Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-02-09
OPINION
Cfthe Government Pafler.

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I The National Intelligencer, in remarking OF
the late news from Europe appears to believe
that the present state Of things there vii
prove a benefit to US. Speaking of Englane
the Editor asks,
g Is not this the precise moment for he,
to relax in her professions towards this coun-
s try We demand nothing but what is Just
] the same freedom of trade which she has al
+ way sinsisted upon--and that very freedom
/ which, IN the present crisis, may be essen.
/ tial to her existence Independently of tile
! confederated hostility of all Europe againft
her, She is mcnaced with a, seyerer scourge
| than war! Attic very moment when she
! had fattsred herself with plentiful harvest.
! the assurance of which perhaps had great in
/ auence on the principles she had set up, as
weH la point OF time, as in regard to their ex-
tent at the very time she calculated upon
! the abundance OF her crops to supply the
means of carrying these measures into effect
! she IS visited, in her most vulnerable point,
| with the most awful calamity which can
| threaten or befall a nation Famine already
.stares heria the face, ialluding TO The letter
( from Cork
g Ifsuch apprehension existed at the end
OF November. to what degree may it not be
expected to rise about the begipnng of Fe-
hruary, when the information ofour embargo
SHALL reach her when she shall ind her
stock Of provisions greatly diminished /;
when she shall have suffered severely from
|ethe prohbitory orders of her own govern
rnnGit; when tie stock Of raw materials for
her manufactures is gradually declining !;
when the wait at the all-important article
of fax seed, inc where else to be got, shall
have paraii1ed the labors ofthe farmer, and
presented more dreary prospect to the ma.
nufacturer J; and when the prospect Of asup-
ply from this country hitherto her constant
ed VIII not Britain. at such period, Yield
to that principle which size has made the pre-
text fer all her inyasions ofneurral rights, to
the principle of necessity, whose existence,
however incorrectly urged On other occasions
can admit of no question under such circam-
stances We do hope that size viii, and that
her own decided interest VIII lnduce her to
act wise. Memorable and just part towards
u.s.
He then concludes with the following
&c Frenchihed" paragraph. Its truly Frcn-
chilled fote 4 conveys the opinion tllstr rance
need not be expected nor ought she to be
con-: elled to repeal her ridiculous slockod-
ing DEGREES, until Britain shall have abandon
ed the ground which the government writer
knows she assumed IL consequence ofonr net
resisting the oppressive measure OF her ene-
my. We attempt not to apologize for the
misconduct ofany foreign power. But why
does the official journal evince such all uni-
form Partially to France?
- France, too, and ell her allies, will most
sensibiy feel the effects of the embargo SO
sensibly, we sheuldshope, as BIS Herself viii
ling, in case England relaxes her conduct 10
neutrals, likewise to annul her restrictions
We are assured from correct commercial
source that -four was In that country, at the
latest accounts. at ten dollars barrel, which
IS four dollars above its average price sSnce
the accession Of Napoleon
E.rtract ofa lettcrjiom a gentleman IN I'hila-
deLthia to his friend III Georget0z0n.
Yesterday between 70 and O'Clock doct.
Physick took away very large POLYPUS
from the nose and throat of John Reeder,-
!, The size is almost incredible. The part that
| lay nearest the throat looks like heart,rathcr
larger than that of the largest Turkey Cock,
| perhaps as large as that of a young lamb
! The remaining part was the thickness of the
nosttil in which it lay. 1t was taken away
root and branch, without the loss of much
blood, and John, can now breathe through his
nose.
| Doctor Physick has gained ,nuch applause
by his operation. He means to preserve the
polypus in spirits. lie attempted to take it
out on Saturday was then present, but the