Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-03-30

took OUT OF DIET S4OuU RIvistu asnSu
Who had entered ia this country; not
csntent with iimprsssing those men, he
wrote the following note 10 Gen. Tnr.
reau, the French ambassador in this
county. y
1 g NV Lori have just apprehended
four seamen, ,iessrters from the Valeu-
reuse 5frisate, which ] found on board an
Americas brig, where they had engaged
n IL dollars per month. Now sir, It
YOU can succeed in making the Ameri-
can government pay down comPsnsa-
ton for thus seducing our seamen, yon
will punish it in manner it feels most 7
--its ayarice, as those people have been
for three years seducing our best men
from US.
Here we see net only the priRciple
and practice enforced on Us by eur allies
the French, but an attempt to make "
Day for the Infringement!
The situation into which va have been
plunged by our rulers, is both curious
and whimsical, and was it not for the
destruction of the human species in the
contest, and the distress which it must
produce in our country, would be di-
verting one: Great Britain and Francs
are at war not on the subject Of their
native seanen, because in that they. per-
fsctly agree. We have made war upon
Great Britain for maintaining this same
principle, equally recognized and main.
tanned by cur ally France: yet we are
aiding the latter to destroy Great Britain
for maintaining this common principle,
which has also been recognised and set
tied in this country by the federal COURT
and acted upon by President Madison
himself as already stated in the case Of
Clark tho spy!! It is difficult to con-
ceive how any honest impartial man can
suppose, that because G. Britain main.
tains and supports a principle, equally
maintained and supported by al the CT.
vilized world, it should be a sufficient
cause for the United States, who MAIN
tain the same principle, to SO to war
with her--but SO is the fact.
We appear extremely DESTROYS to con.
vert the American flag, as we have al
ready tho United States into sanctuary
for all the fugitiyes from justice, and tho
scourings of the jeils OF Europe. If
We have unfortunately suffered our eoun-
try to be contaminated by fratsrnizing
with the very refuse of the old world,
for Heavens sake let US keep tho navy
pure.
g. Ejesto. Htfore, egenos
"Ercehs, ct regni demons in fiarte To-
caui 20 G
: The American flag ought to protect
native American seamen, and it is pre-
sumed, that no American can be So lost
to the hsnor and independence OF his
country, as to suffer that right TO be in.
fringed with impunity by any power on
earth. Neither Great Britain, France,
or any other power pretend to have any
claim to native American scamen, and
when their rights have been infringca,
it has arisen from two causes, the ono
natural, and the other artificial. The
cause arises from the great body
of the native citizens Of the u. States,
being immediately descended from Eng
lisb and Irish parentags: they speak
the same language, and retain the same
manners and customs, which absolutely
prevents in all cases discrimination -
The Artificial cause, which has operated
much more extensively, has besn pro-
duced by ourselves, 10 unfortunately
giving projections at our custom houses |
% British sesmen, and this abuse has |
been carried SO far, that those projections Z
have ceased to be any evidence, either |
of the place of birth, or of citizenship
If some of our native seamen have suf-
Tered in consequence of 40 abuse intro
tuced, and practised by ourselves, We |
,ugat to be willing to bear part of the
blame, and not 60 to war to correct an
srror or abuse of our own creating
The following fact will give but faint
idea of the extent Of this abuse I'm
February last. captain Luke Hall, of AZ
American ship the America, shipped in
Liverpool British seaman to complete |
his crew 1.-THE ship arrived at Savan-
nah, in the state Of Georgia in April
following, took in load of cotton, and
cleared out for New York on the I'd of
May. While captain Hall was at the
custom house, the British seaman before
applied for a protection as
native American, which he obtained on
the word (not the depository of another
British seaman! The almost immune
rable abuses Of this kind, has rendered
it next to impossible for the British to
between their native sea-
men and our own, and because we have,
by an abuse, rendered this driscrimina-
lion in many cases impossible, we have
declared, the not making it, good and
sufficient cause for declaration Of war!
We first render the execution of a Ger.