Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1805-11-08

been thus parted Willis no, ,,,aa,,
resumed, Under some pretex, q, . %
sumption. '0u' 'aercI
bat no sooner does tie lr,,;,.
one quarter intermit, that i, heo;n.rneH
with violence from anorher qoa'ter : ''0T
france aas Tor some lime past laborsd ;.
exclude from every country in Euron~ ~ y
manufactures of England. We are "a "a
told that England is drtermlaed !, fa a.
IN her power to keep from her enemie, i
productions of their colonies. by epforci
the principle that makes legal b,tz. s
neutral ships trading to an eacmy's csLr,I
Which had been subject 10 ciose nloaoboh,
the part q tie m9Lber country in nm. Il
peace, and Ind only been opened By The en-
my TO nentrats, in order to ieEeve him,Is
fran tie dffculties q the var"
according 70 tins law, or principle, mem
trail ship, trading an enemy's colony n
this description with al the privileges en-
joyed by the ships of the enemy concerned
in the same branch of commerce, is, ton,I
this circumstance, considered as adop,.d
and na,uralised by the enemy; conseouen,
ly IS looked upon as an enemy's ship, au4I
liable TO capture.
his we are constrained TO observe !.
not a modern doctrine, coined 81 circulated
b. England, to suit a pressing occasion -
fhe law in this respect is thus laid down bv
the late lord Mansfield in the war that com.
menced in the year one thousand seven
hundred & fifty six has been long admit.
ted for general law of nations; and Ia,
been more or less praetised by all nations
where 1t has not been otherwise stipuls,ed
by particular treaties, or relaxed by psus
cular circumstances. If we take examJ,.
from England, we shall fud, tina, ALTHOUGH
her maritime courts have, from we.l.knoWp
considerations, occasionally departed from
its rigour, they have never, for single mo-. B
ment, dis.sdhered from the principle.
Should it now be enforced bv Grsa, B,i. I
tain IA thing very likely. from the singular
situation of the French commerce, and The 7
impossibility of France s supplying herpeo.
pie with the productions Of her colonies By
means of her own shiPping) 1t will fall most
heavily on the commerce Of Inc United
States. The wealth of the merchants Of
the United States had enabled them to be-.
come the sole purchasers Of all French ard
Dutch colonial produce. and the relaxation
OF the before mentioned principle, on the
part Of England, almost the sole carriers
and vendors of it in France and the couu.
tries of her allies.
If this principle is to be resisted by the
Unised States, what ground shall be taken!
Shall we once more attempt the powerful
spell of words, without pre- pairing far war?
or shall we submit TO the law. and leave
hose taken in ,ravening it to : fer the pc.
naltv?
Ii is true, there are other measures be.
sides war that may be resorteI "a; bJt is
it not certain that these lead to great aud
general distress or inevitable war?
Two things seem necessary to exulcate
'be United States from their present sisua,
on 1s' Such war against France by the
threatened combination of powers, as shall
induce Der to put an end to our differences
with Spain: IDLY, A speedy and general
peace, to secure US from war with Eng-
land
N W, having discarded all faith in the
spell of words, and believing that our ad-
can neither influence the one
nor the other OF these events, and fearing
that there exists radical detect in our ca.
blnet, like good Christians, we humb!y
place our reliance upon Divine Providence,
who can extract good out of evil, aad safe
ly out of our weakness.
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