Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-12-24

sAiA'- o. 1880 .s~lNli ~
without atonement.
Do the wrongs of this nation end =;
this Outrage? No. Clouds thicker ulop
-our wrongs are still INCREASED during n
sensibility of this nation; and without aico
ment for the attack upon the Chesapeake i
the 10th October, 1907, proclamation h;
sues from the British cabinet respecting s. +
{aring persons, enlarging tie principlss N
former encroachments upon the practc: y
impressment. This proclamation make, ],
the indispensable duty Of her naval oS7c,,
to enter the unaI1ned merchant vessels Il
the u. S. and impress as many OF the CT,
as petty and interested naval o&ccr MI
without trial point out as British suhieo
The pretension is not confined to the sls,
after deserters, but extended to inasep
carpenters and naturallzed citizens Ct NJ
u. s. Thus extending their municipdls
10 our merchant vessels and this counh
and d.sny ing us the right of making Ia,
upcn the subject Of naturalization. 1E
raf,rers of British and Scotch mercha
can cover theirproperty and their naerchas (
i've from ctl.ernasions under the neutral {,
cfthe U. S. e Leslorn, Amsterdam, Han!
burg, &c. But the patriotic srlshma u
EnsEshn,an Tho has sought this proteas \
asylum 81 liberty, are NOT scared hys 4
hag from the ruthless tsnes Of 4 ElsE
p,ess-eans. Ard sthis very moment .!
native citizens and adopted breihrtn, T. I
considerable nulnher, are doomed TO ii
most iintolerablc thraidcil,n the eiEisAasI
W by this degrading practice. THERE'S
freedom CT Our citizens deptnss npoha
mercy Of naval officers OF Great Britain
and upon this subject every FroPositlcr .
arrangement. is tranpled down BY .hese u
iust pretensions. Information was Just n
ceiyed OF the execution Of the berlin Il
cree; when the papers from every quatg
announced the existence OF the British Il
ders in council, making sweeping dash
our rightful commerce. Something mud
be done. The eveEts which have beenrI
traced, ali pressed upon us. he treatHtE|
of our minister and his unavailing exertiCa|
the result Of the negotiation which ga3
birth to he rejected trcaty--the memoriA
of the mercEan;s-;he outrageous condva
Of the British naval officers upon cur sts
board--.he cc,5niyance at Their conduct b
the British goyornment--the proclamatios
OF Get. 1e;h, 13c77--t!ie execution CT tn
Berlin decree, and tn. orders in counei
These considerations required the arm d
government; and at this ;rauspietous perio!
when the clouds wi,iicn bad so long tll::-satsa
ed and darkened GU, political hog:zcn, g.
thered 90 a thick & horrible tempest, Mhisa
now seemed toburst upon Cur devoted ma.
ton, The embargo spatclled our property
}ro,n the Storm, and deprifefl the thunder.
bolt Of is real calanlities. The effects q
this measure at home and abroad, nctwrt
standing It's Inconvenience, will best attest
the wisdom of the measure, which viii b
cnereased in its sAcacy BY total non-im
porta,ion law. As q measure of coercion
upon cher nations, not only have Tx
strongest hores, but a rational confidence il
il, founded upon the mos: conclusive eyl.
deEcv. The misrepresentation in ihs,
country, the violations Of the embargo, and
the hope of changing the parties in the Y
S. or Of producing separation ofthe states
nsiscaiculations have destroyed
wholly the efficacy Ct this measure, and
been main cause why c. Britain has n0'
relaxed in her injustice towards Anere''
And if we can rigidly enforce this system
my confidence is undiminished, my talth
strong, that the t. S. will have reasonabl::
terms offered to them. Yet the yiolators q
your laws have been the great cause why the
present state Of things has been protractsS'
they are as infamous as the cowboys in the
evolution, who embodied themselves 10
eed our enemies with the only CIV OF 4
weeping widow, OF poor soldier who was :
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