Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-05-26
LETTER
"a rsg GOV. GARRISON c. o7Is, sEsQuIREs ~
7oHs QUINcr 4DAas.
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as frivolous snd 90 Uotounded, "'the
o5,sorsooase affair of inc Chesapeake"
r ne orders ef admiral Berkeley, under
waich ss3is Outrage vas CON mitted, have
been s.ssasosgsi by he government. &c.
neral peofrss,ons et Willingness 10 make
yepsra8oasor il, have bsen iav,shed'n pre-
iusiog: snd We are now instructed totake
these Professions for saaeavors; 10 believe
ms 20 sicccyc, because his Bfltaoasc maJes-
~ ssas Va special envoy I; and cast the
odtu4n Of dsfraang these sodssyois upoa
oar own governments.
have already told 700. tha, an not
one of those who deem sospicioo aud dis.
trust, 10 the highes, order Of p9lisieai yir'
tues, Bassless suspicion is, IL ay estl.
masioo, a vice, as psralclc1s IN the rns-
nag- 1neut Of public affairs, as isis fassl TO
tht happiness of domestic Iss. When,
therefore, the British ministers nave lie
clsrci their disposition TO make ample re
patasian 70, an ,Tjusy OF a most afsocions
character, Goa mltsed by an oticer ol high
rack, ans, as they ssy, unef'y without AZ.
lhc.isy. should ,aoss readily believe
rhem. were their professions uos positively
c5ngsad.cssd by facts CT uore powerful {
ltquencr han words.
have such facts occurred will 10.
agaia aliuds 10 he circumstances ct t3r.
Roses departure upou bis mtssion atsach
a precise noiol Of time, shas MS COMMAS.
sivn snd the orders Of council Of llh Nc.
.yember, might have beeo signed with the
same pee-foji of lex. The subl c.a acre
norimmsdsa tsiy CocnectSd with each oiher,
and shis majesty did aot chose to associa:e
distinct ,opies Of psgotiasioo. The attack
upon the Chesapeake vas dsavowe5; aod
ample rSparstiou was witnhsld only. be.
Cause With he demsnd for satisfaction 0pon
that iulury, The American govern Aeo, hac
souplSd > demsnd for she cessation Of o
there sI;ks 10 kind, be; of mipor sgg a.
v-aiiec, Ea, had cepatssion really been -.
;saded, would it uut nave been offered.
oat 50 sagae. and general serrss, but 10 pre-.
else asd spse a. proposals! Whe'e AIS aoy
sush rladz NaaS. Bur il IS SAID Mr..
EEo1roe was res Ylcsed from negotiating
rpon This subiec. apart and therefore MIR.
Rose ~ss io be senttoW aShiDgton; chat g.
Ell with The single object; ADD Without aa-
thogUy 10 treat cpon OF evef discuss aEy
Other, SIR. Rose arrives; the American
government readily determine TO treat up.
Oh the Chesapeake affair, separately ssonl
al. oshess; bu, bEf9te Mr. Rose sets MS
foos on shore, In Pursuance Of a pfetsn.
sion made before by Mr.. Canaiog, ne con.
necls with The rsgo,islion, subject lar
more distinct from the bnschegy Of the
Chesapeake, than the general impfessmens
of oar scanned, mesa TIE proclamation,
ioserdicsiug to British ships Of war, The
easrance u our bat6ors.
The gyeas obstacie which has always n
terfsssd Ia the adjustment OF our differ.
euces with Britain, has been shas she
would not acqaiesee 10 the only principle
naor which fair negotiation bea@een iode-
lenden. nalions CSC be conducted, shs prin.
cip.e Of reciprocity, that she refuses the
application 20 Us of the claim which she
asseits for herself The forcible taxing of
taeu froni 40 American vessel, was an es.
ssn.isl part OF The ousrage upon the Che.
sspeske. twas the os;easibit purpose Tor
which that set OF war uupro clslmed was
committed. The presidens's proclamation
wss a subsequent scs, and aseSedly found.
I'd apon ARMY similar expressions, OF which
that was Only the most aggravated.
Ii then Britain could with any color OF
rrsson claim ,aas the general question Of
:mpressment should be lad out of lhe case
altogether. she ought upon the principle ct
svcipreciJy 10 have laid GO uaiy out of The
seass, the proclamation, measuge so sssi.
lysepsrsbse from il, and 10 iEs nature nese~
ly defensive.
When therefore she made ihe repea. OF
tie proelamation 40 iodispersib.e prelimt.