Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-04-19

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"A LETTER from the Hon. TIMoTHY
PICKERING, Scaa Or OF the y. States
fem Sns saase If Massachusetts, exhi-
biie,e 20 he coas,naen,s view ct the
i,n,psasot dagger ofNad UNNECESSARY
sd suisoUs VAR. Addressed 10 his
rxc~ilyocy TQnsrs Sullivan. governor OF
the .a,J s,a,e,
Caty Of Ig..s4iag'On Feb 10. 1905
SIR.
IN The even current Of ordiosry
tie,es, an address ir M a Senator 10 Con.
g-1ss 10 his Constituents night DC dis
pensrsi seith. la such times, The proceed
log, of the executive aud legislature OF
tn Jai,ed Statss, exhibited III their pa3.
.se ACES msght b. suRicieu,. But the pre-
ssa singular coalition Of our country,
waen It's most ioferesung concerns, wrap
op 10 mgs,ery. excite uoiseraals'aras, re-
q4ses oae 70 be 10 longer sileps. Per.
ha2s,l am liable 60 ceosufe, a, such
Crisis, for not sooner prssentisg, 20 ysaa
aaj them such a view Of ca. aa''onat
aft i,. as my eff slal si:uation has placed
10 ny power. no~ address il 70 yea,
sir. as the pfoper orSsn of COMMUNICATION
~ the legislature.
The s;taiomeut Of TRUTH - ever de.
sirab!S aad cannot pefalt voYsest 10
doab hss The sta,ement ! noss make, aps'
b accsp' able 20 Oh VINO have 60 agency III
directing he STAIRS. and who arr guardians
OF the INTERESTS of our comm2n1ue IN,
waica 80 materially depend Oh ms rn@a-
sures of the go0eramea! q the nation =
a iae same tine an aware OF the lca
. usy wlh which, 10 these unhappy days
Of party discussions, my comCanicaficos
nay, b. some of nv sonsitueo,s. be re
eeive5. Ofihis ! will not comp'aio: 9tlile
] wish she sane jealousy 10 be exieoded
towards I'll public a,sn. Yet claim sorne
share OF srtcuIol and cfet;it~-tha' share
whica is tue 50 The p.an who dsh.s he
world n point, IA fhe whole course Of .
laeg aul public lie, at ore instance OF
decep'ino, at siosle .departare trom
Truth.
iae EmsaRGo demands he 6rs, oo.ice.
For p-,haps act of be ua,io7 velu-
mcn assie.ev ProdaCed So czech so..c;tuje
OF spread sueh a1iscrsa' alsgm Because
al na,prsn, conc!ode, tha, measure preg
paa, with ioc4.e o!abie nischief Ia ak classes
os our tvlsow citizens, waa!i lot have
b~eo proposed by The presided, AID s..
dop:e1 by coagveas, bn; FOR causes deeply
81 c,iog ,he interests Of ta= oa.ien. Il
n.ua' nave seen uoaas the influence of ;his
opin:cu thst the Legislative bodies 0! soaae
sia,es have expressed 'hs'r appreciation OF
the enbargo. ei,hsr explicitly. OF by im-
plica,ioo
The tellawiog we're all the papers laid
By; The presldeo, orfore congress, az the
erouuda Of the embargo:
1. The psoc;smarion Of the king of G.
Britain reqliring the return Ut bis seb-
jactsI she ssameo especially. iron foreign
countries, 20 aid. in this noGr of peculiar
danger. 10 the defence OF taeir owo. Bur
IL hripg 20 acknowledge principle, that
every uasiou has right 10 the ssrv'ce CT
its subjects 10 time of war, that proclama
lion could nps furnish the slightest q oaoo /
for an embargo.
The extracs of letter fgoN, 'the
grand Judge Rtsn,er to the Fseacb atteg
ney gzuerai for the council Of prizes. : h.s
cor.aiosd partial Interpretation CT shc
imperial blocksding decree of &ovember
81, 1905. This decree, Indeed, sud is
Interpretation. pseseas aagrant violations
OF ous neutral rights, aud Of the existing
,sessy besvsep the u. S. aod France but
s,Hi shs execution Of chat decree Gould
not (srom the small namber of French
cfoizcgs) extensively interrupt our trade.
These two papers were public.
5. The letter from our minister. Mr..
Armstrong, 10 Mr. Champsgny, the Freoeh |
minister Of foreign affairs: and
a Nj ChampspnY's ansSaar Both !