Alexandria daily advertiser — Alexandria [Va.], 1807-02-21 00:00:00, page 2

T'fi-ctsict'sssi - ! si sisisissFss'Z-siahi the. Phifaa'elphia Gsiazsicttc.
. ss , (Private CQx-respondencesi) _ ct _ .
'ss' 4— si ss ' o'sio-Asmuwctw,24--331_0--ct11{[1. _
FKIEND RELF, . ss '_- _- <
' "1 he squmsuering of sipuh'lickthne shsiaﬂ be my
si-ss'ssct—dþcme. - " ct " '
_ct..esisisit'ue Cucssqctþn {qugsizdie- occasion. a vast.
:- conS'umpthctdf-tisimcs The repctiiionss sioctf ar-ss
- gummxx- Limrhsisiwesibeen repeated an hundred
" Wcs inscta debate; prevemcth hot their being
' tg'ain i'epeat'ed. si'i he lsilsizsiueus Corpuz bin trow
.the Seneca was a pi-esm donation ofthe LlonsLi
Fuxion ss'lsiherc was neiﬂzer '** acsimal xebeniQp
' nor invasion ;" one pt WLLiC-sih the constitucion ?
-'- lquuiz'ctes, and that " thesipubiio safety" should
quuiitefme' stxspcnsion. 17. aisiso- was- to ex
_ post {dom oin, masmuch asit contained 'a pro
' —Vi8i_onsitm* the vioiadou or the Hadeas Corpus
by, W'iixinson. Vv'hat sudden carehssness or ct
madness induced tho Senatc {o pass this bill
si astonissscteth me, The arguments against};
were few and incozm'overiabie and as plain as
the uuse in thy face. siYet the House spent
nectussiy tho.- .w'sisioie day in debating on it. After.
Randoign and Eiliot, and one or two- moves
' had sa'm ulljnat was necessary, every one in
'the house must have a finger in the pic—a :
esinnem'ocr acluressed tue speai-sser thus : ct
Mr. Speaker—l rise m oppositiqn to this
. * biil—I am opposed to this bih—l ;-m opposed '
fio the. phiacxpxeossof the mii—Thc bnl, sir,, 1
si'contsixins'j'pisiincisides whicn I ciisiike—l cannot .ss
ssssctsssiappnove them—I am opposed to thcm—sid'irsi
this is an expost 1'aszto bii i—Tnc constitutibn
forbids the passing of sucu—The cossﬂtution ss
; says no such ctctsi shall be passed—such are the;
express provisions of the constitution—This
bin is in opposition to that cnns'ssitution, and
that constitutien is in opposition td' th'zs'bili—
They are opposed to each (YLL'LUF—Thia is
Kviosilation-of it—The constimiion will be v_io'
lated if you pass it—If you pass it, sir, thcss
—-eopstitution will be violated, and there Will
be assdirect insssraction of the constitution. I
ssshall therefore opposesiit—I shall opposc it,
.Mc. {Speech, on the grounds of the constitu
iion, .on sissconstitutional groods, sir ; on as
count of its unconstitulionufity, &c. for half
an hour. _ " *
And after him purhaps ariseth another, and
'He-th the; same side of the question and per
haps in the same manner. But a speech is
mad. of it, and it is printed; undthein con
stitucms see it, which was all the objcetsswish
sid- Thus without one qualisicat-ion 'for & speake
finsiasssiqucch it made by repeating— tize repeat
od-Pepet'nians ossf sormcr speakcrs. It is.:m ea—
sy thing to do. Why, I could speaka speech
in—ryhme, or speak an .ode, duccntes versusct
:;sz [zcdc in me, in this mamssxer—vidclicct t
I sisslore my" love; because no Jove
So loving is as he ;
. I lovcssmy love, because my lum
So loving is to _me.
Neither time, talents, nor cducatien are re
quisite, to-wirc-drawn poetry or speeche: in
this manner, . and of this description are three
"fourths es sithe speeches in congross'. .] would
mue}: rather hear Lyon,—wissth his rude un.
cout language ; his " them things is" and
" thatthere man there," than one of these
ctword drawlers, beeanse' he speaks to the point
and sits down. If the house among - their—
rules should adopt one, a fine of 50 cents on
the repetition of every argument beyond. the
* third time,ss[and three times is scarcely enough
to make them remember ;] euchfines-Would
nearly pay the expenses of the members: it
- would certainly support the .poor ofthe dis
trxct. *
It ought to be a rule of the home,ctthat no
man should speak who has not something new
-to oﬂ'er. If it be an old argument, let him
_ give it a new dress. Sometimes a— more good
turn, or piece of wit, is allowable ;-es_pecially
to wake the house after a dull harrangue. T he?
the members ne not sent there to show their
wit [and few, thou knowest could do—so, if so
_ sent] yet sometimes it may be useful, and al
ways agreeable. Many may be whipt into
their duty who could not be eoaxed. May
might be whipt into cilence.
Sloan i: lot half so troublesome since-the
drelsing friend Dan give him last useion.
Yet of dl the time wasted in diﬀerent ways in
the house, that wasted in the exhibition of wit,
mrcely perceived, cannot seriously aﬀect the
public. - ' ss
Friendssfsi-Relf, .] have volnmes of argument
before ' me to prove to thee that congress si
'wutes et lemsstvo thirds of each lession ; and
in umbontionof this, I have the displea
mrevto inform thee, .thut the-house of repre
an were elmoct the yhele of the tecond,
- wend.. Wm- 9! We I"! in zest-:
I
. But if my love anotherlove
, Did love as much as me,
" Then l my iove noxnore should love,
Nor longer loving be.
Yas, if my love forget his love,
And have- no love for me,
Then would the love of my dear love,
No longer' lovdy bc.
Thus if my love forsake hissi-ldve, ,,
And lch asslovelier she ;
Then for my love I'ilsi quit mysilove,
And love some lovelier sihe.
' l'e—PSQ—FZ-Lfeesi-Fesisie—fi—siZ-Sﬂfingct the often
repeatedssarguments arc angl cssoctn, on "the slave
si-hill ; and at last, at half ctpgtst three this even
ing, agxccdsitosi o; bill from the senate for, that
purpose, ct-With ssainesinsi'limmts. Thus has more
than one third ofsi thcssi' time of— thy h'duSe been
emplojcd-in haste-riysissidZSness on'ipnsie- bill,; by
-men who vociferato the praises of uconomy.
, ? --—--nsi-:®:_-—-—-—— .' si
Translasst-edjbr Me Mzgssianal sshtclligencbr. . ss
_._...< .
From {in French ]sslsisssoniteur, quccembgr Stb,
s '1806. '
? Rcþnrt of the minister qfcxtcteriar'rcla'tians
ct to in": majesty the emperor and king.
Sun;, ' _ ' si
Three egesis of- eiviiizationss-haec given
to Europe & law ofctnarions,-which, ac.
pordiu'g to the expression of an illustrious
-'ctss\vriter,- human nature cannot sufficica-dy
appreiiaie; ss " i '
This law is founded upon the principlg
thar nations ought to do in peace the mi-st
good and in war the least possible evil-—
Accordiog to this maxim, war is am a re
lacion besitwccn— man andsiman, but a relmim
betwccusi-sssme and state,. inss-whlzch the in
idivid—uais are-only accidentally cmmics,
; not as, them no: even as members or sub.
Fjects of the state, but only as its defend.
i crs'. The law of nations permits not that
, the rights of conqucst, which arederivcd
from it, should be extendrd- 'to peaccahlc
; an_d unarmed cicizenssi. to sihabimtions and
. private property, to merchandizcs, to the
more houses which contain them, to the
; carriages which tmnsport-ihem, monarch
] ed vessels which convey them on rivers
w g—m—ct—u—m— -
1 us be:: his, she has consented che icohsh
projeztof alone en ,oyifzg them. "She has
formed the wish that fut'lc ches! (] be on
the sea re csshc earth no orker :n' um}: ths.
her own ; no other commerce than that ter
- ricdon by herscif. She. ha-s— feit that, in
order to nececd. it wist not be sufficiensi
merely to interrupt. but that she must to
(ally destroy she communicanons noba'm
ing between nations. [: is in "this wise:
that under the color of the right of blmk
ade. she has invented and put into pracuce
the most monstrcue theory .
According to common sense. end the
usage: of all civss-zed nations, the right
of ble.- ckade .i: onh' appiicable to sort'zfisied
places
England has undertaken to extend it to
tents of cemmerce um farsified, te hurbﬂn
add the mouths of rivers: ct'A place is
biockadu} only when it ia-co isvcsced that
we cannot attempt to approlch-z-iuwichouzss
cxposing ourselves m immsimemsi dmgersi
England has deehred places blockadcd be
fore which she has not a single ship as
- war. lss
She has done more—she hue dared so
, declare in a state of blocknde plecesdhzch
"all her united forces were meapable of;
bloekading , immense coastund the- Whoie ,
of a vast empiss- c. ]
Dedaciogafrcrwards from : ch'unerlcel
right, and a suppositious fact, the cooclu
; siou that she mighcjuszly make her presij
'and in' fact msking them so, (if all that
went to places thm mterdicted by : simple
declaracion of the anish admiralty, and}
: of all that. came out of them, she has- terw
' rified she neutra- shipperssod driven than. ss
from the parts to which they Were inviud
bv their interest, and which the laws of .
nations authoxiacd, chair lreqssuenung, ]
.__,_
"ere of war the crews of t—hessis .cnarm:d
vessels, she has reputed as enemies who
. who preceded her in the progress of civili
and on th: ocean ; in : warn m.:ne person
and property of indivzdualssi. This law,
the oﬀspring ol dviiization, be:: also fa
vored its prcgrcss. sis to it that Eu
rcpcss 16 indcbaed for the maintainaoce and
increase of? her prosperity, even in the
midst of the frequent wars which have di
vided her.
England alone'bas prescrve'd-or returned
to the usage; of barbarous ages. Iris by
her rcfusa! to renouucc her marixime
course, thus this unjust, and cruel Pracsice
has been maintained, notwithscandiug
France, who, in time of—pcacesi, au'j promp—
ed only by idcas of juwice and humanity,
had- proposed to abolish—it. France has
done every thing at Zzasc to mitigare the
—-Eng!ac<3 on'thc contrary ba! dosc every
shisg to nggrawce them.;
Not cemented ct-m'h attacsi'king the men
cham vessels and wish escazing an prissim
soever belongcd to the eacmssyn Male: ; and
she" has also" taken as prisoners of war,
cnmmcrcial secrets and merchan's, who
Were sailing m fartherance osi their com
mercial business, -
But It was not sufficient sur hcrpurposes
thus to invade p.]vatc propnn. and to de—
spoil and ogsizprcss imwccut sinne! peaccablcct
mdiv duais. Having been., for a long
time, behind the Maissins of ('(xectccncttiacn:
evils which she had nerpowcr to prevent
zation, and hsictavin :ccciv d-imm chr-m all
-.-.sig f...
, v
sissfu,'and lositbc "dctri'mem of ,Eurupg, þjssxt si
siespcciullyssof France, the boiducss wzth ,
{80 uy,siits own iury and folly rc-acc on u
-self. NVbcn the principlca of: cwiiizazioo
ss'arc attacked by uncxamsiplcd enterpriscs,
{and "when all Europe is . meuaced, to pre
siecrvc andssavevge it is no: onlya right, but
: duty imposcd en lbcpuwcr which along:
has me means.
..Sincc Eogiacd has darcdsito dcchrc aii
,Fnsimcciua man: of bloCkadc, let France
declare .invhcr turn all rhc-Bricish .i-lcs
blockadcd.—f—Sche England considcrs
as an enemy every ssFrcuchman, let
sicve'ry Englishmzn or subject of England
sslound in councrctzes occupiedssby sithe: Branch
sasmies, be made prisoners oil. si-war.
"Since England seizsizs the propeﬂy oi
cti-private and peaccach merchants, le: al!
sithe prdpﬂzy of every Englishman or sub
sijcct of England, of_ whatever n2:u_rc,_ be:
:siconfiscazcd.
( Since En-g'si'ansidsi wea-Zd interrupa 21] Davi
ngtion and all maracime commcrcc, 32: 22.
gay vessels saiiing from the inlande, or-From
!:bc British :clonies not he received? either
hn the pens of France, or in those of the
[. ._
states strictly central; who, that advcrcs
to our unprotcmcd ce-mmercc,ct and the de.
si-foncelcn-ataze of-eur nation, ' but must be
deeply ahlmd, siasc the same- princip);
i that authomcs she .cuosiscazion of British
merchnadrctzc ac Haazburg, Would sanctioo
)
I
{us eeizurc at Phxladelphia, New York or
si'Boaton, " no-nmtcr to whom the property
simay belong."
\
si 'NOT—Esi,
all, who 'do not belong to the military ;
;akiag'and (:onsiscatiog privatcsiproperty ;
blockadmg places which lawfully cannot be
siblnckadcd, as well as cpmmcrcial ctwwos
nut—fomicd, lays, .ssand .sithe mouths of ri
scrs-s matins in .a' Man of blockadcl
coumrics occupied by the 1 rench army, !]
and' yet every vessel, which ehail aucmpc to
m from these puxts incokngiaud bc
feizc—d .sod confiscaxcd. "
"" uur majcscy, law conscioue, willnot
adopts ::la meam. as without xcgre'siz and
it is with regch that I r. )scif proposc
them. But t..e si: action ct E ur top ten.
:ders them necessary; auf' Lcsidcssi *5 soon
Yas Engiand shasi I ackncwi : Lo] ": she huge of
nations. which are universa 'I) .-bse r-sch) ny
all cidlizsid nzzshnz as ccctn as she sha !
acknowsilge that th: rights c. war arc
one and the same on thc can a and the
land, eimt these rights and thou: of- can.
questcan extend neither to private pro
pz-rl y, 'ncr w unarmed 'aad peaccaL]: indi
sid-si. si}: s. and that she nsi-ht 0! blockade
shou! disi ::esrraioed to spoused piaccs ac.
(unILv Lawes: ed, your majc. ty wiilrcvakc
these measures, riguruuv but no: unjust;
sol' justice bemccn maloas is no more si
than was reciprocii). i
Sig r-cd, i
1
1
!
1
]si le is shus xhdi she has turned cosibetprosi
'ma! defence allowsctopposiug an enemy mm ,,
,xhc arms it uses,.and to make, zt ] may 3
(he city of Hsiambssurg, that
"ZE-zglan'd, nocadmiuiqgsstbe law of na;
tions, as praccilc'df'by-cvety cwffizvd peo
sin dc'grcc all ideais of justice and human'ny,
sswhasil can be done hot to forget them for an '
siwho rcﬂccu on z'nc siprincipics that diccatcsi
sior the counquenccs that may follow, this '
sicxtensicm of" beliigcrcct power over the -
pennon :and properzy us {he cicizcns of.
.dereschi by his cxcelfcncy {he .Uizzistersissof
France, to the Senalcsiqs Hamburg, on the
1-24tbss0fN0vct..1806
" The .undcrugned, ,minister "leviga
centnarsiv of the emperor of the French-and
king of Imly, near chcpssscssams of Love:!
siSaxooy, has rctecesiwed-the order of his so
CZL MAU. TALI EYLZ'}. ND,
Pzincc of Bcccvcmo.
Berlz'n. SOtlz ]sav.
[Her :: so? .ows t'nc lapez'ssial Jecrcc pub
lishe (] to our las ]
F— Pctiesera. chuauic andLr-xcuee, enters ct:
of ahe'coupcil of state, pwsxmcd !bc pro. ?
ject of a scnmus consuhumo—viz. ths: ss
80,000 cons cnpts-sh—ould be raised in the j
L)czur 180. . ;
M Hegnzult assigned et" lengzhsi sithe-rcz. ]
sans Per )th measure. and nf'ccr : :: ap- i
poimment of a (special commiucc, thee so 1
nate adopted it. iogcthet uisib an aL'si-dtea.)l
m :.hssc cmpcrcr.
sisohs even reason neclf.
pla ; making prisoners _of' war of individu
insunsit yourself, in order to cousxram her
The. following stazc paper, which we ct
transiaxe from a Paris priut, (Jomnzl de
L'Empire) et m..- Sch al D-ss-ccey'ser, wiii ss
vereign. to make si-kuown- to ihe senaxsic ofct
La violate:- lbemct-nomolrc? The righcof mux
'bc read with a deep interest by every man
Which she spo'rts with every right, and in. ;
Against a power which dieregardsis to Such ,_
si...Fr0m the Pszilaa'eQÞ/Ja Pesisisssin-"sct'cr.
. run—
'Th—
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—*.-_ bn-d—ov - -—--*-— -
!
!
,
l
;
si
ss'pj'ppj ssibaffiai'e not go,, and
i.:ScElf-sihau' re'adcrcd i: imp fﬂlbcc w b'.
kfide; " si, . ss na
, " France has been placed Under
; cessisicyct pf-taking agamst the brztish isildnd
lsshq'ijjCCLS of Englahd, (neu- ropen-y ;}
fevex-y lew'd, um may be found m (he let:
torics, cines and h'arbors, which are !.
shctilþo, occupied by the French arm'd?
ag'a'ms: the vessels that rssnay ;Qsiu siomth,
brmsh islands or colouwsssind th ::
Enrcr chase barhors, as wellaa again
that may attempt to leave the said
sico repair to those of Great Brit
same measures, which England &
tiuncd'by her 'mar'mmc code.
" That, in cpnseqssgszzucc thereof, hisma,
ics'y the empctcssror .aud tmg, has dCClarsi-d
'The Bti:ish islands us a State of blockadc .
and with regard to Engsizsh SUbsiZCC'sisss thei:
ploperly, and the wcszcle (bag may Tﬂme
sromzbc British isiacda er xgsssinmsss
or (hat may attempt L'.) repair thuhcrss hazsssi
ordained measures to be taken, that are
jasz'zfied by the: right of & natum! (Zsifcusic'
. .. h'iz msijrssiy the. emperor and L-ctsi
not having bsCﬂ igduccd to unzzsspby
sithe imcrcs: of France orzissv, bu: having sisi,
so the intention. and considering ;; bi
duty, lo presence kisse cofujlnectfunn thgss
misforl-ucsie,siwizh much 1: :: menaccd,
the violences pracziscd by England m."
evidently designed .ao diacroy zhc jzsisssiss
ccurs-z cfvcat'w .e, and zoeszabiish hen,].
dUSZj-y and her commcrce on me ruin ct
Lhc indunuy and cosnszzcrc? 0; He comi
nem; wictss-ctrsisirC-c iz ;sscsisucts malt usitfypu,
sop,\yho tzzdc3<uzasic cssnuncnzsinbh
glish merplsandrssiectszssmysicts shesimjxews of
England, asissid qum to a: c.":fz-siuedas
her RL'. ompﬂcc
si " A great (portitssm of the Zsshﬂ' imm
of ths: Lsslly of H.:rsibtrg, beingn thxs
predmemtnt, and nu-oricuzly ;ﬂ.1siss'ss;si} .si
England, his usizajtuy the .empctzuctss-r (".-.,d
king, with regre: sets himchs c-zsazezzs-j
w cause posecsssdun to be take:: of sin;;
city,.and to orLZe-Zr. che crmtics (sit'mea.
sursanquZ—rcd ;siy th: ;:mcipics :,Lss-uy s__
cited ; measures that eke of den go dsiis
directed w uozisyja ths so.:m wmg sun,
ner.
"Art. !. All! inguish m: .chc :.dzsu
'that may be found m :..c czt , in sihr har
bor or on the terrlimy 0! Z-szturg. no
matter to whom 'sihsibv belong (a'imjmncd
qui elles appazzicuacnx) shz—Ji be confu
c-xed. -
-** 2. Aillhc Engsish or 'Enghsh suh.
jects that may be bond in the city. ch
-harbcr, or on the acid tczri: ory ..3-1 be
psISG-DEYB ui war.
" 8. A" moveable or fixed proper
'bclonging to che English or [in
giish subjccw in the city of Hamfzurg. m
hzrbor o: .tcnitory .zhzll bsi-ss c-mfism
ed.
" 4. No vessel coming from {Wind
-cr tha' ma 'Ey. ).sivc ii."; chc (& chercssm en.
ss ler 11. : :: (! pocz or approach the said as,.
' (Ye
" 5. 'Anyv " see! mar, bv meam of-ﬂ
fake- dechzramm, .s'sctaii zems-49: to leave
the said narbor or cuy z-o repair to l'lvg
ct land she. I'l ue can.;seatc
" '5. He :Emglisih cauricr nor mail ff
English letters cha'l he received m m
city,}uxbor m- (enltur) 01 ii.:mburg 60!
-;cven permitted to 154.
The undcrvigncd 1143 the honor to re
-si-vncw to i.:e scoaz:,(..: assuranccs of his
siconeidcsazion.
siBOURRlENNE-"
sisisi-[ctiA aimi !ar note has been sentto tbc'si
Senatc of the cui es cf Zrcmeo andsi Lu
si Proceedings of. Comgress.
SHOUSE OF REPRRSENTATWES
Tuesdagf. Fdn 17 .
A message was received from the se.
enatc, stuciog that they had passed che bill
authorising {he president of the U- 5- loss?!
'TCWPT the service of a number of voiunct'"
teer-companics not exceeding S0,00C sinsni
nlso-aasiact further supplcmsneary (0 (Pe
act entitled an act concerning the dislﬂcsi
ofct-Columbia; and that they had agreed")
all the amendmenzs proposed by the house
to the bill to prohibit the importation 0
llaves except the th amendment.
{she house proceeded to consider The
following. rescluzion, ' oﬀered by Mr
Broom :
" R—esa/aed, That it is exPedicuc to make.
further pruvision, by law. [Os ggeuriﬂz : e
privilege of the writ of HabezsCOsPu' to
Pcssnos in cuscody, under, or by sicsisior o,
she ausi:hority of the U. S."
, Mr. Broom movedva rcfc
rcssiuxion (a a .commictce of the
house. '
bcck ]
rcucc of 1sz
whole
? that um,.
me he.
harden
am, she