The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1814-10-05
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ment Mr.. y. said he should forever despair
| OF successful issue 10 the contest i'm which
we arc engaged. He hoped gentlemen would
! reflect deeply on this subject, before they gave
| their consent to this enquiry. If consitera-
! tons sufficiently powerful to arrest the rnea-
| sure DO not press upon the feelings of ,nep, it
| would be in vain for him to urye them. There
! were, ne sad, some propositions which out
ragged at once so greatly all the feelings Of no.
| nor and PToprletv, that it seemed unnecessary
| to oppose them by argument.
Since the resolution had been introduced
there mus ce some reasons TO urge or iusti-
~ its adoption. But could the invitation TO
and eacorls gcuent Of treason come fairly
within the scope % our vicwss Shall the T..
States, after having year after year held out
their co1rtuct rs An example of public i,h e
honoT after ai'raigiling the enemy 1T the bar
81 nations fer MS disregard of Justice and for
ms violations Of the rules Of warfare shall
the United States. after all this 60 as tar be~
yord the enemy III his violations Of the usages
OF war, rs nc has gone beyond all other ne.i-
ons! Shall we. o. SO doing, draw ven over
the atrccity of his acts, and place US or an e.
inlnence OF guilt which no nation ever before
reached' He called upon gentlemen by their
regard for their own honor and the character
4 he nation. to stop this proposition in its CUT
set. The House, BY their vote to consider the
resolution. had already gone too far in sanction
those principles which bind together the civil
lied world. 1t would be a bounty TO treason.
lie did not know TO what it might lead. There
was enough o. bitterness and luminosity AREA
dy ilfuscti into this war Our enemy now af-
tect (for affec alton he must suppose it, to &C
cuse us OF violation OF the usages OF civiliz-
ed warfare & presumed to placestheir sever
est measures On the ground of retaliation.
Adopt this measure, ard they are justified FOR
every measure of atrocitv to which they may
think mt to res )rt 1t viii not be III yol.
mouths hereafter (said Mr.. O. to complain
OF the burning and ravaging OF your towns or
CT the unreasonable rupture OF negoiiations.He
called upon gentlemen tFen to reject whether
the adoption of this measure would net iniuse
INTO the present contest temper witch Will
defeat all hopes of an early peace.
Mr.. t!sk Of u. denied that this prol osition
VS. OF the character asC,lbed toit; and said
tn ne was not conscious OF possessing a dis
70 uon TO sanction any such measure. What
does lie motion propose That the deser.
ters Coming among Us, instead of becoming
nuisanc t. society, may be provided with the
means becoming good citizens. But, says
the gentle ran FROM \. 7. this is q violation
of ali principle, have never understood Il 1t
nations at pea c with each other were preci.
dcd from ;eceiEing each crheT's desc teIs
and is it understo d. that. when We are At WIZ,
we may hot provi 'e the means Of support FOR
those who desert from car enemy? did ger
tlemen desire, il OF de- tc maintain this isic 4
national dignity, this hign stand AZ among aa-
tons, that we sh I'd return the enemy
those deserters who come within our lines
Would the gentleman from New-Yorl- advo-
cate SUCH a measure AID which is most
criminal, if criminalty can trach to such con-
duct, to foster them when cIIling among you
iii time OF peace, or Provid the rle;.ns nocee-
sary to prevent their beinS brlthen 70 the
f~,rr &c.,.
first step OF receiving deserters, why not take
the other which is now proposed But tn.
gentlem n had said, this " ND be inviting de-
serters frCm tine enenv. MIR Is said they
were already invited by tn ature Of our IN
stitutiops, by the freedom anc protection they
afforded to strangers. And would the ccnte-
man change our form of government, lest in its
present shape it should tempt lie soldiers OF
the enemy 10 desert The resolution pfopcsts
to Introduce TO new principle. We do nov re-
ceive desCrters; and there is no gentleTnaay
who will rise in his place and move that an
deserters De sent back. The gentleman sup
poses the measure To be without precedent
Let tbe gentleman read Id Wellington's pro
clamatlon whilst in Spain, off-,1pg bounty To
every dcserter from the ~ rCh army of twelve
crowns. This precedent had been set, by the
very nation with whom We are at y ar. Ad.
nral Cockburn, too, had not long go publish
ed II proclamation to all who wished to leave
tie country to appoint = place OF rendezvous
and he would furnish the means 10 carry them
off. Look also at Gen. Drisbane's proclaIIlati
on to the people of Vermont z, 1sew-Yol,k, in
wiling them all to stay at home, in other sor,is
to desert the standard OF their country, and
70 furnish his army with provisions, &c. &c.
Gentlemen might even look back to times ~
peace, and sec similar conduct on the part OF
the enemy. During TIE existence Of our en-
barge law, winch was lhetty oppressive in is
operation on CIR present cI.eply, though, to b.
sure, his friends IN this country SPOKE very
lightly of its effect they invited our citizens
to violate it, Offering them protection and safe
conducti in so doing, not Only to any British port
bit to any port whatever. Whatever new
distinctions may be drawn on this head. vet if
We look at tls effect Of measures more d.
rect invitation to rebellion, even in time OF
peace with Us, could d t be imagined. From
some Cause or Other, great deal Of sensjbility
was always exhibited in tnis House when GER
tain subject were touched. The Eouse was
told again Z again to beware Of provoking the
ereny's wrath. This kind IF false sensihiiifv
was, Mr.. T. SAID, fast vanishing Ask the e.
tizens OF Plattsburg, Bu6aloe, Havre-de-grate
Hampton, Georgetown and tits place, yyhe-
Their they had rather the war should be csrI
RED into the enemy'sterritories or he sbouid