The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-01-14

ViSatoh and man her own navy? Would
nor any proposition, therefore, On her part
to guaro the practice o. impressment from
a6uSe DC q, uaYy in tie light of a painful
in':icton o.. hcrSelt" therefore never
to be executed! Indeed. what does cr,to,i-
snce teach us ON TINS very point 1'hac While
Lords Holland and Auckland were assur-
ing our ministers IN 1906 that every IN
struction had been given To their com ,slan-
uers not to modest our Cit zSns. thc Secrct.-
ry ct state was CUmpiai ung that Impress
ments had never been more frequent or
more fragrant.
" hetevcr two parties arc Interested in
the hdciity III the performance, ana more
especially where it relates 10 an ACT ~
which their rcspe ctiye interests are, orarc|
supposed TO be cnntrastcd, aeIlhcr part can
De required TO confde it exclusively To the
| other
In the first place, ~ do not aas It.
| i!ere ANY arrangement mute un Mis- sab
ject, it would not dehar brltish agt5its from
beng in all our ports, whose eye, yYcu:d be
| alw"ys open To ANY breach " m ia. iiGel,i,
OF the performance, and who u.;Ehc te
eternally taking steps To see that ou, law
| were faithfully executed. q. b know q.
ing our disposition u secure her own sea
men, send over a minister to express her
dt"IioSifion 70 abandon tie practice Of i'm
preSsment, aud steps May then be taken to
| secure her beth in the terms, and in Tic
manner of enforcing the contract.
! And after ali, how stands the case by
the very rule he lays down ?-Why, that
| we give up to the British in their practice
| OF impressmcnt, we let their insolent < do
m:neering officers take whatever scnmcn
| they please from or Vessels, without trial
at the time, and coop them up in their
ships so as To g.ve them very little chance of
| letting their situation be known aitcrwartiS--
| MIR. Wagner is thus wiling :" to coniidc eS-
clusively" TO the British - the fidelity OF
the performance he lifts his hand
against every scheme to give any part of
| this jurisdiction to his own country.
| We may resort 10 = pretty unexccptiona-
bic standard tor Judging Of the execution of
sucha law by attending to the abuses, which
nave always prevailed under that which
au't.orises the issuing of projections to A.
! mercan seamen. We believe no British
subject Gesirious OF obtaining one, ever was
At . loss ior the means OF accomplishing il.
| And il the British government has had so
much reason TO reIusc receiving such papers
as the cIitolla OF citizenship, will it be more
likely to acQu!esce Ia the present propo-
sal ~
| Wrong Throughout The comparison does
not hold iar, because the certificates OF ci-
! tizeNship were never mean as the mark ct
| discrimination, and hence steps were
not taken co make them such.-in the Sc
cond place, Hezv and Gddif;omat security
may be caiiedin. Penalties may be infiic-
ted on merchants and cahlains knowingly
enlistiDg Il British seaman. British accents
may extend their vigilance to il which was
NOT done in the former case
If the exclusion OF foreign seamen is
TO be effected by any Law which sye can
pass, it must be done through the vigilance
and Iigor of the officers OF the Gus
toms, exercised not only against their
own prejudiceS and feelings. but in ONO
sition TO the interest, and managelnen,
of the merchants"
A non SegHitur-This man undertakes re
say what the mode shall De, and then argues
the absurditY OF his own invention How does
he know what plan will be adopted Bri,
ish agents might at least be introduced into
| the machinery; yet he argues as II none
but our own collectors were to be consulted
| And admitting all that he says of them is
correct (Which by the bye we disclaim. J we
ask which is the worst, to trust the selection
TO them, little interested as they can possi-
bly, be,or as the case now is, to proud Brit
ish officer on the high seas who has clear
interest in manning his ship.--But Mr.. W.
does not care what becomes Of us, so that
his friends the British are taken care of.
&" We have thought it expcdient to throw
out these remarks, in order TO guard against
the disappointment which must be experi-
enced by those, who captivated by the
xpeciousness of the present proposition may
r&y upon its acceptance by the other par
ty."
That is, we give our brethren the cue
that they may not commit themselves, a.
sainSt their party, on the side Of their coun-
try.
"In its nature, it is not calculated mate
rally to vary the subject in Controversy
No independent power can safely place
under the keeping of another, the elements
of its safety, grandeur and prosperity We
| should estseeIn ourselves lunatic3 could we
suppose for moment that Great Britain
would consent to commission cur collectors
to watch over the integrity of her naval
power, and the preservation of her COM
merciai assendancy."
And, therefore, the United States can nc
yer consent To place under the keeping Of
British Press-gangs the elements Of their
grandeur, prosperity ana independence.
| The reader has enough of this article
We have, indeed, gone through all the ar.
gument or attempts az it, which it Contains
Throughout, ie breatnes the utmost sepsi.
bi!ity for &. Britain, and none for America
It magniies the injuries which it bresuve,
will Cow to her from adopting tire system
| we GrOhose--it overloc,lss all those which
we actually feel from the ono which She
Ipractises. What sort Of 4 Heart then ha,