Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-01-14

most immincnt peril, was tAere any osnSt
measure Of equal safety thar could have
been adopted 1. ifihers WAS 20, sould 4
ny one sspec, Us 70 omniii. plotecung our'
selves, because in 80 doing We mighs 10
lure others 4. 3. d 81 .gs. s. &.
j If an ioiuryis inlcted on. Others i i
not our iauI, !; and i that irjuty operate
onequally, the inequality arises from CIR
eumslaucrs over which We have 90 con'
i troll. B. gs.@. ii VI I, ,s., . ....s 81
| Foris il owing 20 Ms thar Britain js the
mistress Of the oce an, and that her eosm les
have few ships uponit! Is iti,.owing 10
as thar her-poweris az irreslssable there
as thar of France upon the continent Did
wrby any conduct OF ours give rise %
The new principles interp o!ase dsbys BrAain
To- The Law Of nalions, er testhesrrralia.
.ioas Other enemy. which, UNFORTUNATELY
.ftc, US la This instance Tno.e;thau even
|.her? No. These. are things iass.he ex.
islenee of which we had 20 agency, and
over the duration of which VIC have no
direct coniroul. & @ Is. IL 81
Ba. we are by no means satisfied that
theeu, batgo Will opera.esse antqually as
some profess 10. think, or perhaps giving
way to their fears really do thlnk. Ad-
nit. that England will greatly suffer, will
not the French and Spanish colonies. of
whose productions we are the sreas'carri
ers, suffer a!sos England csrries on near.
!. ~ the whole of her tradr /; consequently
our Withdrawing from the ocean will have
90 this lrade butan ibclden.s: Effect, while
twill have Co the trade between France
and Spain aud their colonies direct and
yasr sfsct. ~
I, We rep-a. then ,ha, the embargo is a
measure Of srict impar.ialny, neithxi jusJys
impusble in motive or effect TO ani to.
reign Influence
In addtlon TO this reasoning, which we
humbl} presume conclusive, there are two
| intrlo.;c considerations, both Of great
weight.
The embargo is the measure proposed
by the executive; by Thomas effrrson
Has this man ever abused the Con hdence
of his fellow citizens ISIS re ever crouch
ed to foreign influence I? las he everre..
commended a na.ionsl measure, which has
not promoted the public in,erest IL is
tree, ,ha, he has been charged teo .hous.
land times, and 10 language almost beneath
contempt, with yielding 70 French; intios
ence bat we demand he proof. Il has
not il canno;be addaced., 80. j - B,
), Events have invariably b:ted the pro
phe,ic spirit which has predicted storm
from evety passing cloud 10 such Crisis
then as this We say Thomas Jsfefson de-.
serves thu confidence Of the patton We
rejoice. then tina, he possesses IT,; and we
known that the eophdenoewill, ifpossibse,
be sugmeu,ed BY the angry invectfve OF hrs
enemies. Let US not be misunderstood
We are no. the friends OF bird coth.
dence 10 any executive bai we do say
that ava period like this, when the whole
! world is conyulsed, when justice is IN
kuown by those nations, with whom We
have Intercourse when we have every
reason to dread an explosion peculiarly ia
tai 10 rs; when. from the oiganisal'on OF
the executive power, he alone knows the
precise ground 90 which,we stand. andthat
on which, 10 future negotiations, II Is
me snt 10 place Us I; when THIS executive 100
I has unliformly manifested Above OF peace !;
under all these circumstances 1e hesita'e
no, to aver that confidence is the heat OF
virlues, aud that il is such a virtue as a
true republican will no, blush 70 own.
The other consideration, to which We
I-have adyer.ed. is, that without the exist
ence Of equal DAGGER, the, embargo OF 1924
{ was LAID nuder the auspices OF gen. Wash.
iugton, and by a.federal congress.
f. The circumstances which gave rise 20
,, tha, act were ,hese. Great Britain 70 VIC:
la,ion Of Justice, Issued orders 20 seize sll
] esselsdes,ined to France With -Prov'sl'
1 ous. go