Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-12-15

anceS; and yet he can himself thus deal in :
General and sweeping denunciations Of that
report. Its not forsnae to make the appli- I
cation Of his former maxim.
Eut, say the gentlcman,l Of whatnse can
he the. declaration which is SIT up in this re-
solution, that the rights, bonor and inee-s
Apendence Of our country wereviolated by Z
the edicts Of Great Britain and France; for
who questions it am glad, s:f to hear
at last, fromsso high authority, that there
can be no question raised On this psint.--
Accustomed as have been for long time,
PAST 10 be told, through the medium ct too
many of those prostituted gazettes Which
|. I've upon the perverted passions Of the day,
ard disgrace the nation which supports
them, that this governments and not Greats
Britain were the real agg,Tessors in the pre-
lsent controversy; that she, instead OF be-
ling the iniuring, was in truth the injured
party, and had therefore the best right to
| complain, i reioieesto see these calumnies
at last put down by SO commanding an au-
thoslty, and hope that from this time the
public are to be imposed upon By them no
| longer. To those unqusstienabie iny.-
! sions Of our material rights, the gentleman
! further agrees, in general terms, that this
nation ought not to submit. But ~hat, SAYS
/, be, do xour past ntasures amount TO but
submission? / wei. know that this language
/, las been the catchrword -oi' newspaper ar
gument during the SUMMER past, and nm
| not altogether surprised at hearing the So
phisin renewed at ms time and how does
/ the. gentleman proceed TO prove IT stss'-
| mission (says hs) IS the agreeing 10 atning
! ordered by another IN the manner isiat lie
prescribes, or reframlng to do thihg tn;''
| he prohibits sot from dome. England say
/ that We shall not trade viii! France and iier
allies, and they in their turn say thar we
! shall not trade with EEsgiand--sps prohibit
| altogether the trade with both. LIS con
| clusion is, that we submit 10 The course pc
scribed BY both. Bit, sir. is de retire iling
| from. our trade with both those powers pur-
! suing that course Of conduct which the in
terest of either Of them demands, or t,.e
policy ard spirit OF their edlcts against rs
evidently helds forth? 1t is as much the IN
! terest and The nisf q Great Britain TIA: we
| should Continue oar trade with her, as taat
] NJ. sfollltl fornear it with France aud her
aiiies-- W is'tt have Nt said bv the elnbaig1.
! that we vii tclbear.tlle lati.t ard continue
/ the former! No: bug thai unle..s you tax Z
on your lntelsilctlcns against that iaa&s4f
which you WISH 60 deprive Us or, you shall
mot have the benef. OF that tlade which il is
your interest and your wish 10 hsvs Us pilr-
sue. The policy Of he French edicts and
! their eject upon our interests and rights be-
ing precisely simiiar, the measure which, we
! mcte TO them Is a'so the same. a gam, saws
the gentleman, the embargo is nor only sub
mission TO both, but is aiding direcs.v the
! policy OF both against each Other; Tor, SAYS
! he, the Object OF France IS 70 ccropress the
commerce of Great britain. Tie with
drawing of cur trade aids dat policy. The
policy Of Great Britain IS &c cut 40 neutra!
trade. to France, and thereby excite c!iscon-
tent and revolt amongst her subjects, and
| tie Withdrawing CT oGftrade aids that poll
cy. BY the gen,i~,nan's own argument then,
| il is proved that the embargo has operated
as a measure of compression, Of inconve-
nienee, or in other words OF coercion against
both powers; upon Great Britain bv com
pressing and narrowing her trade, and upon
France BY withholding her supplies; and
the very same argument by which he at
tempts to prove that ii is IN accordance with
the policy OF the one, proves that it is in
hostility with that Of the ether, that it's,
SO f.,r as it goes, resistance and this is all
that was evercontended for byitsadvocates. /
take The gentleman now solely uEon his
own argument, without drawing to my aid |
other considerations which strengthen aud
explain this conclusion.
But the gentleman viii allow ,,o,L;,,or ~ {