Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-12-20

should, as was contemplated IN t'ss Gill pa,.
sed by the House Of Representative, 5.
extended to all the districts. That this !,
an arbitrary power, which nothing but H..
unrslnitted efforts ii, some places to eva,le
the law can possibly justify, cannot be ,.en.
ed ); and it should, ike that of detention
be placed under the control OF the President
and be executed only in conformity win
such general rules as he would prescribea
18th. Exclusively of the assistance wi,
may be derived from gun beats and rs.ssA
the armed vessels Of the United States,
would be advisable to authorize the presj
dent to add ten or twelve cutters to the pr...
sent establishment. Fast sailing vessels Of
easy 6caft Of water, end recurring only
from fifteen to thirty nen eAch, are mcsd,
wanted, and would, for the object conteal.
plated, be rs useful astthc largest frigates.
+ $. L IS with regret that the necessity Of
aut.lorising, on the application Of thc cS!..ec.
tors, al i1sa.easqfe cal oi'the local pnysicsI
force .. the coaatfs., must also be stated
Bit such partial acts OF violence as have
taken Place IN some Of The sesports, canaa
be prevented by the circuitous manner in
which the public force must now be bro4gt
out in support Of the law. And no do05,
exists that the mas, OF tie citizens, whe.
! Their they approve OF disapProve Of tie en-,
barge, wouid ii every port instantaneousIg
suppress any such outrage, provided thsf
can be called upon to act in a legal manner
Some other provisions appear also neces,
sary for the purpose C carving the lawn
more completely into eia'scs along CIR LAID [
frontiers.
1. The expectation Of specie, By land
| should be expressly. prohibited.
| 2.Ihs power Of OBTAINING deposits should
be Sc expressed as to leave 70 s,,ouAt CT tn.
authority to DEAN wagons and other car.
.liages laden and aetnally On their way to |
foreign territory. Although / c2aast per-
ceive any reason FOR the distinction, it hiss
5eer supposed ii one Of the districts, thar
the law which authorised the detention of
-four, beef Or potash, deposited in ware.
house, did not extend to She case oE s!leir
Being deposited ia 2 Wagon, although eyi.
dsntiy O. It's .1ay to Canada.
8. the offence now punishable ~ !aw is
that Of exploration. This IS not consam-
mated till after. the properly has been acta.
ally carsiest beyond the lines, where, berg
in a sors;gn Jurisdiction, it cal.not BE- SSH
led 50, si.at forfeiture, which is the most
eltcient penalty, can never apply 10 eSpor.
:taiion by land and no bond being required
rs in the case OF vessels, the Only remedy
is the uncertain one of recovering penalties
against apparent offenders who either a5.
scond, Or nave no property. How tar it
may Be practicable 10 make tie act OF pre-
pairing the means of explorations punisha-
bic, or to provide some other rcneeiy, is
submitted to the committee.
Eut It must also be observed, that evev
degree Of opposition TO the laws which iad'
short Of rrcason,s now with bat few exccp-
tions,an offence underlined & unpgovided Far
by the laws Of the u. S. whence it follows,
that such offences remain unpuai5hcd when
the state authorities do not interfere. TIE
necessity of'defning those offences by law
as mlsdemeanors, and Of providing al a3s'
qaate punishment appears obvious.
l will beg leave here to add, that It does
not appear necessary 10 continue any longer
the indulgence erantedto the British mer-
chants to import for the use OF the Indians
articles of which Interpretations is generaar
prohibited by law; as that privilege is liable
to great abuse and affords just ground OF ]
dissatisfaction to American citizens. Wing !.
Their it be advisable to continue the per /,
mission given TO those Indian traders to e1- i
port furs and peltry,- is question to be de-
cided BY political considerations.
The last branch OF the subject to which,
wish at present to call the attention OF tas 4
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