The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1815-04-05

land OF Sarrataria, near the mouth of the - Z
yer Mississippi. Will Europekbelieve. tia,
the commander of the British forces. address |
cd the -leader of the confederacy, from, the
neutral territory Of Pensacola, =. cail,,e upon
him, with his brave followers, TO enter. into
the service of Great Britain, in which he
should have the rank'of captain promising
that lands should be given to them an. ~
proportion to their respective ranks, on
peace taking place assuring them, that
their property should be guaranteed. and
their persons protected; and asking, in re-
turn, that they would cease all hostiiitiss a.
gainst Spain, or the allies Of Great Britain
and place their ships and vessels, under the
British commanding officer on the station. ur,-
I'll the commander in chefs pleasure should
be known, with guarantee of their fair va
lue at all events ?" (z) There wanted o,ly to
exemplify the deb,sement of such an act. the
occurrence, that the pirate should spurn the
preferred alliance and accordingly Laftte's
answer was indignantly given, bya del;vcry
of the letter. containing the British propos;-
tion, to the American governor of Louis;-
ana.
There were other sources, however. of s,,n-
port, which Great Britain was prompted Nv
hervengeance TO employ. in opposition TO the
plainest dictates, OF her own colonial poI;cv
III.
persed, the white population OF St. Dcm;ngo
are in the recollection Of all men. Althouyh
British humanity might not shrink, from the
,nhiction OF similar calanities upon the sou
thern states Of America the danger of that
course, either as IA Indictment to revolt or
the slaves i'll the British islands, or as q carse
ofretaliation, on tn; part of the United States.
ought to have admonished her against ITS a.
| doption. Yet, ina formal proclamation ;s-
txyt ~,
tannic majesty's squadrons, upon the Aner;-
can station, the slaves of the Amerieap plan
ters were invited to join the British standard
in q covert phraseology, that afforded bur a
slight veil for the real design. Thus. adm;
raj Cochrane, reciting, that it had been re-
presented to him, that many persons now re.
sident in the Unitcd States, had expressed a
desire to withdraw therefrom, with a view If
entering into his ma5esty's service. or of he
ing received as :free settlers into some of his
majesty's colonies" proclaimed, that all
those who might be disposed to emierate
from the United States, would, with their IA
miles, be received on board his majestv,s
ships or vessels of war at the n.:i:.:--
posts that might be established upon, or near
the coast Of the United States, when they
would have their choice Of either entering into
his majesty's sea or lands forces, or Of Se;ng
sent az free seftfers to the British possessions
they would meet all due ENCOURAGEMENT. y IN
But even the negroes seem, in contemnt or
disgust, to have resisted the solicitation M
rebellion, or massacre, ensued and the AL
legation, often repeated. that in relation m
those who were seduced, or forced, from the
service Of their masters, instances have oc-
CURED of some being afterwards transno,ted
to the British West India Islands, and there
sold into slavery, for the benefit OF the can
tors, remains without contradiction. So COM
plcated an act of injustice, would demand
the reprobation of mankind. And ,es the.
British government, which PROCESSES lust
adherence of the African slave trade =
which endeavors to impose, in that respect
restraints upon the domestic policy of France
Spain, and Portugal answer, if it can. the
solemn charge, against their faith, and their
humanity.
3. Great Britain has violated the laws of
civilized warfare. by numbering private pro-
perty by outragng female honor by burn
ing unprotected cities, towns, villages, and
houses /; and by laying waste whole districts
of an unressting country.
The menace and the practice of the Bri-
fish naval and military force. SO to DESTROY 6
lay waste cuch towns and districts upon the
Americas coast, as might be found assa;la
BILE" have been excused upon the pretext of
retaliation, Tor the wanton destruction COM
mltteu Dy the American army IN Upper Ca
NADIA ;" ~ but the failacy of the pretext has
already been exposed. IT will be recolIected.
however, that the act of burning Newark was
simultaneously disavowed by the American
government that it occurred in Dece mber.
I8i3--and that sir George Provost himself
acknowledge d, on the 10th of February, 1914.
that the measure of retaliation for all the
previously imputed misconduct of the A.
merican troops, was then full and complete.
(3) Between the month ct FEBRUARY, 1915.
when that acknowledgement was made and
the month of August, 1914, when the British,
admiraps denunciatioa was issued, what are
the outrages upon the part of the American
troops in Canada, tojustify caltfor retalia-
ton, ? No: it was the system, not the Incl
dent, of the war; and intelligence of the sys-
TEN had been received at Washington, from
the American agents in Europe, with refer
ence to the operations of admiral Warren,
upon the shores cfthe Chesapeake, long be-
fore admiral Cochrane had succeeded 10 the
command of the British feet on the American
station.
~ See the letter addressed 5y Edward Nis5oIs- II,
col commanding his Britannia maesty's force in ,h.
tiordas to Monsieur LATTE, or the eommsndant at
BarTstaria, dated the 3lst Of Aug. 1919.
n See admiral Coclrane's proclamation dated at
Bermuda, the 2h April. 1914