Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-03-21

the point issue totally surrepd.r.s su md
TINS case 1t is Again, is the mare Gss a. 10
any where asserted in this book .s run
Tree ships make free goods? No 81, u "a
right OF search is acknowledged, ,ha, y. .s
my's property is a lawful prize is scala sp :
delivered. After abandoning these mrs.
clples what becomes of the doctrine ,b r.'a'
mere shifting of the goods from one sb;a .
to another, the touching at another MP
changes the property. Sir give IN r AZ
principle and there is an end of the on "'
ton. You lie at the mercy of the Iva ~.
science of court Of admiralty. Is Sn,u
ISM sugar or French coffee made Amer,a a'
property, by the mere change Of the cow" Wv
or even by the landing and payment of s, 81
duties ?--Does this operation eFrc'
change of property And when those :,
ties are drawn back, aad the sugars and
coffee re.exportsd, are they not, as en..
mics property, liable to seizure upoD III.
principles of the Examination Of IL.
British Doctrine, &c.' And is there NJ,
the best reason to believe, that this oDe,,
tlon is performed in many, if no, 10 mos,
cases, to give neutral aspect and color n
the merchandise
| am prepared, sir, tobe represented a,
willing to surrender important rights of,bi,
nation, to foreign government Ihaye T
been told that this sentimen, is ah,adv (
in the dark, by Time servers and
sycophants. But if your clerk dared 10 /
print them, would appeal to your Jour.
nails. would call FOR the reading of them,
but that I know thev,are not for profane eyes
to look upon. / confess that / am more
ready to surrender to a naval power a
square league of ocean, than to territorial
one, square inch of land within our limits
and am ready to meet the friends Of
the resolution on this ground at any time.
Let them take off the injunction Of seere.
cy. They dare not. They are ashamed
and afraid do it. They may give winks
and mods, and pretend to be wise, butthsy
dare not come out and tell the nation what
they have done. Gentlemen may take
notes # they please; but | will never, from
any motive short Of self defence, enter up.
on war. I~wiil never be instrumental TO
the ambitious schemes of Bonaparte; nor
pu: into his hands what will enable him TO
WELD the world and on the very princl.
pie tina | wished success to the French
arms ia 1898. And wherefore9 Because
the case is charged. Great Britain can ne.
yer again see the year 1860. Her contl'
mental influence is. gone for ever. Let who
will De uppermoss on the continent OF Eu'
rope, she must find more than counter
polset for her strength. Her race is rum
She can only be formidable as n,aratims
power; and, even as such, perhaps not
long, Are you going to Justify the acts OF
the INSTRUMENTATION, for which they have
been deprived ofthe government at our IN,
stance? Are you golugback TO the ground
of 1898 -9f l ask any man who now ad'
.oca,es rupture with England, to asslga,
a single reason for his opinion, that woula
notshave- justified French war IN 1875.
If iriury and insult abroad, would have
justified it, We had them 10 abundance then'
Blu. wha did the republicans say, at 'aa'
1aye That, under The cover OF war WIN
France, the executive would be armsa
with patronage and power which mlgn'
enable It to master our liberties. lhey o,'
,recated foreign war and naviss, and ''a1a'
ng armies, and loans, and taxes. Inc ae'
irium passed away; the good sense OF 'ns
people triumphed, aud our differences wei.
accommodated without war. AND WIZ"
s there in the situation of England tha.in'
7iees to war with her. IT'S true she o0'.
lot deal so largely 10 Perfectaolll'y' aui
she supplies you with much more u 1";,1
commodity, with coarse woollsns' W." ,hs
ess profession indeed, she occupies ".
Aace of France in 1898. She Is the 'O's
,ulwark of the human race against UNIV, :.
,al dominion. No thanks to her tor u.
protecting her own existence, she ehsu's
heirs. care not who stands in this sH'i
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