Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-03-02

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her existence, viz. the fou,fr Of commanding
3 the services Of her seamen. ~
ass Forsa as the question was not to be separat-
operation an unlimited acceptance or rejec-s
ton, 1t placed the government Of The United
States, in = situation Of say ing to Great tsri-
| tain, y on must either consent to give up the
3 right OF search in our nero hnntnien, and do
this as an atonement fof~the attack upon the
Chesapeake; or you must refuse TO surren-3
der the right OF taking your scam en.fiorn o.,
!, board our merchantmen, and In doing SO, res
fuse to heal the wtundea honor Of sAmcriss
/ by the attack on tile -Chesapea q either
case our purpose is answered.; ,iof; r. YOU
nyield1he right to take your sealnen, and there
! by siIencestlle clamor raised aboul4lhe Chesa-
peake, we Will unman your1heets, III you
refuse to3yield theright, and yet otfeR sa,lss
faction tor the attack en- the Chesapeake, We
viii tst treat with you: we will force you
from Il e waters Of the United States: We:
will deiig YOU the rights OF hospitality: We
will Shut eut your manufactures from our
ports pefNisl starye your colonies, and Coz
eroe you in every point within cur power. I'M
Il! your subjugatlofx SHAH be effected az
France. In either situation, whether the Ne
gotiaion, asst is placed by us be accepted or
rejected, we think your destruction IS certain.
The position assumed BY cur government
was, ur,5er existing. circumstances, mca-
sure unavoidable /; for inclined as il is to
France, any other step would have dersnged
the labor Of years, under which our French
politics have been formed.
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For it is we'll known that the British minis
ter, previously to the departure Of Mr.. Mum
roe from London, signihed "his roger for
the attack made uhon the ChesaheakS," that
" the act was unauthoriscd," and " the right
discIaimed The executive possessed the
note some time before the last message OF the
president TO congress, yet no notice is taken
Of it. The reason is obvious: it would have
Gained the public mind, winch views this
point as tie only one that can Justify rupture
with Great Britain. Let be known, that
she has not only denied the aggression to have
been committed by her authority, but dis
'elaims, in the most uncquiyocal terms, the
right Of taking her seamen, even thougfr.sssd.e
tineers and deserters, from on board our ma
tional ships; and you drive the executive
from the only ground they can stand upon
you dissolve the charm by which pubic feef-
ing directs its rage against Great Britain
and which, like an anodyne, lulls lis into tram
GUILTY, whilst France is violating every right
we claim as nation, free ard Independent;
and whilst the Sampson of Europe is about to
pull down the fabric of our republic.
Such are the rumors of the day, and should
they prove true they involve consequences
at which the stoutest hearts may teel appalf-
cd, without the irnputation OF timldlty. 1t
i, thought that Mr.. Rose will be compelled
10 leave the country, that allappearance may
cease CT an eventual accommodation and
that France may know the exact dependence
she can have. upon US for cooperation in
her views.
What. adds to the general CONSERVATION IS
the intelligence said to be received by the ex-;
ecutiYe, of the appearance OF num-
Der oe French officers in the territory
of Orleans. Some tine since twas announc-
ed that these officers were expected,it is now
said that the last adyices from gov. Claiborne
say they are arrived. The arrival OF general
Moreau had not taken place, but was looked
for in few days. His progress down the RI
yer had been but slow, as he stopped at seve-
raj places on the way. Whether his visit
be. in cooperation. with the officers already
there, is veto be determined it is too much
to be feared that it forms a part OF that sy-
stem,swhich is calculated 10 make the terri
tory of the u. S.. the scene of war, and It's
government an object for destru ction. By
some it is thought that the fate of Spain is to
be subsequent to that Of the U. S. that whilst
Spain has its king. on the throne, he may aid
the emperor Napoleon with a detachment of
the army of Mexico, for the subsection of N.
Orleans and with the same army the empe-
ror will afterwards possess himself Of Mexico.
The French officers at N. Orleans may be on
the lookout preparatory to striking the blow.
They may be sounding the people, viewing
the approach to Orleans and exploring the
route to Mexico.
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