Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-03-07

US lone account Ol I'LL 70
commerce. Trey infult our national nag
upon every Tea where they meet it; 'ney
teize our nerchantment they plumber our
merchants Of their property they anoie
our (eamen fhackle ,hem with ehS'nS,
end conagn them 10 dungeons ard YET
honorable gentlrmsncfy out pace, PEACE
when there is 20 peace. If this peace
God give US war. And pray, Mr.. P'esl.
denr, what have we done to provoke all
this : We have violated no treaty WITH
his Catholic Majeity /; We have injured
none Of his fuhjecis we have depredatea
no where upon his commerce rather sf'aA
offend him, when he has finitten us on one
che, K, with Chriaian neekneis, we have
tlrned the other lie has made no COM
paint agaiait Us he has no caute OF com,
plaint; he does not even condeicend 70
Geek publication tor his condutt none
could be found but it originates IN DE-
l.berately formed fyfem OF iniult and a.
aule, and be is proceeding aep by ttep' 10
afocrtain how long the people OF the O"it-
ed States will fuifer themielves 10 betfa
pied with ;npunity. We have ieen him
en- our lines, wantonly infraR his folemn
rreagy, ard his fubj.eAs are, at this mo
ment, under orr very eyes. acting IN
open vioaliton of its bea proyllions, by
Withholding from our citizens The all I'm.
portsne right il guarantees 10 them OF "a,
vigating freely th- MidiaipPi: a right
eirnuAl 10 their very exittence as Peo-
pie; rigkt that never cen BE-, abandoned
ny them, but with their lives, nor yield
e, hy Us, Dat with our national honor.
Fir ihould be ffid, Sir, that this I'M
poytart qneGion viii not long be an at
fair Of controversy between the United
States ard Spain that Loaiilaoa, New
C.lcans, and this ufarped Claim q the
Spanish government TO 'he exelaGge ma
viga5ion Of lie MiAii.ippi, will loon be
found in o,hef ilands; Tia, Whenever we
may have 70 negotiate en- his iubjets,
elmer in he cabinet or field, it will not
be with his Catholic Nasty, but With
the Firft Conf1l not with King, bui
with the King Of Kings. | aofwer thal
in the5e infuIts to our national dignity,
we at preient krow 10 power bot SPAN,
Whatever agency Bcnapsrte may have
had III this buGntis, he has been conceal
Ell from our view. 1t is Spain that has
violated her plighted taith--it is Spain
that has tranpled uFon the dearef interehs
Of the United States and infulfed our 60
vernnent TO COR faces, without the fem
blance Of a caulc, and he alone is fepon-
iib!c to Us for thefe ontrsges. And un-
der luch circumstances is Ii Becoming, Pc.
litic, or honorable in US TO trea, her as a
friend and as neighbour-to rsmonitrare
with her or her acts cf injofice, and wai'
till fhe fhail add infult TO infulr, and heap
injury upon injury, or what IS perhaps
even worie, il any thing IS WORE The 2
national degradation, en- befal al indepen
denf people, till this golden opportunity
fhali have paaed away, and the acsIis
OF redrels be wreRed from ouf lands i
No Sir, we lh0uIsi now view her as on
open enemy, as having declared war a
gainlf US, and 90 juRlce to ourielves.
We can never have Fefmanent peacc on1
oor weaern waters till We polefs or.
f.Ives OF New OFIedn,, and fuch o,her %
Icfions as may be aeceilary TO give u.
the complete and abioaee command OF I'd
navigation Of The Mfiidiopi-We hay
now fach an po'tunity of comp5ihi G
this important Object as may nor be p :
tented again in ctntulies, and every j.
hihcation hat could be wi(hed, for avaiI
ing oun-lyes Of the Q portanity. Spau
has dared US to the trial, & now bids Us dc
hance--She is YET in p,iiefioo OF tina
country. II is sc this moment Wit
yoar reach and within your power. ]
offers fure AMI ea(y conqaeA. W
flouid have to encounter there now, onI
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