{"id":768,"date":"2011-04-01T06:02:04","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T13:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatwouldthefoundersthink.com\/?p=768"},"modified":"2011-07-19T22:05:22","modified_gmt":"2011-07-20T05:05:22","slug":"impressment-of-americans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.whatwouldthefoundersthink.com\/impressment-of-americans","title":{"rendered":"Impressment of Americans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hezekiah Niles offers his opinion on the practice of impressing American citizens.\u00c2\u00a0 While in no way defending the purported impress of American seamen by the French Navy, Niles turns the occasion into a chance to harangue the British for their pernicious practices.\u00c2\u00a0 The British were always chronically short of men to man their labor intensive sailing ships and would also make use of &#8220;the press&#8221; as means of providing the necessary personnel.\u00c2\u00a0 In England they&#8217;d use any hapless soul they could lay hands upon, including common criminals or men from the merchant marine.\u00c2\u00a0 American sailors must have been too tempting to resist &#8212; even after the Revolution.\u00c2\u00a0 Here Niles turns an account of the supposed impressment of 6 Americans by the French into a diatribe against the British for their frequent employment of this practice.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s interesting, even if you don&#8217;t do the puzzle.\u00c2\u00a0 Take special note of Mr. Niles&#8217; commentary on the 10th and 11th Congress!<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100\">            <style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n                table.cf7-db-table {\r\n                    margin-top: 1em;\r\n                    border-spacing: 0;\r\n                    border: 0 solid gray;\r\n                    font-size: x-small;\r\n                }\r\n\r\n                br {\r\n                                        mso-data-placement: same-cell;\r\n                }\r\n\r\n                table.cf7-db-table th {\r\n                    padding: 5px;\r\n                    border: 1px solid gray;\r\n                }\r\n\r\n                table.cf7-db-table th > td {\r\n                    font-size: x-small;\r\n                    background-color: #E8E8E8;\r\n                }\r\n\r\n                table.cf7-db-table tbody td {\r\n                    padding: 5px;\r\n                    border: 1px solid gray;\r\n                    font-size: x-small;\r\n                }\r\n\r\n                table.cf7-db-table tbody td > div {\r\n                    max-height: 100px;\r\n                    overflow: auto;\r\n                }\r\n            <\/style>\r\n            \r\n        <table id=\"cftble_1750453410\" class=\"cf7-db-table\" >\r\n            <thead>\r\n                        <tr>\r\n            <th title=\"puzzle-solver\"><div id=\"Contact form 1,puzzle-solver\">puzzle-solver<\/div><\/th>            <\/tr>\r\n                        <\/thead>\r\n            <tbody>\r\n                        <\/tbody>\r\n        <\/table>\r\n        <\/td>\n<td>If you have a problem with the flash working for you, you may wish to use the <a href=\"http:\/\/wwtft.com\/puzzles\/impressment\/impressment.png\">static version<\/a>.If you succeed in doing the puzzle, we&#8217;ve implemented a way for you to get credit for your efforts! 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