Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-12-16
M E S S A G E.
To he stro'e and Kagt Of Rcf'etf"'"-

o ne SeS0!f HHa I2.ie " NSf 'c'"''
.9' Hves IF t6e Uuiir9 Stars.
WHEN we aiiemhle ,oeethes, fellow
citizens, TO confier The Rate ct Our be
loved country, our jua attentions ace Aft
drawn to thofe piesGns rcumaa"'es
which mark the gnodreis 0! that being
from whaf. favor they flow, ard he la'ss
m.alu,e Of tharkFulncls we owe tor h:s
bounty. Another year has Come around,
and fnds US fill DicH-d wiki peace and
friendhip abroad, law. order, our reii-
gion at home, good a:f.ciion and harmony
with our Indiso neighbours, and bnrthsn'
lgh;enea yet our iaeome fuihrient TOR
the pubic warts, srd the produce OF tht
year great hey ord example. Theie, fellow
citjzcrs, arc the rcuml ances under HIGH
we meet; ard We remark with ifeciaI
iatisfstlion tho(e which, under the im'es
Of Providence, relult from the Kill, indu.
try and order Of Of our citizens, managing
their own affairs, in Ihcir own way, am
Cor their own uE', NARRATED by tee
| much reputation, unorp.eA:d b. dlcal ex
lions.
On the reaora.icn Of reace in Enrop
that sur,ion of the carrying trade, whic"
had fallen to our fharr durios 'he war, WA;
abridged by tie returning competition Q
the belsigercnt powers. This WIS to h'
exp: Eed and was jua. But, in al1i,ioH,
| We fad, in lome parts Of Europe, moncp
| lizirp determinations, hich, in the form
| IF dn.iss, tend efettualiy to proh'bi the
carving til her our owl produce IN our
own veilc;s. From exiting AMI IS and q
ipirit of juhice, it is hoped that friendly
diftutlion will produce a fair and adequate
reciprocity. But lhould IslGe calculations
| of intereft defeat our hope, il refs with
che Legislature TO decide, wne'her they will
meet inequalities abroad with counte'vall-
ing inequalities at home, or provide for
the evil in any other way.
Iii, with fa,isfaetior | lay before you
an act of the Briti(h parliament, anticipar
ing this fuhjet', 70 far as TO authorize. a
mutual abolition of the dutie, and counter
vailing duties, permitted under tie treaty
of 1904. 1t ihews on their part 'p'T.t
of iuaice aod friendly accommodation,
which it is our duty and our intereit 20
cultivate viii all nations. Whether this
would produce dae equality in the nav'-
ration between The two countries, is lub.
jeet for your confederation.
Another circumfance which claims at.
,ertion, IS directly affecting the very
lource CT our navigation, is The detect or
me evafon Of the law pr.vlding for the
return OF feamcn, and particularly of iholt
helone;oe to veGrls foli abroad. Number
Of them, aichatged in foreign po's, have
been thrown on the hands Of our Coniuls,
who, 10 reftu, hem fIsra The dangers into
which their dlRrcllrs might plunge them,
and fave them % their country, have found
it necefarv, in fomc CAFES, TO return them
at the public charge.
Thu c,hion of he S,an'fh province OF
LouiGaoa TO France, which took place in
he couile of tie iate wsr, viii, II Carried
into efttt, make charge in the aipett OF
our foreign relations, which will douotlet'
have jaA weight in any deliberations OF
the legiilature connected with thar iub-
jett.
There was reafon, TO. long Gnce, to
apyreherd that t.. warfare IN which we
were engaged With Trp'!', might be
taken % by fomc other Of The B4Tba'y
powers. A reinforcement, therefore,
was Immediately ordered 20 the veae!s
already there. Sub(cquent affirmation
however has r&ovsd rhslc approximations
for the prelent. To fecnEe our commerce
i, ,ha, lea, with the fmallea force COM
petent, we have fuppoled it belt 10 watch
arialy the harbour of Tripoli. Still,
however, the fnsliowne[; Of ,her COAT,
and the want Of fnaller seilels on our part
has permitted fome cru:ftv so,elcape un-
ob(erve1: and to one of thele an AncEi-
can veGel turately fel! a prey. The
captain, one American feaaIan, and two
other. of colour, remain .rifoners with
them; unlefs exchanged under an agree