Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-02-12
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IRON ENGLISH TAPERS. 80
A Londoo paper 90 The 9TH December
makes the following observation. 90 Mr..
Jefferson's message:
81 Mr.. President JsHerson's message on
opeuiog .hs congress Of the Uphed STATES.
deserve. the attention OF sur readers--In
some poinss there is 80 eyidens wan, of
candor 10 this address. The president 8.
lvdes TO the public acts OF our government
respecting the commerce ct the Two cnnn
tries, wi,hou, once glsacing a, the ou.rsgr-
committed on our trade By tho French, tho
Napoleon's famous decrse sfblockadr had
beep Published before our government
dopted apy Of the acts 60 dissgreeable 70
the Americans, and though hs could no,
be igaorans that several American vessels
had aetussly been condemned as prizes by
The French for having touched q. British
port. g
His accom-. Of The affair Of the Chssa.
psske IL, equ.lly subject 30 the. chsrgs of
ambiguity. He measiops The four ssamen
taken out of the Americas ship, whom he
fa,yles par. OF her crew. aod he distinctly
ssases i, as an additional aggression, thar
one Of the four seanen was put 20 death.
He avoids saying whesh>r they were, or
were aoi A r1erican sIbjects, aud he ;akes
no notice Of the psocee diDgs and verdics OF
The court martial: he brings Il forward 10
his way, before he has learned xhe'hs- the
British COVE nassn. justices the acts Of .i,s
officer, or disclaims it. lila coniuc, will
appear pIecip,.ase AID bis answer harsh,
when the kings answer TO his remoustfance
shall arrive ia America.
"A prospecs OF an adjustment Of the diff
ferepces with Spain is htid ous, because,
$ though nc measures have been taken CD
her part 10 bring shem 20 close, ye. undrr
safe Of ihipgs which may tavo, coaside-
ration, an expectation 10 entertained ,hat
they map SOM be brought 20 issue Of some
sort /"
Hos different the language which Ams-
ricx holds, even 70 Spain, seom that which
she has iho's propsr to adopt 10 her relasi
on with this couz1f
And, which is ss;ll more singular, her
harmony with the other stsIea OF EuroPeis
said 10 have been uninterrupted. France,
then may srize American ships, and cast
her citizens in.o prison. without d sssroying
the harmony :ub.is,ipg between the swo
countries.
lie little singular, that the treaty OF,
fered BY the late mnis,er, and which, u mas
beer affirmed a, home, conceded TO the a.
mericaus The best rights Of England, is by
the American government characterised a.
reay-''highly disad,aaiageoua to Anne
RIGA, and ia which they had stipulated Tor,
and maintained all the principles which had
been the cause Of those irrl,auons and col
lislons which 30 frequently endangered the
peace ofthe TWO govern msnss'"
The American government continues 10
preserve sigld system of economy, which
is highly cnmmeodable. The president
states. iha, after dischargiug all the nstion.
al debt which could be -paie or purchased
within the limits of the law, they have
surplus in HE treasury of eight millions and
halt of dollars!
A member of the American legation at
Paris is arrived al London, and coofl'ns
the report we have heard, that bonapasse
demands prerempteriiy that the American
government shall break with Eng'and or
with France. He leaves them no alserna'
tive; and we trust that he will have no
dia snltyin their choice.
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