Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-11-18
FROM THE rREENAN's JOURNAL.
: EDyBIKGO Or WAP I

Shall we forever suftcr this rude din to s,r,
our ears, ard not reply to the absurd aHfr
ton Embargo or War. War with whom,
It is admitted on ali hands that it is nowa,.
certainee that Great Britain does not wan.
war with us. It would seem then that no
man q common sense can doubt, that five
rescind the embargo, and take manly All.
tude towards our. real enemy, France, that
Great Britain will give US good terms Of
commercial intercourse, without requiring
submission, tribute, or dc claration ofvs
against her enemy, all which are demanded
by Bonaparte. But in. that case there must
be war with France. Ave, there's the
n,ij." These people are nightly afraid Of
war with Gear sister France. But sun.
pose that, in consequence OF a repeal of The
embargo system, France should make ior-
nal declaration OF war against Us, in what
would The relative, situation of the two coup.
tries be substantially altered? Flushed with
the conquest Of Prussia, Napoleon, at Der.
lin, On the aist of November, 1906, de.
.ciared his treaty with us null! and void. by
ths express terms OF the hlockading decree
an act which any other government out Our
own would have considered tantamount to
war. 1t is true that the administration wa.
,gulIld hy an explanation of the decree, Civ
en- to Or minister by the French minister of
marine. who at The same time candidlv con.
tessed that he knew nothing about the bust.
ness, TO consider this declaration of war az
a declaration of peace but every man Of
common sense saw from the first that tbs
was but snare. 81 totalias vnH dsGti dt.
cibiasur. None could have been deceived
by that explanation, but those who wereve.
~ wiling to be deceived. All doubt on the
subject, however, was done away on the
10th of October, 1907, when the imperial
council of prizes, in the case of the ship He
ri7op, decreed, rejecting the defence TIP
under the explanation Of the decree given
to Mr.. Armstrong, that " The application
of tire 5th article Of the before mentioned
decree to the Americans as to others, re.
suits from the general terms of the article,
and from the communication recently made
by his exceIleney the chief judge lie grand
Judge relatis 10 the original intention OF
the sovereign Here it IS declared, tha. /
it Wa inc original intention Of the SOVEREIGN
TSapo;c ont hat The decree should o9eraE7
l,lon the United States as well as The rest OF
The world and none but sInpleton could
ever have shottaht otherwise: lAir. Arm
strong was also assured that such had a.
svf,s been the opinion Of the judicial tribu' B
MS. Etem that time, therefore, fr2nce (
hes heen in a state Of declared war with-Hs'
We havr not rccirrccaGed the declaratl0E
cut, sYn;tten on one cheek, have turned the
,t:er also; rule, lich, though a dlvlr:
one, was never applied to the concerns q
aaiioas. France has acted consistently Win
he true character OF a,l enemy. She la'
Numbered US Of all cur properly that has ia,'
Ell w;,hinher grasp, and burned thar "hlcaf
he could rot carry away; sll. has, &sHE
he cases Of Captains Palmer and HoPklns
ust published in the New York evening
Post, irsrr:soned oar citizens, ter.-.l?d ahlI4
,ribed their crews to swear against them
condemned them TO dangecus end tofure'
orced them to march on foot, shoeess sh'
,ennyiess, hundreds Of miles through 4,
lominions, ard refused them the ccnno,I
,ffices Of hunanity. She has done US '1uc.
more injury, than she could CO Us, were
var on Our part as well as on hers. "
ould defend ourselves against her cruz
rs, which are but few and fccbil, wl'ilou
xpence TO the Sation.-Shc could not la'p
man upon our shores while Great Drlta'
emained mistress of the ocean; and oo'
RAM that she my remain SO, while Franc
ontinnes gigantic military power. 81
It is evident from this view OF the SUD s.
.ct, that those who tell the people, tina
1ere is no other alternative than the enoar
o or All expensive and bloody war, are TN
of the people, or Of them M
lives, or OF both, that have ever been leg q
rated in f,pr much deceived country. 81