Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1816-08-10


British naval officers, which has drawn on
M their resentment, as we'll as that of the
Reviewers. My reasons for making known
those truths, and expressing those feelings,
have not yet been satisfactorily explained
by me. and to you, SIR. give an explanati-
on, as the first, and only Englishman, who
has ever, to my knowledge, expressed his
| dlsapprobation of that system of persec,i,i-
on which has been pract'scd against me,
from the commencement of hostilities to the
| present moment.
u, sir, n tve seen your prints teemirr
with abuse against me; YOU. sir have been
| my only advocate in Ensl ! have 81
| iently borne the insults that have been
heaped on me. although I have seen NV.
self hung in effigy beside our venerable and
highly respected chief magistrate every
epthet that could disgrace and add iIfs.
my to the character of man has been moss
bountifully lavished on me have been
most cowardly deceivea. and bas ly attack
ed, While cpnfidlng in the neutrality OF
port, an IL the word of a British officer.
and while he protested to me gratitud.
and friendship. have been cruelty ar
rested III my progress to my country. while
confding in the sacred character of flss
o truce, wanton'y insulted in my own feel.
lngs and WITH ssed the insults to which my
brave officers and men were subjected,
whose wounds ard sGSariugs became a
mockery to a cruel ard overbearing enc
my. l, sir, only escaped the future pers.x
cutions ard insuts that were intended me,
by fight, at the risk of my life, in an open
boat. / have been, since, vilely tracuced
BY evey petty whclp in the naval service
Of your king have been declared by
your admrals and BIZ your captains az
beng beyond tie pale of honor-threats
havs been officia ly h ID forth toward me,
and scarcely Englishm2n except those
who have been n my power but has
caught the conteg ion. My prisoners have
mad a ilff rent opinion of my conduct and
character, until forced to Join with the
throng and to sail in the general current Of
defamation. Such conduct on the part of
your people produced feelings of resent
ment in my breast, and under such circum-
stances It should not have occasioned sur
Prise that have in son.e instances express
std them. have told only truths of which
let those judge who best know British Off
GERS. have confined myself to the events
OF my cruise. have related none of those
events OF domestic nature, the recollec-
ton of which still keeps alive the feelings
OF every true American | have not told
OF the conduct of admiral Cockburn, of the
massacres on cur frontiers. nor 81 the vari-
Gus robberies, rapes, murders, &c which
have been perpetrated by the orders and
under the eyes of the Commanders in Chief
l have told rome Of these things Have
this task to some future historian, who.
while he vindicates my character, will paint
IN their true colors the heroes of your navy,
on whom blushing honors" have been
hcaped, for practising unequalled cruel
ties against our unprotected and unoffend-
ing citizens. Your Cook and your Arson
must not escape they have been marshal~
led against me. and their ashes will be dis
turbed. The Spaniard will tell of the wan
ton destruction of Payta, and of crueities
TO his countrymen on the one part, while
other pens will tell of the equally wanton
destruction r. f the uhoffendlng natives on
the other, until Heaven, provoked at the
lnAummerable outragcs against humanity.
consigned this man, who lives for all a.
ges, to the vengeance of an injured and
Justly exasperated people, who, by depri-
wing him OF bis life, gave to him his immor.
tally. The conduct of all may be strict
ly scrutinized, and those who have been for
long time your nations boast, may prove
IN the end your nations reproach. You
have yourself given striking example Of
the Change that may be produced in public
opinion, by the pen If single individu /
who employs himself in the search and ex-
position of truth. We have also pens II,
this part of the world able to vineicate our
national character from unjust aspprsions.
by making known truths and the book
ei titled the Exposition of the Causes md
Character of the late War, is specimen
OF what Can be done here in that way. IL
has remained thus long unanswered. and
we may therefore presume thst it is uaaD-
swera5'e 1t will be time enough, when
we receive England's reply to that paper.
to notice the abuse which has been thrown
out against Us in the criticism on NV ion--
nal We are IN rs haste we intend to tags
our own time and, should we repIv. al
your heroes shall have their share Of no.
uce; even Morgan, whose name has been
placed on the same page with mine, may
be found, on n clear examination, t. be.r
much stronger likeness, 10 some of the
most prominent features Of his character.
to Certain naval heroes of England, WHO'S.
names are more familiar in this country
than in their own. Morgan, II must be re-
membered, was an Englishmap, ard his
historian, who was also one, begs that IL
may not be considered either compliment
or reproach 70 say, that the leading cha
racters among the buccaneers were al En-
glishmen. ALLOW me, sir, to make a small
extract from the history of the man to
whom the reviewers consider that II would
be disgrace to compare me. You can
make what ensures you please, and fiji uD
the spaces with such names as will bcsc
suit for modern events.