The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-02-05
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BRITISH PROCLAMATION.

BY his exce!lency lieut.. gen. Sir GEORGE PRz-
vosT, hsronet. commander of kis majesty's Tor.
ces in North America, Ssc sc. &c.
70 me inhG6itanfS o. his nlajesty's firoUin
ceS in Norm .4,nerica,
PROCLAMATION.
The compete success which has atten-
ded his najes.y's arms On the y aaara
frontier, having placed IN onr possession the
whole Of the crCmy's posts on that line. il
became a matter of impeTi.us duty, 20 re-
taiate on America the rlissries VIII h the
uaf6rtunace inhabitants ef Newark n been
made TO suffer upon tns evacuation If Fl.
George.
Ibe villages of Lewistown, Black ROCK.
and Buffalo, have accordingly been bnraed.
I the same time his excellepcy the
cHmm nder OF the forces sincercl9 depre-
Gates this mode ofwarfare, he trusts, that
it will be sufficient tc call the attention OF
every candid and impartial person. both
among ourselves and the enemy to the cir
CJmstanc from which it has arisen to sa
tisfy tht m that this departure from the es
tabiIsned usagcs OF war has originated with
America herself, and that to her alone. are
Justly chargeable, all the awful and unhap
nv consequences which have hitherto flow
ed, aud are likely to result from it.
1t is not necessary TO advert TO the con.
duct of the troops employed or the Amer
iEdFS&tN-
squadron, under admiral sir John 3. War.
ren, since as they were uether within the
command, nor subject TO the ccntroul of his
ex cheney, their acts c .unot he ascr6abe
10 hiru, even it they wanted shat just,hcati
on which the circumstances that Uccasioned
them, so amply afford.
1t will be sdif Gent for the present pur-
pose, aud in order 70 mark the character of
the war, as carried OIL upon the fon;ier.
OF the provinces, 10 trace tie Inc Of COZ
duct observed by his exceilency and the
troops under his Command, since the com
mencement of hosthties, and to contrast it
with that of he enemy.
The first invasion Of Upper Canada took
place in Jnly, 1912, when the American for
ces, under 6iigadier General Hull, crossed
over and took possession Of S;audwi h, where
they began to manifest a disposition so diff
erent from that OF magnanmous enemy,
and which thew have since invariably DIS
played, in marking out as objects Of their
peculiar resentment, the loyal subjects Of his
majesty, and in looming their property 20
plumber add Couhlgrat;on.
Various instances of this kind occurred
both at S tndwich and in its neighb 1uihrod
Az the very period when his maJesty's stand
ard was waving upon the fort Of Michili
mackinsc, and aiording prot, ctioD 20 the
bti'oilo anu l.IOJCtbJ VI tloSC v no UdQ SUD
mtted - is wi,hin a few weeks afterwards.
the British Gag was also hoisted on the FIR.
eress of Detroit, which toge her wish the
whole Of the M chigan Territory, had sur
rendered to his maJesty's arms.
Had not MS e2ceiieucy Seen actCated by
sentiments far & ferent frorn those which
mad ipflenced the American govern uent,
and the persons employed By It, 10 the wan
ton acts of the destruction Of private pro
perry committed during their sh ut occuua-
ton of a part Upper Canada. his excel
lency could not have failed to h7ve zvailed
himself Of the opportunity which the UQdis-
iurhed possession Of the whole Of the Mi
chigan Territory, ai.orded him Of amply re.
taiating for the devastating system which
had been pursued at 5 ,ndw.Ch aud on the
Thames.
But strictly in conformity 70 the views and
disposition OF his own government, aud O.
the liberal and magnanm0Us policy which
IL he'd dictated ne Chose rather 20 ~bcar ar
NmHaUoa Of tie eneh'y's example, in The