The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-04-02

lping the devil round with vengeance
lie claims TODD thing indirectly, which
oy h's own confession ne has no right to 90
directly.
The Prince puts us i'm mind os = p,ayis-
erate IN these parts,who was once calico, on
Tor Scarch-FsQrran. for n COW which The
owner had lost. This worthy man an>,.
ons to do has Guty secHRGun az l@n,, accord
ing 20 rule, materially went TO his book 9.
forms. tn hunt out the copy Of a search
EodrrGat Tor u cof,. The Recorder of
forms had, however, given no sueh svarrqnt
--& the only one which the Mapis,ra,e
Couii md, opposite to his case, was one tn
search Tor Turkey. The unfortunate
justice was at - complete no7iHius He
would not draw warrant for a Turkey,
iorit was COW which the owner was m
quest OF; and he could not draw war.
rant Tor COW, for there was none such
'n 'he BOOK or forms AID the conclusion
was as plain as nose IN face. that it did
not give HIM right 10 draw one. At last
however very happy idea relieved him
IRON this perpie2;ity. g Iii tel YOU what;
lsa'd he } tho Cannot give you 4 sea ch
warrant for your COW, I'n give you one for
nrkey--ahd yoa &'iogc in Looking, Tor a
turkey. you may come across YOUR cow"
ltisjust SO with his Royal Highness in
hunting for a turkey, he may light up
on MS COW IN search for gun powder or
enemy'S goods, he may chaucc 70 md a
British seaman.
the r. X. means that this power has
beer exercised only in this way, he again
sags me thing svhich is not Nurerous
are the cases III which their recruiting Off
Ger has gone on board of our ships for no
other purpose than to cribbage men. They
nave taken them in row-boats; they have
taken them in ships where they must have
Known there was no cargo. They have
SHOWN the cargo beiorehand--yet have
they gone on board with an avowed design of
getting men, and truly acted on that design
by making the crew muster immediately
on tue deck, without taking any care of the
cargo.-And what is worse, they have ia
ken such men as they liked, without anv
care whether they were British or Ameri
cans; taking them not because "Brjtisb
seamen were found therein" but because
IT suited their interest or caprice to take
them.-Ihe facts, therefore, are most di.
rectly in the teeth OIL his K. H's own Rule.
Ihe Kuie Itself IS neTu one it is mere
interpretations on the laws of nations it is
even a breach of common Sensr---s. Fonnd
them" Mark the consequence. Either
me T. X is to take the men without knoqr
"g them, or after he gets on deck he has
night TO take the necessary means to
ind them, that is to say, to search for the
men IN their births. to inspect the roll Of
the ship, muster them on deck, and seek in
Their brogue or their Conversation for some
clue to aid in his researches.-If he takes
them without hno7uiEs them, there is an
end OF his rule; for-he takes them without
FnG'ng them to be what he is in quest of.
p" British Seamen." II he searches them
tor means to detect themselves, he has no
right TODD 1.-THE hhrfoSe for which he
went there, proves that he has no such
right He went there to search the CARGO.
not 20 search the men. He has nothing to
do with the men. You have no right to do
that indirectly. which you canpot do di
rrecty. !" What right have you to impress
(says Cobbett,) when you have no right 20
stop Tor the purpose OF impressins? | may
enter another's house to search for "a stolen
coat, and If | find there my hat. / NAV
seIze IL as well as my Coat, ha ling the a,l
thority tor the first but De il observed tina
TOR you) to steal the hat is as Criminal as
ltor me) to steal the coat In searching
tor the coat, you may take the hat, if Won
ind 1t. because if you had known the hat
was there, yon might have got warrant for
1T; but you have no right to take any thine
else. which you could not have cot > 80
rant Tor. Thus. in searching Tor contra
be1d, you may take eaenly's goods but Won
nave no riSht to take man, for which Won
had not and could not have had any war
rant at all.
What q Curious law OF nations we should
nave First, the neutral flag is to be free.
with two restrictions only And next, in IN.
joFctnS one OF these restrictions YOU put
On as many new ones, as you please.-Thc
Ia" oil nations would indeed be mere nose
OF wax, TO be thus turned and twisted a.
bout, as AVaricc or Ambition would make
it.