Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-02-19

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wv. g $, % and am cablc remedy, WhicH
IA Her, sorted to before there was any
Lew = on the subject, wonls hayci
Iss ,a some safe and permanent arrang
1she late administrator took ING sauJes' w.
,t.r its most serious consideration, ~ a'l'oii!.
nm no very enlightened men, by 9 commit
SION under the great seal, TO discuss me s, Suu.
;.ct with the ministers ofthe LnlEea osases
nd snd although it was not brought 70 a conclu-
s;nn IN their time, yet it IS publicly Known
that thc negotiation was proceed!!ng IN .'l1
most amicable spirit when the lstra'ioi,
,rss d;ssolved The late administrator eou =,
not possibly foresee that the differences 1oula
ss,,,Ieien,v assume a new shape by outFaSes
mich thew never sanctioned, and the authors 20
!. .f which they most undoubtedly woull nave
aisayowed Their orders were notoriois 8
alculafed to prevent allirritaticn. lhey M
stantly brought Captain w hitby 70 trial, by a
martial and there Can be no doubt that
If they had continued IN ONCE every altaeaes
with the United States would have been nap
rily adjusted. Tie late ministers Vere oe-s
sides. scarcely able to pursue their own lloer
rsl views of policy; the false system, waiea
Rad prevailed SO long, having raised q Storm
of opaosition to every attempt to render our
system with regard to America coni s ''
~ the changing state and condition. OF tac.
world. AS to the law Of nations on the sub
iect of.searching the ships OF friendly powers
upon the high seas, not Tor contraoahu mel
chandize, Of the property of enemies, but Tor or
!. The ne rsons Of descrters or OF outlaWed sub
! ;ects, can find nothing precise, except as
far as the submission OF weaker powers rom
time to time may be taken to constitute puo-
/ lie law in favor of Great Britain,
] The search of ship, bearing natioal nag
| is quite out of the question nobody ccntehas
| for it, his maicsty's ministers have properly
! tlisayowed il, and that disavowal leaves Ame'
,ioa no rational cause of war with Great BIZ
! tain. hut the i'll blood created by this unau-
J, thorised outrage, has made the search even
/ of merchant ships, so long submitted 10, SUD-
s;ect of bitterness and complaint, Which, tho
1 the nations might Notwithstanding continue =.
peace, must perpetnaIy tend to disturb thae
harmony and good will between them, Which
/ is so essentially necessary to counteroalance
! The portentious power OF franse. J oes.Fc'
therefore, % put the legal question, toTnl''S5
1 the search of private vessels Tor dessflers
! wholly aside, and to consider merely tle pro-
! priety of coming to some amicabe arrange
! ment, which by preventing the perpetual r.
rita.ions arising from the exercise q 8 rrbt ain
s.ssssasihssi iii cement a cordisi union between
i two nations who have so strong and SO mutual
an interest to be, as it were, one people.
Why the late ministers did not make some
! attempt to lessen the resort to the perpetual
( search OF ships, by some temporary arrange
ment with the United States, by way of cx-
| pertinent, only to try the efficacy of legal
! provisions, and to prove tae faithful execution
of them, have already underworld to ac-
count for. Their precise views or opinions
on the subject / am, Of course, unaoluainted
with; but we all know that the treatywa not
broken off ON that account it was signed
here by the ministers of America, and be-
tore any objection was taken to its ratification
on the part of her government, the admins
tration was dissolved. What measures have
been taken, or are ultimately intended, BY
their successors, / know not; butt hope they
will be iudicious and healing, because NE re-
storation Of harmony between Great hitain
and America, at this moment, would We
. death blow to the ambition OF Bonaparte.
There comes his TT again.
6 Re Fad hfsn hcrfsct else"
If be could bring America into his vorte7,
his triumph would be complete; without it
in the end, he viii be, nothing. There are,
nevertheless, madmsn walking about our
streets, who have probably broken loose when
Bedlam was lately repairing, who consider
war with America asrather to be conuedt than.
avoided: we should, according to item, block
ade all their forts, and take gil their. shifts
1t would be a notable exploit, to be sure, in
the greatest Wholesale dealer in london to
succeed in mailing up the retsil shops of all
his customers in town and country, and to
procure the seizure of all the wagons and