American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1824-11-19

James, out, III II were ruin, II Woulu oHiy oIni
additional dishonor upon Blue and Buff -Thi:
therefore, is very bad excuse not quite SO ridic
ulous but certainly much more suspicious, than th
breaking loose OF the guns, owing TO the roenDes
OF the breeehings
must notice here a circumstance well worthy c
the readers attention. II dscov, 10 US specie
OF meanness which believe 10 be without paral
lei previous to this disgraceiul wsr.-Captan Da
ores, rhiie prisoner Mt Boston. said in his ofhcla
letter TO Admiral Sawyer, +" feel it my duty L
state that the conduct oil Capt. Hull and his officer
to our men has been that OF brave enemy, III
greatest care being taken to prevent our from
losing the smallest rife, and the greatest attention
beng pad TO The wounded" This IS What Captain
Dscres said at Boston. When, however, he cam
before he court martial at Hsiiisx he accused the.
same American officers oil breach oil promise an
you Mr. James, are pleased TO add, that the Engl.
sailors r055ed by the Americans OF the con
tents OF their bags You produce no proof OF this
it IS your bare assertion and dare say, that on
more false ade
! The like Of this mesnness happened, however
lin several instances. While prisoners with the A
mcticans. great gratitude was frequently e1prssse'
ot the kind and generous treatment which lhos
prisoners received; but at subsequent periods these
acknowledgements we're traottd and IN mos. ca
ses wlh very ungrateiui ACQUISITIONS. And, here
on the manner OF conducting the var. You DECLINE
10 do this !; and well you may +, for. the contrast il
not such a. would have suited your purpose.
l.. When the war broke out, we had on board OF on
lship, a great number OF Americans, whom We hac
pressed in the name in which James Tnmpku'
and his three brave associates were Impressed. VIZ
had by he usual well-known means compelled The
puor elbows 10 serve US. We have recently seen al
Instance, in which II was sworn that ore OF them hac
4 -. II .. e "a
,-uiNst his 0ma cDaHtry RsH. But What did dc
With hem generally! Why. WE MADE THEM
PRISONERS OF WAR! Answer that Mr. James
We took them Il the decks OF our own ships where
many - than mad been compelled to serve u, for
wears, where many oil them had been wounded ses
raj times; We took them from hos- decks snc
iSHUI THEM Up IN OUR PRISONS. and
Is II hem there to be exchanged against our peo
le that the Am rlcsn, might take in The
sorld never saw the like OF This before. !, who am
~ Enghehman, despl,e and dete.t an American
no pretend, tn h tan fnrene his; and were
Az American, | ud destroy such a wretch
soon as would Destroy at ad or sn adder. II i.
hing IS al vii be forgotten or forgiven. The
ime, leans humanity and generosity toward,
prisoners that al into their power: bur iher never
iu forgive Tins: thry never ca pardon England
or Ibis unpardonabl, offence against them.
Many Of he American prisoners, who had been
taken from serving Us on the decks u our ships oil
war; we're imprisoned =, DARTMooR. They en-
Idravored TO mekr TIER escape and MANY OF
THEM WERE SHOT BY OUR SOLDIERS
\ d. do you believe, Mr.. James, that this is for
often in America: Foolish man are you, aud fool
'sh men are your parons. il they believe this In
huussnd, OF houses in America the names of the
men shot at DARTMooR are written and put upon
the walls. and rritten teo in human bt0Od! Such
tbtrr uybt h. nh.r. II
of Justice to forget them. and not to resent them.
How did he American. treat their prisoners oil
war lawfully made prisoners believe that they
never put any Of them INTO PRISON at all. believe
ihal 1t was mere nominal imprisonment. Barracks,
gapls Dungeons make part Of their system.
! hey went no further, believe, nan what is called
parole If honor Lord Liverpool, in d speech
IN the House OF Lords, during the war, told the
House thar the Americans treated our people whom
hey had prisoners ui war; more like friends and
brrthf en- than like enemies, whence thai ssgaciou,
uobi man concluded thar The American people dis
approved Of their own Government Tor going to war
wnh US. and that thry were desirous "of placing
ttymsetrps under the prpttctiOH If his .Hajesty's
lgnr,rmmphtr' And it really required the beating
which people got at Lake Champ ain and Platts
burg, 10 convince tn profound premier oi his great
mistake The Americans do not wfesk their ven
geonce on prisoners Of war. They lnGct vengeance
on naughty zoe, hat are IN arms. And now think
Of it, Mr.. james, what sort q prisoaer were yo,
in America! The first sentence Of your book tells
US that You prisoner there, and the third
sentence tells Us hit you eD,cted your escape. In
a hundred parts O. your book you accuse the A.
mercans Of laisehood and OF foul dealing il would
no have been anii,s, therefore, if you had explain
ed 10 US in mhat Kind !t Imprisonment you were
in The United States. This explanation wa. fully
Que to public, before whom you were placing
yourself as an accuser general of the American ia
val historians, aud rOucher- general for facts
which directly contradIc,ed the official statements
oil the American commanders. In many Of the
cases. you tell that there is no British oDciat
count Of the battle. This is particularly the case
vii b 1e.Lard liz. uiclaLx