Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-11-30

RECALLED US .ofid "a 5v the KEW ot sfle
Michael, and had, n'consea' ysre.aas
ed him Of our arfauge ps llfsss J.
note. sFs So. p. 6 81.
q In theinterviiew Of The a9taef |u Y p q. s
soon found il necessary to threw out slns
tin1atiou. that the power vestedl the fress
s;;dent. 81 congress, t. suspend thernbago
art and its supplements, would be- exercIeds
a. REGARDED Great Britain, if their: oriers
were repealed, assfsgardsd the ns Stst 1st
To have urged the sregoc ation, upon Aa Il,
n,lre ground of strict right, or Ct genera
nol;cy. and there 10 have LETT the sab]ecS,
when Il was authorised te place \ npoln
grounds Infinitely stronger,v would haye been,
as it appeared to me, 70 stop snort q ny Y
duty. Your letters to Mr.. Ersklne, lwhiet,
Mr.. Canning has read and CONSIDERED nag
exhausted the first of these GROUNDS, ana
endless discussions here, in every variety g
form. in and out of parliament, lad exr
hansted the second: There was, besides,
no objection, of any force, to nay walking
myself, without delay, of the powerful IN
ducements, which the animation in question
was likely TO furnish to G. Britain, to aDan-
don her late system; and 1t seemed 70 DC
certain that, by delaying to present these mr.
ducements to Mr.. Canning s consideration,
should not only lose much time, but hnal-
" give 10 my conduct a disingenuous. arr
which, while it must be foreign to the views
and sentiments of the President, could hard
" failto make avery unfavorabie impresslon
on the minds of Mr. Canning and ms col
leagues. thought, nloreovers that, II =
should reserve the suggestion for hate stage
ofour discussions, it would be made to wear
the appearance Of a concession reluctantly
extorted, rather than what it was, the spon-
taneous result. Of the characteristic frank
ness and honorable policy Of your govern
ment.
/ The intination once made, a complete
dcyclopement Gf It's natural consequences, II
properly acted upon, followed of course !;
and, taking advantage of the. latitude, at
forded by the informal nature ora mere con-
versation, endeavored to make that de-
velopement' as strong an appeal as, con.
sistently with truth and honor, Icouh and
there was no necessitv to do more to the
Justice and the prudence OF this govern
fncht. xas 90 q
Itwas not possible. however, that Mr..
Canning could require to- be assisted by ny
explanations. 1t was plain, upon their own
principles, that they could not equitably per-
severe m their orders in council, upon the
foundation Of an imputed acquiescence On
our part in French invasions OF neutral
rights, when twas become, Of it was not
always apparent, that this imputation was
completely, and in all respects, an error;
when it was manifest that these orders by
letting loose upon our rights a more de
structive and offensive persecution than It
was in the power of France to maintain, IN
terposed between us and France, furnished
answers to our remonstrances against her
DEGREES and prctexts for these DEGREES, and
stood in the wav of that very resistance
which Great Britain affected to inculcate as
duty, at the moment when she was taking
the most effectual measures to enbarrass
and confound it ]; when it was also manifest
that revocation of those orders would, if
not attended or followed by revocation
/ OF the DEGREES of France, place us at issue
| with that power, and result in precise OPP
position by the United States to such parts
Of her anti-commerciaI edirts as it became
as torepel. -, -. 3
In prudential view my explanations
seemed still less to be required. Nothing
could be more clear than that, if Great Brii-
tain revoked her orders, and entitled herself
to suspension Of the embargo, her object,
Gfitwere any thing short Of the establish
ment and practical support Of an exclusive
dominionover the seas must, in some mode
or other, be accomplished, whether France
followed her example or not. In the first
casr the avowed nnrncea nf tha Rritish or-