Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political — Alexandria [Va.], 1810-03-02 00:00:00, page 2

"5 * nt-.of.eommuniciu,-mss_
{'a middle 'By' that rule are?
-" " mdss'i-Edwr 5W* "wi
bull good do's, coctucunwhxch, .formdi
ssgnmm d—dopp-rﬂms. 8!
ZM to'vimesa timid! needes in our own
_ _ ; - The proceeding! of she majority
' Sack; chse of Delcgotnyon Saturday,
Me: fail to prove, that the spirit of ja-_
- woblnkm, df proscript'wn. and (ymnny has,
Membconsidcruble progress. . - si
_,_L__,Eaﬂy\ln.the seisssion, Mr. Peter V. Da-i
'zFo'rsiel ofgmssordo offered che foﬂowiug rc-si
!
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"chance. .1 nat : cum m.." -- _ss-ss _ ,
leden the__'_plrt of this House. to enquire'
Wsiqtsike "port thereto, concerning the,
Within olsith: late minister plenipoteatiary ;
Whisﬂriunnic majesty, Franccs ]. jack
sstaoo', in his negociations with the Sccrctary
"to! State; and that the said committee dosi
Mher enquire and report whether the f
Incmive Gouemmdnt, by interdictmg an';
qommunications with the said Francis ].j
,]Ifhoof' has acted with a due regard to."
"the chusctcr and dignity of the govern- !
shent. end fqrthe interests of the people of
Pss'th's United Stzi'tes; '
' This resufuiioo was ordered to be laid on
'ss'thb table, end there it was suﬀered to sleep i
"Very quietly for about six weeks. The ab- s
sidordity of lpþo'sidting a committce to en-I
"quire into the conduct of the President and -
Wiforeign'minister was so glariog, that it
siw supposed the member from Staﬂ'ord
w not sgain esposc himself to ridicuie
' "yeﬂling'up his resolution.
A few days subse uent to the above men
Ttioned time, Mr. ct'slker (of Mechlen
'ss-ctbur') oﬀered a resohmon, which (for what
sifﬂm I will not pretend to say) hss never
"been entered on the journals. The eﬀect
* —oi this" resolution was, that the United
— si—Smtee ought to declcre war again:: Great
\Bntuin. A motion wassimlde to ustpoue
? this resolution indefimtely, and ile this
_ motion was under eoosid- ratiotisisi so ad
;Jdrlment wis sailed for gnd carrii'd. "( hci
ctsi nen day" the Speakcr decided. 'that the
- House ltaoing' acijaurncd while the rg smutim
""was- tmder c-amideration,_it was rio longer
do'n jamuion oftlzc House, and refizmed it
no me now! ! A more unpreesictedcoted
had incorrect decision ! have unset heard
*oi! 'The Objcct see'n to have been to
avoid the necessity of vot'ug upon so deli
-cste & question. Ccrtsinly the dlcisiou of
the Spsi—ak-ss-r is Opposed to the invariable
practice of the house olsirepresentasiNes and
Osevecy cther legishtive body to the union.
The omyshsdow of justification is found
431_nsithe.practicc of the British Parliament.
Dut it- should be mutanbered that it isssa
.:nlle oithe—Br'nish Parliament, that evcty
aquestiot) must he in some why dispwed ot'
_ . XII.!" ange, bid sumiahedss
sin.} _ - bow "m "lb the nci-L
on me aay-enn :: " muvw, ......... .- _-__
dhc piacticcin the Urine:! Scales, 'When
.'-I debne sometime: occupies many days.
"-Mr.-Wsinlkn has at least the n_1cric of be
si- [continued [: is difficult "to conceive
ssct with what face other pinna- can alfirm,
thn wd'haGc-receiusid the man nbommublc
iniuriec ! ' m Unnt'BrMin,'at-<e name
dun theysimakb no Add to obtain redrcn'
or to avenge our gretendad wronek- .
Qnthc am ulumo,ssMr. Peu'r . (Daniel
" :".Kelsi leave-sito withdraw the resolution in- 5
troduced by him, and emoﬀer the lollosiwingsi
which dnli'nle more honor to his under
siqmding than the fine. '
., siTbe necesnry purpose: of sicivilized lo-z
{chain has; given rise to numerous ma. ;.
"Eminemid to the harmony and imer- .—
_,ch .! thou oociesitiel. it bscomesactdub- '
Wsiwhichzdl have. an in interest, that
'aoucb Fluid: ad tho rights they involvc,
ab: cleﬂly diotingni'ahed and carefully oh- ,
wed." ;The wage of gut'mns founded ;
M'Wiples al 'Mice nd upoa expect .
I
. p—d— -- -.. ,- . .
" M-QJ—*._m
_ 'od of the French nvolutioa it an: cun
ftomry to push every wenurc propned
" !hrou h du convuuon by clamour. [(
" tho mll as the ruling party wu in any in
tcmce' ed. immdilte dcnune'ution
Lfcll upon head of the rash opponer, and
si'hcfct'doomcd to exp'me hie prnumption on
'ct'gbc sun]: pot or gullm'me. We have every
'qupect, that we shall be compel
offi- .
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MGMMO Mprmqm.
MMQ'.MIQ (
From the V'ersinic Alma.
Demmctib Þpokdonss-lu the 'early
- m. . . . .
44_si_..._.. kn nnnmnt- !
] ...ksinsi ;- nn'ct
si me
— l
- s
_, sict'sssssict' -- — tvhkhsstctl enjdhtd on- lo
h cheere towerde the vernment'
dies which they ere'si'plee'ed. " hen num
any of thou reqttleittont m th ted or 0,
penly oppued, the pelee'of " ne ne it ne
eetmily dieturbed, er put et huerd; en
mankind at their common interest it-thet-e:
by nuiled,'ehouhl uhite in- their reprebaz
tion of that government or egent; etriking
that nethe- civilizatien of the world, at
tempting itt revereion te rudenett ln'sid
harberiam. Thutss- people or government
which in particular beeomee' the subject of
such conduct, it indeed molt powert'ully
addressed ; nnd scarcelyxan any determi
nation, however extreme, he denominaed
extravagant, whose purpose is oppoeition
to (he-grnt indignity thereby oﬀered. For
one day and our country it teeth! to have
been reserved to have witnessed oﬀence:
against the rule: above laid down as tane
tloncd by general and inveterate aitent,
euch at have few examples in modern an
nah. The recent correspondence between
ouhsecretary of state, and his Britannic'
majemy'e late minister, F. ]; ]ackson, as
we?! as the subsequent act of that minister,
has exhibited on his part :: temper and de
purtment which, from every friend of na
tional honor and independence, demandgl
an unquqlified condemnation; from our
selves as the party immediately injured,
the most indignant and determined resent;
(nen?- _ ' . /
Ra-oolvsied therefore, that F. ]., ]ackson
by declnring in his letter of Oct. 11th,1809,
,to the secretary of state, that the arrange
ment with his predecessor, Mr. Erokiue
was concluded under circumstances which
necessarilv insurcd its 'disavowal, was
guilty of an imputation upon the govern
ment of the United States, of a nature
highly indecorous and disrcspcctful. _
Ic'eraloed, That after an assurance -from
the Secretary of state, that any want of
power in Mr. Erskine to negeciate such
arrangementwac unknown to our govern
ment; and that a knowledge or-behef of
inadsi-quate power: would have prevented
all neguciation with him—The re-imputa
tion of such a knowledge to our- govern
ment by F. ]. jttckson was sttll- more in
golcnt and uanrrantablc.
Resaived, That the president of the-U
States, by inhibiting all communication
with F. ]. Juckson, and in asking hit- recall,
hus actedat once with a becoming sense
0_s the dignity and character ofthe gossern
titentnnd with a due apprecsitation of the
interests and happiness us the people
Resalvc-a', That Francis James jacksont
by a puuiication purporting to be a circular
to the British commercial agents wi but
the Uttited State;, has insidiously attempt
ed to divide our people from their go
'cmntcnt, by mitigating his own. outra
geous aouZluct, and by misreprcsenting the
spiritcd, yetmoderate deportment, of the
executive; and that he hastranseended the
legitimate privilege: of a {oreigu minister,
who is warranted in urging the merits of
his proposﬂions through the recogniud or
an us the government only.
ResaI-oea', That should the correct reso
lution of the president in resusing to com
municate with her minister, be met hy 0
pen hostility from Great Britain, the peo
pledf this commonwealth are ready to sup
port the fedcul government in vindicatiog
and maintaining its dignity and independ
cnce.
On motion, Ordered, that the said pre
amble and reulutions be referred to
Mcsm. Daniel, Preaton, Cahell, R. Stan
ard, Stephemon, Brent, -, (of Staﬂ'ord
Matlory, Stith, Johnnn, (of lsle o! Wightz
Archer (of Nort'olk borough) Peyton. 0
to;, Wooding, Walter, (of Meeklenburg)
not! Archer (of Powhatan.)
On the lation. Mr. Preaton, fromthe'
committee, reported the following a: .
substitute to the preamble and resolutiom
which had been referred to them.
; Whereas- the general anembly of Virgi
nia did, at the last, and several preceding
oenione, so fully expren their strong and
decided approbation of the equne pufoued
by the general government, m relntton to
she-eontending power: of Eumyesith'at
they would deem it unnecelsarygsiat due
time, to renew the expression of their my
fim'gﬂl! ; if the lsimtngement conctuded m
April me, with David M. l-anup. tho
lemdsted minister of his Brutu-mtc ma
iesty had not been perfidtotuly duavowed
by his government and if hu_ meum:
Funcis- FctssJacksou- lsi" havznz troub
insulted the government Os due equntry,
damned: an ouwumntable ud tum!!
oue-qped to the nation: un! 'hifctsigl}, 1}!
she fss. ' r- . - 'si
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si- 'Wnctm; , l
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peace ot- , -_ ;
- e tuum! Were
—theteedpeet eld'dnellie
It" sinemhlety ofemym ofthe n
Mloﬂsssiof eMjm MW; in
my ' the pmnljovmmsshthesik
th e eﬀort! tgjefett'dthsielsiisihn of t_htt
sicounwyn iutt emtinqe twig
I-qgmtiogof them: miss hPWXY .na
f'nbli .!ZEUW. - . O :. . . .
Tlur sorelllmbed, Thlt the conne
sisivhlch hue been punuedt ;- well.? regud
'tothe emn ementeoucutded in pr'tl lah,
}with'ssﬂavid siEnkine', minitter pleoipe
ss_ tentinry ot hie Britinnic majetty. n with
: retfiect 'to* the lubu uent correlpondence
wit . and ditm'unl o , hiutteccnor, Frans
*<:il. ]. uckton, end in rehtion to our fo
:reign . ire in genvol. hue confirmed the
_ General Anembly of Virgiu'te, in the six
si alter! opinion which they entertained of the
1 justice and wisdom, the sirmneu, decision
and patriotism of the_pretent execut'tve of
the United States. _ . -
Resalvea', That the General Assembly
of Virginia. being deeply imprctsed with
it the neeesaity of union among the peoPIe,
and devotion to the government, it} the pre
sent awsttl and eventfulcrieis, do hereby
pledge themselvee' to support the general
geVernment in allsuch measures as may be ct
deemed necessary for the_ defence of the
rights, the interests and the honor of the
namo.
" nations, thar government alone cum and Of
right ought, without control (other than
eonstitutional) to exercise those powers ao ctsi
wisely confidcd to it; that the practice of ]
expressing public opinion by resolutions, so ,
often exercised as 'well by the cit'tzens as
the legislaturea of the several states, is ge
' nerally fallacioua'; hut always a dangerous
ioaovation upon the princip'es us our go- ;
verument; and is at all resorted to, ought '
to be reserved for cases of the last neces
suy. , \
" That the powere of approving and re
eommcnding, imply a'lse, those of repro
bating and controuliug the measures of any
government :
" That a faithful, impartial and consti
tutional adntinistration of the governm-sint
of the U. S.-is the best guarantee of the
assections, the attachment and support of '
the people of the eeveral ltatea; and of
amity. justice and good offices from sureigu ;
nattuns : ;
" That we, the member: of the General
Assembly, wholly oceupied in discharging
tnc dutics imposed by the constituthm and
people as Virginia, disclajm all right of
dictating to, or otherwise inﬂuqtcing the
general government than by eonstitutional
representation in the Congresa of the U.
Statcs; and, as representing one of those l
states, claim for it no privilege: or immu
nitiea which might endanger the rights or
eneroach on the constitutional powus of
the general government ; or higher honor
than to occupy that nation which shall be.
allotted to her by the gov'ernment of our
choice on any emergency which may in
volve the future deatiniea of ou'f country ;
and to which, from her wealth, population
and devotion to the best interests of that
government, she shall be entitled."
On Saturday the ad inat. they were taken
up, when a motion was made to pmtptmc
the original resolution, with the amend
ments indefiaitely (or in the phrase here
used to the am o! March)—This passed
{I
-E. Father, Mcriwecher, Colcs, Cookc,
' land, Wilooo, Young, Chibomc, Tacker,
ct-Cheacham, Baccher, F. ]oncs, Grecn,
'Terry, Scarke, PopessPmch, Clarkc, N.
' Seldon, ]. Seldon, Mmin,
"die, ]ames ]ohmu. L. Tazcwell, Cummin,
Mr. Blackburn (of Bath) then introduc- ]
ed the following, which, with the resolu
tions oﬀered' by the committee, were order
ed to be laid on the table : _
' 'IZuoIved, That the people, having by
the constimtion of the U. S. exclusively
delegrated to the general goyernment, the
powsir of providing for the common de
fence, of making peace, declaring war, and
_ the regulatibn of intercourse with forc-ign
in the negative as follows : " ct
Avss—Mnsra. Scarborough, A. An
denon, Steele, Blackburne, Otcy, M. Tatc, .
Pcldlcun, W. Lcwio, Buckner, Clerk
non, King, White, Simon, Claypool, Bar
rett, A. Morgan, W- Tale, Reynolds,
Rozzel, Noland, ] . Allen, F. E. Walker,
Berhbifc, Gray, R. Chdctian, ]. H.
.Chrinim,-G. Parker, Dunton, Birkhead, .
Hull, Womnck, M'Campbell, Bziloy and
'W. Tazowcll.—34.
.Non—Mesm, Barbohr, (speaken) S.
Bonick, M'Comaa, Pegmn, Wackins, ].
]ouel, (of Eucx,) kitchie, Payne, Ber
nard, C. Brent, Canlemao, [once, Garret,
Ba'ycop, [Laud, Caries, Curril, Kclley,
May}, Spenccr, A. ]ohnoon, Shannon,
deer, Gaioes, C. Saith, Y. ]ohnlon, '
si . Full, Sbemnm, M'Keon, Noe, G; Au— ct
demo, Shelton, T: lot, ansi, R. Hillct
wif'ulb—PÞ 'D sni ,.UFPIWF M.
BuRandolph, Armiotcad, Norvel], Row.
W. -]onu, Egmon, Wyan, Richardson,
airnon, Pur
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n'am _L.idjey,'8cevcnwn, Beawdl and S. '
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'l'hc omendmrnt-propoml by general
Blnckbmn was xhcn r'rjected-.yu 15—
_n0e0188- * _.
Mr M'Campbcll-(of Rockbridge)ctche.
rose and'obscrvccl, that. is he was now in
order, he Would present to the house, a .
gulmiwte sorjhc ariginalnnd for the sub
sc'nuee to it proposed by the commincc, the
soliowinz— ' .
" The ge-neralaasemby of Virginia, un.
der the inﬂuence of all thou untimcnu
that bind ittmhe highrscimcrcm of this
union, is rductamly compqﬂed w express
its feclings and in opinion, upon (he so
lemn crisis to which ,:hosg intercsssu hfve
arrived. Proccning as this'nscmdly does,
against thou principlrs, ' which would
withdraw the legislativc bodies of lhectdif
ferent states from the dirchngz of th: fune
tion: to 'which they are specially dcputcd,
:tnu emptoy them in the bucmeu of sitting
injudgcment upon the conduct of other
bodies, to which the peopic have Consided
other interests, this assembly. finds itsdf
imperiously required, to continue : prac
tiCc, which although vicious, has now
attaincd too much strength to be eradicat
ed. - -
" This assembly has seen with pain. the
course "and termination of a n-gdciatlon,
from Which it had lsiondly nmiclpntt-d an
honorahle and satisfactortsir adjusxmt-nt of
the diffc.cnces b.tt\e:n the Unitcd States
and Great Britain. While it forhesiu any
rcmurk upon the conduct of the minister
ciiargctlwnh that a gocation on the part
olhis Britannic majesty, t-its assemby is
bound to declare, and it makes the dt'cla
ration with the deepcst regret, that ntithet'
in the spirit or the manner of that negocia
tion on the part of the exceutivc of the U.
States, nor in the step which it has taken to
repel tsite Otttrage which, it is alledgch was
offered to it, can this assembly find any
thing to approve.
"It appears from the statements con
tained in the uffitzial letten of the miniltel'
of th.- government at the courtuf Sc' lame!.
and puttiCuln-ly from that of the 23d'1une,
1809, that the British government was pre
pared to revoke its otders in cnuncil, so
far as thty respected this nation ; upon re
ceiving a pled e from this gavernmcnt that
it would prohigit all co.n mercial intercourse
betWet—n in citizens and France and the
powers which adopt or act under her side
crees, so long as those power: shouid con
tinue in operation decrees violating the
neutral commesirce of the U. Stzttes. That
the British gnVernment would have no he:
mation to run tne tutsjcrt (it the totumat
trade of her enemies to ** future ditcuss
lion and errangc ment," nor any hesitetion
in lbandnning the propoeition, that the
British navy might, by stipulation. aid in
preventing commcrc-ial intercourse between
this coutt-y and France, and the power:
which adopt or tsitct under her tiectete.
" "shjasiknowlege of the t-it—we of the
British gdeernmem. must have been in
the possessiotsies t'ne enccmivc of the Uni-_
ted Statt's, before the lrritssllosthe minis
ter of his Bri'mnic majeeay at \VashZ-n .
ton ; and rccollecting, at this assemb y
does, how frequently the executive and the
congreu of the Unit-si (! Statce have declared
the determinatwn of this govsscmmcqt to
restore its commcicial intercoucttse ctyith
that one of the bt-Uigerent nutione'of Eu
npe, which should revoke its decrees vio
lating the righte of neutnl cemtncree, & to
eontinh: the system of nvti-intertourn
with the party adh ring to its ed'tcts, this
assembly is lust in astmiishmcnt—is alarm
ed into the most fearful anticipatioqe. on
diecovering that such has not heen'tlssietsi-e
cult of the hate negociasstion at Waehington.
th this knowledge of, the viem and
intention: of the British government, go
coincideot, apparentl), 'with- those of this,
government, this assembly knowe uoc'why'
it it, that, in all the communication of the.
secretaty of state, with the'Btitieh ,minie
ter, and in the letter to Mr. Pihkoey reh
tive therto, the government of siGreat Bri
tain is represented 'as' adhering to-n keen;
nition on the part of the Unite'd State: of
the three conditions, 'thatsiit gsi are;- the
late minister. Mr. Enþitt'e; 'si'filss'lctlsisshﬂcIId
to oﬀer to it: ecc'eptanee; . " ss ,
" Noe can' this enemblx White
those rulee of demmmsstehied sieh'odld ,,e'esi
pecully he _re_gmied in 53 dirbmifiie sifn-"
r'cseoune, the pert'toacity with sinhieh the