Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political — Alexandria [Va.], 1810-04-27 00:00:00, page 2

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si Britiehssmay continue their orders. If the
" "" utter were repeated, "no one could go to
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out it blamed by others and the Inner
- _ pn diopcrnd in soreip un'icc. .lnnud
.of acrc't'n: France we crouch before her,
. did: her tuum pronouncnþvery. Ameri
- m urge, that comen within bin grasp, for
iehed or condemned to inned ; and insmd
'qs copiqctwith che British navy, . upon
.]ssbsoughcsi into Congnn for reducing our
nhippdz to three .srigatn and three "lloops
of-w'c !- laund of an army wich which (I
' sinne: Wsiþeshfnl, after lacing i: _
sid "nd huicd; msilouumn, lus! come}
m 19 "Milk impossible mk ofdio- 5
. praying um bessm ;. pennon: of Spain '
and : minor. j __ _ '
ma i: nium. yluch rcqmm u- n-g
nium; convicw che
lnulysieopune. _
epic" Me: Ictd Wm'fM-ffili
- - Boupzrte he at length done ewey all
That our farcign aﬀain received the;: (one
from Paris during the whole administrauon
of Mr. ]eﬀcrson and Mr. Madnson, no can- \
did and intelligmt man can doubt. Thsi-"ss
interdiclion of the arm'mg of mctch'siunc ves
selacthe abandonment of the St. Domingo
tude. the refusal to reVZVe ]ay's treaty, t'm
rejection of Monroc and Pmkney's. the in
nructions given .to the former respectinﬂ
the ctChcnpc-ake. the embargo, the- saildrr osil'
Ro-e's mission, the rejecnon of ]ackson,
' and the direct and posicive measm es pu rau
ed wbringsinbout : war with England are!
so many proofs of it. A material question
cobe asked in, what hn the nationsigained
by 'the paniality and crooked policy of their
mien ?" Nothing but poverty, conccmpsi.
ct and der'nidn. ' Thc-yearprccedin' che em
bargo, the amoudt of domestic produce ::
poned had melted to the highu: pitch,
- and ye bid betide wonned ourselvn into
unde in smigu production, whicuubhd
us to expert from one country on mue] :
ct mount cqunl mour own prodpctim cx-z
_ ed. Where in our unde now, and ct
whom arc our name:: to cairy it on? Th- ,
si they have been doing bliodfuldcd for three
She eﬀect: of the British order: of council.
ct'l'le hue prohibited the trode of the United
Me to all the part. aud pieces declared to si
be biockeded, lend there it no longer any *
. etrxt or exctue to submittto the duplicate .
reach decreee of Holland, 'Naplu. &c.:
any More thin to that at Berlio. Whether,
the government of the United State. Will
Nexettctled foe omitting to iniorm the mer
chant; of the danger ol eobmittiog to thoee
dupliutee, by expming their property,
vhich hn now been eonfiecetcd ; or, whe
ther thin government could be euepected to
know of thin dangerjuelf, are questions for
thou to invectigate end determine, whoee
propetty hill been ucrisiced. ss
: it may nnrbe emits, however, to remind
the Americao reader, that the ordere 'Were
not merely intended to deprive France.}iol
lend. he. of trade, but were formal ecte of
biockade, inned by Bnnaperte egaimt
Engiand. on the 26th November. 1806,
from Beriin ; and, as Bonaparte will conti
nue to capture Americao ehipe and proper
ty, going to pr coming from Engleod, in
neration of his decreet it cannot be expect
ed the order: in council will be reecinded by
the British, without home counter or equi
vaient stipuintion in their fawor, on the pert
at the goveinment of the United Statea.
Fortuoateiy for the people of the United
Statee it is not in the power of the tyrant of
the cqntioent to execute hie dectee on the
mean, at least to an great extent, not per
hape to the wine o. one per cent. for the
great seizures he has got, were blindly
thrown into his lap. Our confidence was
eueh, that it required neither risk nor e:—
pence to .eeizc this property. It is now;
thereforemfiittle importance what his de
f'i'ete may be far the future , pr how long the
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year: past.
AMES.
places they contemplate, unless they really
meant to subsidiZe the enemy, and give the
halfof theireuhataoce to enable him to take
the other hell", and knowingly to do what
. si. fnm the-Federsil Repubh'ccm.
Msi * Me: 6_Dallara per anmmct. —
CFM Gaunt, 5 Dallan;
rnrno inn sinnsinnm " ,,
5 A RsU'E L. s NsiOWD an,
RosiHn-ect, ctu-m.
" mmctxzsoarss APR1L 21.
FRE VGH INFLUENCE.
From the Same.
ful parngrepht in :: journel, more worthy
90} being printed at thington than at So
menet House, etoutly and finmlyssmeiuuin,
that those ,orders were knowingly and
ss7 witkedly issued upon : falle principle; that
the retaliatiott of the decreee of ssBerlin and
Milan upo'o which th'ey were lotmde'd wsiai
unjtut, because it we: kno'wn those decrees
we!!! only meanen and lolely. deadned to
eound the diepoeitions of England; thin ;
single .cne could not be cited wherein they
were put in_ echution egaimt an American
venel, ubich had touched at an English
port, or which had been visited by : Bri
tieh venel of war; and even that a letter
of M. Decrce, minister of Marioe inFrance,
had officillly declared on the 24th of'Dec.
1806, to generglssAt-mtropg th_e Ameriezn .
qiq'nexctt Peru, that the ethsidecm !! ;
ct . . .
'ssve-ct nay medy. no min, evils}; and (ming.
our hind: to (bid daily Maid
morsic parcicnhrl behove- m- to inveougne
the dun: so :: 'n mfemdiapim T'
miniamtion of onrss being treacherouss ly
wads'che sport of Fnhcc- No si docu'menc,
"'th en throi-light npop thin subject .is
beneath on)- notice or unmmby of octur at.
; tend". . ' ' sit!
] .Tothe Human: of Philadjelphla, we
are indebted (or the republicacionsos a wk
ctofthis non. [: is : review stork L'Ambi.
ss gan. the celebrated French pnpck printcdzin
London by M. Bellies; of : pptmphlcsst lately
pubfiohed by -Mr. Lewis Goldmnh. fini
Ztled " Expos'uion of the conduct of France
inwards America, proved by several cases
decided in council of prizn at Paris," with
the mouo ' - ss
Certaioly there are few writen who can '
foﬀcr obsengations equally interesting upon
what is now passing in France, as this
Goldsmith, who was "long editor of the
Argus Journal, translator of the work of
M- Hautcrive, which made so much noise
upon the state of France 'at the end' as the
182/1 century, having lived in'intim_acy with
this diplumatiat, and having been employed
succesoi'vely in the offices of Fouche And
Talleyrand, of the Marine, &c.—-—-lssf Mr.
Goidsmith is really desirous of repairing
the wrongs done to his country,,if he is not
i . new Me}!!! de [& Taur/w, he now has 0
fine Opportunity of rendering hiinself use
ful. Let un therefore lioten to his first dia
dosures, without _pr'ejudgiog his person or
his understanding. ., ,
No one is ignorant that there exists in
England at this time ; powerful party who
systematicaily believe in the insailibility of
the American government. ln the eyes of
this patty, Mesm. ]esserson and Madison,
are. a sort of politieal demigods' before
4 whom the Solons, the Lyeurguses' and the
seven wise men of Greece ought to bow?
their humsiliated heads. These admirable i
orisonzuges Lsim commit no (suit ; they hold
the scafe -x.ict between Fran'ce & England; 'ss
(ju-ct: Britsiun is the.- only power which
0*)' tinateiy contsnues to wrung them.
Lneourugrd and animatcd by these faith
ful charge des assairs of Amcrica in Lon
don, see how Mr. ]csserson treats his great
Parisian sriend. He is In aduration before :
him. He ne-iveshis vessels in the sames
bavs from which he exe'iudee the Bct itish.— ,
lie suﬂmnll sorts os outragsis from him *
without 'exam'mation or retaiiotionsi;—-and
Whiist he euﬀers the best sailors to be taken
with impuuity from the English ehipe,whilst
he refuses bread and water to our crews, he ;
finds means of sending skeletona of the A- ;
;metican mammoth to his good friend, the '
Tgre'at living mammoth of the Thuilleriee.
' The exusvagaot paniality for American
demc—emcy, supported by its .common .mo
ther French tyranny, was particularly ma
nifested at the period of our orders in coun
cil of ]anumy, 1807. The authors ofeer
tain pamphlets, which made a good deal of
noise in their day, and the author: of love
IN an advertiement which precede. this
work the author inform. the public, thnt a
residcuce of eight year: in the capital of
Napoleon'e empire. an intimate acquaint
ance with some of the moot remarkable per
eonagce of that country, and the diﬀerent
lituatiom in which he wan. furnished him
, with-toccniom which few have enjoyed, of
'eoueeting the materials upon the etnte of
eociety et Parie and upon the poiicy purtu
ed to the French government and in ageute
— e adds, thnt he took the reeolutiou of
communicating to the public all his observa
'tione n noon as he iound time to prepare
: them (or the men And to'commenee he
'ehoee the conduct of France towards the -
.United Statee of America, a subject upon
which, according to what he had heard and
read since his return from France, it up
' Peare that very false idea: are entertained
in this country.
" Semperque recent" ,
" Convectvre juvat proeda: etct vivtre
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FRO M L'A M BlGUA.
Nov.-21', uoosi-ssdisia-m ;:sidy QMW'
nagement: existing with e Ame'riem.
and induced ne modificltiou sios the ruin
observed betneenl'rznee and the U, Satan,
&c- &ctct'n - . " ' si . .
si , Let'e einz'ie case be cited, said they with
emphasin, where the political integrity of the
greatest'man in the old world he; injured
Tsithe commercial nsety of the' fnst nation of ;
the new continedtss, and in which Frenchim- *
pertiaiity has not respecud the neutrality,
' the innocence and good taith of America.
Scarcely. one pr two instance: are here cited
,-nnd even that with heeitatioojor we have
nothing but very incomplete issaformation
respecting what passes in th'e Divan at Pa
ris The victims themselves 'conceal their
injuries, like those robben who carefully
How long thiesaree ps falsehood on the ﬂ
one tide and oscredulity on the other. wight
have'lmectd, it it impossible to tell ; but Na
poleon, ntisfied ,mth the mead of the ex
periment thuo far, but at laet ventured to
shrew oﬀ the maak altogether. and not only
Confiacatee our property without deijning
to give an): pther reason for so doing than
,that it,.i: Amznchu, but has likewi-e qr
dercdln': enazm to capture and to bring at
every Americcn vent! meymecx. _
I shell not insult the understandingc of
my readen so much as to attempt, by argu
ments, to prove that this conduct of Nape
l'eon is virtually a deelantioo, and actually '
: carrying on, of war against this country.
" Shipe," said this akch-enemy in his zed
to condemn the right of search, " mﬂoat
ing cobnie:."_ For the present. therefore,
1 yjl; adopt lsitþ eye doctrinesimd lene it_
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From the Virginia Patrt'ot.
: Our relations with meccm-ln my last
[oﬀered a few remerke upon the late ec
quematiom of our Frclzctperty in the pom
under the control o rance. I me not
ss then, however. aware of & {act which eub- '
eequeetration was made upon the express
si round that the property was Amrican.—
shie fact, which will'be found amply illus
trated in our foreign articlee of to-day, '
changee entirely the face of our relations ;
, with that pown; inasmneh us, on her part
, it in tantamount to a declaration of war. !
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Notwithstanding our numerous grounde
" of complaint against that poWer ; notwithp !
etanding the eapture and burning of our
merchantmen by her privateers, and not
.withetanding the detention or even the con
fiacation of pr0perty in her port: ; she had
come grounds of excuse which under skil
ful management, might contribute to a bed
lief that her intentions were not honile to
our interests as a nqion. T hrlc palliative
' grounde were eagerly seized upon by her
advocate: in this country—unibrtunateiy
much too numerous [or its good ; & when
accounte were received of French outragcs,
they Were first denied, and afterward; ex- ,
cused. lf : vessel was burned, .we were
told it was done without authority from
government; or perhaps the let wan ex
cused by being cuntrnsted with some B-sii
tilh otttra'ge, as though the wrong of one
belligerent justified thus:: of the other: if
a vessel was captured, either no notice was
taken of it, or eise it'was pretended she
had violated some decree; as though the
violation of an unjust decree, made her
capture lawtul. We were told that Napn
leon was in reality our friend, but that re
talictzz-ssssn upon England. had (lrchn him,
, thuusi-h reluctantiy, to the eXcrcisess ofa mo
ss mentaz-y scyetjzy agumsist us,; and that ge- b
! neral drmstwng would soon put ever)
thing to rights again. We were told —but
why should ] rcpcat all that we haw bccn
mld upon this SUhjnUZ Lunguagc hus-bccn
tontursid and common sense outmgcJ, by ss
French hirclings in this country, to induce:
us to believe (but the: wrongs of France!
were the: oﬀspring asssncccssity, not choice,
and that she was disposed to render us am—
ple Justi'ce. The hopes of some, the scarc_
of many, and the prejqdiccs of more, l:d
them to, givqcrcdencr'to these fairy tales ;
and we have been ammed about once a
month for then two yearuvith & paragraph
in some: of the public prince, anuriqg thecti
public, that our aﬀain with France wqc in
a moot proepcroul train of adiustmqnt, nnd
that Mr. Amuttong wan on the ver point
of compromiz'mz all dissercncet, to t : mu
tual jhtcreat and satisfaction of both equa
(nel.
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conceal their Wound! for fear ol Demg
known, when there appeana sworninter
precer of the council of prize: at Paris, an
apprentice of the Very shop, who ret'nis to
us, who minutely detaiis, not one,two. or
three Alnfritlin rasss-s, Which rub the impe
rial gauntlet, lzut twelve succeseively in
whiZh those: French decreee have been pot
into execution against the poor Tunica, and
respecting which we do not- sind that their
echutive has uttered : syllable.
teqmnt intelligence has revealed—that thin '
( is a be continued )
lE oubacriber common :o lench tho
ss French Longuage .: bin tendence 09!
ner. of Prince and Royal meets. Lxdcticund
gentlemen wiltbe united on at their plied;
.os nbode :: nuch houu n thcyssmy appoim
Term: of mition may be .knovlb'] IPPUP'B
Ten siDollara—siss—si Reward'.
RAN A'WAY from the nhaiher, oathe
night of the thb innmt,. ; negro man.
named TOY, aged about !! year:, ; scet :
or 6 inche: high, llcnder in 11qu and lind
: good countenance.. The nbm toward will
be given for delivering she did runamyu
ss tho suburiber. or con mirthe him to some
jnl. lfukcnoutot' lhuowo annddiuond *
compenndon will be unde. . si '
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to him.
John Frignet.
N. B. The French tramlaud into Engshh
the English into Branch.
Apdl
I to fq. !! sinne, Psþ'sisssbwabsik; ,,nssdpirern
ib ass]- do if; no 'Proﬀe', that manam; (li.
'capturcpsssthsine {? ([a-gin; sicoloniujf um,
Andrcw Scholsicld,
'Wbo hat juct received and hansor calf.
A guanuty of 8 ! ()NE LIME him excel
len: quality.
4 mo.19.
TO RENT,
And immediate fwnesn'on given.
A very commodious Brick Dwel
ling a'nd Warchouse, all in good ordor. lim
ated on King street, in the neighborhood of
good water, and an. cxceucnt stand for busi
ness. dleo,-;threc oshqr-briokdwelling: on
the same street. one of which has a good
warchouse far : grocory store md tho lima
tion equally good ..sot-si buslncu—ss-tho re'ntoos
8}! the above pr-.pertymill be made, remna
e.
A Gold Locket set w1th pear],
of an octaqon form. . has some hlnck hair
plaited in the inside—markcd on the backof
the Lockcl ). D.—-One Dollur will be given
to the finder on delivering it to the Printcr of
this paper. .
April 26. _3L_
FOR SALE,
A likely NEGRO GlRL, about 16 yours
of age, accustomed to house work. Apply
to the Printcr.
BOST ON , April 20.
Arrivcd hrig Gowernour Sumner, Hil
lard, 70 days from Mnlagu. npd 84 srom
Algcairac. Lest no Antericdn wench at
Mnlagn. Sailcd in Co. with brig Quick
Time. os Kittery, which Veblel hn-ing put
into Malaga to try the markeu, had been
n-izcd by the captain-gcneral. who order
ed him to diochargc and sell hio car o. but
was obliged to depart without getting his
pay, is the French had just got ponuoioo
of the place after : rcsistance of it: houn.
Left at Algcsiras, Fch. 24. brigs Angno
ta, Davis, ofﬄouceotersi; Bctcy, Muzzy,
ol Salcm; and a Philzxdclphta hrct'lg- from
Smyrna, being all in port. The French
had levicd a comribmion of 2000 dollan
upon the inhabitants at Ajgcsirn. Mar
kcts in an unsctrlcd state. Captain Hillard
brought no papcrs. Saw two Britioh fri
gatc's .on the passage, but spoke nothing.
YEAS— "each. W. Alsﬂctsion, Bucon, B _
Be)d,-J- Brown, R. Browos-Bumon. But.
ler, Calhonn, ,Clopton, C'obb. 00de
Codk, Cox, meford,' Cum, Dawson, De}
sha. Findlcy. Fish, Frmklin. (.jnnnen,
Gardncr, Gholson, Goodwyn, Honani. How.
ard, Husly, Johnun, Love, Lylc. M Kec.
M'Kim; Miller, Montgomery, N R. Moon,,
Marrow, Nellon, Nicholsom ]. Porler. Rea,
of Palm; Rhca of Ten Richardaz Rome,
Root, Sage, Snmmons, Scavcr, Seyben.
Smelt,Smilic, G. Smith. S. Smjgh, Southnd,
Taylor. Thompson, Tumcr. WcaUey, Wiun,
W hitebill, -\Vitherspoon—5L ss
NAYS-si-Mcssr's Bibb, Breckxnridpc, W.
Chumbcrlin, Champion, Clay. szsinann.
porr, Ely, Emoct. Gnrinnd. Gold, Rule, H..
vcn, Heister, R. Jackson, Jenkin,"!ecmedy,
Lewis, Livermorc, Much, M'Bi'do. Mil
nnr, T. Mooro. Moscley. Picknup ctPicki
Portcr, Quincy, Sheﬀcy.8.8mnh. unso ,
Stunloy. Stephcnson. Swoope, fl'ullmldge,
Upham, Van llo-n, Van Rcucclaesil'. Whol
lon, Wimon --— 40
Aprilas. ' ' s:
L 0 8 T,
On Tuesday evening or chuecday morning,
[d'si . .
auxhej'halpa'mge qf m am (M n' ) m.,
coming ('oMe-rcidl Iugrcqurn bmyem G.
Britaiu end France, Uc. Uc.
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Mmt Vcijlp ne r :ndria.
Bushrod Washingtpn,
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