Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political — Alexandria [Va.], 1810-01-02 00:00:00, page 2

! have nohesitation in paying, that ne- ,
cording to the common notione of mankind
on such subjects, (] am not much fond of
war myeelf in any ene) the conduct of the
Britich torn.-trill the people of thin country,
hns, in some-intention, if not mony, been
auch, as to justisy sore'iblc resietnnce; pro
vided, from : true consideration of their ei
tuution end our own, we could have a ta
tional prospecth * such resictance, ol' induc
ing or compolhng them to redress our
wrongt and rectore our rights. Yet ! am
not prepared toeny thnt any thing has been
done or said by the British minister to ce
' cretnry Sn1ith,eo_gross and insulting, so far
no can be discovered in their late correc
pondence, as tojustisy the hasty, end, as !
ithinh, injudiciotu rtep taken by our govern
ment: much len to induce me to pledge
mynelslnnd'she people whom ] have the ho
j her to reprelcdt, to engage in so dis astruus
ct-n measure on that of war, as recommended 1
in these noolntiom, if neceenry to repel it,
- however wor,in the view: of any,—mightzbc
justiied on other grounds. What, sir, shall
we, ehall : whole 'nntiou go to war, shall
Ihounandaoﬂim be" lost, nnd millions of
hard cnmcd property be trusted, because one l
man imagine-, in which imagination, he
may be, an in this case, ! think he must be,
mictnkencthat another has made some re
- tation or insinuntions that might
'necm to nfcct his honor or character ? Are
siyon willingnir, that our aons should thou
full unpiticd victims-nt ambition'e shrine ?
[hop not, sir.
' chide! ndmit that such an intult was of -
Mr- Smith in his letter to Mr. ]ackson of
the Dth o'f Octoher. caiis on that minister
for a prompt and expiicit explanation of the
ndt of refusal on the pan of his govern
- went to abide by the arrangement lately
mid: with his predeceuor Ill-. [in-kin:.—
.si-dlr. ]ackson in his letter of the llth of the
jane month, replies,tha:, in hio cnmination
oftbcmotdl of Mr.—Enkine's mission, he
{mad no trace: oi complaint, and that he
did not but any cXprCSl annunciations of it
in the several confrrcncn he had had with
Mr. Smithsi On the part ofctthe U. 8. of his
Majnty'a having diuvowrd the not of his
minister in the eate niluded to : and then
M4], " sth-t the not escomplai'nt
by ders __ be owing to : can-doom":
With si hemndnnblc to complain of
me ' an act done undec Inch
dream-could odylud to the con
Hm Þlbld fancied. w]!!! were
". w us and by Mr. ]:ck
mct - si dere these-: TN: Us. Ersctkine
_. " acksun as had been imagin
-ed.ssrior could ah!-art;. such" should be
thaconscquence 1? it had been :! fact.
-After turning over every page and care
fully reviewithe whole ol'the corrupond
ence between . r. Smith and Mr. ]ccltson,
.! hzve really (ailed to find what other: think
Hsiss - .mtcont'omd with, but had
.. lssj . . l 4 10' . tabu- . ] -
'tinnin ssr genentdehh'dnudntha
.?" -. -. msimtnined in Mr.
they so plainly see.
in the clrnir— '
(Mr. Wheafm': Speeclt anchlded. )
DE li.-1 TE
ON THr. IOlNT RESGLUUON
JPproving the conduct of the Bxecutive
m "lation to the refusal to receive any
further commumcamn from [remit 70.
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11: committee of the trhole Mr. Bulrr ss
beau, 6 Dalmp mum
Coulrv (Fame,-5 Defin- . ss
jackon.
scounwznd
C 0 N G R E S &
HOUSE OF REPRESENT! TD'ES.
nmnsi) m wnuctnoct :! ' si
SAMUEL n'towomr,
finds-'My '
Mix hinnfthendolsi :
. _ 'Ms*_ hill-e
TUBSDAY, JANUARY !.
Tuzsnu, December 19.
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! isshngely to inn 'nsie that they contain some
inadmissible inatnuation, and premÞniaiel.
him against a repitition. ln antwersito this
Mr. ]ackson says that he had been-careful—
to avoid drawing conclusion.-t that did not
necessarily follow fromthe premises he had
advanced, and not to utter an" insinuation
where he was unable to substantiate a fact
Mr.'Sm-ith-has auerted thatour government
had no'hidwletkcsstþat what was made known
Of the deapatch of thsii'OSC-January tvasthe
only authority Mr. Ersltine had to make the
arranzement in question, and 'yet by inti
mating tun-opinion that-his general authority
as minister pleniponentiary was sufficient,
seems to admit that he might" not have had
any other special authority for the purpose;
Here it would not be strange is the busy
meddling mind ofmnn should suggest an
enquiry how it should come to pass that au
thorities or instructions which were unexhi
bited and unknown, should be substituted as
the baais' of -an' important arrangement, in
the place of those that were exhibited, dis
cussed and rejected. If none had been ex-ct
hibited and found to be inadmissible, it
would not appear so strange if the general ss
authority had been relied on. Mr. ]ack-ss
son, however, no where asserts, that I can *
find, that our government knew at the time 4
of the arrangement with Mr. Erskine, that I
he had no other instructions or authozsiities :
to make it than such as were exhibited, but I
simply that it! know such to have been the
fact, and a fact to which he felt himself
bound scrupulously to adhere, in order to
vindicate the honor and dignity of his go
vernment whenever its good saith might be
( called in question upon that point.
mmﬄ—
W—ffi
i in all this! can see nathing but severe
: civility. And yet this is made the occasion
for suddenly breaking oll'a correspondence
that might have led however dubious the
! prospect in the beginning ol'it, to an atnica
- ble adjustment of all the points in disputc
! between the two countries, and we are now
sss called upon to prepare ourselves for war to
- avenge the imaginary aﬀront. Not to get
redress for the wrongs we have suﬀered nor
to regain our connnercial rights, lor ! do
not perceive that any of these subjects are
embraced by the resolutions. To be sure,
sir, while ! see! that l am an an Amcriean,
! would-notagre-e to submit to the condi
tions contained in the despatch to Mr. l-Zr
shine of the 23d ol' Jan. and which Were said
to have been proposed by our government,
but Mr. ]acksoa intimates at least, that the
object of the British government might be
attained by thesubstitution of some others
less exceptionable. At any rate, if we can- i
not, atpresent, have the oﬀer of terms that
ss can be considered by us as admissihle, on
which to form the basis of a treaty with the
ss British government ; ifwe cannot, at pre
\ sent, make any treaty at all with them, we
' ought not to be hasty in going to war.
It is a plain dictate of r s—on and to be
found among the prsiecepts of revel-anon, that
any nation even under the greatest pressure,
' before they go to war. should count the
si cost. We should estimate the losses to
which war with the British may expose us,
si as well as the amount of the probable gain,
as also the means in our power-of gazning
any" thing at ail. That sentimcnt contained
in the president's message to Coogress-at
the opening of this session, perfectly accords
with my O'l, that in the midst us the wrongs
entetpz-izee have been rewarded by pretty ,
mnple returns of gain from abroad. As an :
ctndence of this we need only look into our '
si great nen-parts, end view the bony and zeal !
ss with which our merchante are prsiparing and i
[tending their-vessels to sea, fearing new Te- -
sss Mictione and emban'assments from our own ,
[governmeng more than any orders or de- :
j crees originated in soreign countries. 50
3 that amidSt all our difficulties, our deeiree i
ido not more exceed our enjoyments, then !
: theee exceed thoee of every other people in '
the world. To the loss of many, is not all
these advantages and blessings a was would '
expoee us. And where would be our gain ?
The worst passione of the human heart
would he called into action, and we ehould
have an increase of nothing, but poverty
and vice. But it my here be worth enqm- '
, that ere onr means of going to war )—
Yho philosophere of our age end'nn'tion have '
taughtne-Iossexsspeet that the happyiilne
would enon' come, vided-the ,] _ ss
'conteetoftrctying jhtchcnnldactd diet?
the meet-hero, would__ie'\d rode upon-,
issolfeenieeuan-si Hence thepolieysidun'
(ovemhessqotheeaw Men,-ent
etdeedle preplmione for ner. One expe
tieneed Wthouzheminengm let; .
and vcxatiotu-expcrienced from external
causes, there is much room for congratula
tion on the prosss rity and happiness ﬂowing
from our eituatio at home ; and it may be
added that sine-: by the indulgence of our
own government, our citizcns have been
ermittcd to return to that commerce, to ss
which they have been accustomed, and with ;
which they are so much delighted, their,
'the rest remain to be trsincd to the-art, and
firlups to bed >ro. - 'The'timbel: for fear
jng up an important navy is yet tn our lor
sisi-em and perhaps in the at'nrn. And ! wrsh
rsiye might never have oreasmn to call for the
sfortner or procure the latter. Shall we, then
in this Situation. go I!) was With a 'n'ntion,
who, for CcnlllliLS, have made w'ar their
tude? Shall we attempt to cztpture the
ships of a nation who has it inhvr power es
sciently to blockade all our parts from Geor
gia to Maioe, and ..in the .course of a new
mouths to sweep from the ocean every
si-vessel we may-venture from our hnrhors ?
.But iswe were to go to war with Britain
' and could promise ourselves success in
! humbling the pride of that haughty nation,
should we not in hastening her downsztll,
' accelerate the period when "we sh' uld he
conte the humble vussisals of the great mus
i-tcroft'ne world; and then the wrongs We
I should have to endure would no longer go
under the mild name of trespace:. We
should apply a harsher siterm. if allowed to
give them any name at all.
it may be enqttircd what then shall we
do? Shall we become slztvsies'to Britnin for
fear of the shscltlcs of imperittl .Frsnce?
! Shztsill we voluntarilv submit to the unrea
l souahle demands of the one under an ap-'
, prchcusion of the severer tyranny of the
l Other? The- answer must he no. We will
? give no quit claim to any thing to which we
ss are entitled. But not mndlssv refuse to en
' joy any because we cannot at present enjoy
ss all. Because we cannot now, with safety,
uaverse the ocenn every where at pleasure-.
shall we abandon it entirely, and burrtsi'all
our vessels for thar of losing them ! 'l'hll
would be like the folly of the man, who
having had some trespasses committed on
his plantation, should magnanimoualy re
solt'e to ﬂy to the mountains and give Up
the whole. ] would not, in madnt'n, make
a voluntary surrender of my cornsicldu,
mere-ly because my orchard had 'l-een rob
bcd. Let us make the most'of every ul
t'antage still in our power. 'll' it he the po
licy ot furcign govcrnmrnto to lay unjust
restrictions on our commcrce abronll, let it
be the polict of ours to see that it into:
shackletl With too much rc gulation at home ;,
leaving our citi'Lt-ns to the quick si-ctsihtcd
guidance ol priute interest, and thy will
noon lind the ' path to wealth. The wealth
of indsst'idttal: will become the wealth of
the comt'minity to whith they belong. In
this w: shall grow rich, as a nation. Richcs.
wzll ennhle to be risihtzt' still, and being
riche: still, we shall have the powei, and
_ having the power shall not want the dispo- .
sition to assert ;.l'. our righ.s ; so shall we
become & great and llo-trtshing nation, and sisi
'so may'we continue until old time, like
Sampson in his wrath, shall pluck the pilsi-ss'
[an that support the world.
-It is became I think, and think honestly,
that the adoptiun nl' olche t'esnltttfnns wodld
have a tendency to bring on a cloudy, ifnop
a not-my day, and deprive us of the-se tle
lig'ntsul prospetssts, that l cannot give them ss
the aancaiou of my vote. {
Mr. joinest-n. When .! consider it my :
indispcnsiblc duty to addiess you, I shall]
time—and, however lechie my powere, to
speak the Sentimetits of those whose consi
dence and whose fish-ctions have placed me
here, is a source oshuppiness which I can
not describe. so hsi: sitcnt on this occasion
would do great injustice to the love-of na
tional-honor and the patriotism of the dis
trict I represent, and in sact of the state in ,
which I live. The gentlemen in oppositicn
to the resolution have given an extent to
this discussion which has involved our fo
reign relations with _all the world. I may
be permitted, therelore, without being con
sidered prolix, to embrace in my remarks
the disavowed arrangement and the event
subsequent—nor shalt I be considered as
wondering from the subject to take a view
of the situation of this country at the time
of the ,disavowed armtgetnent, and to men
tion the great events which pressed heavily
upon the eve of this period. What was this
situatinn and these pressing and imposing
etrents previous to the arrangement. Our
embatrsnments had never been so 'greet
since the revolution, nor our injuries so
numerous, so serious, so aggravated—the
litical horrizon was overshadowed with
clouds and darkness—no commercial ar
rangement existed between Great Britain
end the United States; stre were bound to
gether by no conventimut ties—by no trea
ty obligation. The eommercial part of
. .y's treaty, which would so muehto
oglsnd end which hasso justly incurred
she execution of the friends of our inde
pndence, had thred, We were aﬂost
, the oceonupoothelrosd bosisof the
of notions, under ctw'hid for _a fit
jeers'e were grow'iogln would snd'hsp-s
sipioess issos runnen-thousand thejeshnsy
et Grestlritain. sun-m Wctnph
sithe sstne sdvsntsge by man: MJJ
apologize nc-izhcr for the manner nor the]
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ss to the British intercs: durod
mﬂx Daylssh ol' ' ]
mmw-Mnu, ssctgfiss
depth name-um ' si "
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lusuuscr. Onsiu, 1 'ss _ 1509.
THE Stockholdm in thin tation at:
hereby named;-[hat an elr ' sisim di
recton, will be beldatlho- = - ;, 5, A
lemdria, on Month] msissu — ' of him.
u'y out, ensu'mg. .
By order. ' -'
HE subscriberoﬀcrs for to the Home
on Fairsax-su'cet, in A xgmh-ia, now
occupied by Mrs. 8. fix'd-all - The assu
sors say this pl'nj:ct't)' is wort! four thouslﬂd
two hundred (I:-Hare, and I: :, year after
year, aszcssed it at this m ; but the
suhscriber now oﬀer; it for so at tue halse
the asscssed si c.!uc.
Jle al-o ctﬀcﬂsor : e,
she vacant Lots on knit-sent nd Frankfin
street:. Assessurs have said at thess- Lou
aresswortb three thousand m hundred dal
lars per acrc, and hue aneu _- them at that
rate; but the subscribcv wi] - ke less than
the half osthat mm per acre.
the MllL—his Human 01 Ki _ .tre't, neat"
Royal -Itl*cct-—bis Housel nt same meet.
near NVashington-strcot—bi pound-must.
or any other property be In: . Ages;-naril
on : credit of 6. 12, and to Man,—Ap
ply to Cuthbert Powell !}
&;- Msirinc Irgsuranc Cow};
q/si Alexandri :
announccd to me pcupt
by our chief executivc
rangcment which made:
for the murder of out cou trymt-n un hoard
the Chcsupcukc, oﬀered ' prospcct us ye.
storm,; the men now in (; ttvity an'] exile
--whtch rest'mded the on us in counciln
they rcslzcctcsil the Un'ttc Stztten—mtlu
promasc oi acnding R BPCCY i "Wl'lsitttr t'en
cd with full powsi-rc to cow sitdc at treaty of
peace. [cannot describe: t'u: fet-lungs of
the Amenicnn people at th': wclsiomc ucwn,
when the agreeable surpt'sh - permktttsid rc
ﬂc-ztion—thc prospcctuf [)c :: made their
joy numo-lcmtsi. A pohti ! jubilee was
proclnituctl. It was isiumlf} 'nupz-J that a
pledge had been given or at pusittt-n mn
1thth to omit-va.: the imu and wrongs
of twmty year! in ajust an acute-13}: us
rangcmcut. The esssi-ctetsol nil dis-:WOWLd
arrangement were: universa not cut-(mea
to one party, nor to one c '5 of cztiZJsins.
The few wno dÞUblCd the Juh of Great
B; itain were denuunccd—n pmty or gaf-'t
lician dared at than time to , y, mssxt Urcacsi
Hﬂtain had tun-rendered any'ngm tnsiut shoss
lhd abandoned, any principle of cqsinty or
the laws as nations ; nor tlthruat Britlil
had more thanatoned for me in_;uniu in
which repamtion Was tcndesrcd, nor that
Mr- Esskinc hutl .bcen ot'cr-rzsimhed, or
that he had compromiscd thd hssssmoruf hit
gan'crnmcm. Not even ctBc-ifsh unmisn
ncs nor the paper: supposed be devoted
asscrt any
of those position-.
_[1 r. sole-um . speech to
e . , '
band. the search o ;
prcdatiuns in "as " "! {he "T'-"ill .(m life
Chcsapeukc whcsess zumhclsim Our (man.
West murdf-sfd finds me In," LFM inczm.
sisi'sifss nisi; Bsm'h ,).- -h*ln.lllun ctmfflsisi ct-siuc'
[sin zfzsir pr. Lcnssimns u ** she "" 'j' U w ln
prrssmcut than thc '"ss 'Fsif' *-'\si*4usc\
wi'sih an of their ncla 9? P'sscusifd. the (sir.
den in council levicd "'qu ( *' Nsi', & sssctct.
tribmiun upon your : Wd .VPUJ' ZH'Us-Esl. ,
These Were (he so 5" "2 dispute, a}:
points of controversyct Atqnfimcmz for the
unjmjics refused and ct ccxauonss On other
points had sailed. T man; sangulqc a—
mong us gave open}! ".{5 01 better uxnu.
The nsiisis was ="?! '- 'fCh P'sifscmcd to
the Am: ricun pEDPL the to snsszm c_s at war,
embargo, or (Ingraccss _s limistN-zl was
renders.) more perilous !: antcrssxsssl dmsinzu
at home and the GPPQFM Whlyn consum
tional laws me: with in y [sin;-es us x'ne:
Uuiwd Slatcs. Inthib ur or peril and '
danger, the disavowcd rrungczncnt wa;
- - _ -.L' A... l.' c.-.._
worid has been d '0 01" Fumspss—ru '
proclammions on - si' 7, the ""O! corn.-,... ss
Kcrchnnt Vesisctsi ch'si
[w the Bﬄxm _
sZtv b-canssw _ _
and oufsicomm -ctct_.ct_
ind ctpc-ndnpt cil'l " _
system of iniqsim _.
pressure-m.- the set" ' ss
the colouial (lade _ ct _ . she}
subject of blockad -' ? "him the c'vsisiM'sisissct- .:
or", ,
law-nication! w duresard-assw ,ss
edbv mass-ann- lum-n. and free.",- -ss
' - —p0\verqss1sssi -
0.- .A- L.! " ..A-m
she "? "in" si " in?) . fffipro—ct ; 'ct ss-sisiz}
a ':13 10 ctFP aught"! ._,ct
laluZEZessva/Þarfyf Salt.
9 So _ 0 .kCc
Leelburg, March 30. ._ hw
He would gladly tell all. !) property on '
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