Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-11-11

or people OF tue OtHCr party muSt DC hui.
nished with sea letters or passports ex-
pressing the name, property and bulk of
the ship, as also, the name and place ofha-
bitatlon of the master or commander OF
said ship, that it may appear thereby that
the ship really and truly belongs to the SUBJ
iects Of one of the parties, which passports
shall be made OUT and granted according
TO the form annexed TO tals treaty. They
shall likewise be recalled every year that
is, if the ship happens to return home with
in the space of a year. 1t Is likewise a.
greed that such ships being laden, are to
be provided not only with passports as a.
bove mentioned, but also with certificates
consaning the several particulars OF the
cargo, the place whence the ship sailed,
thai so il may &c known whether any tor,
hidden or coatraband goods be on board
the same which certificates shall be made
out by the officers OF the place whencc the
ship sailed, in the accustomed form; and
if any one shall think lift or'advlsable to
express in the said certificates the person
to whom the goods On board belong, he
NAV freely do SO without which requisites
they may be sent 10 the ports OF the orher
contracting parry, and adjudged by the
competent tribunal, according 10 what IS a
hove set forth, that all the circumstances OF
this omission having been well examined,
they shall be adjndged TO be legal prizes,
unless they shall give legal sat % Of
their property by testimony entirely equ-
, valent."
BY this article it appears that it became.
the duty of our government as soon as
Spain was known TO be involved in war, 70
give information to the merchants, of the
conditions upon which commerce with the
enemies of that government might safely be
carried on, and to furnish the officers of
the customs in the respective ports with the
forms Of the passports and certificates st-
pulared 10 the treaty, and to make it public
ly known that without these documents e.
very vessel falling in with Spanish crnizer,
would be llable to capture and contscation
as legal prizes.
Instead OF his our administration have
bee looking on, spoarenly Indifferent spec
tators, and seeing sol atter vessel seIZed
and con6scated, and the first information
which our merchants get OF the cause OF
these captures is from the other side Of the
water; and behold it turns out, that from
, sheer neglecs in our government these yes.
sells are allla@ful prizes, by express ssipula-
| ton of treaty. Under these circumstances
our merchants would do we'll to risk no
more property withiu reach OF the Spanish
I cruizere, until government shall see tit to
! furnish he RI qulste passports.
| What vii! the Aatterers OF The admins.
traeion say now, when 1t appears thar all the
Indignation which has been expressed a
gainst the conduc' of Spain, ought to be d.
| rected against our own government, and
| that all the losses, which are SO severely
| felt, nave been wanton sacrifice, either
| by the ignorance or the indifference of those
woo are richly paid for protecting our rights
| and who are solemny sworn to perform the
duties imposed upon them by che constitu.
tion and the laws! 4. S. Gaz.