The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-06-24
/ YoL. AZ No. Ii.
POLITICAL.
from The NASSAU RovaE Cazette of
INN no

dltiy 10.
we nave been favored Nth a COPY ot let
ter written BY William W, lily, Esq. His Ma
Jcsty' advocate and procilt itor et-nt-rai p,
his cAceHeucy the governor. in rct,tation rs
the charge made by the American .svtr,-
rtene respecting s!fe safe IN these Lsl,1,icls, IF
negroes taken JfoJl fhe D. Stales Aitnop1h
every person IN TINS colony must he Derts,itv
sat,sned that the Charge IS altoyetEe; unf,a,r
ded' yet as 1t appears by Mr.. MoaToe's re-
port to ms government, that the subj, ct has
been deemed OF sufficient imp. rtAnce to he
officially communicated to tue pirn,notenr;.,-
ries at Client, and has otherwise been wide
~ Circulated, We consider it rcht ,ubicIv tn
repeat cur firm belief that the accusai,op
thus br' ught against tAe Comni4n er in
Chiet and other merito' ious oificeIs OF bis ma
lesEy navy on the AmeTic n station, and
involving IN ITS CoIlS- qucnces the Inhabltapts
oi thus colony, has been fabricated for the
double purpose Of stigmatisng the British ma
val CHARACTER and tanning the fame of uIscore,
between the two nations. We ri,.ht have
SAID only, that 1t must have proceeded rom
some errone as and false iIfornaG n IN,
"hich lac public functonaries of tie Unit \
States nave been deceived, lid not fbe rt,,,o,.se
q -Hr: Monroe, embodied IN his refio7.. host
aWecffy 10 a 4liTif q ranc.ur as G.cii.fing
me Feli' eSe11fa!ipn--remarAS, which we So
repeated IN the National inteiaecncsr w th
! Cfe& ca lnaleVolenGe, and wh,cu as .prear-
ing III tnat pap /, bear the marx of .t'hori-
~, ana shcw .hat tht object is not S - i. uch 10
AFFORD prot OF the nJustco .,al eo u, as
to aSSravatS TIE lmPu.a alton and To ln,rresS
IT'S beilat upon the nnGs OF he people Of th,.
u. DATES Sui heat a rom recent .Ii,uns,+;.e
1t VIII be obs-rved that the Attorney Gene
RAJ mas connned himself ii, ., 3 eat ,neis,,re
e. Prize Negroes ltIs 20 be WISHED ti,at hs
had gone further, bec use il is the ain, Of the.
-A"eriran COVE mont 10 Go So The true
purpott vi ehe Ncc"sat'on at the present {.
neahs as much tiItI tnc desertion of ( ,rs
was enCrui tgcd, AHA that they were ft-r
warts betrayed and sold, as that captur a
negroes were c-rrIcd aN ay for s ie--lf cu-
saton eQu"Iy !disl and srouuoless as the a.
tner, 2GI equally incred,Die Nth an W. u WI
give 1t 4 TnpIneut's ref c ION, and CONSIDER the
iInpra; tt ab.l'y ot such pr0celu unGer the
eAistI|S law, over which Tie eJe Ut AuthCr-
ny is particularly vigilant in all our ..,on.&s D
Dat IN none more SD than IT, S.
we understand that sun,iry afTidar;ts b,,,o
been voluntarily and s"iemnly made vn;rh
not ouiy tuiy corrOborate the staten,an+ e
lhe Attorney General, bur also snew mn -
american saves were at any time, or md,
any circumstances whatever introduced ar5.
So'a III inc Bahamas during the late war. rs
copies OF these afhdavts Can he pror,,...i
they Shall appear i'll future number - IL
ih1"huIne, the letter above alluded 10 is nn,.
lishsd. 10 pup
Ew,PRovIDENcE, May S, 1915
hout EXrelIency must without oouh.
have been sorprlzed at seeing in ou,. lsst 60
zette, copies OF the papers which bav. l. e.
y been published under the AUTHORITY Of tha
government OF the u. States upun tn. s',t
Jects OF the pretended sale of Ane,.ica,
negroes M re stands, & alrhough the ch,.r
appears upon tue face OF 1t to be e.rnnnI0
leSs' your EXCchtucy may nevertheIae.
ed. ~o'i''d'iCt-
" have. as your Excellency knows. been
i@'s If''J eEey : Attorney, Advocate and Pr
curator General Of these Islands for the To-.
fourteen years, and was presept r'arIa, last
every sitting Of our Prize Court durinT ,hs
lA1e American war, SO that have had the
very best opportunity to know what he bsl,r
P"ssihg III that court, and take upon rnVseIf
"!tiou' any reserve to assert, thar not a CO.
sic megr" or person of color taken fror1 ~
amer ans and brought into these is:ands -
Tue cou sc OF the w r, was either uros-c,,...S
condemned. OF sid here, ana taat i T,aS -
iaVallabie practice to iiberate or excbar,,s
Che" al whether Freemen or Saves.
an instance occurred IN the wear 1910
anu ''iot"er IN 1871, n which negroes Vic
were PROBABLY born free. were trenanpeJ ~
snluggled into the colony, by masters of AM.
flcan vessels ; the first a man called Roh,r.
ivy CT III tne brig JOS pa Ross James Hen
-.
Carohna' the other young woman. nao'ed
Catharhe Richardson in the schr. Cyntbi'
OF Nv York, Charles Johnson mast,y - t.
ootn OF these were seized, prosecuted snJ
Ds4aeJ Fee Ae'e by sentences of our Adrniraifv
Court under the authority oftae Act IF p.',y
lament for the abolition of the SLAVE tra%i
and too the liberty to write letters go.
hoti1e OF these trans actions, both to Mr. M
roe the american Secretary of state. AID "a,
the society established at Philadelphia for 'rG the
Abolition OF Slavery" " Aoi 'hS
have the honor to be, with great co,.;
Iteration, Sir, your E>.cellenoy's faithful hnrn
bic scr' Mt NUM-
(Signed) WIZ WV
lis ENceleney Charles Cameron. ESQ R,c,
ne Following letter on the same subioc,
W S addressed to MIR Monroe in Navrb a..
whether he condesceuded to answer !, ,.s
ed. 'S1" punish
COPY
IonnaHt, of ST. Mary's. Georo;a D.,
SIR, 1913. )
III n London De,,spera, a. 49,,