The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-09-02

| have made treaties with Tunis, ard in I737
] eigh houses TOR commerce were established
IN lunis. all N the capnal, and ali French
| VI the populalieii tile accounts are various,
| ana the county Is IN very different relations
| To the city IN which the supreme bower re-
SIDES Aheir commerce. is uncertain as
their population. ~ 10 any reports from the
government, as in one French port the ac
counts differed SO that one gave but Il tiftll
part OF the other. Bat as they still retail, the
habit otsnakiag Christian Slaves, lille inter
course OF Europeans may give us a more ex
act history OF this practice, and we have, it
| from the Memoir before us. 1t was a .ques-
(, ton to the suIhor, who resided in the coun-
try, Are there many Christian Slaves in 1'u-
MS Are they retleetnels ut what pgicey
! and to what nation TO tley bciongs IT was.
(; answered. Ihc number OF Christina saves at
Inals is.very considerable, aud has Increased
vsstlisn a tev years fsofn the Increased s.uin-
Der OF cc:sairs of The BLY,. The precise MAIN
per IS not knowo, AZ they are taken ronstsnt-
y aud often released. They are, IN general,
N,:ab olisans, ,Nenet,aps, Russians ai,,s imperi
aiicts. Just at this tine Naples redeem as
| uany rs they can The Genoese ssrnettmes.
| he Nialsese sometimes exchange, but the
uDS5e require itoIn two TO four Mussuimcn
| for one' Maitesias. fhc redemption OF slaves
! IS ia the hauds of'thc Boy. aud the Igns IN is
! hZed at $50 Nenen III sUquus for every sea-
n,an. or about double lliat n,lml,-r of dollars,
and f,r captains and women, double tie first
SUN, Of whatever age, excepting Sometimes
from nhrmty oi> incapaCny. Their condition
| IS not however represented hard, for many
Continue, and even atter redeemed return, *
soms. obtain thelrliberty. Il 6is may be con-
| sidered as the nildercpolicy, particularly in
regard to Algicrs. Tripul, is the least known,
though ot the greatest extent aud is repre-
sented as falling even from the condition
iNf. Ia Bxx1s1 81, A..
mediately upon tile Turkish Ednpi,e Tnnis
| IS SAID 10 have $4,000 inltabitahts, and Trjpoli
two thirds less, and Algiers third more,
though some make the whole number much
| greater, and the proportion very different, a
tiii proot of our imperfect INFORMATION. The
world has long confessed is astonishrnent.
that such Ill governed States shcu be suffer-
ed to continue for ages their deprct laticns up
OH the commerce of Europe. Not Chat they
have never had any provocations, but because
the reasons, if any have existed, have so long
ceased, & the policy involves the ITfastunofTen-
ding people. l he war with Algiers IN object
to our states, has not that importance III Europe
which At almost any other time 1t would have
claimed. Europe has already Known our mi
ltary as Well as naval Operations upon
| the Barbarp coast though not after sn.:h
memorials, events rs have brought us into
| competition with the greatest naval power
| ever known upon the g'obe. The ecGentrici 4
| ties OF Gen. Eaton, and the preiudices he has
! discovered, will never forbid his Country
| men ne reading OF h;s lif-. and a Just TIL
bnte to his courage ard perseverance--
The policy OF these States he has described
| with 50 much int rest ~ 10 make it the most
| vainahle book on the subject which cur own
| couatry has supplied. The action of Dcrne
VIII not easily be forgotten. We al recol-
iect ms letter. We are in possession ofthe
incst vaiuaele province Of Tripoli." ..;The let
ter Oh col. Lear viii explain the success of
/ tnis military enterprise. In the negotiation
| tor peace the terms Of the Bashaw. Of Tyipo-
| Il were rejected. A sum not a third &C his
oe'nand was offered ipr the prisoners, bat
| not cent for peace. " found, saws the Con-.
| sui, the heroic bravery Of our countrymen at
l)erne, and the idea Of our supplies at that
place, had made a, deep impression. Accord
ing 70 the last information we received. the
| second expedition tn this coast viii no. be un-
| worthy OF The first, in regard to the hnpres
| sion Upon the minds Of the baiIiarians In re-
gard To our patiop9l reputation in the late
! war with England, we may suffer an able
| French writer TO speak for US q While Ma
polcon preserved his power, the princes OF
Europe did not fail to guard against his au
D on lhe t.'gbsl every where appeared
their dellverers. Every where thew were
ready to give relief to oppressed nations, and
iithelr generosity was calculated to fluid atlrni-
rers even IN the bosom of France. The i'm
mcnsc power of-the Emperor has vanished,
and we have seen the Epglish the pretend
ed deliverers, have become the IN asters of
the people, WHICH they declared their pur-
pose to delivers They have delivered the
SPaniards from the government forced upon
them, but they have made them lose their
colonies. Tney have delivered ii ,lland, but
only to subject them to their own dominion.
In,y have delivered France, but have IA.
ken from 1t one oiits most Goiiishiog colo
MES. they nave restored some colonies.
but Only those they could not keep, or on Y
those they could iecapture, if we, RELYING on
the treaty OF the 50th oF May, should he
tyolish enough to put into their tands boil
our soldiers and Our riches. Their policy Dis
covered i'set. intbc treaty ef peace, liz which
they provided that no people ct Fnropo
should succor the u. States OF AnJercv IN a
iiwar, IN which this people fought only for
their independence. We might then ihnk
we saw these men 20 generous, as not TO de-
ternIDe noon an action criminal or virtuous.
till they had cody Calculated the result of the
one OF thepther, rot having consented to tie
tall OF orc tyrant, I'll they had provided ano.
ther' and to re.lucc with great ease the only
people who refused to submi, to their comi-
mon ne Americans have freed thens, Ives