A Letter to the Hon. Harrison Gray Otis ... On the Present State of Our National Affairs, With Remarks Upon Mr. Pickering's Letter to the Governor of the Commonwealth
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Suppose the crime had in every instance, as by its consequences it has been in many, deliberate murder. Would it an- i? "Siwer or silence the voice of our complaints to be told that the number was small ? 2. The impossibility of distinguishing English from American seamen is not the only, nor even the most frequent occasion of impressment. Look again into the returns from the Department of State — you will see that the officers take our men without pretending to enquire where they were born ; s...ometimes merely to shew their animosity, or their contempt for our country ; sometimes from the wantonness of power. When they manifest the most tender regard for the neutral rights of America, they lament that they want the men. They regret the necessity, but they must have their complement. When we complain of these enormities, we are answered that the acts of such offi- cers were unauthorized ; that the commanders of Men of War, are an unruly set of men, for whose vio- lence their own Government cannot always be answer^ able, that enquiry shall be made — A Court Martial is sometimes mentioned — And the issue of Whitby's Court Martial has taught us what relief is to be ex- pected from that.
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