Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-04-01

the iiBe.. d
Ata subsequent period, severn,
gates hnael the Command q Car: oildshn
/ OIL Tue Leanaer, pursuing the rrs ,s,a WhnSv
lnsstf Inward ana outward laae ~ osyes'
s ana hoyeilng iol that purpose :. y oQrpons
trance OF that OF New York Hs'ul tie e.,
OF irregularities, wis an attemn sSsa Series
coastlhs vessel on board Vi which :. s'resl
3 slcah citizen was killed by cannnn Nv su Ane.
entered tie vessel, whist wi1b;n' - osl winch
mile from the shore AS Than
IL. The blood OF a citizen thus murds,e,
Trace nom one to another psrr Of 49, :; INA
country, and within the SANCTUARY -; ms own
torlai jurisdiction, could not .ai 70 ,n rs Terri.
sensuilltyot the puOnc, ano 10 mass 'O"Se tie
appeal to the justice OF the gfi,,... '0lem
meht. lhe case was presence m, a1'e''
TO that government by tins, in the
. winch II required; and With Que Cow SI0'1t
that the offender would receive the eva.' 'NeA's
punishment which he deserved. A1y
. might be no failure of Ie,,ai proof =. Nee
sufficiently notorious OF Itself, unexcsn; lat
/! bic Witnesses to establish it were senl p,0la'
Britain at the expencc of the L s w.
Captain Whitby Was notwitbsrandn
morally acquitted no animadyer>;"a' no.
place on any Other officer beloop,a, w, "'S
squadron; nor has any apology Or exG5n', Ie
been made since the trial Was over IS . S
cillatory offering to the disappointment ~ WI, a
| country at such result. D'
A case Of another character occrwoa.,
month of September, 1906. The Jmns." "'le
French ship of "A guns, whenagropndl S ,s;l
IN a few hundred yards of the shore Of No~S
Carolina, and therefore visioly within the t t
ritorial jurisdiction and hospitable protec, m'
of the u. ). was fred upon, boarded $ hus'.
from three British ships of war under tbs
command ofcaptain Douglass. HAVING co WV
pleted this outrage on the sovcregntv AMI
neutrality of the y S. the British comm,nJ a"
felt no scruple In proceeding thence into Il.
waters near Norfolk. nor in the midst of tSs
hospitalities enjoyed by him, to add 10 what
had passed a refusal to DISCHARGE from Il,
, ships, impressed citizens OF the U S. not de.
MED to be such, on the plea that the govern.
ment of the l.. S. had refused 10 surrender
the demand of admiral Berkeley, certain spa.
men alledged to be British deserters; a de.
mand which it is we'll understood your govern.
ment disclalms any right to make.
1t would be very superhuous to dwell the
features which mark this aggravated insult.
But must be permitted to remind YOU that
IT, SO serious light was a similar vioauonof
neutral territory, by the destruction of GER
tain French ships on the coast of PORTUGAL,
by British squadron under the command Of
admiral Boscawan, regarded by the court Of
Great Britain, that minister extraordinary
was dispatched for the express purpose ex
plating the aggression on the sovereignty ola
friendly power
Lastly presents ITSELF the attack by the Dri.
fish ship OF war Leopard, on the american
irlgate Chesapeake; case too ialnlhar IN all
It's circumstances to need recital Of any part
of them. 1t is sufficient to remark that the
conclusive evidence which this event added to
that which nae! preceded, of the uncontrolled
excuses of the British naval commanders, in
insulting our sovereignty, and abusing cur
hospitality, determined the president to ex-
tend TO all British armed ships, tire p'ecau'lon
heretofore applied to Il few by name OF la'er-
dieting to them the use and privileges OF cur
harbors and waters.
This was done BY his proclamation OF July
2, 1907, referring to the series OF occurrenc"
es, ending with the aggression On the lFiga'c
Chesapeake, as the considerations requiring
it And if.tac apprehension from the llcentl-
GUS spirit Of the British naval commAnierS'
thus Developed and uncontrolled, wh'cn Ise %
this measure of prccaution, could need o''et
justification than was afforded by what h'a
passed, it would be amply found IN the Su''s-
quent conduct of the ships under the COM
mand of tie same capt. Douglas
This officer, neither adlnonlshed ny fc'''1
tons on the crisis produced by the attack Oh
the Chesapeake, nor controlled by respect ''i
the law of nations, or the laws OF the l@''u'
did not cease within our waters to oi1''o ,V'
by firing at vessels pursuing TIER fSa aI,
course OF trade; and iii the same sI'l'it wiz
had disDlayed itself in the recent outrage Coih'