The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-02-08
From the National Advocate.

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! 'i OUTRAGFS
| dI'SI SEB.4NTLH.N1S!
rom intimations contained in ev,rsc,,
rom british newspapers, an impression has
PeTVaded the public mind, tina, the capt,,re
OF tue spanish town of Saint Sebaslians from
ene french, was followed by Occurrences
nlshiY' dlSgraceful to Great Britain. Ofthe
4. nature and extent of these circumstanres
e "a'e not, uHili now, Deen afforded tb,,
means OF judging-tbe details IF anv 'ns
contained IN the British {saze,,ess ha,.;,,er
oeen suppressed by the Boston merckants
a', ~ EDITORS, INTO whose hands thew came
tie attention OF gentleman in this c;-
~ we are INDEBTED for Spanish ne,ysna.
per; printed at Cad2. dated NIondav Sen.
~ ~ a. - IN i8 Is, aud entitled Dxer1de de
10 N"D fe8' he letter of which the fol-
iomnss 's an5 Is is pubtsed 10 IT'S CO.
"!,hout sympathy for the suffcrinps !, do
Ir!nes' and without an abhorrence of th..
"'"arous amino of them, he nust h.. -
SeSseu OF qualities of hezrt which ,v. 80,
Tess we do not envy. eon-
lie narrative in this letter, presents cor
I nc scene to that exhibited hy ~.
nri'lSh at the village of Hamhtou aysra-
"usit Could aggrsvate the horrors
acted there, Sy the Co9sider.,;a III iO.S
the present instance the cruelties VIII e1' 81,
'"e picture were perpetrated ON \ ,,ao,,,-
e q
" Whoih 'hey came in the garb of friends -
ueiIVerers who looked TO them g. .'' 80 ~
LOT protection, and friendship, but w. -;
s'eda OF receiving these Offices ar ,be;r.
""""s' were made the victims of the hl.ct
- n oIihl'ieS 1hat darken the page OF hn-
man crime and proiligacy. Mfrc,f,, y c ,i1
it such are the fruits of British " "a
friendship, how favorable are ,by a,s,'a go, -
ttlons, which have snatched ne ST. 49,
ldesoiating influence 80 from their
over the transactions detailed j., ,h,
ter published below, let the cle,ir.i -.
o'a"s CT massachusetts, who weekly rrosti
:u'e rehsipn by holding up Great Brian nc
- cai" ARK a"d piliar, gather and elorifv
the idol or the r aft ctiors. tn ,t SHY
there developed, let Toicke~ina 49,. L;eH 5
'aton OF admiration and praise ana 800 80,
On the monument they erect of R,.;,;cl -
tay ana oarharism, the inscription he 60.
TOR his own remains. - NoFets
must ne remembered that the state
n l,.e IN TINS letter. is not the inventio -
na' II - hot oi the same stamp witIl M
.les "h!ch i"a5 the British pres, It French
n'.n.:y ana Snht. N 1t is the pro
ueCu"h Oh parish subiect-the nnhi;ca
ton OF Spanish Gazette-the renresar,a
ton, IN word Of an ALLY of Z, ~.
~h'ch mas Just been delivered from the io,5
OF oppression and tyranny by the ver,
HafY whose oaseneSs that repre- sent,ti,n A.
houhces an auxiliary whose services ST.,
was anxious to cherish with the 4ondest ,e.
' ,''..,i ont whose unnatural crimes
nave oblrerated all traces of srn+irrda 80
substituted for hem the keenest ira'Nt,, go
and the deepest horror. Ola
lLdhslaIeu tor the National Advo.o.
Der, 1878. 80 "9F 'em-
81. SEBASTIANS DESTROYER
My u. a, Uncle. y CHE
IN my last letters 1 informed Won of
the cruel conduct of our dur aXie3 IN ~
T'ei unfortunate city. l had hoped thar
Should not again have occasion 70 49,
testimony OF such conduct, for the bonor -
the nation which has yomted forth +bos. g.
,ocious destroyers of city which rneri,ai
better tate, ard whose ccuntr, w. -
birth place OF the ilustrious and resTe., ~,
Oie hora wellington. Duke Of Ci,dad ~
ooFlS"' heSe, my dear uncle, are mo re-
.ID'io.s 0ut the innumerable crueities
Io'"i'''''Fu Cy Vhoss men, which have daj.
's "'.,'eoseu' WIN the continued spectacle
OF misery which those unfortunate inb16;
tants have suffered have Induced
heVe myself byimParting to one go WORTH
my CohHueDC-, short account cf VIII ba
taken pIaCe - on must not expect to -
! 0elVe fuil representation Of al the sancni
nary acts conmitted during these davs r.
misery and attlction, My pen wars for, =
:" 49, ~ 'Hem-l snail, therefore cop6na
Hyseif In giving you a simple but "a NH
narration OF such cirCumstan as nv ~.
notorety, deserve to be recorded in brsss
70 she perpetual ignominy Of the eyecr L,Ie
perpetrators of such enormities The Fne-
hsl 0Ud portuguese arrs took posees -.
nIt Is place Oh the 3lst nit. 1T 4 o'clork y
M Ihey mig immediately hate mad
ihemse YES masters Of he citadel bv n',rS,,-
| ing the enemy, VINO fed thither f,r saest,,
III the Creates disorder; but the cono,erl.rs
contented Themselves with what tLev ~
qnTed--dazzled with the idea ,ybicb ~
sented to them the prospect rf q snfe5.,
plumber. The inhabitants who f-orp -,
c announcement their entry into the 60,
ihronged the balconies and window r F ~ d, >
houses to hail and applaud those bcr, ,bn,,
thought their de'iverers, were soon tg,,sbt
20 reg e. their Ill placed confidence. v.hicb
was OF short d8ritioD, they being con-,.iie4
to smut themselves up in their bopses -.
Wctors having cOmmerSed firing o. IT.,
in return for their poiteuess tRev rnsbei
nto the dwelling houses Of the inbsbi,snts
and P'undered them CT every valuable ara,
Gle they contained. 90
On the LIST ct the present month -, =,
seemed intunated with the spirit Of dem, - ,
/ committing every species O. outrage. s.ae
d N GOD