The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1813-08-16

tDECATUR. HULL, AND BA1NBRlDGE OF
beard Of French ships Of the line Would they.l ik.
to see nine OF ten SAIL manned with the same sort o
stut that fred on the JAVA from he CoNsTITu
TON! My opinion is, that, it the war continue
mother year, they will see this; and yet they have
the audscty, the stupidity, to say, in print, that
they hope the mediatios Of Russia will be rejected
BY our ministers lit has always been my fear, and
long before the war expressed it, thatit would pro
doce a connection OF this kind with France and II
such connexion has not already taken plac,, IL ha.
perhaps, been owing solely to fear OF giving han.
die to the English party i'll the States.
III, however, we carry on q war 1T bombsrdment,
that party will, in short time have 10 weight al
all and, the thirst FOR revenge will produce that,
which, under the influence OF less hostile passions,
might still have remained an object Of Jealousy
10 see fleet, under the allied banners OF France &
America, would be to me 8 most fearful object 1
am convinced it would present greater dangers to
us than we have ever yet had to contemplate; and
therefore, read with indignation and adherence
all these endeavors of English writers exaspsrste
the People OF America. have never believed that
the crews OF the ships, by which our higates have
been beaten, were British sailors; l have always
believed them to have been native Americana, and
still believe it But, it, our hired writers have
asserted they were our own country men, what TO
hinder the ships Of France to be manned in the
same way! The British sailors, who now, If
there be any, Sighting against their own country in
American ships, WILL o. course, be ready to follow
their commanders into French ships; and, il that
were TO be the case this war for the practice Of i'm
indeed. By stroke Of address not without prece
dent in the history of our cabinet, have got into
war with America upon the worst possible ground
for us We talk about the maintenance OF our
yffitste rights and this does very well with the
people at large. "What ~ say they, :" America
want to rob US Of OUR " maritime Yiek.s ," But,
what is this right Suppose it, for arguments sake,
to be right, Sbhat IS 1t ia the right of i,,ores
sing people in American ships on the High Ssss.--
But, still to narrow il il il the maritime right Of i'm,
Pressing and impressing suhons 2 Why, British
Se07'ien E-one would think, that this should have
been the last ground on which to make or rneet a
war 1t IS utterly Impossible to divest one self OF
the idea which this conveys and equally possible
not to perceive the effect which must be produced
BY it IN the sailor mnd.--For, either navy does
contain considerable numbers OF seamen who wish
to seek and find shelter under the American flag,
does not IL it dees ot,why go to war for this right
of mpressng them If it dees how must these sea
men feel as to the in which they sre engaged
l fancy this is dilemma that would hamper almost
any OF the partzans of the American have
always been disposed to believe, Notwithstanding the
assertions 10 the contrary, that seamen have not
gone over TO the Americans in any considerable
Der butt it, unhsppy, j am deceived, am quite
sure that this war will have strong tendency TO
aggravste the evil.
FROM THE SAME-.Ncy 90
american War.-It appears that the Loan,
which our hreling prints assured Us the American
President was unable to raise, has been raised and
that too in the single city of Philadelphia. 1t also
is stated that Mr.. Madison has actually named pehi-
sotentiaries to negociatea peace with US, under the
mediation of russis. ! hope we shall accept the
mediation, and put end to this the worst of all
Our wars but the hirehng press is agains; such
ceptsnce. 1t labors hard to perpetuate this war s.
to make il as cruel possible, by adding to the ami
mostly on both sides There is circumstance which
l have heard of, relating to Americans, who were
serving on board of our ships, which it will be su-
cient, am cure. barely to state. The Americans
always asserted. that detained many of their ma
nrh hoard -.
appears to have been true. For since the has
been going on, our government have thought it pru-
dent (and it was certainly us to put these men,
some OF them at least ous Of seYpice, it be.
ing at all probable that an American would, without
force, aght againat his country. have only add,
that the men alude to have, as 1 understand,
been, not discharged, not home but made byi.
soneri Of rar, to be exchanged against persons
whom the Americans may have taken from in
actual war do not positively assert this 10 be a
fact, but have heard it stated such, and 1 do
think that it is matter which calls for public at
tention.