Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1803-10-15

lat' goes Tor Paris in :,
quality OF Vice Consul, and Mr.. F, "a fAaI
said he had nothing to object to him eaa'ches
Alltills is right, and ought ever,nh,,
case with all nations. aga;a. i =. ~ Dc the
Instructions. same
You may back vour asser,;oa.
late determination ofth9 President - y Al
it signed abroad, that he is averee - nave
into hispublic room, which is free ~ IG@It
world besides, any Frenchmen VIII a 81, me
noSlous to the French Republic; al,bono op'
perhaps, 1t may again happen somet;n50
as many go thither, whose names and .h
racters are utterly u~nknown.n
This was the courtly and scru,YIon.
duct on the pr of the United s.ares
wards France in the year 17o4. a ron,,no
that had for It's basis a grand desirs e
peace and friendship with that nation
which deservedly received the apDroaa'; aS
ofthe American people.
If these were rules ofconduct nro,a,
wards Francein 1zo4,th question beconN
a natural one, why no recurrence :,
irstprinciple, the same shouldno 90 cons1
ly and as s~crapulously be observed toneo~I
England in 1902 and 1908? The ansra'
must be given by those whose goyernm..
tai department has been different. let
be remarked, as a statement of facts ~.
in the face OF die wise maxim of NJ. Tsr
ferson in the face OF that scrapulops cas
duct 50 rigidly observed IN 1894. at II,
Presidents ievee, and in the face Of al H. +
world, his Excellency, the President oftbl
United States, the author of " The MOI.
on Virginia" in 1862, invites a character :,
the American shore (of WHOM there corId
not be one found more obnoxious TO G,sar
Britain than Tom Paine) recaiveshi him with
JOY, caresscs and adIIaion, aIraos. ar,
preaching to the worship of a Deity. r..
ceives him not only in his priva-s roon.
but has him at his pubic table, and by way
OF cuSI0atii1S Feace and fjendshj5, invites
the British Charge de Affairs to dine with
him. Again. In 1903, at a time when
the utmost harmony appears to su5sist be.
tween Great-Brftain and America, when it
Is thought right on the part Of the Amer.
can government TO have a Minister Pieni.
potentisry at the Court Of London, we
learn that James Monroe is SEM thitheri in
that capacity. Let us examine alittle the
correctness of this appointment. To sup.
pose the Presidents ignorant Of Mr.. Mon,
ross sentiments Of Great. Britain. would
be, to say no more, too greata N insult to his
literary industry. rs he must therefore /
have read Mr.. Moaroe's book entitled,
/" 4 View ofthe Conduct Of the Executive
Of the United States" the following ez.
tract from that work viii at once shew the
e~xtravagant p4rkiahty Mr.. Monroe h2s for
the French ration, and the r22tsG 5yeu.
aIces and Qgtibathy he has 10 the British.
In page SO Of that work he closes TIE Ksw
with these words
The contrast between the situation We
mighthave held, through the whole Of this
war, aud that which we nave held, is a
striking one. We might have stood well
wita France, avoiding all thelosses We have
sustained from her; enjoying The benefit OF
the principles Of free trade, and even aP'
pearedas an advocate Tor those principles,
and without goingto any extremity: We
might have preserved our ancient renown;
bought at great expence Of blood and trea'
sure, in a long war, in a contest for liberty
aad even appearedes a defender OF liberty
and without fighting for her: We m!gh'
too in my opinion, have commanded a oe'-
ter fortune in our negotiation with Brlton'
and only by a~vailing ourselves in a sulta'
bic manner, Of the fortunes Of france
And instead oEa situation SO advantageous
SO honorable, so satisfactory to our coanuy,
what is that into which our government
has conducted us Our navigation desfroy,
ed, commerce laid waste, and a genera
bankruptcy threatening those e~nSaSeoM"
friendship Of a nation lost, the mo,.
powerful nation OF earth, who had des'ir
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