The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-04-27


IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF LORDS,Tuusso. rs, -,
AMERICAN NECOCiArioN.
The Order Of the Day being read,
LORD BATHURST
rose. 1t was not his intention to detsin their
Lordships long on the subject of the nn,,e-
rous papers which had been laid upon the
'apie' relative to the negotiations which had
taken place between His Maiests = Govern
Inent and that Of tile United S.&tcsiof Are-
| r'Ca- Upon the items or details hf those
voiumlncus Documents, much Diversity. 5r
s,'aoes at least, OF opis,ioI., might exist ia
the minds OF manYof their L0r:shiSs and
T"e"eVer 1t should be the pleasuiet of t..e
House t. enter into an examination Ar thoSa
| points, he felt nor the least di,nos;,aon r.,
shrink from scrutiny. His Lnrdship Athen
oriehy stated theiwell known progre&s Of
'he negotiations, the early Disposition Oh the
part OF America, so early as ,in Nav. Mi Il
wards aggression The Orders in Cornc ftA
were repealed. He should not then en,ef i
IN any discussion respecting the policy Y
winch irst originated, or afterwards reyok.
ca, these Orders but there was every fair
reason to suppose, that as the alledpei dss-
satisfaction of the American governments
originated and depended on those Orders
| their ahrogation would restore amitv or
iesst disposition towards concord and GOOD
will. How far those reasonable nros ,er+s
were answered, was too wei! kro,sn. rE;e
Lordship recap,tulated the measure of ,ls.
Armistice, and thetsprit evinced by Ame-
rica on that occasion; the. subseouent
blockade of the Chesapeake; and showed
distinctly the difference Acknowledged, wv
the Law of Nations, between ;he ri9ht n.
Iacto and the Rightly ratification An, o.
pinlon he knew hadlbeen nt.rtained. thar
| .he blockade ought to have been AT once A.
uopted' and vigorously enforced; but yari-
Gus considerations Of a mercantile nature
operated to prevent or withhold such ripor.
Not less than Ave millions of West India
| property was involved in the question. and
| ,"e pressure OF such rigor, woxld have re-
| coiied ON ourselves. At the period when
America chose to declare War against En-
gland she had clearly no object Of wise OF
Naticnal policy in view, but bately the pros
Ipece OF surprising our hcmeward bound
west INDIA fleet. In that pursuit howe
yer, thelr commander, commcdare Rodgers
talied. Upon that event, Mr. Monroe, in
oeeu, wonld consent to an Armisuce, pro-
vided the British government would rsslin-
quish the right OF i:hpressmen, and .upen
the admission or rejection of ,tat light. IL
question ofpeaoe or wary as mad. to Slereoo.
he would here call upon their Lurlships
TO TO decide whether right always exercised
oy TINS country, and not only bv this coun-
| try out by others, was be Abandoned on
me occasion alluded tot America affected TO
entertain notion. of maritime rich,s ,bst
were applicable to general commerce and
tne privileges OF independent States but
she nae never brought forward ior stated
specifically, or any way that We had heard.
her code of regulations. The an ode : for iil-
stance, now sailors Belonging To England
we're to be prevented from entering i.St6 The.
r. merloau service, had never heen dyscrib-
ed. Ofthe abuse, in that instance, of the
american regulations, he should instance
the case OF the Chesapeake, in which ii aI,-
Peareo' mat certain desertcrs from his 70 a.
Jes9 meet mad been received, and were
uetaiAeu. Application was made T., the A
merican Commander for the surrender of
those men and the American CoDanas,..Sa. o.. !.
declared upon iifs hohor, that no s,cb ae',
we're ohSoard his ship. The EngIj,h Df;-
eer,5y an act, (Which it was nor &c -,
,fon to justify proceeded, Oh, his COMMIT
knowledge of the fact, aud found ,ba r.,
;::s CT; board tsiiis
wiom ne was IN search. The violence i,
she. nrst instance. was loudly cornDlainod Is
uy .he american Government, but no stes.
""atSVe e. were taken, on the oths-thard-
~ e'lae u pNsrhnent' 70 censure rdscoua
tenance the practicewhich had Isd ta.,
Another instance occurred at En,s<al.t
where an English safbr had b..s, $3.50,
atl'eo On ooard the Wasp American sb
and not only there detained hut hoggad =, :
afterwards sent on board the Cons,;,f',:,
another American shin, These .c.ss 49,
notorious, unpalliated and undenisd Ia, ,t>.
American Government The nract;ce 81
the American Government. as tsn5;rs-s Va
encourage deserton, Wa notorious tIb.i.
limit of FIVE, or of four Wars oirigansb;,, -.
any part of A merca, Afforded scone g.. 49,
purpose, which was obvisls Sc incalcnIa6ta
Upon what ground, theni could the Ams.:
can government, or Mr.. Monroe oh;lct -
regulation which had FONTS obieot1s clas.
ard definite prevention y abuses felt = -
acknowledged to exist n The right ~
search had long since exded, aud t6er
Vt had, at some times bees dispotsd vet h
stood upon basis OF suchlolid,ty and esa-
eral acknowledgement in lie G6yernmens
OF TINS country, that until hA yh tald hear'of
some adequate Substitute, 1. should not he
persuaded to give it up. h hoped. howe
ver that whatever differences of O,)ini N mi
other matters might prevaiEt here was bat
one sentiment of accord in he OBJECT nd
principle of the ADDREb. which he
should submit to their Lordbius Even &
different notions or opinions slbuld 3e enter
tanned respecting the reiectiA Of the Anne
rlcan proposition, let us not did the Noble
Lord) appear so degraded aom habits oe
trade, or so broken by the urient and pres
sing calamties Of an unprecedented war. az
Nv, 10 meet With unanimous tccoud in our
, ,nuuIess TO tue rrlnce Regent w the present
Here the Address was real See Fam.