The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-09-03

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| sailors, seized in contempt OF is fiag. and
win whom the English arm their vessels
against us. have often, sir, and often in
| van'' protested against this outrage OF CT, az
hri1ain towards your government. q ,shi.n
has become serious injury { ilenc. ! IN the
cart OF your government towards Prince
You Furnish personal aid (secou,s ,erson
neisJ TO our ene,nies-What could YOU a
more II you were ae war with us /? Withtu,
doubt,~it VIII no. escape tie present execu
tive, that an amendment is absolutely M ces.
sary to render uniform the .tcat.as M which
our saAIors and soldiers meet with in this
Country, and that which your sailors ant,
soldiers meet with in France.
have not suffered roy court to lie ieDor-
ant OF tue abuses, without number, and ex-
tie"leiy preJudiciai to lis interests. daliv
resulting troin want Of q police in me
United otates, In regard tt this affair. Ian
very Var. sir, from charging Your govern.
meme with the means the most shameful OF
seduction which are employed, to induce
oer sailors and oar soldiers TO desert, but
has IL cone Gil that IL orgl to have done 20
prevent Il ana that extreme facility viii,
which, WREN they wish IT Eau besn;n) men
cra"n oil from their Country K the,r sove
reign a'e natnrallZed, does it accord with
'heincontestable rght Of governments 10
recover even without demanding item
thSir subjects whom artifice or force ha.
draws Oh from their service and +, a,ce.
sir, mas Il not gwen on this suhject.aso
many oth RS, an example of the reciprocal
respect which g~vernaients owe to- each
olHer, ana Which they observe in Eurupe
eFSu IL Tue MIDST CT the horrors Of war &
nave not aifeady warned the execut,y,
souacil TO pue an end to these abusss
have non warned them tina, the ;ndem.
my DUO Tor he loss OF the French shin
tne ..hpetuons, burnt by the enemy within
I cenie length OF yCur coast. oueht to he
lecreed tstatuee) and paid without DELAY
1hd 'ne suolerfuGes (permit ne to MS.
ne expression, know no other IN ro,.
'ey my idea) and the subj rfuyes saw
"hlca nave bean employed to delav T.,
JoIrncr) that Indemnity; have made of Ina,
"cI OF vio'enSe on tic part of nur e. emiee.
a''ect fehce OF the u. s. against Franc e.
VIVA, more could you Dc, what mere could
you ieare undone. sir, if You had t,eatv ~
4llipcs with our enemies
You VIII ind it COW enient, SIR. ,bztJa
orIGSe the enSmeration of all the suhi.cts rs
complaint, which the federal government
mas sven - France, since nv residence in
The Unied States, and that refar 70
state. NV vi
confine myself here to calling the alton
''o.' ana me attention the most serious of the
executive council, to another grievance of
me most serious kild-i know not VIVA,
I"nlu more senslbiy eaend Iolfenserl the
French Empire.
commence, SIR, by agreeing. rh.t M o
Vernmeht has rishr tn interfere with the
particular or municipal laws OF other conn
'r'es' because 1t IS supposed with reason
tnac every government will so far resDect
itseifI as to cIrcumscriGe the effe CT of these
.9ca' institutions, and to stop the ncen,ions.
ness which the teebleness Of laws al,yave
gives BIRTH to. and the digressi,ps lies
ecsr's) OF which may offend reign POWERS.
G"h "'ie 81 iFPoSe that 1t was easy To avoid
the Just reproaches OF sovereign far offsccss
Of this kind. where the weakness Ca Wy
CT the institutions, and the want # ac,ion
or OF power In the deposit aries of political
authority, render useless a trial of the
means OF repression Y1u have foreseen sir
nat am about To address Won, on the ;rde'
mite Berry OF saying every thing. cf wr;
ing every thing, and If prin ing every thine
am very TAR from believing that the ex-
cf'ses ci vVur press have occupied f,r an in j..
slant the thoughts of the Emperor KING. m.
"'uStef--out as 1t respects this subiect. n
oe' eEarA) am here as the organ Of the
whole Frclch Empire, ard. if I do ne, sae
without pam, the raVages (iayapes) which
the de!irium of the g-eaer nart of vmr ne
rioolCal writer's, occasions amongst your-
Selves you will Judge, that do not hear
w''hodt Indignation. all that people Uermi,
themselves to say or to write against Frame
ner institutions, acd the sacred nerson ~
ner august representative.
on VIII see, sir, that on this subject az
Oh al others. the redress of grievances i, an
indispensable pre- requisite 10 the formatio,
u ue" treaty between the two powers.
II was sufficiently painful to me 20 address
you (en.:etcnir) on the complaints of Franz 9
against the United States, withDut l.y;ns,
them open to you, in the form of an ofTicia9
note - have though that a simple lettar
the tone OF which would approach nearer tn
that ct our conferences, would produce ,he
SAME eHect with you, sir, Whoge liberal
principles and loyal character, are knoo,n -
me. nave thought that you wouli be az
hlcteo, as am. at the obstacles GutravesN
winch the preceding administration has
Deen able to place III the way of hearty re
consultation Ga TN raprochment plns !,
'ime) between our governments, and which
mgr mutual lnterest renders more neces,a-
ry than ever.
have thought also. that could even ~,
a en- Ject so serious, (grave) and without de
utt'Dg t. ON, or with propriety (sans blamer
les cchveu4nces) adopt a mode OF comr,,r;
nicatioh more anaiagUu to the Conformity Of
our views and our effcr to maintain harIno
ny between France and the ". States ard
nave found here 200 The satisfaction of be;ne,
able to offer to your sentiments d new trio'
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