Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-04-10
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Of the most paipAo'e he.
= SHOULD any gentleman here really Ds'
,;.ve. notwithstanding the volumes q sy''
a.. : ~ !, hich have loaded our tables 20 the
49, us',rarv ,hatour commercial rights nave not
,. = or insulsed by the British ma.
p :. {. Confess should feel myself at loss
h. l . toladdress him. Ifhe will dlersdlt VIVA,
All nnr merchants, all our statesme D.. aua
,he les, writers upon the law 81 ha'lon' !.
declare to be true, Ishould consider MN
az irrecoyerably lost I'M the regions OF
do,,bts. where 4 should be disposed % +
leave him in as undissurbed enjoyment
of his own gloomy imagination. lnoeeu
90 clear does this subject appear 70 ms
that I lear il uill be'wsstlng time even 70
s,a,ea grievance, SO well known 10 an +
G. Britain has formany years st,ted he,se.'
IN, sfYess of the OCEAN. And Ia ruin
cas,no, be denied that she has erected apon
tia, element colossus OF power wnlch o.
! sssr,ooks and would overawe allthe nations
nf n. Globe. Rul= Britannia IS an Ola
song Of Der singing /; and | have some.
where read that The Ballads ct nation
90 far to spour,ray, if not TO form the spirit
. aud propensities Of people. CONSEQUENT
!. ly,iealous Of every other commercial nation
this naughty queen would naturally en-
den our TO suppress the rapid and lofty
soarings Of The American Eagle. MS
jealousy has OF, course given r'se 10 those e..
PRINCIPLES whicl she a,tempts 10 interPc..
is,e INTO the laws Of nations, ana OF
which ws now complain such as oae
trade opened 10 neutrsls by cation at
!. war on account tf the war IS un!awsui T:
! 1ha, avessel ON hsr return voyage is l'a-
! able to Capture on account OF having car.
risd on her outward voyage. centrabano
/ articles tc an eremy's port. 10 these may.
1fbe added the 'rigp which she dar"g'y
/. assumes and cruelty executes, OF impress
! ;np persons from American bottoms, sail
i ipp under the American flag upon the
I high seas-~snd other principles not less
/ important though totally destitute bt any
legal or equitable foundation, and against
which this nation ought to lift up her
hands to heaven BY way OF solemn pro-
test. Aud wha.is alarming TO all reflect
inc man is, that the courts OF Great
/ Britain which have hitherto stood high IN
the estimation of all -civi;sed nations TOR
integrity ,and for legal and political know
poush to attempt 10 WEAVE ts ssrylie e.
Of nations ann principles which have been
recommended by that government as ia
vourable TO her interests. Now irappears
! to Tae sir, that theqaeston is not so much
whether we shall surrender TO that nation
those particulars Branches of the carry
ing trade, which have given rise to our
disputes with her, or whether we shall BE-
! allowed TO ret2in any free commerce upon.
the ocean at all. For all must see that al.
though that nation is slow and cautious q
ats progress to absolute marainc sove
reiga,y, yet her strides are FIRM and de-.
termined; and nothing is more certain
| than this, that wha:sver righ!s we resign
with tame submission are gone fo.ever
II us al&smingto hear it said, aud il has
. been said on this floor with Kind of tri-
/ umph--What! shall we quarrel with a
powerful natIonfor so triHing an object as
the carrying trade? Such blindaess TO me
is astonishing That nation and her courts
he''G pot LII idtCiy lHSiStCu WlkItL any nope
OF establishing, upon principles now con,
tendeafo for. Ii$!s now an experiment on
ly---4~-She will either advance or re 1
cede according 10 the spirit with which !
we fnses her usurpali ns---I his is onIy 4
one step lin the. ladder, and this Iadde, 4
reaches rouad the giaPs;; 4 nation which 4
makes convenience and power The on
~ role cf,efghs and justice, will fad NJ I
end TO her precautions. --~ o-siay she
finds il convenien, 70 prohibit our carrying
the surplus colonial produce in our mar
kets TO foreign coaatries: tomorrow she
will had isconveni eps TO prohibit the car.
rage OF our owa produce in our owp
bottoms. 70 foreign arkets aud she al 4
ways has power 20 enforcs the dictates O
her convenience. No sir, fwould NOT SUI
render one sippie RIGHT which mir inter