Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-02-19

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ssss PIE ,.,l,;ect Of America, which pro
- !, to bring 90 the con-
.; ;aerstien SC the pu6licis the most impoFta',1
f,,,,. country m this eriticai
= - n,,ra ffirs The state OF Europe ca
and sastroiis asst is to the
a,,3 nations of the continents eouii not
s'.lss nsateris.ly effect the pfosps
sisy ofG Britain, if SIZE preserves ~. che
ons with the S. OF America ..:,'l' 49,.
not only preserves them, but oy 'hlle' 8.
s.d ana enlightened policy, brings oae 49, :.
st.tc of confidence and harmony WIZ . .sas
.rouing republic, neither her comm etss - 40
Serpower are in any peril whateyet lio p,id
nresent une xampled state of the ansieh. wolia
am aware that Great pritain oa55n. h .o'
sarr; Zee lcr RIGHTS or her honor an. i".a.
.,a,,,e of Advising either butneltaer OF sNsi
Sss,.A.st All in question, nor can any diliSuTi'y
asfrna the pending negotiation, inc go7
,.ss,,,vsnts ar.the two countries, equhiy als-
,,sr,r,l the cla,nours of senseless or ihtersss-
* y.onle on both sides of the Atsnltic- ne
a:,,ne Ell that has been raised in America oy Tue
stack upcn the Chesapeake was most =,
ri b,,t i took a ong direction was tue
artsof ;ndividuals: there was no eylaenace
whatever, either to that goyersfslent o. ,sOi.s
that the British government haa any eo,'eSs.
ii Il, and 1t is now publicly disasoWed S -
That the affairofthe Leopard Is no more :, :
cause OF war between America ana f.hS,a'iu'
than our English captain had kiloc n NJ
Al American captain in the streets @ 1seW 8
Y.,,.k or Philadelphia The illegal aggression
has indeed a1ssn rise to new dltterehces'oul
tbsy have hitherto been Only consiaer ca, a
n1isIstspoDular Glamour and violence II the
two goyera .nenss soberly pertorse their au-
lies to their countries, they may DC easily
eonposed.,
Itrnay -, an unfit pseface to thlsssm 40,
*mento,ls ST 6 Sto remind you that the alt-
fererr5s viii % subsists between tins eoun,
tn and tss,s seecotto Just. nothing in point OF
value or inpQslum when com palc,, ~ ~. .,s
mem orabe consppilrsy Wnich psouuee0 ~ ~
American Reyolesden 81 shal pcliou sAs
y British governments hear ofno leiaA-
alton or compromise in her system toMalus ?
America vet the opposition to that fas, az :
destructive career. which led SO OBVIOUSLY -
asselong so WITH The 1e measures
which separated America from C.. Britain and
established her Independence !; yet nov that
the eye of history is turned upon the rransac-
ton, though yet within the reach of living
memory, shsreis 5lt one Qllinion O, the sn61ect
fbrougtouttthe G2rla: and it appears rather
Ikea spell upon a country, tan the natural
course of human events, thas We should have
lest half our empire for such accuse,
s So significant sum as twopenee IN the
eyes ola Financier, SO incensiderabie an ar
ticIe as tea in the eyes of Philosopher
shook to the foundation the pillars of all en-
pire which encircled the whole Globe. --
Burke.
1t is but Justice, however, to the British
mipistera of those days TO recollect, that their
contention with America was a contention
with subjects, and not, as now, with an lnder
pendent state and that it vas not very diff
cult TO impose on mems understanding, by
connecting the fatal policy that lost us Amc-
RIGA with the great privileges of government
and empire, which undoubtedly belonged IN
theory 60 the parent state.
8 The writer of this letter distinctly Sissvows
all consideration of the policy eff Great britain
with regard to America, as 1t touches the
strict execution, or relaxation ofour NAVIGATE
on laws. These were clearly within on own
oontroul, and in all arrangement concerning
them wesare tolook TO our own interests on
~. a liberal policy, however,i in the present
state Of the world is. in my opinion, the UNI
versal interest Of nations; but desire not to
NEEDLE with it it is large and complicated
subject, with the details of which tand they
must be taken into the account | am not suf- |
iciently acquainted, / confne myself to the |
difference which now subsists between the two
nations, as understand it. If from want OF
information, my view of tits erroneous, their |