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FROM THE RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
Observations. imputing the Pn'i-h degressions
to th A’n if, and no to tin Nation.
There arc occasions, when it becomes the
duty, as wHi us th< interest of the people, to
le’idci it >ii<.ultiiil and wdmil try service to their
country. In such a c tse. the cause is com
inon, am! th seivi.e is essentially rendered to
themscives. It is iixely ‘hat there w.. .never
a ii.ee. <>i an occasion* when the indue. incuts
were Ri'-.ter than now exists in the United
.Su.tcv ... when a | - v'litt <d i onset it ancons effort
wont.i render so much public good* as at the
moment v, lien this is wiitten. t his wid Le
presently seen.
i ,ie rutots of Great-Britain, speaking the
language of tlic King, and enfon mg Ins < on
mauds. have long caused depredations and ag
gressions of various descriptions, to lie commit
ted upon the privileges property and persons
of the United Americans. These tilings have
produced remonstrance and i oniplaiufibiit they
have not produced redress foi the past, nor sa
tisfactory assurances for the future ;xo far iiom
it, the most glaring violations ate succeeded hy
others, equally obnoxious, and the immediate ’
no cut* or authors of those violations, instead >
of punishment, receive applause and promo
tion ; not content with this, oilier strong in- ;
ducernents are offered to the offenders as al- j
lurements, to proceed in the corn *e of iniquity, |
insult and oppression.
Stimulated hy such examples, other com*
matiders, holding the highest stations in the j
British n.ival cvMislinicnl, have waged war j
upon the United Stales, at the moment when ‘
tiici ‘tillers offered to our inir.is.eis, the de- ;
in; : is lure of false friendship and h.suitor* ‘
e uttcoustiess. If the authors of the fixtoi
feuees, have received adequate punisiimetit, ]
u< reeding off'm es w< til'd not have been coin- J
muted ; but instead ol this, the liti isii captains i
have been taught to be ieve, that, to insult tl>c
Aincvicaii (lag, lo plunder an Ainetitaii shi|i,
or to kid an American citizen, were sure
passports to royal favor and pub ic promotion
niitl distinction. The ease o> Whitby, is a case
in point.
Whether, therefore, vve consider the late and i
future aggn sinus, as the effects oi positive or
implied orders, emanating from the ruler, or
a. tin natural consei,fences of the piomotion
of vVhitiiy, and others of a like description,
still the conclusion will be the same. The
greatest offenders have heietoloie teveived the
greatest rew nils. An emulation has been
thereby excited in the British navy, anil evety
occasion vv iil he adopted of obtaining royal mu
liiiicencc and favor.
These things demonstrate that the conduct
of the Bt iti h fleet at Norfolk, and in the niigii
bmhood has its authority positively or impli
cdlv from the British King ; and although the
arergdjiyri minister. F.rskine, has |)e"vuiptoi ilj’
cFccTule'T. that these crimes and offences are
neither autltoiisetl, nor will be sanctioned hy
the government, yet Douglas and Humphreys
will l ugli at the interference of vii. Id skiue ;
they will tell him that George the third is his
master, as well as their’s ; tliat lie is the foun
tain id power, as well as honoi, and that the
uniider o; an American, is not oniy the surest
w :\ to his affections, but the most ready course
to royal favor and reward.
These few and plain observations are de
signed to shew that no confidence can or ou lit
to be pi., ml in ifie assurances or assertions of
the minister. He is a benetici try of royal fa
vor, and it requi es but a moment to dismiss
him from the honorable station which lie tilts ;
nor ought nave credit to be gi cn to Doug
las or to admiral Berkley. The British tleet.
vml afford hundreds ol equal dinstinciiom who
will be gild to take their places, and perform
those deeds tovvatds the United Stales which,
(notwithstanding public orders to the contrary)
will licet with the r yal pleasure. I ins slate
td ti mgs cio.iiiy dt-.no strates, that tile Unit
ed states are at war with Great-Hiitain, not
vithstatiding- thei n.ir.iaie-s and servants, hotii
ii l.ag and and in the United Stales, in am upon
it, that there is no var ; that vvar is not intend
ed, and that the fnemtlv rekaions between the
two con;cries shad be not only renovated btu.
saengthened.
M <ll, then. if war exists, if the tempora v
Suspension pioeth:. from Millie S) Stein of stale
policy, which cannot vet be understood, if the
wcakneis oi then l>;x:t imposes upon thou a
temporary forbear. ice or inactivity; should
any one presume, that lucre is a change in the
s<- .timetils of the king ? If he was rancorous
ur.d hostile towards ihe Ame.icans, while we
en.ii’ voted lo soothe aid court his smiles
whiles there was reason lo believe, that in ihe
United S'ates, he had many friends and advo
e res, it is likely, when every voice, every pen,
end tvciy press, prod tin his injustice, and
reuse the people to opposition and to arms,
that lie will, from such causes, become kind
tmd coneiti ring ? Ihe whole course of his
life may be referred to Thai course will shew
that In 1 has ne'er paused nor varied, even upon
the most trivial point, in regard 10 the people
< the Uni'ed States. He commenced his un
f tui. ate tvign, under the persuasion, that we
M ere his bondmen : his own deliberate conduct
p: nvn.e.J the revolutionary war. The peace of
l Tda. a,id the acknowledgement ol American
independence, tended nth to increase the na
tural rancour of his bosom. Nor has he ever
a .mi tied the notion, that the Americans
Mere iel>. Hums subjects ; and that, in the cha
racter “f rebels, they deserved death. How
else, i 1 is asked, can we liud excuses or mo
tive,, for toe numi*erless and atrocious nuu
ci~ s, and disastrous wars, which have proceed
ed from the activity ot his agents with the in
dims ? or how else can T. e account for the
robberies on our merchant ships ; the impress
ment of Aineiican seamen, the compulsive
iuii Aments in these ships of vvar, and the as
sassination of our fellow-citizens !
While, therefore, George the third shall sway
the British sceptre, the* Unneo States have no
reason to < aiculute upon peat e. T his has
been long known by every Ameucan whqhas
accurately considereii the subject. And altho’
a treaty indicative of peace should be made,
it will proceed, not from the honest convic
tions cf moral or political justice in the king’s
mind, but from a belief, that it will not at this
tin e be in lib power to succeed, and that the
injmiesand mortifications winch be will sustain,
vviii greatly out-weigh the satisfaction which
may be enjoyed in the death of some Ameii
caes. in the capture and destruction of some
ships, or in the conflagration oi a few towns
unci villages.
In the heart of the king of England there
will be no change. Rancour, malignity, ha
tred and revenge, will thet e find a sure and
welcome mansion. No l No! As long as this
oiistuiate, implacable oid man shall rule the
lintisli pi opie, and direct the powerful resour
ces of that empi e, the United States cannot
leasonubiy calculate upon an honoiabie, ho
ncstand petmatunt peace. It therefore be
j hoies, not only the executive department of
; government and the popular leaders, hut also
j every private man, to hold themselves in read
’ ness for vvar. A-> to time, cau.se or manner, it
is vain to make enquiries ; in vain to examine
the most respectdblt authorities oi establish
icd usages. The British king and his myrmi- :
• (lions hold all these in derision and contempt :
I They act according to their own impulsions ;
ami niicii )ou uliei a complaint or require a- !
■ toiiemcnt, they point to their numerous fleets
• their well appointed forces, and to their system ■
I ol finance; they claim the exclusive inheritance ‘
jol ihe ocean ; they boast ot their tighis and ;
j pre-eminence, and top tiie climax oi injus
tice, they applaud, piumoke and reward the,
authors of the most obnoxious and ntrociou* ‘
off ence ; offences which have no example noi _
causes of provocation.
These truths, too evident to admit of con-!
tradiction, and too nefarious to aunrit oi pal- :
i liution, have been lately recorded in our nanus, i
• • * . .
hi characters and Un.s which nothing can ob
literate. W c are caiteu to arms, and the
e.di i- re-e hoed by every voice. Age and
youiii, wealth and indigence, ardor anti mouc
latioii, enteiuiti but a single senuuient.
Who, it is asked, lias ot can h we confidence
in the king of England i \V hut American call
beiicve, white he is the o gan ot so much pow
er unit nas oecn tne organ ot so much misclueij
that any treaty, which may be made witli tut
servants will be preserved longer than Uieic may
exist in the mind of the king motives lor pie
seiving it greater than those winch invite lot
t uptime I Neither the l w ot nations, mom’
or inimical justice, are taken into consideration*.
Every tmug will turn upon a single pivot, ..nil
that is the capricious anti unialhoniabic obsa
tiacy ot the king.
Long, too long, indeed, has that gi cat and
gallant nation been entangled and perplexed by ,
the misrule of one, whose age, imbecility, uis-!
case and malady, has every way rehdcieu linn!
an unfit organ of public dimes It is not so; A
nicricuns to question the rights or nioti.es ol
other nations, who support forms of govern-.
meet, or yield to oppressions which we call
tyrannies. It ought to satisfy 11s that vve a.e
highly favored with u clegice of political liber
ty, which is unknown to othei parts of the
world.—Here every man constitutes ina diicet
manner, a part ol the govern met ot his coun
try ; perhaps, therefore, many may enter
tain notions that the inhabitants of,Great-Bri-.
tain enjoy equal privileges. If it w r ere so; if,
as is the case m the United States, the powers
ol government emanated directly from the peo- !
pie, then vve might justly impute lo the flriiisii
nation, the many injuries which we have re
ceived from the officers and agents of the go
vernment. 1 his, 11 is well known is not the
fact. I ne pe pie are the instruments of a pow
er which they cannot control, oi a species of
mdiicot tyranny winch is organised at the idol
ol the tht one, and will not cease to exist as
long ai tne pie.eut order ol things snail be the
rule of action.
Ao far as respects the injuries which have
be 111 received, u. those vv lm.ll may happen du
ring the present reign, ;hc nation does not de
serve to be blamed, l'hev are ennutgiedin toil,
which they cannot loosen by ordinary means.
Patriotism and popirar ti.euis have been vainn
asserted by the most celebrated men of modern
times. Their . Hurts, instead of convincing
the king or rousing ttie people, terminated 111
their being removed from office ; thus they
have lost their usefulness, the people their ser
vices, and the nation is once more compelled
to bow is haughty head and receive a gracious
yoke from the hands of those who have given
an untied devotion to the cause of war, oppres
sion and desolation.
The age, infirmities, and maladies of the
king h v e induced many to suppose, that death
or disability would, before tins day, and may,
even vet, shortly relieve the na'ion, and conse
quently the world, from an odious system of
oppression, which has no example in ancient
and modern times. Relief to the British nation
willalsv lead to relief for the United States.
1 he chains of tyranny may be broken, and the
nation niuv yet. ere long, Ikj not less respecta
ble for its (volitical liberty and national justice,
tliun it has been heretofore lamed for arts, sci
ence, enterprise and arms.
l’lie war-worn world calls aloud for tran
quility and peace ; but there Can be no tran
quility, no pe ice, no concord of nations, while
an obstinate and tyraunical luier of a powerful
and gallant nation, chooses to say it shall ncthe
so. Mich is the fate of Gteai-Brnaii',and such
are the reasons for saying that a s ate of
war .between Great-Britain and the United
States is inevitable ; and that theie will be
no substantial change, until death ov revo
lution shall change the destiny of the na
tion. A CITIZEN OF RICHMOND.
FROM THF. BALTIMORE EVENING POST.
JVe have been favored with ‘he following anecdote
oj capt. Chauncy,of the United State* navy, Its
genuine Yankee spirit will not be unpleasant to
our reader& al thi* crisis.
Avery short time since, captain Chauncy
returned from a voyage to the Eust-lndies,
which, under a furlough, he had maue as a
pi i-ate citizen! On the passage home, in the
I idian Ocean, he was brought to by a Britis/i
ship of war of 64 guns, and a lieutenant and 10
01 12 men sent on hoard his step. ‘1 he British
ofiic- r, an impertinent puppy, without tven sa
luting captain C. as a person having any pre
tensions to gentility would have done, immedi
ately ordered one ofhis men to stand a; the hclnr..
Cup. C. jusdy offended, told liissuilo; to knock
any man down who attempted to take his piace
without his (Chauncy’s) orders. The attempt
was made, and the English sailor, by patriotism
paid his tribute of veneration to the nerve ol the
Yankee. The lieutenant ripped out as many
handsome oaths and threats as a person could
wi h, and advanced to take the helm himself—
Chauncy stepped before him, and upon the
’ Englishman’s laying his hand upon it, seized
1 him by the scruff*of the neck and threw him
| overboard into the boat. Upon this, the lieu
| tenant and his men went off, and presently capt.
: C. was boarded hy 60 or 70 men, among them
! the first officer of u his majesty’s ship,” who
: abased captain C. in words, not a little, for his
) treatment to the lieutenant, who replied, I treat
ed the puppy as he deserved—he either did
not know his duty and the manners of a gen
, tlcman, or would not exercise them. You nave
I now a superior force on board the ship— do
, what you please. Captain C. then went on board
the man of war, where he received some more
; compliments from the commodore, to which he
replied in the same manner, without giving
wav one inch to that haughty spirit which
characterises too many of the officers of the
British navy. This spirit probably preserved
him from the effects of their violence, and he
was dismissed as the d—dest obstinate Yankee
rascal they had ever met with, without their
knowing him as any thing else than the master
of a common East-lndiaman.
Previous to his leaving the British ship capt.
C. very leisurely took a memorandum of the
officers’ names who had insulted him, saying,
“ perhaps I may come athwart you some day,
w hen you shall know who and what I am.”
HINTS TO YOUNG OFFICERS.
In an army, where the officers and soldiers
have both their professions and duties to learn,
s gieat allowance in the commencement must
’ be made ; but patience, attention, and perse-
I verance will sm mount all difficulties. Obedi
j etice comprises nearly the whole of the sol
dier’s duty, the officer has much to perform.
‘ To keep up that spirit that should exist be
■ tween the officers and soldiers, it is not enough
that the soldier should be obedient—the officer
j should be attentive to the health and ease of
I, the soldier, when the necessity of discipline,
1 and the urgency of the service, do not require
J the one to Lie exposed, and the other to be sa
: crificcd.
] In exercise, the soldier should not be kept
■ in a pai ful position longer than necessary.
On a march, attention should be paid to fre
quent cnanges of position, as not to produce
more fatigue than can be avoided. A raw sol
dier feels great pain in standing with shoulder
ed arms for thirty minutes together, while the
officers are settling some plans of parade, or,
what is less excusable,talking upon someindif
fereut subject. By bringing the soldier to an
order, he is at ease, and ready to perform his
next morion with spirit and alacrity. Upon a
march the soldier who has carried arms for
half an hour, is more fatigued than he would
be in five hours, by frequent changes. If
marching to meet an enemy, his left arm
would become so cramped as to be almost use
less.
The hours of parade should be judiciously cho
sen, especially at a season, when exposure to
the heat of the sun may he fatal to many va
luable citizens.
Tne quality of the troops ought to be re
garded, and although it may be necessary to
make soldiers of all, men unaccustomed to
severe duly, should not, without actual ne
cessity, be made to undergo exercise that
may prove fatal, and deprive their country
oftheirservices before an enemy appears; they
should be accustomed to fatigue by degrees.
For mere object of parade, five or six hours
are too long to keep a regiment under arms,
exposed to a burning sun in a climate where
the thermometer in the shade is at 90 de
greees. A regiment, in the British service, is
seldom kept under arms for parade more than
two hours at once.
These few hints are thrown out, without
meaning disrespect to any particular officer or
officers, but with a view to promote the harmo
ny that should exist in a service, where all are
embarked in one cause, and with the same ob
ject before them, all having the same interest
at stake, and where the soldier has as much,
and oftentimes more at hazard than his offi
cer.— a: 'folk L.lgcr.
PHILADELPHIA, My 16.
The Helvctius, Captain Bowen, left Cantw*
on the 7th of March. Ten days previous to her
departure, an affray occurred between son e
Chinese and some of* the crew of English
East-India company’s ship, in, which the latur
■ unluckily kiHed a Chinese, for whom, tie
Mainla.il.e demanded a nun ; which being re
fused, the loading of the company’s ship was
stopped; the chief of the English factory had
the Mandarines made acquainted, that unless
they were permitted to pioceed with loadii g
of their ships, he would, on account of the
approach of the S. W. monsoon, dispatch
them as they were, and render the Chinese
responsible for the loss that would occur
thereon.
Captain Rolls, ofhis majesty’s ship Lion, of
64 guns, demanded at the same time, that an
officer and six men, who had been taken by
the Ladrones about one month since, when
attempting to land at Macoa to procure pro
visions, should be restored ; that if they wee
not, he would proceed to obtain redress.
The Chinese Mandarines gave three days
notice to the English factory, that, should they
obstinately persist in not giving them a man,
their supply of provisions should be stopped.
The English had prepared themselves in Case
of any further disturbances, as the ship Lion
of 64 guns, a brig, and a discovery ship then
at Macoa, were held in readiness to proceed
at a momont’s notice, up the river; the Chi
nese had scaled the guns in their forts ; and
very severe consequences were apprehend
ed by the gentlemen of the East-India com
pany.
“Canton, March, 18ID7.
“ The English company are involved in con
siderable trouble. inconsequence of someone
of the crew of their ship Neptune having kill
ed a Chinese, for whose life, this government
have required one ot the cievv to be delivered
up, which has been positively refused—the
refusal has produced the stoppage of all the
Chops for that sliip, and Mouqua (second of
the lioug) by whom she is secured, has been,
with the Linguist for the ship, cat t ied in chains
inside the city. 1 have conversed with Che
ongqua and Conseequa, who have assured
nie, no inconvenience will attend the Ameri
cans ; but assert, positively, a man must be giv
en up.
“ The sailors have behaved most infamous
ly—they battled down and danced on the Span
ish flag, and then destroyed it. Their captains
apologised, and the next day, compelled the
sailors to hoist anew one. Some few 01 the
scoundrels shew a disposition to pull down the
American, and a part of them were in the act of
lowering the Swedish, but were prevented.—
They have burnt one of the Mandarine’s houses
in front of the factories This shameful con
duct has induced the Chinese to determine, no
more sailors shall be permitted to come up on
liberty. It is generally thought the Englsh bu
siness, except in the country, will be stopped in
a day or two. The English, including the Lion
man of war, at the Bocca Tigris, amount to 1600
men. A few days will decide this unfortunate
business.”
ZEAL FOR THE HOUSE OF GOD.
An old Chinese went one day to a missiona
ry, who was in his village, to represent to him
the extreme desire he had of building a church
there. “ Your zeal is laudable,” said the fa
ther to him ; “ but w-e have not now the means
of defraying so great an expence.” “ I aspire
to do -it myself,” replied the villager. T'l.e
missionary accustomed to see him for many
years lead a very poor life, believed him not to
in a situation to accomplish what he promised.
He again praised his good intentions, repre
senting to him the length of the village, con
sequently the large size of a suitable, building,
and his incompetency to so great a work. “Ex
cuse me.” replied the countryman, “ I believe
myself able to do what I propose.” “ But do
you know,” said the father, “ that two thou
sand crowns at least are necessary for such nn
undertaking ?” “ I have them already,” replied
the old man ; “ and if I had not I should not
thus have importuned you.” The missionary
was much charmed at learning that this good
man, whom he had thought very poor, was pos
sessed of so much, and that he wished to em
ploy it so usefully! ; nor was he less surprised,
when, having the curiosity to ask him how he
had been able to procure this sum, he inge
nuously answered, that for forty years since b©
had conceived this design, he had retrenched
from his food and clothing all that was not ab
solutely necessary, that he might have the con
solation before he died of leaving in his village
a house erected to the honor of the true God
THE SPIRIT OF CONTRADICTION.
A woman, faunt’ring near a river’s brink,
From thought,or thoughtleffnes, or drink, ,
No matter which, fel in it—
And, as the story goes,
She ended quickly a 1 her earthly woes,
Was drown’d, to speak more plainly, in a minutei,
Soon as her spouse the tidings knew,
Swift as an arrow to the spot he flew,
The corpse to find,and the lad duties pay.
“ Friend,” cried he,“ with tearful eyes,
If you know where my poor Peggy ties,
Tell me, I pray:”
“ Seek down the stream,” fa id one—“ Ah, no,*
Quoth he,” I’d better upwards go—
The wife on whom I doated,
Was so obstinate a jade,
That, by the mass, I’m much afraid.
She ’gauill the dream hasfloated”