Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-02-13

& H. F26tsa S,.sd : change IN all those re-
a'p[0 q sriasipls IS he code q pub.
peers saa !, = .,lssns be,seressabl'shed, than
: lss : !, freedom ofthe seas beyond a
hs CONN.,. = d;s,aoce from the territories
y 81 lp'i s. them. This distance Is no 9s
ra'hsoe 80, = without absolute precision. II
deco .si ( ! small degree by written au-
vars i,'.s, and perhaps it may 0. reasons
orl'l:s,a ~ i scrs a-gree by local peculiar.
sa'' b., the greatest distance which
8 s'n o0wb. listened TO any where, Would
I'a'd - small proportion OF the narrow.
''ss # th: narrowess seas IN qessti-
a. .,,s !. -. IN iaa, the prsrogstives claip'ed
"n..,s,fdb b. Gresr Btitaia, over shefe ieas
sad 80, -. re.lIy and fubasptiaIly part of
"a ne' h, authority woald be tie fame
X a, :. w,,hia herother doua'n. Foreign ytf
Ehas ,.,fdbc iubjea 10 all the laws sad 'sga'a-
a. 80 s,.n.d ior them, as much as It thsy wee
la 3D. :, s,,bo.s Of rivers eft1e counsFy. No
'sSnl" s this fsgt is pretended. Nothing
fm5 a., would be federated. The on
o. "a, IN waich thele lsls are aaiagaihea
yu'' MIR I.s,, or ia which Great Britain en-
on .s;;,b;o them, any dittiateiaa over other va,
!. a,a, tn: omplia,.nt paid b. other Ai5s
~. ,aiy. the ex,.pliea .. her te,rsosi4 jarf
/ :s,o 4 c,rtan cafes 10 shr diAaace ot4 leagues
~ NJ cs3R. This fra is relic OF ancient
ls.',,,oo which has thus long efcaped the cor
[.a0o which modern and m9re enlightened
80. b,y, appi.d 10 Other uturpations. The
t,.,os,,i,. has be.a often ccutcaed, however.
F..o y n. .xssncs Of bloody wars. and !. f'A
-, xi,h n will and ippatiencc By her neigh
h., A, the late treaty Of pesce at Am!e $,
4. addition Of il vas repeatedly and .4roagly
,r,a.d bv Farce and it IS nos improbable thas
|, 10 ,,m,,. day il will follow the fate of the
n. d Q Kog Of Fcancc," 10 long woruby tie
3fi,ih mona-ch., and at length 70 pfopc,lg "a.
ti6:.d to the lelEonl Of magnaulmous wifdom.
|, far as this homage to the Britif, flag has any
|undliion AZ pysient, it refs merely on long
Eag. and long acqaielcence, which are canfru.
alma few other cafes Of marisiu1s claims,
10 rhe efttt Of gcaefal though tacir coayen.
pn The ieeoni instance is the extsnfion of
|. ,.ritori4B iatifiiaion 90 four leagues fr1m
!. lhore. Tns 100, as far as thc di&ance may
need that which isgsaerally allowed, rgRs on
Tx: foaoaation. aseugshsned, perhaps, by the
oal facility of fmaggimg, and the peculiar in
.rR which Gssac Bflta,e has IN preventing
raarc Affecting 70 deeply he. Who'll: fyhtm Of
:v.pu., commerce and manufactures whit !,
lie limitation itfelf to leagues, neceaarliy i'm. /,
les that b.yoad thar diaaRse no territorial! il.
ildiAion is sifuned.
Butwbstevsr may be the origin or tie value
tsefe prelogatiyes over foreign Il ses in one
lie. and within limited portion Of thele feas
anothsr, it is obvious that neither of them
ill De violated hythe exemption OF American
edcls from imprsfneo,s, which are no wife con.
:ttsd with .lher; having neverSeen msd. on the
Tetsxs either Of withhal ing the wonte,I homage
the Bnnh Gag, OF of (nuggliag 10 de6anae Of
irtdh laws,
This exteaEon Of the Britilh law TO 4 leagues
ION the ihors, isinferted from an at Of parli
nsds p'tied IL the year 1896 te G &C. $50
&c terms OF which comprehend all vsAeIs foreign
well as ,Brltih. 1t is pcaible however, that
s former arc 'cos&ruttiyeiy excepted. Should
'our erqulries afcersain this to be the cafe, you
VII md yOurfslf 90 better ground than the con
'Hon here made.
WIN reipea to the compliment paid 10 the
'Nalh flag, ii is ALTO pofible thar more rs here
oOesdcd than you may h,d to be neceHary.---
ANs' the peace O. 1889 this compliment was
'empiony withheld by France, in ipite of the
''OnH'ahtes Of Great Britain; and it remains
y You inquiry, whether it daa nos continue 10
''leirsd, notwithstanding the tsiIure at Ami
: % obtain IRON Great BriIals formal renun.
alton fthe claim.
f'0r every view Of th. fuhjea it is Reasonable
,e1pse' that The exception of the narrow feas,
Om the e'palation sgsipa impreGncnts, will
: &c nH'x'b.y maintained Should it be 10,
-. Oesoclaooa will be at an end. The truth
;, ud' 10 s'sa; a proportion Of our trade direct
y V'Ic0itOus, pa6es through thele channels, ard
~ : us peculiar exoofure in them TO the wrong
. ssu',O. that with fuch exception any remedy
!. .1'u Os very partial. And we can never con-
:, 80. = puichais a parsial remedy, by confirming