Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-12-22
From the New Orleans Advertiser, Dec. S.
THE PROTEST..

THE PROTEST..
This extraordinary document is laid before the
public to day.
What American can read il without fcelin; his
throat swell with indignation the s,rocious con-
duct of Her Britannia Majesiys Governor of all the
Bahsmas7 What is then the first duty OF our
Government To demand peremptorily Of Great
Britain redress for the wrongs thus committed
asains, our citizens and repara,ion for the great
destruction Of American property on board the
Creole.
We have no time nor room, to-day, 10 express our
feeling. upon the high-handcd conduct Of Sir Fran
CT, Cock burn and his negro fellow subjects. Let
every man read and study this protest, and " IN
then try and commune with him pitiently--if we
can.
PROTEST
or the Officers aud Crew Of the American Brig
Creole, bound from Richmond to New Orleans,
whose cargo Of slaves muunied on the 9Th OF No
vembcr, Isil, Of the u3le in the wa-murdered
a passenger wounded the Captain and Others,
and put into Nassau, ". T., where the authorities
confined 10 OF the mutinecrs, and forcibly libe-
rated ne,rly all the slaves.
By this pubic instrument Of rrotes, be il known.
that on this second Day OF December, eighteen
hundred and forty one, before me, WILLIAM
YOUNG LEWIS, No,ary Public in and for the
CITY OF New Orleans, oHIy commissioned ana sworn:
Personally came ana appeared Zephaniih c..
Clifford ac'ing master of the American brig called
the Creole. OF Richmond, who declared that the
said vessel sailed from the Port OF Norfolk, IN the
State OF VIRGIN" on Inc son Gay OF otooer last
past, laden-J win manufactured toblcco in boxes
and slaves, then under the command oil Captain
Robert Ens'r hound Tor the port oil New Orleans IN
the State of Lou sanS:
. ih't When aopu' iSo H,'Ss W 'he >or'u worm
East OF tue tio'e ~ inc Wai' uhe slaves, or part
thereof on ooa'o oil sad Vesse, toss on the oh;ers
crew and passengers, killed ono passenger, seHeeiy
wouhCeu 'he SaPta'"' h'S "PPea.e' AZ" part o'
inc crew. eompe"eo s'lu enpe"C'' men nIst "Ne,
u hsy,sa'e sa'o 'eS s ~ $3.50 ~ N'S iS''''H VI
EeS fIoviueaSe mSeIe s"v "''.ssu, anu Po'ut"
w ,ue ''"S 'o"ue's " ' iss 80 N'nA-
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hoe'a'ou oY .po o',' " $40 isaIlni
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