The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-04-06

aud bolstered up by the concurrence of the
Governors of Connecticut aud Rhode Is
land.
We trust the further evidence now at
forded of the light in which their conduct
appears to the spectators of the scene in
which they are actors, will impress upon
honest and undesignng men the necessity,
il not of abjuring the party which thus com
rniss itself, at least of disclaiming. now and
forever, the " non -combatant" plea which
their factious leaders h ave put in for them.
By his &rceueney Sir George Beck
with, K. B. commander Of the
.forces in the WiAdgvard and
ESsALl Lees,ard Islands, Cahtain.
General and Governor IN Chiei
Of the Island Of Bar6adoes, sc
tJc. :.
l do hereby certify. that UiYiam r.
Swiff. Esquire, citizen of Maryland. in
the United States of America, having been
found in this government at the period in
which the Declaration of War by the A
merican States reached Barbados /; l judge
necessary to give my reasons why re
quire d parole of the present nature, from
gentleman so circumstanced, not serving
professionally as military man either by
sea or land.
BY the laws of the several states, all per-
sons OF a certain age militia men, but
the nature OF their consequent duties were
hitherto purely defensive within the limits
OF the state to which they belonged; by
the present gigantic system, however, in
PRODUCED by the Federal Government, drafts
from this militia are required to be furnish
ed, not only beyond these limits, not only
'Tithin those of the other states, but for the
purposes of foreign war of the most I'M
provoked description, and the armies which
have invaded the Cauadas were to a great
extent so constituted.
In all the states which have acceded to
tins measure OF war and Ambitions, 1 view it
to operate as a French CONSUMPTION, altho'
under different name and in a manner
somewhat less obnoxious; but every man
within the prescribed age is liable to this
DRAFT, and it he does not march himself,
must lind substitute. The consequence
is, that search in vain in the concedine
states for a non-combatant, and therefore
feel 1t my duty in addition to the usual pa
role WATCH will be furnished to William
swift, by the agent Of the Transport Board.
To require him not to bear arms i'm any
shape, either by sea or land, or to emba k
IN any vessel armed for war against His
Brltannic Majesty, or his subjects, until
duly exchanged.
Given under my hand and seal at Arms,
this thirtieth day of November, one thou
sasd eight hundred and twelve
GEORGE BECKWITH.
BY his excellcncy's command,
WM. Hr. WILBY, Secretary.
a letter from an officer of the army da.
ted at Sackctt's Harbour, March 18th,
says that the force at that post was com
petent 70 its defence, and that the rains had
sStin, which would imm ediately dissolve
the ice.
Colonel Burn. with his regiment of dra-
goons, had arrived at Sacket's Har5or-
the regiment having marched eighty six
miles in TWO days.
Anong the Circulars addressed ny the Member.
OF the National Legislature to their Constituent
we have now and then seen one which oomman
ded our attention, and none frequently than
chose Of WILLIAM A. BURwELL, of Virginia
- gentleman not less remarkable for his unaf-
fected amiable character in private life, than for
the amenity and general correctness OF his deport-
mcnt in public We have just cast CUR eyes on
hs last letter to his constituents part Of which.
relating TO the present war and its inducements
we cannot do better, in the present dearth oil
news, than lay before our readers. .Vo!. inf
Extract from letter Of Oir BurweH
To his constituents.
At the opening of the present session, the Presi
sident informed Congress that he I" lost time in
conveying to the British government the terms up.
on which tine progress OF tine might De arrested
without awaiting the delays Of formal and final pa
cifeation these terms required the repeal Of the
famous orders council, the i'm mediate discharge
Of American seamen from British ships and stop
To farther impressrnent from American ships; with
IN understanding that exclusion of the seamen Of
each nation from the ships of the other, should be
stipulated" A conditional repeal Of the orders in
council had taken place in England, before this pa
cifc proposition had been made, nevertheless, she
refused to suspend the practice Of impressng men
from American ships during the continuance of tho
armstice. 1t cannot fail TO strike every person who
aff n q q these wha f
disposition they have sprung, and with what little
appearance of Justice they have been declined
Could fairer terms be offered Could less be de-
~snded a pledge of future friendship After
the cspture of at least nine hundred American YES.
sels under various ,pretexts, while at peace afte r
impressing many thousand Of fellow citizens
inposing the most dissraceful conditions upon the
expert of our produce disturbing the internal tran
guilty Of the country, by the employment of mis-
chieyOus emssaries and the block sde of our har-
bors what less could be demanded than to cease
in future to repeat the same wrongsl
The policy of England, in relation to the com.
nlerce 81 the United States. developed clearly in
1907 nv the adoption Of the orders in council could
not fail TO produce the most persevering opposition.
II was manfestly her intention to render the whole
sradc Of this country subservent to her interest," by
limiting 1t to British ports. ] do sincerely rejoice
that she has been compelled, by the measures of
shis government, to abandon the most wicked pro-
iec of uSurpation that planned against n,
unoReudng nation. Various causes since the peace
Of 1888. have advanced the United States to an un-
expected state OK prosperity their exports Of do
nestle and foreign produce hal exceeded one hun
dred milIisn of dollars annually their navigation
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