just before we give it any Gre
dehce: Ii, however, we assist her in obtain
ing thls Character, and reap the advantages
OF the prostitution of her flag, we ought to
zoe silent. u. II is an-undoubted fact and
well known TO all concerned in the Baltic
trade. that most of the English ships which
nave gone to the north OF Europe Tor two
years past, have assumed the American flag.
and taken simulated papers. by which they
nave been permitted to an entry. The gen
eral prevalence of this practice produced
seizure o. all the ships under American
Colours, SO that In many instances, the neu-
itral American merchant suffered. 1t was
a suyect OF remonstranee by Russia, Den.
marx and Sweden, TO the American Consuls
there. that their neutral flag was thus un
iairiy assumed by one, of the beilgereAts
In these instances, therefore, we have 40
right to charge the Americans with bad
faith, as the adventures were commenced
and concluded by English merchants in
England
The British prize lately carried into n.
8.oy the Duke of Dantzlc, has been seized
by the Custom house officers for an infrac-
tion II our non importation laws The
WISE Evening Post asks, HOW is this Is
not " all introduction against the French ey
pressly Withdrawn by the PROCLAIM ation"s-
ne Post had better read over the Act-no
BRITISH goods or any description are per
mltteo 20 come IN, in any nay whatsoever
Read the ErtaoSe IF the French Emperor!
Ii she"s that he is firmly and unaiterably
bent on the conquest of Spain--aDd Spain
must fall. What are a few yeGrs,-(and
he nigh have said, the Eve8 of thousands)i lin
comparison q the great objects of his am.
oIuon lie has almost every advantage,
over the English, 10 The land EXCEPT
provisions, more military resources, troops
better trained md generals better skilled
In the science Of war, and a grearer mass of
! population, which the superior desDotism of
MS power. enables him to WELD at pleasure,
bonaParte has declared hat Spain must fall.
and what IS worse, ne has the means of ac
comprising his prsdictinns--he has not only
theSe means, but he is about to use them.
lie has already marched $4,000 troops into
spain ---She must Ultimately fall whilst
deeper gloon will be cast over 6. Bri
tam than has set upon her brow for several
years her population & her resources both
usciessly wasted in the defence of a coun.
try: that scarce did any thing TO defend it.
s.s.
II The capture of the DiHgcnte is con-
tradicted--it was the Milo, that was mista
ker for her.
Messrs John Rhea, Felix Grundy and
John SEWER, are elected to Congress from
the state OF Worcestershire two last are
new members.
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