Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-06-23

ITO fake thehazard that they may bsst out .l Y
violent and perhaps uncomfortable ePresslons
|eof distress.
The house Of repre- sentatives Ave .eaIht.
with great pleasure from your 4ceiency'
that our government instead OF slcuhting
upon the fallacious aid of foreign pis NE, IS
raising forces, making provision sbr alnnls
our militia, and that the tortlhcat1ns ",
principal seaports are In state OF SrogFss..'
In time of such extensive. alarm and lpmi-
nent danger, it gives great satisfaction tome
representatives ofthe people to lint tha9our
general government has commenced seys-
tenn of measures so obviously OF TIP hrspInl-
portance 5.
I.wonld be.edions, as your excelgncy
remarks, TO detail all the ,ordeyst and de.
crsts of the bsiligerent powers which 10
| frioge the rights ofshe q. S W. wilton.
iyremsrk, tha, the oAensiven Of 4hsdr-
cree Of the emperor Of FraAce, which is
first 10 order of time, and Jhrst nosicedby
your excelleocy, is greatly aggravated by
the Considerations, that il is In direct viola.
tion Of our treaty made with tha'govetn-
ment IN 1900 /; thus adding insult u iojury.
and sacrificing ., qnce the good faiih OF
contracts, ADD ,he established principles &
nssges OF civilized nasIous. We perfectly
concur with your escelleDcy 10 reprobasipg
thar most Hrfoundsd claim, BY soy belli'
gersU,, to blockade the ports Of their cue,
mics BY orders and decrces euly. tits one
Of she most incop.rever,ble maxims 10 the
law OF nations, that blockade can never
r'gh,fuily exist without an actual invest
ment by force ccnpetens to invest or
punish i's infringement.
The u. S. have but lately assumed a
rank amongt the na!ions of the world. In
the year 1898, for the first time. they found
the mselves n the situation Of Az ipdepend
en-. neutral state, amidst the cophicl Of the
moss powerful nations. The pollcypf the
great Washington a, tina, time waa paeific (;
the interests Of the country have everslnce
dictated similar policy.
Under these circumstances it was, per.
haps, to be expected tia. We SHOULD esri.
MAZE more highly the r.ga;s Of neursls
han those OF beigerents; that We should
consider the former as better founded in
reason add justice, and sometimes view
with jealousy tie jus, exercise Of the rights
If war. But wh,le we would az all sitne s
sesiss with hrmuess every extension OF
those rights, We should not tor GET that We
ourselves may become beiligerea,s. We
therefore owe ii to OUT counirv as well as
20 ali other nat,ons. nosto asSemp' innova.
lions 10 those rules of conuoef which are
qaally obligatory on all, aod whiehIt may
be Indispensable for Our safety at ssuothrr
time TO enforce. We agrccin op.usn wi,h
your escelleney. that the people Of ,he u.
S, slili " arden,iy wish torpeace;" AID we
canno. but indulge hope that The general
government will speedily adjust every sub,
ject Of controversy with all uatons who
manifest sincere posisiooio respecs our
rights, and to make honorable re paraiiou
Tor the wrongs they may have dore Us; hs'
all quessaous Of 40 tquvocai aud dou5, fuI
nature may be amicabiy compromised, apd
our jus. rights be Acknowledged aud estA-
bilshed a, The same ime-esey consider
alton Of honor and safe,y uaites us id he
opiaIon Expressed by your exrelisocy, tina,
we ought TO be prepared for war.
If peace cannot be secured without dis.
houor--if any nation, however tofmida.
bic, should persist in course Of copduc'
hostile to our own rights, and irjuriaus 20
our national honor; the people of Massa
chuse,ss will Away be ready 10 join their
fellow citizens shsoughou.-the q. S. inr
sis,iug such aggression. They Whichever
folly endure every -psivasion. rhey will make
every exersion AID every sacrifice necessa
~ TO maintain thar national character
which yeur excellepcy so Justly appreci