Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-04-04
the measure more than :

~ ~ a'' iloiofaoie fepara,io,. islat
lected t!iat the avowed sn9 abt "a
the mission was to suhsura5 = = eGjc
tended adjustment propose, ~ 8 .rts
a. Lol.aoil q separatlon OF Il :. "
preferred by MS hrl,annl, mi @oleta :,
well know, sir, now luln ~. aad ION
compished ''i' 0olfet MS 4,
With respect 10 the ptts,na
"hich you have cx lresset, t.s, e,o'Nle'ra
which You decline TO disclose y GU. ne nt@
factory TO the Uniiea Sia,es !, I 10y. 0s aa,
spect for your judgment, and he !, -''anest =
confidence IN your sincerity. an ,p psEee
Digestion r-anifestiy hes, to t.lg ,ccaa P'l'os
a personal and unexplained oDia;on ',.a'lvG
Of disclosure which would enable ~ \ pH
'erhment to exercise Its own iudgnsn,
case affecting 50 essentially its honor a,7 n
rights Such course OF proceeip, $"
be without example; ana there Fan 10 sOad
lard in saying that one will Reyer be .f ~ "a,
BY government which respects Itself ' a"o'cea
as yours Justly does; and Therefore cs 20 ,DEh
be reasonably expected from one rS 1aD''e'
spects itself as much as this n, 'O" Fe'
do. N' 'ioa' %
forbear, sir, to enlarge on tbo 49,.
lncongrpity OF the expedient pra6ossJ '"', y
must be allowed TO remark, As N ,l,;. A%
admonitionoftbe singular and porljf,;n '','4
epleXllY IN which compliance mjgbt , y nv
the president, that there are in St5e le,,os
Mr.. Canning, communicating to sIr A@.
the special mission to the yailaa o,s.es "a"
nant indications that otter questions AMI r,,6
dluons may have been Contemplated al,5
would DC found utterly irreconcjeabIa WHY. .'
the sentiments OF this nation. ''
/. neither any nol all Of these cons,1,,,
tons Can sustain The preliminary dem.nI
maze III your communication, 1t rem. ir. :,
be seen whether such a demand restS p;h
greater advantage OF the more precise ero,nd
or which you finally seem 10 place it.
he proclamation is considered as hostile
measure, and a t.lscontnuance OF i 4, @ne4n
t"e dlscontinuance Of the aggression Which
led to it.
Il has been sufficiently shewn that The nm.
cIaTnation, as appears on the face of il, was
pro .ucca b tr~iM Of occurrences er0iuarjpy
II. the attgc.l ON the American fIiEate sudpot
by this last alone. 10 demand tberehre
that the proc.Nmatlon be revoked, it would hc
perfectly lair to oppose demand tilat redress
be first given ior the hUmcrous irregularities
which preceded The aggression on the Ameli.
Cali lrlgatc, as Wei as 1or this particular ag.
gresslon, and that efiectuai control be inter.
posed against repetItions Oft em. And@na
such redress has been given tor the pas, not.
Wlthstanaln5 the lapse oftimc which has taken
place, nor any such security for the future,
Notwithstanding the un,limini,ned reasonable.
ness OF it, II follows, that CONTINUANCE cit
proclamation WouId De consistent with al en-
tire dIscon,lIuance OF one only of the occur,
FENCES from wnich it proceeded.
Bat Ii is not necessary to avail the argl-
MELT OF tins view OF the case, although Of il
sell entirely conc usiye. Had the prociama.
ton been founded on the sing e aggression
comI@red Oh the Chesapeake, aad were il
adlG!3cd that the discontlnu,ncc Of that az,
erosion merely, gave claim to the disc0I-
uludIlce OF tie proclamation, the claim would
be dcic4ted by Inc incontestibie fact that that
aggression has not been discontinued. Ii h,S
never &C sed to exist; and is in existence at
TINS moment Need Ilemiud you, Sir, tha
the seizare AND transportation OF the selmea
belonging TO fae crew Of the Chesapeake, ca
ttred 1910 the Very essence oftAat aggression,
idt W.T. an exception OF The victim to a tai
forbidden by the most solemn considerations
and greatly az. raV~tmg TIC s,i OF its au tho:
the seamcn n question are still retained, AMI
consequently that tie a:,scssion, if in no 0.
thcr respect, IS Dy tnat acl alone continued
and III .orce
Ii the views which have ba.n taken Of the
SUBJECT have the business wtch they Claim,
tHcy VIII have shewn that OF ntgrouad wha:-
ever c:,o an aIlHulrlent CT the Proclamation 81,
Jny "a, be reasonably reQalreo as prel-
nina, to the negotiation with WIN you arc
charged. On tie coalrary, It clear. lc,nIts,
tronla recurrence to the causes ami c'sct Of
TIC proclamation, that as was at frs. tina-
ted, tue strongest sanctions Of Great tain
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