Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-03-29
PRIyATE G0RRESP0NDENCE..
EXTRACT OF A LETTER.

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Your esteemed and ohilging favor OF III.
Isl December, reached me some days ago
and gave great satisfactien. thank you
much for the political information it con.
tanned, and am glad to find that our go.
vesnnent. as we'll our citIzens, feel as they
ought to do, ttls aggravated and unblushihg
INJURY which is done. 10 our commercial
the contempt which, is shewu to cur neutral
rights, by belligerents and the barefaced
manner in which those rights are invaded.
The presidents speech ON the opening Of
congress, appeared in the diferen, papers
here abou,a week since, have been pre-
vented from going out since by indisposition
so that have ! NOT talked with many En-
gllshmen on the subject but the few that
have seen, bar Whom YOU may suppose are
not OF the ministerial parry, have APPROX
ed It much, aud admired the resolure tone
IL seems to take. Ore OF these Mr.. Este
Ichaplaia OF the king) and well acquainted
with Mr.. Sheridan and all the opposition,
shlnks it will certainly have good effect;
s asd | h'pa tina; the esposs thar sh all
or mace 10 congress, will fully AVID clearly
pom, or this coaotiy as one of the. great.
IS: aspredators we Rave TO complain of
the. greatest as being clothed with more
power, and @i;h sq;al Inclination 20 dous
all ihe lnjey it,caa.
isis truly. Disgusting and irritating
TO jsteo % The speclous reasoniugs with
which they attempt, both in cot OF tt$ii
courts, to CLOAK he nc!lrous and IN.
just proceedings, they sic eui,r Of TO-
wards Us, and the manner in which they
attem?fto erect what they cali their beIiee..
rent rights upon The destruction of al neu,
trail privileges, and thereby rake from it
every thing 'hay gave woiits TO lis existence.
o submit to proceedings so arbitrary.
as these are, would be in our situation the
acme OF 'pusilanimous egrada5ion-espe.
'cia!ly as. We have in our own hands pow.
or more ehcicnt than any weapons TO 81.
ience oPPie sson, and establish our com.
merce on hat jus: basis We may think
right. 4 ron importation ACT would strike
terror hsrswere it limited at. Il wonldbe
the argHRiatum nan aItbufandgxs ana have
the power oi q host.-Were we to l.,
these injuries pass by UNDECIDED se IL. !.
2iHC eed merit the opinion the pPahialee
entertain If US, aad which had from the
best aulprity. M-~-They say cur thirst
for con- sercci is soagreas, that 1t has &c :.
sstroyed every other energy we possessed
we wouldno putuP with any lasult what.
ever, rataer than resent it, if it might 10 the
smallest 'dsgree effect our commerce IN
word that our national spirie was extract.
! am forr the p tlilent his not been little
more pointed in his address, aad left no room tor
doubt TO Nhat nations he alluded, ana with
whsm he had caule of complaint. The SPaniards
arc openly pointed at, Bal there is an ambiguity
IA his other expreiiions, which leaves room Tor
qarfton, whether or not this country IS hn'ed at.
Some oil the papers have already taken up TINS
ground, mention the misunderstanding with Spain,
and ipesk of this government as not being IN a
ny way abused TO.
The gentleman whom I mentioned 70 you III
the tosRer part OF my letter, and VINO Is init.
masely acquainted with many OF she leading
members of the oppoiitinn. and IS h'rnself man
of the 6rf information know III this country,
gave me the other day as lis opynion, thatp'o.
petitions OF peace with this country, 1t not al;
ready rnade, wvutd foon take plscei and tb4t
fuch PROPORTIONS would eon,e from the vistofioas
armies, not with the inulttg boating and threats,
which would at once put top to any Conferences
but with tie cain dignihcd refpea which one
nation fhouId pay to another. As to The terms,
&c. &c. God knows what they may be. France
may now, with scafon Gil her iide, certainly ask
more than fhe did, at the treaty Of kmlens. IN
The mort period of two months, aae has aitoni!Aed
Europe by the pradigics lhe has performed, and
verified to hef that all combinations asanis her
we're vanity. The fory Of the Lar campaign,
added to the .Arasian Nights Entertainments,
would Be- regarded as fancfnl as any tale In the
book and be read with as little 6e.iete
. Mr.. MONROE
7 oNDot February p