Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-04-09
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Htcasc the sctrsssge oSt os y sst 1So 80 :.
waseh ia .ae errseus csSsss OF ;Aess az a'fs
sse Ua..ed S:a.es have seemed u Qratssus
60 adopt.
a. Is an sraSargo opoa their shipping !;
90 ia,srdiSsioa sf all foresga trade Ehsse.
vSrsitis q saspe0sion ut zoe exercise OF
si,ose snasssiynr rights ~asca tnsy were ae-
xsgaaiasd aas 80 sarrsUder, AND ara OCT
cs,ocaS GO confess. Itis sd'goiaea resire-
meo, frou gar comaarsce OF foreign IA.
sisns, :, pes,od whsa tae Two Ste at pow 's'.
era ns .hx world have Acarcely any oisaes
object az con,ro;iou less. When 20 pre-.
vent Grade ca the part Of thu cne, aac 20
force II ia,o sac psehSsted chsoaess on INC
r.r, OF Tie olher,ss aiasoss she sole remain. !.
100 motive which nourashrs the assne Oh
Nav IN Ea,ope-
10 ereysns kiudsing Dram the 1oaaHan
blaze; sad INA, aecesesyy inlais sfom tue
srvccse which an unavoidable iEclisss,aa
g, .,as >s.,y or the otf,er mus! have psodac
I'd, America mas pursued acocdsct OF soaslo
wisdur, add true poiii,cai sif ne.
IA srxde is as,c object OF stse quarrel, sac
has resigned the pnRe 60 she tofaassasis.
Sac Gas wi hdyaun hss csaiHas from sae sis',
sad sssreased 10 he tranquil sia,son os .
spectator.
2'ais vas the ooly .siddie point leti hes
bsswceu peace sod war.
The embargo is hostile IS 90 pewer, 5e'
cause the narasuse IS founded upoa these
iasl rights al coa,rouI which, ~ Eassoaal
sx,grncies, every govesomeos has t'gas
co exercise oyer,ss own suo.sc !; aad DC.
cause, If ii. Be hossiie 30 soy party, -
hostile 70 the American merchants thsna.
selves.
LISA measure of peace aod precaasion.
IL il it,nargial because il Is aosvcrsas It
& i. ia., because It's difecr operation IS upon
those sioos, whose rights as subjects OF
America, the supreme power ct the a'e
has power 10 modisys 20 suspend or TO
abridgc.
As here are 90 exceptions Ia favor OF
auy people. there can be DO loss cause OF
snsp,cion 90 the psss Of any; England
/ +. aace add Spain, are upoa shc same tooi
ing of CON mos exclusioa or rather indeed
the American Enrrchaos Is pseeinded from
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W. thus see that America has resolved
not TO be caught in hostsi:.s-~, IS sUe
has fnood what is ordinarily called peuua-
iisv Impossible, she has Tesotted 60 the dc,
frpslve system With rqua! dignity and psu
deuce; she has Rithdfawn from Europc,
and i4llen back upon her OVID resources.
Ia Tie common phrase, che IA az length
resolved to keep herself 10 herself, She
sets the FIRST example of trying to live
without Europe; and il DOW remains for
Europe 50 s,y how she can live without
Amcrics.
VITA respect to the islands of France,
Spain, and the other powers, in the Allan.
bic, which We call the West India islands,
tiers is no alternative wish respect 20
sbea, but the following they mast starve.
or surrender wishouta siege to Great Bril-.
s taio las NC possess the SEA, their mother
countries cAnnos supply them with that
food which they are anahle TO raise for
themselves; and America, from the ope-
ration OF her embargo, will not supply
them.
What then is 10 becoGe Of them? They
must either be the prey OF famiue or the
spoil of Great Britain. sut Re u TO or
advantage 10 Conquer them? Certainly
DOT. We canno. feed so many addition.
al mouths as ST.. Domingo alone cnatalus
without Diminishing our Own necessary
stock of subsistence moreover, We must
now supply our OVID colonies with provi
siops. Smish6eld. Leadeehall and Mark
s lane, will DOW swarm with nsw contractors
for Barbados. Jamaica and Antigua; we
shall have TO feed black population 10 our
sevefa al islands exceeding one million; and
white population of hundred and fifty
Shousaod
Can the nasion support mis- long! Are