The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-01-02

at all the propriety oi the declaration OF
war, or the necessity which eS;torted it for
rat the time oi its PRONUNCIATION, her agent
here, end her regent at home, had closed
every avenue tn exEeciatio,, CT hope, b. re-
curing what reason ard possibility equally
olenied.---
i our evasions on the subject OF impress.
! tilent, are such, l think, as even The mcss
partial OF your friends must tanleut. They
must be conscious, and let me warn you SIR
that Gil Tins subject. no quibblc viii d0 IL
comes too home to every basOm the strong
est instincts OF nature, and The best preju-
dices. OF society are awak ened at It's recoi-
lection and the American heart which
fags by a single throb, when to indicate
the liberties of Americans is the purpose, is
rot only an unsafe depository OF frecman's
:rn,i, am cannot Interchange ficeman's
fellow Ship. You say, that If the British
government had eve: asserted the riSht OF
imprcssing a native American Seaman, or
ct OBTAINING h,m in bondage when impress
seq, YOU would give your voice for waging
an mterminable war, unless the iufncihle
was relinquished. Have yov, sir, or has any
man the hardin cod TO deny the hractice OF
impressing our Seamcn by Britain! Let me
direct your attention, and The attention oi
my fellow Citizens Iii general, to a docu-
ment marked e. communicated bv the Pre-
sident to Congress III Jan. last. III addition
to the thousands OF our people snatched
from US at prior times, two hundred aud
ninety six persons TO whom existed the
claims neither of nativity, naturaliz alton Tor
settlement, are shown By this document
| tn have been seized by British captains from
on board American vessels in the short
space comprised between the months of
june and October ot the year 1870 BY the
same paper ii Will farther be seen, that the
fact ot having married within the Kingdom
OF Great Britain, has been acted on as a suf
hClent ground tor detention nay, that Bri-
tain has forbidden to admit to citizen
ship, the natives OF ;rty foreign country
! Fvh1fever. The frGcsice uf impreSsment
then Cannot be denied, and you are OF OPT
mon we might consistently with our honor
F, and independence, have declined contest
on account OF the actual abuse but YOU
would move heaven and earth against Bri.
tain. il she dared only to contend for the
If'ncWe ! You can tanely surrender those
! generous sons OF the country, who uader a
| Decatur, d Hull and Jones, have sprung
with cries OF eHuitation To vengeance on, the
tyrants OF their brethren YOU will consent
20 bring death, want, and every form of
! protia acted agony. to their homes, but YOU
VIII hight throughout eternity Cor an argu-
ment such, sir, is Your wise consistency,
and such your american feelings, in accord
1 trust with those of very few men who en-
10y the blessings OF our laws. The abuses
| flowing from impressment, say YOU have
, their origin in oar law of naturalization.
We naturaGze British subjects, and Britain
attempts only TO regain them. To the ma
tlonal enemy at least, you evince uncommon
liberality. Very little argument can be
wanting to prove the arbitrary seizure and
discrimination of the people of any nation,
Incompatible with the sovereignty of such
nation since he whom every one can i'm
n al H. Il
for the party injured by the detention. is
lsurcly the lowest OF all slaves yet how you
can aScribe the fault to our ia7v alone, and
can see no equity In the rule In regard to
Britain, my httic ingenuity is puzzled TO eX-
lplain, whenI recollect how well you are
Iapprlsed OF the practice of the British Par
iIament, OF naturalizing in virtue of the SD
lpreme authority claimed by them, the sub
IJccts OF any power on earth that by a law
OF England, a native of any country, in con-
sideration OF limited service in the navy,
becomes thereby, once British subject
IN fact, sir, the only solution can furnish of
this ahsardity, IS 81 referring it 10 your
comiitete eremIhtion from prejudice or pre-
possession.
1t seems to me, however, that you are now
bound, by your own solemn asseveration to
! promote war, interminaGie zvar against Bril-
tain in as much as she does unequivoc ally
refuse any modification OF her present prac-
tice oI impressmcnt, by which you will not
deny that American citizens as well as
british subjects are embraced. You have
read, it is presumed, the letter of Mr.. Rus
! sci under date of September 18th, 1872,
communicating to the Secretary OF State, the
result OF a proposal authorised by Mr.. Ma
olson since the declaration OF war, to cx-
ciude British seamen by law, from the A
n1erican service, if Britain would abandon
the right or 9U$fend the Practice of i'm
| Pressmert. THIS document should be read
and remembered by every American Sup
posing you have read it, what think you of
the declaration of the minister Lord Castle
! reagh, that his government, never even in
its most favorable dispositions towards Us,
mad been wiling to- such an arrangement,
though it guaranteed to Britain her own
subjects that such an arrangement was il
fact impractica0le /; that the jealousy Of
the English people on the subject was such,
as would deprive any ministry OF tlicir pla-
ces, who would consent to renounce the
T Sht ct impressment that TIE friends c/Bii-
tain in the American Congress, (God
knows who they be J had been;mistakem in
ascrlbing the failure of such an arrange
ment to the american government Thus,
Sir, YOU have the practice and what
seems 10 you, ana 20 you alone believe,
more important, the PrinciMe cf impress
mehts to bind you to support this war;
| This plain ayowal OF Lord Castlercagh,
! furnishes a Justification of nnr cruverrr,,.,i,