The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-02-09
VVAsH1NGroN. Feb. !.

The bill for regulating the employment
of foreign seamen i'll the armed vessels of
the United States and in the merchant SER
vice, yesterday came up before the House
OF Representatives. ,
1t has, as we anticipated, excited much
warmth. and met with considerable oppo-
sition. from Members OH the Republican
side of the House. Our opinion of it, howe
yer. remains unchanged and we appre-
bend that much OF the hostility to it arises
from misapprehension of some OF its pro-
visions, or from objections thereto which
may be easily remedied by amendments,
without affecting the substance of the bill.
1t is impossible to say what course will
be taken In relation To il bv the federal side
of the House. Consulting their previous
professions, and judging from those only,
we shonld with confidence declare tina,
they VIII assist the passage of the bill by
their votes. But, when we reflect upon the
origin OF tl,is bill, i'll the ummittce of For
cign Relations, and their regular and sys-
tematic opposition to every measure OF this
description and when we see the ground
which Is taken against it by the faCtous
prints, we are induced to believe it will ex-
perience the same favor from them IS its
predecessors have found. II is not for us
to say on what ground, if they oppose the
bill, they can justify their vote to their con-
stltuentS; because its obvious tendency, If
passed, would be, BY narrowing the ground
OF collision with foreign nations. to augment
the Inducements to a recognition of our ma
ritne rights, and consequent honorable
peace. It's possible, that the fate Of the
bill in thes House of Representatives may
depend on the votes OF the federal party in
the House. Nat. Intel
The INDIAN TRIBES.
The following extract of letter from
military character to member OF Congress-
from one of the Western states, embracing
plan of operations against the hostile Indi-
ans, has been handed to US, with request
to publish it for general information:
The government, mean Congress, ought
by a law to declare, that none of the Indian
/ RIDES who have heretofore recsived bene-
fits and formed treaties with the United
States, and who have joined the British in
che present war, should be ever permitted
to reside in any part of the territorial boun-
Diary of the United States rs this side of the
Ousconsn.
would suggest the means by which
corps could b embodied, and new establish
ments made, to secure the frontiers.
Let the law declare, that ON the territory
wkish was formerly the hunting ground of
the several tribes, TO be named, there shall
be surveyed, at three four contiguous
points, tracts to the amount of 300 600
acres which shall be made TO constitute
the basis OF frontier settlements !; and that
every volunteer who shall engage in the
war against those perfdous tribes. and re-
main in service ID months, or until the
campaign is completed. shall be entitled to
sec acres OF the said land, and with the
prescription right TO any number not ex-
ceeding 2G00 at one dollar an acre, in any
lands contiguous 20 the surveyed tract.
This is briefly the idea of the plan.
Your western country would furnish adj
ventnrers, End the Indians would be pu,,-
isbed more severely than in any other Inan-
Ter. Mt one OF the pertidiopS tribes should
ever be suffered TO come the grounds on
this side of the Ousconsin again. The lands
and pre- emption would provide outposts for
the Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan,
and the positions 10 be chosen would be the
result Of the expedition Itself; every one
OF the western Sizes would have AN interest |
In promoting 1t, removing the savages
further off. and that the iiouS Senaibiitv |
which can feel so much for the blacks & the |
Canadians, & feel nothing for our own coun-
try and countrymen, could not here have
any plea in favor the Indians. whose per- |
fidy has been, unprovoiled, and the cruel /
return for a benevoence, which l fear has |
been, as is too often the case, misappked 4
for as sifHoaS civilized nations the RICH. Ct !
conquest is rccogniZed-so here it is sane |
tilted By the very per6dy of those tribes |
and our boundary being already recognized |
by the treaty Of 1888, the British would
have no right to make stipulations for their
aides, for that would be recognition of the
crime which they affect to deny. 10. !
Extract Of a letter from gentleman off
high re8feeta5iity, az Washington, Mss. !,
Territory. TO his friend in Georgetown,
dafed Jan. 5th. 1918.
e" Gen. Wilkinson has reconciled num- |
bers OF his most powerful enemies in this !
territory, and they are now raising corps of
volunteers to be placed under his com
mand." H.