| 单词 | impressment |
| 例句 | He opened it with much impressment—assumed, of course—and showed a great bundle of white flowers. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z It recognized England’s right to retain tariffs on American exports while granting English imports most-favored status in the United States; it implicitly accepted English impressment of American sailors. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Outraged by British impressment of American sailors into the Royal Navy, he banged the drum for war, declaring that “the liberty of our sailors and their redemption from slavery” were at stake. John C. Calhoun: Protector of Minorities? 2021-02-16T05:00:00Z The crew was a combustible mix of regular sailors, marines and impressed crewmen — impressment being a kind of slavery wherein men were kidnapped and forced to serve for an indefinite period. As Scorsese preps his "Flower Moon," David Grann's new book takes to the high seas 2023-04-14T04:00:00Z The treaty did not address the important issue of impressment, however—the British navy’s practice of forcing or “impressing” American sailors to work and fight on British warships. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z When impressments continued and the Orders in Council remained, Madison asked for war on June 1, 1812. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z The impressment of American sailors meant that Americans were being captured and forced to work on British ships. myWorld: Building Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s far worse to compare the Trump administration’s actions to Tuesday’s mostly rosy rhetoric, and to conclude that the impressment of those rituals, those locales, was anything but sincere. Commentary: To President Trump and the GOP, America is just a prop 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z The European Commission’s impressment of the insurance industry to fund infrastructure sounds like predatory behavior. The Subprime Superhighway 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z One major cause was the British practice of impressment, whereby American sailors were taken at sea and forced to fight on British warships; this issue was left unresolved by Jay’s Treaty in 1794. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Going further, angry mobs had mobilized in 1747 to protect sailors from impressment, or forced service in the British navy. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z British interference with trade, British impressment, and the desire for expansion westward into British Canada soon led Madison to agree with people who supported going to war against Great Britain. myWorld: Building Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Mayo spent the next three weeks helping to prepare the Wasp, a sloop of war armed with 18 guns, for coastal patrol, to guard against British seizure of American cargo and impressment of American seamen. Alternate Uncle Sam Spotted in the Mists of New York History 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z The British lack of manpower led London to order the seizure of U.S. ships and the impressment of British-born sailors into the Royal Navy. The Inevitability Of Foreign Entanglements 2014-07-09T04:00:00Z The British Government would not consent to mingle it up with the subject of impressment generally, and refused to take any steps whatever towards reparation, until the President's hostile proclamation was withdrawn. The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:39.100Z Now it was evident, both to the English and American commissioners, that articles on neutral rights and the impressment of seamen, were useless. The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:38.213Z And to prevent the need of impressment, the Government did well in establishing the Royal Naval Reserve. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z On the contrary the question of impressment is made the basis of continuing the war. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z He constantly protested against flogging in the army, the impressment of sailors and imprisonment for debt. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" 2012-02-24T03:00:27.173Z He then went into a review of the causes that led to the war, to show that the government had acted with forbearance and moderation, and at length took up the subject of impressment. The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:39.100Z This convention, however was never ratified by the United States, on account of the absence of any provisions to restrain the impressment of British sailors serving on board of American ships. The Oregon Territory Its History and Discovery 2012-02-22T03:00:27.207Z General Wentworth called a meeting of the Council on 23rd November, and it was ordered that the Solicitor-General should proceed to prosecute all persons belonging to the ships war who had been engaged in impressments. History of Halifax City 2012-01-26T03:00:13.263Z Philadelphia, July 9th, 1781,494 The French naval commander desires permission to recruit his forces by the impressment of French seamen. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Volume X (of 12) 2012-01-23T03:00:12.850Z He constantly protested against his impressment, but without avail. Nurse and Spy in the Union Army The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields 2012-01-07T03:00:15.907Z The public ear had become accustomed to the tales of impressment and charges of the invasion of neutral rights. The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:39.100Z But the officers found that they could only get a small portion of the produce by impressment or tax in kind. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z Several riots on the wharves having occurred in consequence of the press, proclamation was issued demolishing all impressments except under the sanction of the Governor and Council. History of Halifax City 2012-01-26T03:00:13.263Z The treasury was empty, the Assembly most chary in granting impressment warrants, and practically all the governor could offer in the way of help was his unlimited good will. Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism 2011-11-23T03:00:55.563Z Will the United States government protect such persons against impressment into the military service? Government in the United States National, State and Local 2011-11-16T03:00:28.590Z But the impressment of American citizens, massacres in the north, and outrages along the sea coast, so aroused the national indignation, that both words and efforts became powerless before it. The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:39.100Z If the government has not the gold, it must impress it, or if there is no law for the impressment, the gold must be taken without the law. From Manassas to Appomattox Memoirs of The Civil War in America 2011-12-28T03:00:39.977Z We find Captain George of the Hussar receiving permission from the Council to fill up the complement of his men by impressment. History of Halifax City 2012-01-26T03:00:13.263Z He studied philosophy and history at the university of his native town, but immediately on taking the degree of Magister in 1723, fled to Leipzig in order to evade impressment in the Prussian military service. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z Now his fleet and disciplined army, recruited by impressment and concentrated under his eye, enabled him to get revenue from all the ports and to hold the provinces in check. The South American Republics Part I of II 2011-11-06T02:00:14.827Z I told him that I had hired him to Athens for such a price, and that I had saved him from impressment, and consequent loss of wages, by the soldiers, which he admitted. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z I suppose you will find it proper to take notice of the impressment of American seamen by the Captains of British vessels, and procure a list of such captains and report them to their government. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z “I wish,” he said with unusual impressment, “that you would do something to please me.” Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor 2011-08-31T02:01:28.960Z There is, perhaps, no one of the papers written by Mr. Webster as Secretary of State, in which so much force of statement and power of argument are displayed as in the letter on “impressment.” The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 2011-07-27T02:00:32.830Z “That roquelaure became mine by what you might call impressment, and ‘thereby hangs a tale’ which you shall hear anon. Peggy Owen at Yorktown 2011-07-17T02:00:35.830Z To offset these new restrictions, bounties were to be given on naval stores produced in the colonies and shipped to England and in 1707 colonial seamen were exempted from impressment in the royal navy. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z “Clearly she has acted under undue influence from you so far, young man,” Allen continued with impressment. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z But we have no law of impressment in the South to sever the family ties of either blacks or whites. Cannibals all! or, Slaves without masters 2011-03-06T03:00:21.020Z These were the affair of the “Caroline,” that of the “Creole,” and the question of impressment. The Works of Daniel Webster, Volume 1 2011-07-27T02:00:32.830Z Wilt see that it is exempted from impressment? Peggy Owen at Yorktown 2011-07-17T02:00:35.830Z The men were for the most part voluntarily enlisted from existing corps, though deficiencies had immediately to be made good by impressment. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" Captain Lafitte made a formal protest against these so-called rights of search and impressment aboard an American sloop sailing from the neutral port of New Orleans to the unblockaded port of Vera Cruz. A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois They went so far, in private conversation at least, as to maintain the British right of impressment; and even the Orders in Council were defended by Gardenier, a leading Federalist, and a member of Congress. Thomas Jefferson Another grievance which helped to swell the tide of resentment against Great Britain, was the frequent impressment of American seamen, a wrong to which they were particularly exposed from national similarity. The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools He prevented also the hanging of men for resistance to impressment, and pointed out its illegality, since the men were not subject to martial law. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" Forcible impressment to naval service was the worst that could befall the traders' men. Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war He was an enemy to impressment and to flogging; and so kind was he to his crew, that he obtained amongst them the honourable name of father. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" Monroe, in conjunction with Mr. Pinckney, our minister to England, sent back a treaty which contained no reference whatever to the matter of impressments. Thomas Jefferson Sharp opposed the impressment of sailors and the system of duelling; encouraged the distribution of the Bible, and advocated parliamentary reform. Old and New London Volume I For this purpose he ordered an impressment of transportation in Nashville and the vicinity, making a clean sweep of every thing that ran on wheels. History of Morgan's Cavalry The Prince-Bishop of Liége had committed the heinous crime of resisting the impressment of his subjects kidnapped by the recruiting sergeants of the Prussian King. German Problems and Personalities The Secretary seems unable to avert the storm brewing against the extortioners; but permits impressments of provisions coming to the city. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital The Chesapeake affair, the right of impressment, the British decrees and orders directed against our commerce,—all these causes of offense had been tangled into a complication which no man could unravel. Thomas Jefferson From Smollett also we might have more—especially more like his letter to Wilkes on the subject of the supposed impressment of Johnson's negro servant Frank, which we hope to give here. A Letter Book Selected with an Introduction on the History and Art of Letter-Writing It was very difficult to procure wagons, except by purchase or impressment from the citizens, and those so gotten were of course inferior. History of Morgan's Cavalry The days of the corvée were now passed, and harsh impressment no longer compelled the habitant to fight on short rations and without pay. Old Quebec The Fortress of New France He anticipates a collision between the Confederate and State authorities on the impressment question. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital And even impressment is never adopted but on those extreme emergencies which can seldom happen, and which may never happen again in the life of man. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 On my return this day, I learned with great surprise and mortification, that the motion for an impressment had been rejected, private motives having superseded those of general good. The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. IX A committee from the Boston town meeting, going in eleven chaises to Bernard at his country seat, secured from him a promise to stop impressments, and a statement of his desire for conciliation. The Siege of Boston Monroe and Pinkney were enjoined, in the instructions written by the secretary of state, to make the abandonment of impressment the first condition of a treaty. James Madison A committee of the Grand Jury yesterday submitted a paper to the President, on the subject of provisions—indicating the proximity of famine, and deprecating impressments. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital But he faithfully reconsidered the subject, and concluded to enter the navy by voluntary enlistment, thus escaping impressment, which would be an outrage upon his manhood. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History This was the seizure and impressment of men employed on board neutral vessels, and compelling them to enter the navy of a foreign country. Louis Philippe Makers of History Series Both men and sailors were raised by impressment. The History of London The most serious difficulty in the way of negotiation had been the question of impressment. James Madison The quartermasters in Texas are suggesting the impressment of the cotton in that State. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital At that time the system of impressment was in vogue, and when Britain wanted sailors she took them, wherever and whenever she could find them. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History By the report of the Legislature of Massachusetts upon the subject of impressments, it would appear that no more than sixteen had been impressed from this Commonwealth. A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, 2nd ed. Late A Surgeon On Board An American Privateer, Who Was Captured At Sea By The British, In May, Eighteen Hundred And Thirteen, And Was Confined First, At Melville Island, Halifax, Then At Chatham, In England ... And Last, At Dartmoor Prison. Interspersed With Observations, Anecdotes And Remarks, Tending To Illustrate The Moral And Political Characters Of Three Nations. To Which Is Added, A Correct Engraving Of Dartmoor Prison, Representing The Massacre Of American Prisoners, Written By Himself. Since neither France nor Great Britain would accept the opportunity to make a friend of the United States, the captures went on; and England added the impressment of American seamen from American merchant vessels. The Mentor: The War of 1812 Volume 4, Number 3, Serial Number 103; 15 March, 1916. Two years later the administration was glad to accept a treaty of peace in which impressment was not even alluded to. James Madison Brown, Georgia, writes the Secretary that he is opposed to impressments, and that the government should pay the market price—whatever that is. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital This impressment was not always confined to British seamen, and this system was one of the causes which led to the war of 1812 between England and the United States. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History The late Governor Gerry, in one of his communications to the legislature of Massachusetts, when speaking of the impressment and ill usage of our seamen by the English, calls a British man-of-war "a floating Pandemonium." A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, 2nd ed. Late A Surgeon On Board An American Privateer, Who Was Captured At Sea By The British, In May, Eighteen Hundred And Thirteen, And Was Confined First, At Melville Island, Halifax, Then At Chatham, In England ... And Last, At Dartmoor Prison. Interspersed With Observations, Anecdotes And Remarks, Tending To Illustrate The Moral And Political Characters Of Three Nations. To Which Is Added, A Correct Engraving Of Dartmoor Prison, Representing The Massacre Of American Prisoners, Written By Himself. Owing to ravages of yellow fever go to Jamaica to obtain more seamen—Difficulties and humours of impressment—Author attacked by yellow fever—Proceed to Cape St. Nicholas mole—Great mortality among the officers. A Sailor of King George Some negotiations followed, but, decrees and orders being out of the way, there was nothing left to negotiate about except the question of impressment. James Madison Everywhere the people are clamorous against the sweeping impressments of crops, horses, etc. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital Cook's ship was in the Thames at this time, and he was liable to impressment, for mates were not exempt, though captains were. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Although our good natured captain laughed at this joke, I confess I could not; all the horrors of impressment rushed on my mind. A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, 2nd ed. Late A Surgeon On Board An American Privateer, Who Was Captured At Sea By The British, In May, Eighteen Hundred And Thirteen, And Was Confined First, At Melville Island, Halifax, Then At Chatham, In England ... And Last, At Dartmoor Prison. Interspersed With Observations, Anecdotes And Remarks, Tending To Illustrate The Moral And Political Characters Of Three Nations. To Which Is Added, A Correct Engraving Of Dartmoor Prison, Representing The Massacre Of American Prisoners, Written By Himself. On another occasion he is said to have taken a man out of a British ship in retaliation for the impressment of an American seaman by H.M.S. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" Their places had been supplied, from time to time, by new enlistments, or by impressment and conscription. Pyrrhus Makers of History Last night and early this morning the Jews and others were busy, with hand-carts and wheelbarrows, removing barrels of flour from the center to the outskirts of the city, fearful of impressment. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital An illustration still closer to the point is that of impressment. The Subjection of Women Mental reason, or impressment plying its parts as touching these mingled, and confusion atmospheres, proving that all things affect us, consciously or otherwise, relating to life. Cupology How to Be Entertaining Not only had the latter supplied him with all manner of information, but his authority had been employed on more than one occasion in the matter of impressment. The Loyalist A Story of the American Revolution Boys under eighteen years of age bound to masters of merchant ships were exempted from impressment for three years from the date of their indentures; which documents were in duplicate, and exempt from stamp duty. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Commissary-General Northrop writes to the Secretary that the hour of emergency is upon us, and that Gen. Lee’s name may “save the cause,” if he proclaims the necessity of indiscriminate impressment, etc. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital To this there is no logical answer except “I will not:” and as people are now not only ashamed, but are not desirous, to rob the labourer of his hire, impressment is no longer advocated. The Subjection of Women Well, we now-a-days would think this impressment cruel—cruel to take men away from their homes and avocations, perhaps never to see their country more. As We Sweep Through The Deep So deliberate a course was not suited to the summary methods of impressment, nor to the urgent needs of the British Navy. Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 PROTECTIONS, on Paper, against impressment, were but little regarded. The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. Our government blundered in sanctioning the schedule of prices fixed by the commissioners on impressments for the next two months. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital They also complained of the impressment into the British service of seamen from on board American vessels, and the exclusion of American shipping from the trade to the British West Indies. Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. Chatham praised his "firmness," but disapproved his action, for impressment was, he said, constitutional and in times of emergency necessary. The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration This tendency of British seamen to take employment in colonial ships is worthy of note, as foreshadowing the impressment difficulties of a later day. Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 Save for the irrepressible marauding of the Barbary corsairs, and the impressment of our seamen by British ships-of-war, the remnant of Adams' ships would not improbably have been swept out of existence. From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life Watts writes to the Secretary that commissary agents, who ought to be in the ranks, are making unnecessary impressments, leaving to each negro only four ounces of bacon per day. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital More captures, more impressments would swell the list of our wrongs, and the current of our rage. Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. Neither impressment nor flogging was included in the seamen's grievances, but they complained of unjust treatment by officers. The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration Those unfamiliar with the subject should be cautioned that the expression "right of search" is confined here, not quite accurately, to searching for British subjects liable to impressment. Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 In such times the royal navy always relied, for its supply of men, upon impressment, especially of merchant seamen. Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents The merchants of Mobile are protesting against the impressment by government agents of the sugar and molasses in the city. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital Others joined them voluntarily or by impressment till they numbered forty. The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement They were forced to serve in the navy by impressment, and when in port were refused leave to visit their families for fear they should desert. The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration Among them, impressment was given the first place; but up to 1806, when Pinkney was sent as his associate, nothing had been effected, nor does urgency seem to have been felt. Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 Mr. Canning, the British Minister, at once offered reparation, but he objected to any reference to the general question of impressments from neutral vessels being mixed up with an affair so unfortunate. The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 Lyons has granted an injunction, arresting the impressment of flour by the Secretary of War, and Congress is debating a bill which, if passed, will be a marked rebuke to the government. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital A new dispute, especially provocative to the feelings of Americans, had arisen over the question of the impressment of seamen. A History of the United States Alarmed by rumors of a military impressment, hundreds of government clerks, besides officers in the army and navy, came out in their true colors and fled south. History of the United States, Volume 3 The Prime Minister, in room of Mr. Fox, received the envoys on August 5, and, when the American demand was explained to him, defined at once the delicacy of the question of impressment. Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 In 1641 the practice was declared illegal by Parliament; but Parliament might just as well not have troubled itself upon the subject, for the impressment of seamen went on just as if nothing had happened. A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume IV Mr. Seddon is vexed at the unpopularity of the recent impressments by his order. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital But as the impressment was abandoned by England, the war had not been waged wholly in vain. A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III Large mainsails were given them for their boats, with a lighthouse painted on each, and every man obtained besides a silver medal of exemption from impressment. The Story of the Rock Consequently, whatever instrument might result from their joint labors would be liable to rejection at home, because of the failure of the impressment demand. Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 This has arisen partly from circumstances, partly from a series of mismanagement on our part, and partly from the fear of impressment. Diary in America, Series One It is supposed to have been the work of an incendiary traitor; perhaps in retaliation for the recent impressment of flour. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital They had submitted to the most stringent levy of conscription and impressment ever imposed upon a nation. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death The legislatures of the several States were recommended to adopt measures for protecting their citizens against all unconstitutional acts of Congress which should subject the militia or other citizens to forcible drafts, conscriptions, or impressments. Union and Democracy Jefferson persisted in refusing approval to any formal convention which did not provide the required stipulation against impressment. Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 The "Virginia Gazette" gives an account of an early and bold attempt at British impressment of seamen. The Olden Time Series: Vol. 2: The Days of the Spinning-Wheel in New England Gleanings Chiefly from old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts Inveighing against the despotism of the North, the editor takes occasion likewise to denounce the measure of impressment here. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital And yet these very people yielded cheerfully to the constantly insolent, and not infrequently illegal, demands of the impressment officers. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death The reader will scan it in vain for any allusion to impressments, blockades, and neutral rights. Union and Democracy Further, the men taken from the "Chesapeake" were not seized as liable to impressment, but arrested as deserters; the case was distinct. Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 This time the good old British custom of procuring sailors for the king's ships by a system of kidnapping, commonly known as impressment, was the cause of the outbreak. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 Yesterday the lower house of Congress passed a resolution restricting impressments. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital The newspapers gave him aid and comfort in both breaches of discipline; and in some instances, their influence against the conscription and impressments was seriously felt in the interior. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death At the same time new instructions from Washington advised the American representatives that they might drop the subject of impressments if they found it an insuperable obstacle in the way of peace. Union and Democracy Finally, Great Britain's power to maintain her position on impressment had certainly not waned under the "Chesapeake" humiliation, and was not likely to succumb to peremptory language from Madison. Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 Great was the mortification of the American authorities; and the government of Massachusetts, desiring to aid the distinguished Frenchman in every way, offered to complete by impressment. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 A committee of citizens to-day obtained an order from the War Department, for the impressment of all the boots, shoes, blankets, and overcoats in the shops. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital He desires, if possible, to avoid the necessity of impressment, and therefore urges the owners of slave property to volunteer the services of their negroes. History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens In these months of struggle for the rights of neutral commerce, the question of impressments had been relegated to second place in the minds of Americans. Union and Democracy In closing his letter of September 23, Canning asked Monroe whether he could not, consistently with his instructions, separate the question of impressment from that of the "Chesapeake." Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 But, though impressment was not resorted to, a plan hardly less objectionable was adopted. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 A communication from the Secretary of War admits that Gen. W. was authorized to suppress substitute agencies—“but this did not justify impressment and confiscation.” A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital ‘Now, my lads,’ said our captain, ‘if you don’t mind a shot or two, I think I will save you from impressment this time.’ Poor Jack Instead of demanding unconditional reparation for this outrage, Madison instructed Monroe to insist upon an entire abolition of impressments as "an indispensable part of the satisfaction." Union and Democracy Left unatoned, the attack on the "Chesapeake" remained in American consciousness where Jefferson and Madison had sought to place it,—an example of the outrages of impressment. Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 Notwithstanding the danger of Barbary pirates and British impressment, the merchants of the United States were carrying on a thriving trade with France. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 Mr. G. W. Randolph was the counsel of the speculators whose flour was impressed, and yet this man, when Secretary of War, ordered similar impressments repeatedly. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital To save himself from impressment, Cross had dressed himself in long toggery as a captain of a merchant vessel, and was believed to be such. Percival Keene The practice of impressment was an old grievance which seemed to Americans devoid of any justification. Union and Democracy They moved off, as they could get opportunity, towards the British Provinces; and thus many got into the British service, by enlistment or impressment. Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 But in this wholesale impressment they did not persist. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 He attributes this auspicious state of things to the cessation of arbitrary impressments. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital All this time, moreover, reparation for the Chesapeake affair was blocked, since it had been coupled with a demand for the renunciation of impressments, something that no British Ministry would have dared to yield. The Wars Between England and America The practice of impressment continued to harass each succeeding administration. Union and Democracy In principle, Quincy and Monroe differed on the impressment question, but in practical adjustment there was no serious divergence. Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 But the wonder is, that, with this unjust and repulsive system of impressments, the British sailors were so loyal, and fought with the dogged courage that they invariably showed. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 An application has been made to Mr. Secretary Seddon to order the impressment of it all, at schedule prices, which he will be sure not to do. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital On the other side, the American instructions, while hinting that England would do well to cede Canada, made the abandonment of the alleged right of impressments by England a sine quâ non. The Wars Between England and America The system of impressment had done more than anything else to render our navy unpopular, and men were constantly deserting whenever and wherever they found a chance. The Log of a Privateersman Resort to impressment was not merely the act of a high-handed Government, but the demand of both parties in the state, coerced by the sentiment of the people, whose will is ultimately irresistible. Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 Upon these two theories rested the hateful "right of search" and the custom of impressment. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 An impressment or draft would not be likely to bring out the best class, and the use of coercion would make the measure distasteful to them and to their owners. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital It superseded the Boston Port Act and the restraining Acts, absolutely prohibited all commerce with the revolted colonies, and authorized the impressment into the navy of all seamen found on vessels captured under the Act. The Wars Between England and America For centuries that are past, and for all time to come, there, severe toil, poverty, ignorance, the workhouse, or low wages, impressment, and disfranchisement, would seem to be his lot. The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy The boarding officer, who had no authority to take away a bale of goods, decided then and there whether a man was subject to impressment, and carried him off at once, if he so willed. Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 The war spirit grew slowly, and was kept alive by the occasional reports of impressments, or the seizure of American ships by British privateers. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 The articles on impressment and other maritime rights, absolutely rejected by the British, were set aside. Albert Gallatin American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII They justified impressments, spoke respectfully of the British doctrines of trade, and corresponded freely with British public men. The Wars Between England and America If the failure to protest were true, which it is not, the principle involved is entirely different from the one appealed to against unjustifiable impressment of Americans in the British Navy in time of peace. The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915 "Let the right of search and impressment be acknowledged as maxims of public law." Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 The same system of impressment and hiring was necessarily adopted in France. Henry of Monmouth, Volume 2 Memoirs of Henry the Fifth In the matter of impressment of American seamen, he urged the lodging of sufficient power in the executive. Albert Gallatin American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII At this time the chronic grievance of the impressment of seamen from American vessels grew suddenly acute. The Wars Between England and America The Americans were content to have nothing said about impressment; nor was any one of the many illegal rights exercised by England formally abandoned. John Quincy Adams American Statesmen Series Moreover, the men engaged in these short voyages were more immediately at hand for impressment in war, owing to the narrow range of their expeditions and their frequent returns to home ports. Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 The subjects of impressment and blockades were not embraced in it. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail The determining cause was the enforcement of the right of search and the impressment of seamen from American vessels; a practice at variance with the rights and the law of nations. Albert Gallatin American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII To secure supplies, Congress was driven to authorize seizure and impressment of food and payment in certificates of indebtedness. The Wars Between England and America All this while the impressment of American seamen by British ships of war was being vigorously prosecuted. John Quincy Adams American Statesmen Series The welfare of the empire also demanded that native seamen should not be allowed to escape their liability to impressment, by serving in neutral vessels. Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 It was silent on the paramount question of impressment, and left the commercial regulations between the two countries for subsequent negotiation. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail The old irritating questions of impressment and blockade and the exclusion of the United States from the West Indies trade remained. Albert Gallatin American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII Michilimackinac and Fort Niagara and Astoria on the Columbia go back to the United States; but of "impressment" and "right of search" and "embargo of neutrals" not a word. Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom As a matter of fact England had not yielded, and had no intention, as it proved, of yielding on the question of impressment, which was the principal American grievance. The Land We Live In The Story of Our Country The particular instance was only one among several, and interest was then diverted to two other leading points,—impressment and the colonial trade. Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 In the same year he was commissioned Minister Plenipotentiary to England, and endeavored to conclude a convention for the protection of neutral rights, and against the impressment of seamen. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail The articles on maritime rights and impressment were set aside. Albert Gallatin American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII Viewed merely as property, and therefore as the subject of impressment, the service or labor of the slave has been frequently claimed for short periods in the construction of defensive works. The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government His connection with the navy had also led him to be keenly sensitive to the injustice and indignities connected with the impressment of seamen. James Fenimore Cooper American Men of Letters The question of impressment, wrote Madison, "derives urgency from the licentiousness with which it is still pursued, and from the growing impatience of this country under it." Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 These were a repeal of the orders in council, with no illegal blockades substituted, and a discontinuance of the impressment of seamen. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail A short time afterward Lord Castlereagh and the Duke of Wellington expressed friendly dispositions, and the mooted points of impressment and the West India trade were considered by them to be near an arrangement. Albert Gallatin American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII The law of last February contemplates only the relation of the slave to the master, and limits the impressment to a certain term of service. The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government It expressed the two grievances which outweighed all others—the interference with American shipping and the ruthless impressment of seamen from beneath the Stars and Stripes. The Fight for a Free Sea: A Chronicle of the War of 1812 The Chronicles of America Series, Volume 17 Before departure, however, he had written, "The negotiation has not failed in its great objects, ... nor was there ever less cause of complaint furnished by impressment." Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 Monroe replied that his government was willing to accede to this proposition, provided Warren was authorized and disposed to negotiate terms for suspending in the future the impressment of American seamen. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail It included the questions of impressment, the fisheries, the boundaries, and indemnity for slaves. Albert Gallatin American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII On sea and land we settled the question of impressment before negotiations were commenced at Ghent. The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government "Can England?" said Fleda, gently "when her own citizens are not free from the horrors of impressment?" Queechy, Volume II As the satisfactory arrangement of the impressment difficulty was a sine quâ non to the ratification of any treaty, and to the repeal of the Non-Importation Act, this American requirement was necessarily at once submitted. Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 The British government had long been accustomed to resort to the practice of manning their fleet by impressment. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 5 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States The new questions of Cuba, and the old habit of impressment, might at once bring the United States into collision with England. Albert Gallatin American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII A revenue was scarcely less necessary than an army; and it was obvious that the means for carrying on the war must be obtained, either by impressment, or by a vigorous course of taxation. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 4 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States Every article for public use was obtained by impressment; and the taxes were either unpaid, or collected by coercive means. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 3 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States Learning from them that the treaty would not be ratified without a satisfactory arrangement concerning impressment, Canning asked what relations would then obtain between the two nations. Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 The British cabinet disclaimed all pretensions to the impressment of real American citizens, and declared officially a willingness to discharge them, on the establishment of their citizenship. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 5 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States Mr. Gallatin believed that, had Canning lived, he would have opened a negotiation on the subject of impressment. Albert Gallatin American Statesmen Series, Vol. XIII The army subsisted in a great measure by impressments. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 2 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States He secured, we believe, by impressment, another pair of mules and two postillions. The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters Having here no more option than Monroe as to impressment, the negotiation became iron-bound. Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 Our information from London continues to give us hopes of an accommodation there on both the points of 'accustomed commerce and impressment.' Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 From the debates on the subject of our seamen, I am afraid as much harm as good will be done by our endeavors to arm our seamen against impressments. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 Only by the most extreme measures, by impressment and the release of criminals willing to accompany the expedition in order to get page 32out of jail, were crews finally provided. American Men of Action The most exasperating was the impressment of American seamen to serve in the English navy. The Man Without a Country An indispensable condition, however, was the abandonment of the practice of impressment from American vessels. Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 When the British treaty of 180- arrived, without any provision against the impressment of our seamen, I determined not to ratify it. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 The author has already denounced the practice of impressment, ante, chapter 26, note 27. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official But the system of impressment is no respecter either of pity or person. Israel Potter It is in vain to set up the plea of necessity, and to allege that she cannot exist without the impressment of HER seamen. American Eloquence, Volume 1 Studies In American Political History (1896) The Orders in Council having been revoked, impressment remained the only outstanding question upon which the United States was absolute in its demand. Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 Two items alone in our catalogue of wrongs will for ever acquit us of being the aggressors; the impressment of our seamen, and the excluding us from the ocean. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 Sir Matthew Decker, in a passage quoted by Mr. McCulloch, says, 'The custom of impressment put a freeborn British sailor on the same footing as a Turkish slave. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official Originally he had fled to the capital to avoid the dilemma of impressment or imprisonment. Israel Potter The Government, upon this, requested me to resort to impressment, which I declined, telling them, moreover, that the captain of the British frigate then in port would not permit his countrymen to be impressed. Narrative of Services in the Liberation of Chili, Peru and Brazil, from Spanish and Portuguese Domination, Volume 1 At home, the hour's burning question was that of English and Spanish depredation at sea, attack upon neutral ships, confiscation and impressment of American sailors. Lewis Rand The continuance of the war will fix the habit generally, and out of the evils of impressment and of the orders of council, a great blessing for us will grow. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 The cruel practice of impressment for the royal navy is authorized by a series of statutes extending from the reign of Philip and Mary to that of George III. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official He refused to approve a treaty that had been signed on the last day of 1806 by his four commissioners in London, chiefly because it provided no precise guarantee against impressment. The War With the United States : A Chronicle of 1812 A few questions designed to bring out the imperative necessity of English resistance to Napoleon will make clear the hostile commercial decrees, impressment, and interference with the rights of neutral ships. The Teaching of History The Greek cities, though with much murmuring, submitted to this arbitrary impressment, having no other alternative; but Pyrrhus soon proceeded to even harsher measures. Plutarch's Lives, Volume II Her orders of council will no doubt be taken care of by the allied powers, and, war ceasing, her impressment of our seamen ceases of course. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 But many British sailors sought security from such impressment by desertion in American ports or were tempted to desert to American merchant ships by the high pay obtainable in the rapidly-expanding United States merchant marine. Great Britain and the American Civil War On the subject of impressment, or 'Sailors' Rights,' he was clearer still: 'The simplest rule will be that the vessel being American shall be evidence that the seamen on board of her are such.' The War With the United States : A Chronicle of 1812 In 1822 he also published Suggestions for the abolition of the present system of impressment in the Naval Service, a pamphlet which is said to have made him unpopular with Royalty. Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2 In addition to these complications was the question of the right of search for the impressment of British seamen and for the suppression of the slave-trade. Daniel Webster But I consider it as an armistice only, because no security is provided against the impressment of our seamen. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 But through all American factions there ran the feeling of growing animosity to Great Britain because of impressment. Great Britain and the American Civil War Your impressment," said the American, "fills our ships. Frank Mildmay Or, The Naval Officer It is one of the novels which specially suggests a comparison between Marryat and Smollett, both authors having described acts of impressment with vigour and indignation. Newton Forster At length, Colonel Moses Alexander, a magistrate under the Colonial Government, succeeded in getting wagons by impressment, to convey the munitions to Hillsboro, to obey the behests of a tyrannical governor. Sketches of Western North Carolina, Historical and Biographical The first act of impressment she commits on an American, will be answered by reprisal, or by a declaration of war here; and the interval must be merely a state of preparation for it. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 Nor were British naval captains especially careful to make sure that no American-born sailors were included in their impressment seizures, and as the accounts spread of victim after victim, the American irritation steadily increased. Great Britain and the American Civil War The right of search and the right of impressment were simply the rights of the powerful over the weak. George Washington, Volume II But impressment is subject to objections of a much wider range. The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style Explain the impressment of sailors by the British. A Short History of the United States I presume, that, having spared to the pride of England her formal acknowledgment of the atrocity of impressment in an article of the treaty, she will concur in a convention for relinquishing it. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 Even at that early moment Parliament was evidently perplexed, and would willingly have yielded had it seen means of escape from its naval fetich, impressment. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 Two others, awkward and threatening, but not immediately pressing, were the impressment of British seamen, real or pretended, from American ships, and the exclusion of American vessels from the trade of the British West Indies. George Washington, Volume II And what is of still greater and more general moment, the fear of impressment has been found to create great difficulty in obtaining sailors for the American merchant service in times of European war. The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style As for impressment, the guns of the Constitution had put an end to that. A Short History of the United States Without this, she must understand that the present is but a truce, determinable on the first act of impressment of an American citizen, committed by any officer of hers. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 Perhaps the perplexity was more evident in the Commons than in the Lords; for Castlereagh, while defending his own course with elaborate care, visibly stumbled over the right of impressment. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 But in 1794 impressment was a negotiable question, because we were not ready to go to war about it then and there. George Washington, Volume II But the injuries of impressment are by no means confined to its immediate subjects, or the individuals on whom it is practised. The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style It did not even gain the abolition of impressment in so many words. A Short History of the United States It gives us the more confidence of support in the demand of reparation for the past, and security for the future, that is to say, an end of impressments. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 The town regarded the manner of the seizure of the Liberty as a gross affront, and coupled with it the recent cases impressment; and on Monday things looked threatening. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 56, June, 1862 It left impressment totally unsettled, simply because we were still too weak to be ready to fight England profitably on that theme. George Washington, Volume II Vessels suffer from the weakening of their crews, and voyages are often delayed, and not unfrequently broken up, by subtraction from the number of necessary hands by impressment. The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style To escape impressment, or to obtain higher wages, many of her seamen enlisted in our service. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 44, June, 1861 Creator A committee of the Senate called on me with two resolutions of that body on the subject of impressment and spoliations by Great Britain, and requesting that I would demand satisfaction. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 President Adams appointed Eaton, formerly a captain in the army, Consul for Tunis, with directions to present objections to the articles on the tariff, salutes, and impressment of vessels. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 The United States chose to decide for themselves the controversy about impressment, by appealing to the sword. A Visit to the United States in 1841 More than all, my Lord, the practice of impressment, whenever it has existed, has produced, not conciliation and good feeling, but resentment, exasperation, and animosity between the two great commercial countries of the world. The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style He agitated the enlargement and extension of the political rights of the English people; and he endeavoured to effect the abolition of the impressment of seamen. Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance He opened it with much impressment, assumed, of course, and showed a great bundle of white flowers. Dracula "Your pardon;--will the institutions of America permit impressment at all?" Homeward Bound or, the Chase A serious inconvenience was caused farmers by revolutions as many laborers were enrolled in one army or the other, either voluntarily or by impressment. Santo Domingo A Country with a Future Had the Union fallen, through her infernal machinations, not a city throughout her dominions but would have blazed with joyful illuminations at the result; while her government would again introduce the impressments of 1812. Ridgeway An Historical Romance of the Fenian Invasion of Canada The wrongs inflicted on our seafaring countrymen by their impressment into foreign ships formed the main cause of the war. The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans Reversing the order of the Genesis, he believes the female the original, and the outward reality and impressment of the self-constructed 'image', of the ideal! The Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1838 Jay's Treaty provided for the giving-up of the Western posts, according to the previous stipulation; but said nothing respecting the right of impressment, which the British at that time would never have consented to relinquish. Outline of Universal History "Can England?" said Fleda gently,—"when her own citizens are not free from the horrors of impressment?" Queechy Enthusiasm at the Commencement of the War.—Indifference toward its Close.—Difficulty of establishing a military Conscription or impressment of Seamen in America.—Why a democratic People is less capable of sustained Effort than another. American Institutions and Their Influence In the American navy, unlike the British, there was no impressment; the sailor was a volunteer, and he shipped in whatever craft his fancy selected. The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans About this time an excitement prevailed among the web-footed gentry in St. Bartholomew in relation to the impressment of seamen by British authorities. Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale He escaped impressment on board a man- of-war by pricking his hands and face, and rubbing in bay salt and gunpowder, so as to simulate smallpox. Musa Pedestris - Three Centuries of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes [1536 - 1896] A revenue was scarcely less necessary than an army, and it was obvious that the means for carrying on the war must be obtained either by impressments or by a vigorous course of taxation. Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2 Revised, Enlarged, and Enriched On the impressment of our seamen our remonstrances have never been intermitted. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 1, part 3: Thomas Jefferson British ships were much more easily manned, as they could always have recourse to impressment. The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans The boat returned on board the Ringdove, and I, as well as the others, rejoiced in having eluded impressment in a man-of-war. Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale "If we abolish either impressment or flogging, the abolition of the other will follow as a matter of course." White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War It is widely supposed that, wherever the men wanted for the navy may have come from, they were forced into it by the system of 'impressment.' Sea-Power and Other Studies This was the British claim to the right of impressment. Sustained honor The Age of Liberty Established Nothing was said in it about impressment, search, or orders in council, nor indeed about any of the causes of the war. A Brief History of the United States The natives of St. Bartholomew, and also of Saba, which is a dependency on Holland, are exempted from impressment, provided they can exhibit proofs of their citizenship. Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale And the necessity for flogging was generally believed to be directly referable to the impressment of such crowds of dissatisfied men. White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War There is no evidence to show that even from the middle of the seventeenth century any considerable number of men was raised by forcible impressment. Sea-Power and Other Studies Friends, relatives and neighbors, hearing of the sudden return of Fernando, all gathered on that evening, and the youth told the sad story of his impressment and slavery. Sustained honor The Age of Liberty Established Captures at once began; English frigates were stationed outside the port of New York, and vessels coming in and going out were insolently stopped and searched; impressments were revived. Formation of the Union, 1750-1829 If his name and station had been discovered, he would have found snug quarters during the term of his natural life; nothing could have saved him from impressment. Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale See Men in lieu, Tobacco, Trading classes the greatest sufferers from impressment, not without resentment, various trades gradually exempted, Tramps. The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore The allusions to forcible impressment made by naval historians are, with few exceptions, complaints of the utter inefficiency of the plan. Sea-Power and Other Studies He began telling them a most horrible story of the impressment of himself and his friends by a British vessel and of their recent escape. Sustained honor The Age of Liberty Established The disdainful impressment of American seamen, and still more the unofficial blockade of the ports, would have justified war. Formation of the Union, 1750-1829 The brig was deficient in her complement of men, and this deficiency was supplied by impressment from crews of British vessels in port. Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale He therefore preferred sticking to his ship, even though he thereby ran the risk of impressment, until she arrived the length of the Holmes. The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore We wanted tens of thousands, and forcible impressment was giving us half-dozens, or, at the best, scores. Sea-Power and Other Studies Their great need of men might have been some excuse for impressment of Americans; but there was a spice of hatred in their cruel treatment of the unfortunate sailors. Sustained honor The Age of Liberty Established The only excuse for the impressment of American seamen was that sailors from the British men-of-war were apt to desert when they reached an American port, and frequently shipped on board American vessels. Formation of the Union, 1750-1829 It is not remarkable that a sailor in those days should have dreaded a "man-of-war" as the most fearful of evils, and would resort to desperate means to avoid impressment or escape from bondage. Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale This system of impressment she continued until it resulted in the War of 1812. The United States of America, Part 1 The married sailors, they said, naturally waited for the impressment, for 'we know that has always been and always will be preceded by the proclamation of bounty.' Sea-Power and Other Studies The story of the impressment, service and sufferings of Fernando Stevens and his friends are no exaggerations. Sustained honor The Age of Liberty Established Two days later news was received that the king had ordered British naval officers to exercise their assumed right of impressment. Formation of the Union, 1750-1829 The impressment of our seamen and the capture of our ships continued. A Brief History of the United States He was harassed by constant complaints of impressments and seizures. The United States of America, Part 1 The number of men raised for the navy by forcible impressment in war time has been enormously exaggerated owing to a confusion of terms. Sea-Power and Other Studies The impressment of seamen continued and was the source of daily increasing abuse. Sustained honor The Age of Liberty Established The New England Federalists had a corresponding partisan friendship for England, and could see no offence in the blockade of our coasts, or even in impressment. Formation of the Union, 1750-1829 This proceeding, almost as barbarous as our impressment law, filled the main streets with detachments of squalid-looking wretches, marching to be made soldiers, with collars round their necks and irons on their wrists. Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 Above all, it made no mention of impressment, of the search of American vessels, and the hindrance of their neutral trade. The United States of America, Part 1 The law of the land relating to this subject was that all 'sea-faring' men were liable to impressment unless specially protected by custom or statute. Sea-Power and Other Studies He urged Terrence to give a detailed account of his impressment and captivity. Sustained honor The Age of Liberty Established Before hostilities had fairly begun, notice was sent to the American government: it insisted on prosecuting the war, which was therefore undertaken ostensibly for the protection of the coast and the prevention of impressments. Formation of the Union, 1750-1829 The ruthless impressment of seamen was the most conspicuous provocation, but it was only one of many. The Old Merchant Marine; A chronicle of American ships and sailors The viscidity, which it is now known, that both feldspar and quartz retain at a temperature much below their points of fusion, easily explains their mutual impressment. Volcanic Islands Exemptions by custom probably originated at a very remote date: ferrymen, for example, being everywhere privileged from impressment. Sea-Power and Other Studies However, the dread of a slave-owning Government prevented any effective plan for supplying the army with labor except through the temporary impressment of slaves who were eventually to be returned to their owners. The Day of the Confederacy; a chronicle of the embattled South Adams, who had denounced Great Britain for the crime of "man-stealing," accepted a treaty of peace which contained not a syllable about impressment. Jefferson and His Colleagues; a chronicle of the Virginia dynasty In vain the Government had endeavored to protect its sailors from impressment by means of certificates of birth and citizenship. The Old Merchant Marine; A chronicle of American ships and sailors Every member and every servant of the Company was to be privileged against impressment and arrest. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 5 In practice this must have reduced the numbers liable to impressment to small dimensions. Sea-Power and Other Studies The state of the currency was now so grave that Davis attributed to it all the evils growing out of the attempts to enforce impressment. The Day of the Confederacy; a chronicle of the embattled South And then, without further formalities, Goulburn stated in blunt and business-like fashion the matters on which they had been instructed: impressment, fisheries, boundaries, the pacification of the Indians, and the demarkation of an Indian territory. Jefferson and His Colleagues; a chronicle of the Virginia dynasty Although the Treaty of Ghent omitted mention of the impressment of sailors, which had been the burning issue of the war, there were no more offenses of this kind. The Old Merchant Marine; A chronicle of American ships and sailors At the leave-taking, Simonides sat in his chair out on the terrace overlooking the river, and gave his farewell and the peace of the Lord with the impressment of a father. Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ The reports of the impressment operations only came down to May. Sea-Power and Other Studies Farmers who were compelled to accept the prices fixed by the impressment commissioners cried out that they were being ruined. The Day of the Confederacy; a chronicle of the embattled South The Americans had come to Ghent to settle two outstanding problems—blockades and indemnities for attacks on neutral commerce—and to insist on the abandonment of impressments as a sine qua non. Jefferson and His Colleagues; a chronicle of the Virginia dynasty It has often been thought that they were simply impressment offices. Sea-Power and Other Studies The fact is that many more men were raised at these places by volunteering than by impressment. Sea-Power and Other Studies It is sometimes asserted that many men who volunteered did so only to escape impressment. Sea-Power and Other Studies Still a third act regulated the impressment of slaves for work on fortifications so as to enable the state authorities to hold a check upon the Confederate authorities. The Day of the Confederacy; a chronicle of the embattled South The racial differences between French and American seamen were too conspicuous to countenance impressment into the navy of Napoleon. Jefferson and His Colleagues; a chronicle of the Virginia dynasty This means that it was now seen that impressment, though of little use in obtaining men for the navy, was a very costly arrangement. Sea-Power and Other Studies Probably individual cases of impressment occurred till nearly the end of the Great War; but they could not have been many. Sea-Power and Other Studies Some people may be astonished because the practice of impressment, which had proved to be so utterly inefficient, was not at once and formally given up. Sea-Power and Other Studies The Confederate Government thus became involved in a problem of self-preservation that was but half solved by the system of tithes and impressment which we shall encounter later. The Day of the Confederacy; a chronicle of the embattled South It was significant, however, that the President put in the forefront of his catalogue of wrongs the impressment of American sailors on the high seas. Jefferson and His Colleagues; a chronicle of the Virginia dynasty In the provisioning of the army the Confederate Government had recourse to impressment and the arbitrary fixing of prices. The Day of the Confederacy; a chronicle of the embattled South In the latter part of 1864 they aligned themselves with the opposition when the government commissioners of impressment fixed an official schedule that boldly and ruthlessly cut under market prices. The Day of the Confederacy; a chronicle of the embattled South |
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