Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1815-06-17


@ l,s.ies at Gaent, and has otherwise
'po.s widely circulated, we consider It |
besa ss'slicIy torspeat our firm belief
risa' !, ia accusation, tnus brought against
ina lts e ,'..mander in chief aud other meri-
the - oaicers Of His Maiesty's Navy
tofl ss nerican station, and involving
on -. .,n.eoaences the Inhabitants OF
j. = ralaay. has been fabricated fer the
tal' slsnaroose designating the British
eo'io, f o5.raeter. and flaming the fame
rasa' ~ between the two Nations.
o. u mont have said oaly, that it must
~ ~ ny,ceeded from some erroneous and
esss inga,nation by which the Pubic
,si's ..a,aries Of the United States have
, fas,' dpee;ved, did not the remarks OF
e =, Monroe embodied in his report,
.a directly to a spirit OF rancour as
Heating the representation emarNs
uS s;c5 we see repeated in the National
1 WI. with incfeasedm alevolence,
Nv. sJ w5ich. as appearing in that paper.
a. sa tbe mark of authority, and sheW
- 80 the object is not so much to afford
a o the injustice complained OF. as to
rprvy,yate the inputation &to impress ITS
h hs upen the minds ofthe people OF the
TS still heated from recent animasi-
80 1t will be observed that the Attor
r rs General has confined himself, in a
~ ass,t measure to Prize Nesrees-lt is to
sssc;s1ed thathe had gone further, because
;S;s the aim of the American government
4 IA 50. The true purport OF the accu-
s,ton at the present day means as much
tst the desertion OF slaves VAS encOur-
sred and that they were afterwards be-.
trseed and sold, as that captured negroes
we're carried away for sale IAN accusa-
toa equally false and greundiess. as the
ether. aud equally Incredible with all
VINO VIII give it moments reflection,
and consider the inprac6cability OF such
proceedings under the existing laws, over
Which the eve Of Authority is particularly
n.ilant III all our COLONIES, but in none
more so than in this.
We understand that sundry afiidavits
bare been Voluntarily and solemnly made
winch not oaly fully confederate the state
neut Of the Attorney General, but also
shew that no American slaves were, at a
rs time, or under any circumstances
whatever, introduced into and sold IN
the Bahamas during the late war. II
Copies Ofthese afhdayits can be procured,
\ they shall appear in future number; in
! the mean time. the letter above alluded
10, is here published.
\ ".Asw- Providence, .Nny 5th, 1915.
"Your excellency must without doubt
have been surprized at seeing in our last
Gazette, copies of the papers which have
lately been published under tbe authority
Of the government Of the United States
upon the subject of the pretended SAFE
Of American prize negrnes in these ISL
AIDS. aud although the charge appears
Upon the face Of 1t to be groandless, your
ezceIIeney may nevertheless think it right
A
haiti should De Contradicted.
IL have. as your excellency knows,
been His Majesty's Attorney, Advocate
asd Procaratar General of these islands
liz the last fourteen years. and was pre-
sent perhaps at eyerj sitting of orr Prize
court during the late American War, so
nat have had tie very best onportuni-
oes to know what has been passing IN
Gat court, and take upon myself, with
cut anyreserVe, to assert. that tot sin
Sc Negro or Person OF colour taken from
ge Americans and brought int, these
Islands IN TIE course of the War. was
eaer prosecuted, condemned, or sold
acre, and that it was an invaria0le prac-
aSe u ilbesate or exchange them all
whether freemen or Slaves.
49, An instance occurred in the year
io0', and another in 1911, in which Ne
yves who were probably born free, were
SsPahRed and smuggled into the colony,
masters of American vessels; the first
@aa cal ed Robert Sawyer, in the brig
s~epG Ross, James Hepryham, master,
I Washington, in North Carolina !;
~ OT N. Young woman, named Catha-
f Ie RICHARDSON, in the schooner Gym
"a, Oh New-fork, Charles johnson.
; Out both of these were seized,
lsOed, and made free here by SEN
,n .SeS OF Oar admiralty court, under the
S,rs NIFTY OF the act of parliament for the
aoa OF the slave trade, and / took
h sa FIy to write letters giving notice
oa ~ transactions, both to Mr.. Mon
&c American secretary of state, and
&, H. '0c'etY established at Philadelphia
y abolition Of slavery.
tas nave the honor to be, with great