Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-11-24

0oss. I'D yeasoDab,e satisfaction for the
r'p sa, We DOT only know thar the sesren'
s'''s sss;oncl ships is IN violation OF cysTy
a. '.,. &c sovereicnsy; but such pre-
Pr: an, on the partof Great Britain, nave
ssprssssy disavoved By hers'atss ns =
bee l,ase of commonss by the king .
NM. air John Nieell, 10 40 othc,al
~ - and lord Grensilles IN his cores
rf'e,sa 800 with f..sf miaisscr. when such
'e9 So :. denied. on our part, did not otter
r ,,s,ata;n il. If in this, however, we
s ,s;s.akeD, aud Gres. Bfiiaio shoold n.
- .he exrassgant doctrines now ad.
4" $50 some periodical writer's 10 her
. IN 81, saolis "a, the head Of which stands
rohl,s,) namely, tia, be.ssesa: nass o'ls sliSsls
.ss,;.a.rs right, and atshe, having t az.
ss s.,,6,hc ocean as Bansparte has The land,
y. her prerogsive 10 psescrlor the terms
:. which every TAG shah navigate the seas
Nm sc say openly, We are bound 10 &c.
- +. al every hazard aud every sac{iEce
.h,r, of existence itself.
A,,o The provoeasiOn for the attack on
a. Chesapeake, wh,chis pretended 70 hase
s.o given By our harboriog deserteFs from
gayhsb ships o. war, although We have
more than once already expire ssed our opt
Nor. yet as j. comes insour way We shss
10 il aral,. We say .heos that however,
y might IS m4tser Of mere courtesy
,,fasc 70 receive deserteys from ssfitssi,
diD on war, yet that thcre is 20 obiiga,'on
II Us 10 do SO bg any known law OF "a.
lions. We are bound by the law OF "a
1 liens 10 afford accommodation aod suceor,
vbeDessf we can do 80 withou; injury sa
,urselyss, 10 the Acct OF any foreign power.
tomipg into our haSbors: but we are not
b,uud to ssse care, directly or indirectly.
nat their sailors shall perform their dasy
| d renain true TO their engagements. Il!
|hsydcsert add come ashore, know OF
law which compels us 10 hunt them up,
u.sen 10 seize them and send them back
srsir. Sill less are we uuder any ohliga.
liou 10 p-rni, a British press gang to lard
sad scour our streets and search oar houses
\ ior their deser,ers. To do so would in
Ihsm b.s violation Of our territorial
sW.reisnsy, that could under 10 circum.
,ances be suduted while re retain on. In
dependence; end il is equally violation
d. DOR terri,orisl Sovereignty for them 20
board ooe os oUr national ships for sis.ai-
lm purpose. IF iodeed the two nations
can .cnmc 10 an sgreemeut On this point,
list drsrrrers from each shall be delivered
Up Oh demand, Waevever found, that IS
sehe another ihing. Il will hardly be
pretended thar dcser.icn is greater Ia.
jaty done 20 society than forgery aed even
murder i,self--and yet he insertion Of a
similar article with fespecs TO murderets
and fotgrrs 10 the former treaty, sifofds 8
gsry ssroag ptesumpsion that il was the
understanding of both payticsfhas wi;hcu,
such eSPrsss stipulation hercswonid have
existed no such obligation. Bur, weston
rot here. It is afact, which we ere sole
estate, from high authority, that this very
Hlicle in Ger treaty fosbidding either ua-
laa 10 shsl;er criminals of the above de.
srip,ion, met with very serious onpo.
hlou from some British statesmen of emf.
ssace; onsbe priaciplethat iswas an 10
irlngemeps OF their favorite theory, that
fnpsh law confers 9. snirerSak essas;cibd.
l's5 purifying fron all crime and ssncti.
Fpgwhoever anu whatever prts bis foot
sui;ssni.. Hear the glowing and imnor,
haDgusge-of one of her bar orators---
4 speak inahc4 spiritof the BRUSH lsw,
sh'eh makes liberty commensurate with
md lnseparable from BRUSH aoil; which
foelaims even 10 the stranger ss'sd 50.
.yur'ler. the moment hese.s his foot upon
BRUSH earth, THAI the ground on which
ssrsads is holy, and consecrated by the
srOias OF tts;persaI mancffati0,s. No naat
~ 10 what language his doom may have
ssn pronoupcrd---no matter. what com
asSion Incompatible with freedom, 50 10.
Dan or an African sun may have burnt