Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-08-05

liileIr property piuudered 10 TIC VSIy Paitts
/ which had actually been delivered up by
Spain, ADD this BY heregular officers OF
tina, government. 1 have fheretore found
i necessary at length 70 give orders 20 eur
troops 10 be ia readiness to protect our sci.
..tizens, &c."
/ Flrst massage.
"She has uDifermly exacted an ezorbls'
ant duty on the pgoduce Of she American
i soil, passing from one American port 70
aao.her, aod those exactions hatc taken
place wi,hin the rightiali jurisdiction OF The
u. S."
r. ETYash. Fed.
! Sc The duties exac,ed at Mobile, we
should wish to see abolished; butt must
/, be allowed that they are not novel. the like.
were formerly exacted on the Rhine aGd o..
iaher rivers of Europe which run through
territories belonging 10 different STATES. and
although they may have besh inconyenient
] to The American citizens who have passed
iup that river, still they are grounded. on
the rights of sovereignty, concerning which
We have above SAID what We deem sufhci.
emit"
aurora.
Now for il! Mr.. Jefferson please to take
lthe stand.
| SOUR commerce. throngh the Mobile con.
tiasles to be Instructed by arbitrary daties
| and ysxatious Searches"
First Message.
| "And now not content with The exac.
ton Of exorbitaat duties, she has seized
the whole cargo of vessel laden with
arms, ammunition aud naval stores, be.
longing 10 the q. S.
[WoSh. FED.
! "We have such an account in the news.
papers and il may be true or not; bu, if 3
vessel attempted 70 pass up the Mobile IN
any manoer contrary TO the regular usage
recognized BY bath governments, it is per-
hapS fair to conclude tina, PERHAPS she has
been only detained, noste make prize Of,
but to enforce the established ussges Of
which, if We resolsct right, there were.
| some cases before. When the particulars
Of this detention are known, it will perhaps
1 be found that the accounts in the newspa.
peTs relative thereto are not perfectly cor.
lrect." aurora.
As this relates 20 arecen. outrage we
cannot quote Mar. Iefersou's authority ei
ther way We have only extracted ii thar
| the public may see little more IF the clo-
|sen foot. I" When the particulars are
known" 6 il may be true or q It" I" per
hsps it is fair to conclude she has only been
dstainea"-Did any body ever hear such
simpsriog palliatives from the Aurora in
regard to any conduc. of the ,English,s On
the contrary does he nc: seize upon rifiss
tHshter.taan air to convert into Proofs posi-
tive every act of every Ecgshmxn thai
looks awry, aud when did he ever cengrs
diet Any one of his grossly erroneous STATE
men;s when convicted and convinced CT
lthe:s a!sehood? Never. S.x or seven
days ago he repabiished from the Citzsn
ss,ory abous the English big Fos; which
tue Citizen the next day conuadicsed. 49,
! Dsaae did no sach shing This para,
graph ssandseiust as il did and The readers
of the Aurora still suppose ,ha, an English
brig is now in our harbor for the express
purpose Of recruiting and armipg. Such
! is the conduct of the leading democratic
print. Can ,has cause be right Which
needs such aid?
/ The AURORA article ends thus;
elf after SO maoysyears of missndrr-
standing, Spain is at length willing 70 re-.
new her old friendship FOR the u S. the
disposition always prevails in the q. S. to
forget tie PAST, ia the manifestation of
friendly disposition in future. We have
reason 20 ihnk. tia, such dispositions pre-
vail 10 Spain. aud ,hat,be issse will be ae.
&C ptable to both nasiens.D