Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-11-22

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From WasA;agssn, yedpssday. Nov: e.
vprNc4 VIEWS or THE EMBARGo.
when, the Embargo was adopted BY Con-
s,ress many Of the meaahers OF the ni1fori-
s. exnressed their suspicious that the inea-i
s;,re was dictated by the emperor OF france
fsssueraliy speaking, ehey expressed no more
than suspiciens they did not pretend tha =.
there was any positive. proof Of the fsct:--
The grounds upon which their suspicious
we've formed. have never been distinctly
,,nderstood bys 1.-the pubic. For entertaining
and expressing tiisesn, they hxve been de-
4 ,sf,,sufsd 40 slaSlderers and Nbelle1s OF VIZ
{ tarous and pure executive; popular ven
ceanre Has been. inveke ed upon them and,
n n5,e ;ustarce, the s the crgats1entttt1
bgtsqs6suua has been used with a degree OF
eject which, although not fatss, wsll pro
baby much dinainish the weight OF thu ser
sv:res Of osse of the most eloquent members
ff the house. 1t is known to all, that u
ha. long been Bonaparte's favofite object 70
exclude British commence from the ports
s of those countries whose governments ne
r,-~s.-~v snrIrrnrs our government,
'a,tho,,ph It is denied that he has succeeded
slse attempt; and it is certainly lyne, as
asserted BY Mr.. Canning, that BY some
nnfagtunate ccncurrence of circumstances,
TIE American embargo did come in aid of
the blockade of the European continent.
: precisely at the very moment when, If that
block ade had succeeded atall, this interpo-
sition ct the american government would
naost eHectualk have contributed to its sHc-
cess. By The deeieled recon ainrntiation Of.
die enbargo, the house was taken by ssslr-
7 prise i. aWas CONTRARY 10 the usual course
of tie executive. /, had been custorrssy
to look to the motions and language of Ger
tain gentlemeniR the house, who possessed
happy faculty Of harmonizine ID sentiments
with the executive, for the enty clear indl.-
cations Of the policy OF that partrnent.s-s.
That the executive should all at once take
upon itself the responsibility of ysro lnmtndt-
inx a measure of such ma gT,itnde, was corr
sitlercd as very extraordinary. Every eff
frrt was rnace TO prevent discussion; no
arguments were offered 10 favor OF the nnea- !.
4ure; and, for the first tiale, the majority
refused esr.a 10 tonsiaer motions calling for
information. Not a hint was given that the
executive had received sany miorrnation
Mhich fed IT 70 SUPPOSE that: Creas- Britain
was about to adopt those retaliatory raea-
sarss against France, which have.since be-
come so famous under the name of The
q Orders in Council !" no document re-
speeding British Affairs was. communicated,
except the kings proclamation issued In
copsequsnceo of the attack upon the Chesa-
peaks, enolncing the righf to, search na-
.tienal sh:pss and enforcing the right to
search msrchM1men, of course a6eancing
no new pretensions this the members had
already seen in the newspapers, and he
copy consnnnicaled the president bad him-
self cut pnt'of a London paper, and sent it
IN that form to the house. The official. de-
termination of the French government to
enfore the decreeo of Berlin against us, was
the only ostrnsible reason for the measure, !,
and vet, strange to cell when two gentle
men of che majority deigned to say very
few words upon Che subject, by way of ex-
PLANTATION rather than Of argument, one Of !
them explained is would be preposterous to
say argued in favor Of the measure, against
whom this very measure was pretended to
be ppinttd, was contending for, the same
great object with ourselves, the Freedom
of the Seas And the other talked only of
the vast effect it would have upon Great !
Britain by starving her West dia islands,
alho in an after-explanation Of this expla-s
nation, he said that he meant to be under
stood that he thought it would do some IN
jury to France and have some effect upon
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