Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-05-26

session, espsciaylll, zvith useasc svar, as g
hinder the approach Of trading nations,
/ and disturb navigation. those vessels,
however, Of his najesty, having no. re.
ect FOR our sovelei enty placed tnenlstses
z,iitis;p our Jurisdiction, and there men,
ton the fact 10 our shame they impress
our seamen-plunder our ships--interrups-
Fed the operation Of our quarantine Isgula-
ations, upon our quarantine ground - violas.
ed our laws, scandalously and grossly and
wansonly violated them, and afterwards.
By way of showing Us how farhis maj esiy,s
commanders could go in insult ard out.
rage, they resisted The marshal 10 his at.
tempt to serve upon them the process %
our courts!
For every wrong there's undoubtedly q
remedy, but what remedy tor.these ecor.
mou. wrongs did we obtain! Did the go
vernmcnt Of England do any thing towards
giving us thar reasonableAan and ample salts.
faction 70 which we5were entitled, or TO-
wards repairing those breaches which ITS
officers had wan,only and unProvokedly
made ON our national sovereignty and no.
nor? No; our government did indeed
complain, perhaps with due energy end
spirit. bu. in the face of Our complaint, the
captain oil the Leander was called home,
and from the command Of also gun ship
was promoted 70 that of a IA. THIS is
all the satisfactionwe obtained, and which
may be aet down as so much for Our ma.
tiona! soyereigniy--so much tor our IA.
tional homer. So much for the respect OF
the British government fur tEee, an en-.
lightened and brave people.
Those ou.rages were committed andthat
insult added a, time when our port and
harbour may be said TO have been defence.
less, speaking 10 reference TO force ade-
quate to our protection; Without which
force our internal regulations are incom.
plete and our govsfnment,in the discharge
Of its duty, materially defective. In this
FIRST commission Of offence, which is so
termed with regard only to The series OF
wrsngssdoae TO Us by the Leancer & Go.
il was very correct 10 principle and jas, 10
practice to carry our complaints from the
officers Of the British government to the
British governmen, itself. anc TO demaad
redress, if 10 defence of our sovereignty
and honor il became necessary TO demand.
Blu. upon the refusal, or the neglec, Of that
government to grantus tar reParation,
what course ought TO have been pursued!
am no advocate for war and therefore |
am not about to say that we should have
dawn the sword OF retribution but |
maintain thar in neglec,ing 10 place US in a
condition which would have enabled Us
to guard against repetition OF the wrongs,
the governmentis gr.aily ard justly cen.
surabie.
Precisely what might have been an,ici-
pa,ed from that neglect, has happsned--
the British govesBmen. saw thar welbore
|-the keenest insults and the greatest wrongs
with patience a, once wonderful and in.
viting, aad X therefore accn mu!a1ed upon
US injury upon ipjury- In April. 1906,
we were revisited blythe Lesnder,the Cam.
brian, aud the Driver, who as Before, STA.
toned themselves vithin our jurisdiction.
! where they brough. TOO our ves.els--
impressed our seamen-robbedo our mers
chants, and. MURDERED one Of our fyllsw.
citizens!
+ And wha. upon these fresh outrages was
or conduct! A:man not rendered insrr-
ssible to fresh stripes by having been ex.
csssiyely beaten, would suppose that: IRE
had manifested on this occasion becom-
ing spirit; but lcr me tell him that we again
complainrd-again petisioncd, and was 9.
gain substantially utfhs-ded BY the British
government!
Yes, our repeated complaints we're an
syered By repeated insxlts. Whitby, til.
Leander's commander, was indeed recall.
ed and put upon his trial, but where! La.
England. By whom The British govern.