Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-11-14

s. llae expet,ce OF aconeexs;,n
1lnsraca but to France. - maze not 10
g g has more generauv -.
lasasDy me governments Of tAs q q s ssp''
q! s1e embargo is only to be consiis y, otatss
ossnt municipal regulation VII as an
ngae ba 1 the United States theulsci1es.l ss
VIII which nh foreign state ha. ~. s@s' and |
scern; viewed In this light, his maesl ty $ con-
not conceive that he las TIE RICH, = i u0a
tension to make any complaint Of a.p Pre-
has made none. But in this ligh 49,. @ahe
pears not only no reciprocity, but a,.; sp-
able relation, between the repeal & @ ~
nlted States OF measure of yolunta,, y :.
restriction, and the surrender by he ssil'
ty Of his right Of retaliation asanss ~; 49, s :
mics. -c'
The government Of the United ST.,
not new to be informed, that the Herl;, y
cree of Nov. 81, 1906, was the prae,;.
commencement Of an attempt not nersvS
check or impair the prosperity Of C,rs,.
Britain, but utterly to annih;late her por;,;
cal existence, thro' the ruin Of her ,om
mercial prosperity that in this attrmn
almost all the powers of the Europesa co CON-
tinent have been compelled more or less !,
cooperate and that the American en-
barge, though most assuredly not intended
to that end (for America can have 70 rs.l
interest in the subycrsion OF the Brt.b
power, and her rulers are too enlightened
to act from any impulse against the real H.
tercsis Of their country but by some uuEor. /
tunate concurrence o. circumstances. with.
out any hostile intention, the American
embargo did come il aid of" the blockade
Of the European continent" precisely at tie
very moment when, Il that blockade could
have succeeded at all, this interpretation Of
the American government would mos e..
fectually have contributed to its success.
To this universal combination, his n,aiei.
ty has opposed temperate but determin
cd retaliation upon the enemy trusting
tllst q firm resistance would defeat this pro.
lecf, but knowing that the smallest conccc.
sion would iatalii5ly encourage a persegsy-
ance in i.
The struggle has been viewed b othtr
powers not without an apprehension that il +
might be fatal to this country. The British
government has not disguised from itself
that the trial ef such an experiment mighs
be srduous ard long; though it has never
doubted OF tire final issue. But if that is.
SIC, such as the British government eoad-
denly anticipated, has promdentlaily ARR
ved much sooner rhan could have heen hoy
ed if 6 the blockade Of the continsnt," az
has been triunpiar:ly stiled BY the rnenF,
is raised even before j liaG been well estab-
lished and II tnas system, Of which extert
and contiaaisy were rs vital principles, 1
broker Up into fragments utterly Harmless
and contemplate ) It IS nevertheless lmPoF- 5
.snt in The aigaesr degree to the reputation
Of this country "a reputation which consu.
.utes great part Of her power that tbls dis-
anpe;;a,n1ent OF tae hopes Il her eneniy,
should not Rave Seen purchased by am con
cSI0n CflaI a ttOl-I't o<tShtAN 'Nt-->''
Instant times Of her determination AM ab'l'
y to have continued her rcslstanc2; AM
hat no step which could even mistakenly
,e construed into concession should DC tai.
n On her part, while the smallest INK ''
&c coafedgracy remains nndlssolved o.
y,,ile il can be. a question whether the pan
levise,l for .lcr destruction has or has not
.ither completely failed or been uneqHso'
aIlv abandoned.
Those considerations compel hls m&J;sy /
o adhere to the principles on which the or
lers in council OF the 7th January and tns
1th of November are founded, SO ionS a.
France adhcres to that system by Whlcn n@
naicstv's retaliatory measures were oce"s''
ned and justified.
1t is not improbable, indeed, tnat som,
ltcrations may be made IN the ord%'' y
ouncil, as they are at present tra'nea' "a
srations calculated not to a5ate Their spun
r impair their principle, but to 4aaPt ' :as