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London, that the practice of iuipmammtof t ' teamen was legal t but the committee an fired Mm respectfully, but firmly, though in the presence of the king in council "we fcckoowkdge. ihe high, authority of j-our lordship's opinion, but we must drtLre that we are of very different opinion and ' their answer appeared to be applauded by the niftioiu Press gang are conumially fjp posed and muled at sea, by the sailors, . .whencirer they have the mean or the least , hope of escaping. Navy officers .and men . axe ftoinctimca killed, and there is no inqni , aition' for their blood. ' Aa little mise as pOMihle u made alxmt it. It is known to be j jifiaUe homicide to take the life of an amiiantin the nccettary defence of a asaa t Wrty-Thrre is ixH a Jury trt England who would End a verdict of murdorornun lujghter agahut any sailor, on land or at aca, who should kill any one of a prtsa rang in ihe Orccsiary diTcnce of hit liberty from ImpreMmenV Pre nan oft short are of. tea misted by the people, fired on, some of ,liera wouiKkd, sometimes ki!tcd Yet no i Qujition is made for this.' The practice It held In fthhorvnee by the mm-of-wsr's-''. mn themselves. The boatswain of the k&ttfripitr aftef the acriuiul of tf four a a jna saiion, who wtrtprutccutetl in a spe cial court of admiralty at Boston, for killing ellAnt ar.d amiable 0&cr, lieut Panton, as id, thu it a k ind of work In whk h I have . been engaged Un twenty years, L . fithUng with honest taslors, to deprive them o( Uitif i liberty I always tuvptctnl that I rmrt to he hanged Cor iuH bince I have alluded to Uut cav, it trny not be Wit fi rvtoUext aome other circftmnarKft tf iu . , A prcMfwg froa the How, commanded , hy licut. Paoton, with a midshipman and a 1 number of rrdmary teamen, tu'itrdand , tewxlirj a mertha.it shin frwm Ma.M(hcaL belonging to Mr. 1 hprr, at ara The licuu -. rtf i" i . . cnquireti u any r.ntptn i run or ocoten- mm were on Irani I not suliiird Mh wt answer h mcived, h prepared to Math . Ihe ihi? from ttrm to stern. At bst h f'MJ'vI fowrlrthmen retired and conleakd , .in the forepeak. With swrfd and pUtnl be immed'u'ely bid tie g to the rfKkwure al aiimmorwd the men to lwmdT. . Corhet' who had the Cnr4 intrrpidiiy of a tfeWmj "rt atoned, rvtivwtftl, avl laid dow) the iw wnhUwpmiontf ManScld. I Inowwhyouare.YouartthcUcutfnantofi n ot w coin'e myi ftress gang to dc fivc meof mv VitjertyV You bave norigut to inpres me I have retreated fhmvyo.'. 08 far as I can i I can go no farther," L and my companions are dftterm'me'd to stand our. Uefence, Stand )1FW yThe tailors- withi.i ind without employed their ; usual language i -.. . .i 1- .. j : -it- .i 1 oincr, aoa anuasQipmtn, in ine con- tiwioBtnreu apistoi tntotne lorepeax ?t Drose aji arm of b, of wnrr.Corbett,Vho btood juices anu aenancct yrim -uenir ;rtjcatfd what: heated; before' 8sud,imd ;raarkingl a lint widi a htrpooi in; the taltl ;wth which thff ship was joaded, taidYou are; determined to depnye me of my liberty and I am determined to defend it. If vou Wcp oyer ,w I shall icbrisidcr it a$ a. : .r ...:. .. ' 1.. ' 'i, i i- . pwi mai yovt, afx ueierniinea to impress mc, and by tLf i. eternal God ef'ffettven yvu? are ' a dead manV fr Aye,4nX d,''aid ihe lreuu" I have teen many, a If ff fellow before nW Taking hw.anufffXI out of his pocVct, nnd taklnj a pinch 'of snuff, fie very aeiiDeratcty. ateppea over me line baa attempted to teizci Corbett.' The latter drawing back his Aim, and driving hit har- V' wun mi nis ' iorcc, cut on uic caroua artery and jugular vein;, and laid the lieut. deaa At his fecK" Jt'Rose teat & remfprce ment-to -'the press gang j broke down the bulk! head, and seized the, four Irishmen, i . '-i -..'tr.''' ana orougm inrni ro inai or piracy anu murder. 'The court consisted of governor t i i" '. nr . ' t' tf iernaro, governor eni;wonn, cniei jusiice Hutchinson, judge Achmuty, commodore Hood himself, who' then commanded MI the ships of war on the station, how a peer of -L' . I. t ... . ri ' tnc urrusn empire, anuiweive oc.nitecn O thert, counsdlcrs of Massachusetts, New lLimpehire, and llhodeIsland "After the trial, the president of the court, governor Urrnurd, pronounced the, judgement of the court, that the action of Ac prisoners was jistiri:ibk homicide,ndn this opinion the whole court was unanimous Ine tuilor w ho was wounded in the arm,' brought an action against the midshipman,' and com modore. Hood himself interposed and made compensation to the tailor, to hit tatisfac .1 Ik tA 1 . uon, aiier wnnn tne atcMiws wjM.s Vcw uch was the impreumcst of teamen, atlt ttoou oy uw, oetore our revolution -I he author of my text, then carries hit courtly complaisance to the'Englith govvrnmetit, farther than governors Bernard, and Hutch lnaon, and even than lord Hood carried it, when we were a part of the British empire. He thinks, that at every nation hat a rigl to the service of iu subject in tiint of war, ha proclamation of tlie king ot Great- Bri tain, commanding hit naval officers to prac tise such inipreumrnta, on board, not only the rvatila of hit own subjects, but, of tlie United States; a futign ntion, could hot (umiah the slijhttst ground, tor an emljor go fit Is not necessary for me to says that any thing could fumuh a sudcient ground lor an embargo, .jpr any long time i this i Ifefcm merchgnttoBUH'resuua Britian'pku TrawMgKMpUt oftiiei' I tfe 06 the hjgh'sas, &'.infeiee bt their: bfficenj-.!': faejieveto' Minewhat better r ' ' - ' . ""i'ui wmuMnuH ui m auuer, tuuit muus. mevaii seen to n .- , , ' hif.and then' anake their esratwOand aftpp jwrriuig to 5alem;! be prosecutfcdV uU fd raen a' - I lobe of the nvppnon idiat. the world J V- Vras made for the British natjpty and that " iill nature arifl nitii-. uf.r. fl, . ' f S '? jrtMratmade the watchwond m our late e yjfWwH tlie; vo'tea in pur greatest nurserie ainfntor exaniplevwbalcaujin Ma? , :att la BwwtiJWtijandwkru imd'other piacla oaCane Cod. in Nantitcket and tht i Vineyi,,andother places sefined to shew uiai our seamen preicrrea to oe emoorgoea rather than go to st a and be imprpsicd, l f, U. No doubt, it wU W said, ?thai we have nothing to do with fhe question rarigl and i ltr..... tii- ' ? ' vuiH-criiuijc juc ipuuy ur uiegauiy oij nn. ; pressm.eots. This, 'as long at they ,confin the law and the practice to their own coun try, and to their own teameh, is readihac knowledged. ,v,We shall leavelhem to jus tify1 their own usage whether tt it a tner -iliuao-Or alegitiiutc 'cstoia t4 iatr'fcv.! consciencet, to their own tense of equity, humanity or' policy. . But, when they ir-' rogatc right and presume, I . in fact, 'rU, ' transfer their :!usurpauons to fortSgn na tions, orrathcr to Americans,' whom they, presume to distinguish from4 all other fo reign nations, it becomes the, interest, th.A right and ihcindispensablesluty of our go vernment, to enquire Into the nefarious nil -' tare of it in Enguuid,in order t6 expose the greater turpitude of it, when transferred to us, as well, at tq O)pose' and resist it to th ; utmost of their power, and kit equauY th' duty , of the people to finpport their govern ment, in such cuoKitirm. tn fKr lawt r'rtrr mity. . . u . Pmmt me s now to enquire, what .wi;. be , the - effects of an established law and practice of British imptessmcnUof teamenv from American ships, upon the commerce, the navigation and the peace of the United States, and, alovc all, i$on the Uturit and mindt effur leameru ' . vi V - i- V, la considering those Innumerable gan gers, from wiudsand tea, rocks Widslioult, Af -wbkh-all thija. are exposed, k their, voyages, tn owner ana muter most tit down together, in order to terminate the number of teamen necessary for the voyage. They must calculate the chances fim pressment, engage a supernumerary list o a-ulors, that" they may be able to spare aa many at the British Qcutenant shall please to take and have enough left to secure the tafwty of the ship and cargo, above all the lives of the master and ciw. They know not how. many Bntih ships of war they may inert, nnr how many tailors the con science of each lieutenant tnay allow him to impress. ' For the lieutenant it to be judye, jury, shcrifT and jailor, to every teaman in American vessel. , He is to try many ira. porta nt qoestiont of law and of fact AVne- tncrtne taiiornva native oi Arncncai wnc Uane to the responsibility 9I out prttiderit, 1 titer he hot been lawfully naturalized in A v"MB uu wuoia were creaiea lortne j aignir and omnipotence of idle British ta ?It w impossible to fituie to ourse-ltr-a. . f Imagination, .this solenin tribunal and venerable.! judgtJ; without saiilinih till the oumiiinou of our country comet into our nougnts, ana mtemipoj the sense .ot r mi- .r lt umv y inejears ot grlet or Vengeance. 4 v Hirh on a ihlendid . wAiVA Theiicuienant axamint."S the rminronanr . he 'ga and Aif of every seaman. LikVt . netaireori old. commandA him tn .iV:-...r ' that he may know: him. He nmnnnn. fet hit' accent and dialect ib be that o tha " tetutors, and rrpretentaiivct in congress. But. Itav with con (idener, that It furnish ed tufbcleot ground for derbirathn e Wart Not the murder of Tierce, npr aii the murders, onboard live Chesapeake, nor all the other injuries and tosuhs, we hav i ceived from totriim luuions, attrociout at they have been, can be of such dangcrvm,, usiuig anu prmicioiM consequence to tlflt country, at this proclamation, if .we have tcrvilitV tnouth to submit to it. '.. 1 nai wouui me auutor 01 my tttt itave advised f Would he counsel the president to ttipuljt in a trraty Uh Crcat-Britain,' that ris navy 0 ihe en should lor ever hcrv aftcr have 1 right vUH American mcr thantshin, aiU Impms from them all KnetUh, Scotch, and Irivh teamen I Wilt he be to good aa to csplUa the distiocuon brtwrea thipm. Arc rrnt merchant thipt un-, dcTlhejuriiKlictxin and entitled to the pro ifctiott of the fawt of thc'ir'country wpon the high sets, as muib as ship of war f It not a mmhant at much the territory of the UnSfrdStatft at a ship of war! .Would the aiithcf of my ten oUige the pm'ideyt mlfGnrrmto acquitsct tntilnf, umUrr tliM procUmxtion, and permit it to be se cuud for tif hcrtaftcr I Would tc4 sueh. a tame and n'.W.t acqtilrnce, at tffeual 1y, field the p'.nt, tod ctJ4iah the irt tice if a ttlttc,mt m tprrs rtipufaUon hi a aoW treaty I If the United Sttlet ri is powttful a navy at Grtat-Brkain, and (Hrt'D. ium at feeth? a firce at rv, ttovn,wovi hedU U;e pmident ci ther w tt(!e th ptitKif4, ly trt aiy, or tquiee ia it, loaikntt f Dis'thcrtum tanre of great power of great wtaipet make trtr altrraKifi in the frine'icle rt the I tiJ.ll S'i.oUdtU t'i-uia tir cncf aa A . . . . ... mem a whcincr ne it ,aa . tngli&liman, Scotchman or IrUhman 1 whether tmigta tcd to America before the revolution, or tincef Indeed, n rvtriKt u t U admitted ef any naturalization by tur Ara t, in any cj the lUitet, sine the rrti ktiony-f bfcrt. I a truth, the doctrine of the inherent and in-dcfi-Mible duty of allegiance Is asserted, to jwrtniptorDy, in Ae crot lamatkm, that the iL'Ulciudtr may tliink it his' duty to imitrss evtiy man who wat born In the BrUWi do- miuiotii. It may be tltc op'udim of this Uarned judgeliU Uie connertkNi Utvrcin U kiog and tubject,' is to tarred and di vine, thlt alkjriatwe caunut be dived by any treaty the king hat tiuu!r, or even bv an act of parliamenU ; And ihli fim tentU menl miry tvjrd us all ti imfretimctit, at tnce 1 hi however, muant. Hie LVuU St to trier the captain of th mrrvlunlmin to lay before' hira 4 livt fi his crs w l he then itommand thetrtw lo be rmen d,br nturtcrrd, or summoned to pa in review ..before him. A ttihunal tiuglit to be rrcal-Tic lif uirmnt is to be the jMge,MAKsed of greater anlhoti tytbaathe thirl luiuce v anv U enir states, or even than the thief Justice tif the Uaited Sutc- Thi midh5ptian is to tie clei k, and the bvauwain shtnfiT cr mjrhaL And ho art those hculcn.mti f Ojmtnon !y Very t-ounjrenUvrnffi, they oungtr tons ol.weahhy families,' whil have prOCttnd their commiuKKvi to give them an honora U lirinff, totfJ cfiHittu thtm ar:irrn- licet to trade1, mcrthandi w. Is w, pbrsic, or djvlnitW Ihcir educMkm, their ttpcti cnet, their majiftm, their prtMij Wttff o willktrtwn, thu I n taynrHhir, of thent. Lord Ket'i-il taiil, 1jU he knew ll.e milm of BiiuMt seamia to Uf!! di MtMta.d A -rid t I emigrants from all these coun- nes and retain tinctute-df the language dt'athrs.v These will be decided to be nekinKssubiects. 'Manw will h faun,! w. e emigrants or the detcendanu of emi -nn s, from Germ anv. Holland. Swm1iw France, Spain, Portugal or Italy These v will be adjudged by the lieutenant not tobo itauye Amencamw 'U fTo be Continued.) IVi 4-' f Jrofiriat Jitmarki. .: r.: . The federal lactionclaiauiii? the merit of the late propositions to the President of th V oiaics, u tnniiar to a telon at Uw gal- .' owt claiminir the annlauae of the nubile. . heciuse hia viliianiry has exhibited the en- trgy ot the govenunenu The ; principle upon which th late overturetaremade are in every respect different from what. hat . ever b&o, contemplated by the Junta fac' ticm. T hey .have always maintained, thia , ground, Uiatthe Brituh nation would never tondaeend to tnaie probcoalt to the UiJteJ, Stat while wrf returned to hold a rodere- j elipnon could not bring into vie w one tpe- j ". cific propodixion from Urn, till he had tc r 1 moved every thing which had the appear '' - nee of coercion.-, Even the ptxKuma lion wat to be. formally repealtdyuid it it t- " vuknt.that the whole process of this busi- i- nest wu to take a course tohly calculated. I t to weatvti , the energies of the American, I -, jjovtruiuent at to any inilaeiice. resulting , 7 rora their retaliatory measures. Thefae v . : v;. li f j t . t ' k' m'wy approveo 01 uut nign tmca po aition of the British, and reprobated the rrtsident for not. condescending to these term, tu led them atnerepunctijlioi which never ought to be adhered to sidUnf acd the Pre idmt to submit to ancgotiatioa oa . the 1 dcgtjidipjf .condiuon nuv ,the pa pers of tiurt day will show how clamorouiL the faction was in consequence of the dig nified drponm-iit assumed by Mr. Jeffrry sen, in itiUithgtiq the powers of Mr.Jtioae , btbtif made : known to him be fore he, would rcUx.in hit conduct. , la this part of tho husincsa brtwcm Britain and the United . , Sum,, the faction cannot pretend fotayj dui they have brought alwut Um W ro KItl4i by Mr. Ertkinc. So far from 105 wdnt bebg now calicd 00 tortpt hit procbrnauembciieanyovtiruirtt arc made", tlie whule business it explicitly itHtrd its the first communication, and the ground work aU tle preliminary aiticlcs arc of fefd fjr the.contidcratioB ol the govern menf. It acemt then that die Lite noukrfi CarrfuDy ariidcd the fornKr dufaty Sc ftrmmg uutthe tpmt of the jemmeot totild rrH )lekl to such lii'mil.uing terms as were pnjfd by; Mr. fivj Mr Erf line brf so in the first instance tu till hrt IdM maj. sty would d', btftc he 1 j rt, pret th "Vfstdm to nDnq ji Jn-tr dc ' ntartds, or relax in our mcstuies. Il-r then thcvderalf any art tomi lct K ba(7!cd by UJ: rmttesof Mr. Jr0trvuti,atul w . Iiive the Urpior! to f.nd, that lle ilrtUslt govrmmstit ' not th innoUiKe l pro pnse ih ucrogntory terma to hit auo s:wirT : -.., - . Botofall foRies U ahsurdiuVt, the prttrml rd tlm of merit from thcrt on tU rrc wnt osTrffft it the most ridiculrnM. iW It rmt rmr ofli fed ty pml'miii 4 un tho nm-, intercourse hw, 4ikh has' Ifo trm tt vm4y rrpt4-nttj by th-f trinn tt.aa n tS m'nrrw It w ral!-J a rw tn'-vrJi iuWtfup, (fcUtdaud to fJiiti ifh, rRlnl i ll as tai l, lht Vi Vf tt ', trt tvict'.W ivr tvni'Hi f et il H i . V.-. ' ' ' A- t. : ?' - : . . t
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