Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-05-25

l'',u4oh % the owners, iearchO, y NJ.
taking t; out an eneny's gooa,. !. then I'll
them out OF their courle, 10 fsr f. f,,a ,a'nt,
natural rigat o. power, At Va, ,''a Ses,
rect violation of the ris5s Of p,,., SAG
J'vereig1y. 1t is inconoa,i5Iys, 'P ,, q
executive power of an owner ov.. With {
property that a arangef hopla y 10 aaos
qualified or temporary right owe, v ,Ss
persy. Nor can any lu:a rip5t a ',a'PP
lels derived from the conl.n, Of Of ,s ss'a' ~
or his fovereign. Every pfetepc =. :. ''o
to a right Of lsarch, being CLAIM; NJ !; Gay
rogarlon of the executive risb,, If #" "a
hip, and bvereisoty, matt b. S ssai
from the adent OF the paw vhol. ~, ~ g
are abridged, OF from ufarpa,iion," ''s'
And again, in page 49,, de hv,
" In general, the pra4ice Of sri WV
ing anl the interruption of nsa,r.b ,'I :
NJ apparent eff4a On var. Its ~. a'
in which the winnings and lclIss A.. ga s,%
ly balaacei-aad she nations are r. :.'''
easiched nor impoverished, to a 5ss ,a
tia, can af.tt their rclources. s
prafice, howeyer, innenfely p,eaIri'
to nations at peace, Especially to ,St
whole productions are mott uEfuI |, r., %
II engeniers a hottie, ferociou, lpij, :,
the ocean, where licentiouGn,G is encr,a
ed by the expectation of impa rty
makes the property Of the induiriios' hi
oandman and merchant, the prey ofb.;
Gle and needy adveaturer; it aliear
nan from man; weakens the fenk 81,
raj obligation, and generates or ex,Ipas
national animoGty.
Men, who write and prate abop,h
6 rights of belligerent nations, "l:a b
confder zvar as the chief budnels Of man
Look into the books on the law Of naim
and there Zee men indicating the blto.
rous maxims of fayage tribes, citingtha
as the ground of the jus f3b7jEa7; al
treating of war, as lawful trade oracl,
patton, in which nations may engage viii
as little ceremony, as company ofna-
chants may fit out Gnip TO the SouthS:a.
But when men fhall ceale TO let falhionna
prejudice guide their opinions, they vii!
adops the soead principles ee the ccuhd
Denmark, which in the declaration rel.
7eeting the confederacy Of the year l7So,
sas lai3 down the petition, I" That IA.
ion independent and neuter, does not a'
~ the wars Of others, the lights whlchils
lad before the war, becaule the war ba
kits between her and all the belllgsnn
covers. Without receiving or beng o.
ICED to follow the laws of either OF Inen'
he is allowed to follow, in all places Con-
raband excepted, the traffic which 10
would have right to do, if peace eSlta
With all Europe, as it exits with her"
This is the broad principle Of nituf'
nj political jaaice, derived from tfe'sIff
onaitution of Independent focletI's' ha
he nature of foyereignty. A naa0n "
var has no right over a nation at P'1 .,
7hich it had not before the wal !.
lppoic bslligeren, nation to have 'f 4,.
. abridge the rights ola nation at ?s'' :,
to admit the principle, that na''@ n.s
eace ceafss to be an independent :, love-
eighty, by the dngle a4s Of the OsinS "a
nt-or that one nation may feltfl'" ~ =,
init the rights of another, Wl'"0a. :,
onfsnt. It is therefore derogs'OlJ .s.t
he lovereign.y of fate, that s a,,,I,.
over, by an exparte az, as by. p m.nA
alton ofwar agsinG third na'ion' . nG+
e permitted to vary or modify 'ns , ,.sDn'
,hich fach fate enjoyed before 'as l,oo 4
1ation. And hence it is that no 'a :. ,,,
yar can claim as a uataral ns6f " sS,J,.
rzy 55aJle jsaie<, the power ot' I.5?5i
ng the trade Of a neutral, ackn0'EE vsg
. be her right in time of peace e.. n DiI b
dmiflible reltriaion of this lol' a nn
erived from the content of the ls n re-.