STATE PAPERS, 
an affectionate attachment to the 
society by whom they have been 
fostered, and to the laws under 
_which they have been protected. 
‘That this attack is therefore con. 
sidered as the aggression of the Cha- 
raibs, aided by the lawless banditti 
’ of French inhabitants, traitors to 
their king and country, actuated 
by motives of rapine and murder, 
whose proceedings must be dis- 
avowed by all civilised nations, for 
the following substantial reasons: | 
Because no armed force has been 
Janded im the island by any persons 
ating under the authority of our © 
open enemy. 
Because the Charaib chief, Cha- 
toye, has been acknowledged as the 
general and commander of all the 
forces who have made this unnatu- 
_ral war against us. 
Because the proceedings of the 
‘armed forces were conducted with 
every species of cruelty, by fire, 
murder, and unnecessary devasta- 
tion through every part of the 
windward country, for the succes- 
_sion of many days, when no resist- 
arice was made in that quarter. 
Because many unarmed and vn- 
resisting slaves, without any tip- 
parent provocation, were murdered 
along the different roads through 
the island. 
Because the unfortunate English 
prisoners, taken at Chareau-Bellair, 
about Monday the oth of this 
month, were massacred on the Sa- 
Dorsetshire-hili, in the most barba- 
rous and crucl manner. 
Actuated by these motives, Iam . 
bound to consider the present at- 
tack as a treasonable plot, not con- 
ducted for the fair and avowed ob- 
je€t of conquest, but for the pur- 
pore of exterminating the English 
inhabitants in the country, 
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_ To such an enemy I cannat ap- 
ply the laws of war. They have 
begun the violation of them;. and 
profess to hold them in contempt. 
To those who may come against 
us as an open and avowed enemy, 
and who may by the fortune of war 
fall into our hands, I propose the 
sanie treatment which our coun- 
trymen, who are prisoners, receive 
from them. : 
To those subjeQs of French ex- 
traction, who are faithful to the 
oaths which they have taken, I 
promise protection, and hereby res 
quire all his majesty’s subjects to 
use their utmost endeavours that 
no insult or injury may.be offered 
them. 
As I am still ready and anxious 
to make allowances for those who 
have been seduced from their duty, 
or who may have been relu@antly 
compelled to join a desperate and 
crue] enemy, 1 promise mercy to 
such as may surrender themselves 
on or before the twenry-titth day 
of the present month, provided they 
have not been concerned in any of 
the murders committed, or have 
not been principals in. the present 
unnatural rebellion. f 
Given under my hand and sea! 
of arms, at Fort Charlotte, this 
twentieth day of March, in the 
thirty-fitth year of his majesty’s 
reign, and in the year of our lord 
one thousand seven hundred and 
. ninety-five. 
turday morning following, upon : 
James Seaton. | 
By bis excellency’s command, 
GrorGe SEATON. 
God save the king. 
Orders by General the Duke of 
Richmond. 
Brighton, April 20, 1995. 
THE king haying beet pleased 
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