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

I:n.'s go, s,,,a.s received life French
,s -, The first
81 md upon sae subject was deI1resi Eolas
J sanat;;oll of the governor Ct t'aaaa
{ ,.s,,,, ysho told his subjects unhe sitatangly,
j. 49, s s,,sl,m,ph thev mist undergo many
.s.;. i; consequence Of the raerlcan
embargo, they Ought chesrfaily e su sl .
its enrration, because II was meas 81 J, e.
dorte<l by a friendly power e inquire .ne J
e,,,., 8, enerilv. III has always been m
dsrs,o,,d that Bonapasteg has uniformly de-
sl himself pleased with It, hona SNAIL.
lar view of the subject and. all doubt upon
j, i subject has Yscently. been removed pYS
an Official declaration OF the Frencn govern
,nent. & The-Americarss, q people wiaes IN
yolyed their fortunes ,theirpaosperity and az
n,ost { the;;r existence, IN commerce, have glv-
the example of great and gloelfstsas sacrl-
Ace. I'd .hby adopting general eIabaIgo gather
than submit to the despoSir dominion 2 g g =.
Britain upon the ocean. Come we now g
the documents just communicated TO con-
gress.. La r.
part of the French government y ryiat T..
70 the embargo. we dld no declaration IKE
that p<5lite one of the British kiIg, almost
too bol;tr to be sincere, that its ny aIesly
would not hesitate 60 contribute, @ any
mannersi;n his power, oErestore = the Com
meroesr of the United States its Wdnted aeti~
,;;,v. s and If: it were possible to make any
sacrifice for the repeated SIS & win.
OF hostility, be would gladly have laeisifsatea
its removal as a measure OF incenvenisnsre-
strntion on ihc American people" Z
But we find that Mr.. Madison wrote to
Mr.. Armstrong on the Bib Of February,
1903, as follows
g The accumulated dangers, to which
the Illegal proceedings Of the bellgerent ma
Eons have subjected the commerce and na-
vigation of the United States. have at ienathl
induced Congress to resort to an smbarsfS
On cur own vessels, as a measure best fitted
for the crisis, being an eifectual security for
oas mercantile property and mariners POW
4 st home and daily ARISING, and, at the saasnei
time, neither measure, nor ilisfcanse, Of
WAR; Copies of this act were, soon after
Its passage, transmitted To MIR. Piinkney,
with All authority TO assure the British go.
vrrlMnelt that il was to be viewed In this
light, and that itwas MOI meant ant TO be Tie
saishtss. asgrcagsie negociatI-
Gus with foreign governments. He was re-
quested to avail himself 81 an opportunity
Of COMMUNICATING to YOU and! Mr.. Ery,ii,rie.,
thus view Of the subject, and I hope that
you will have bren thence enabled TO pre-
sent tito the frcnch government. :. Not re-
lying however on that indirect opport
! send b5 tits another copy 81 the act, with
an instruction from the President, that you
make il the subject of sneh explanations as
will guard against any niisconcepItion 81 the
policy. which led to it. Its strictly mea-
sure Ct precaution, repaired by the dangers
incident to external commerce, and being
indiscrlmlnate IN lis terms and operation to-
wards al nations, can give no Just offence
to any. The duration Of the act is INST fixed
by itself and will consequently depend on
a contlnnanceor cessation Of ITS causes, ID a
degree sufficient in the iiodsynentof the Ie-s
g,slatnres to induce or forbid lis repeal. 1t
may De hoped that the inconyeniences fslt
from it@b fhebelligerent nations may lead
to change OF the conduct which imposed
the ilconvehieilcies of it, ON. ourselves
France herself will be a sufferer, and some
OF her-aliies far more so. It viii be very q
greeable to find in that consideration, and
still molr III her sense of Justice, sufficient
motive to ain early manifestation Of the res
speef due TO ON, commercial rights. The
example would be worthy of the professions
which she makes TO The world on this sub.
iect. So ,.... 80
!. And, biz. Armstrong wrote as follows
to Mr. Madison on the 5th Of April Iol-
lowing 4. ..sEsss &