Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-03-13

ate discussion ought TO be adopted. What
. is HE resolution, what does it say! II
addresses Grea, Britain in thia mild and
mosserate, though manly aud firm languagt 4,
you nave ,osulsed the dignity OF our eoun.
try By impfe ssIug our seaman, aud compel
ing them 20 fight your battles against a
power with whon we are at pesce: You
have plundered .us of~much property by
thar predatory warwhich you authorize 10
dc carried on against our com merce.: 10
these injuries, insults, and oppression We
.Wil submit nolonger. We do not, howe.
.vcr, wish TO destroy tina. friendly Inter.
course that ought to subsis, betwixt natl.
eons, connected By the ties Of common in.
-sterest, TO which several considerations
seem TO give peculiar s,tesgth. Fhe clti-
gems ct cur country and the subjecta OF
yours, from the long habit of supplying
! eheir mutual wants mo doubt fee wish to
preserve their intercourse without inter
rnption. To prevent such interruption,
land secure agaius. future aggresslons, we
are COW desirous Of entering lnsosaeh ar
range g,epts. as ought TO be d-eaed salts
$ factory by bota parties But u you per-
sist in your has,ile measures, il you ALSO.
'5lutely retuse~scced!ng to any propositions
Of conpromiss, we mus, ssacken those
bonds offr!oddship by which we have been
eernsctsd,tyou must nos expect hereafter
TO fnd as in your market, purchasing your
manufactures to SO large an mount. Whst:
! will che people ofshis country say OF .hls
proposition! Will they nc, be ready te'ex
/ claim, the, it 10 too mld for the present
.ta,e of things? What will be the OPT
nion Of @foreige gosernHenfe respecting
lii! Will they net aay itas we have
Extended TIC principle OF moderation
t,co far! Whatmustbe its fmpressisn on
Great Britain herselfs Sir.sif she is NOT
lost to every ssnse of natiosal justicesshe
must acknowledge its equity and fairness.
But L'would snquire particularly whas
would be It's operation sn the psoP!s OF
that country? If carried iato effect, / be-.
lievr it will strike disnay Throughout the
empire tte operation wi,lbe felt by every
description of people but more especially
bv the ccm nercial asd manufacturing parf
of the communsy. %she iaauence si these
two classes 10 eli4kaown 10 that country.
They are the Msaiu pillars OF its support.
They are the sources OF ltswea!th. Their
representations therefore are always attend
ed 90, And what language must they
spsak on this oacss,ene Il must be evil
deaf that regard to their own Interest,
will lsad them to demonstrate loudly
gainst that system, which will produce an.
annual defalcatien in the sale or their ma.
nafactures, to the amount OF SO 600, 900.
of dollars. This is their vulnerable part
BY attacking them in their warehouses and
workshops, we reach their visals, and thus
raise a set of advocates In oar favor,
whose remonstrancss may produce an
abandonment Of those unjust principles
and practices, which have produced the So
lsmn crisis.
But, Mr.. Chairman, should C. B.. con,
trary,to oar wishes, and certainly contrary
TO her OWE true interest, persist in her i'll /.
starred policy, :whae must be the eject Of
such csnduc, on herself, and how will wcS
be ultimately affected by it. Shut on, fren,.
&r,ish markets, our merchants will obtsir
3 partial supply from other coanlr'es, sao
we will reeort 70 domestic manufactures to-
make up the deficiency. Should this sy,.s
tenn bs1adapted, Britain nayGnd it diff 4
cult to>recover aur customs 1t is certainly z
subjec, ofserious regret, that, owlng 20 sbr*a
large Importation and extensive censump. !.
ton Of British goods, domestic uaanufac 4
enres have nearly vanished, 4 do not ez ]
pect TO see the establishment OF large ma. :,
nofactories in this Gentry. 'ghe cS,en 4
sive vacant territory We possess furnishes
such powerful Inducements for settling Oh
Hand that few are to be found willing to be-
confined within the narrow limits Of ma 1
nutactory. Shon d, however, such esssb-
lishmenssse set on foot, have no doubt
they would receive large accession OF