Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-09-20
NEW-JERsEY.

Somerset county, ~. i ,,,t>,;c,r.
RESPECTABLE meeting Of federal repuoneans'
convened on full notice, at oomsIse. .oLa. -.
house on Monday the 5th OF oePtemDeI'
1908 SAMUEL BAYARD, esq. was appoint
iooo, - - a1,d GroRGE MsDoNALD, esq.
clerk. .ors ,,nan;;.
The following resolutions were ulan'
mously adopted: - &c th;s
meeting the party now in power have reslus. =.
81 our country from state OF the hlghese
prosperity, happiness and security - I'D J' -
Of imminent danger, not Only IN les' nls :
the rights d property, but aiso y ~ -
tn and independence. - J.
9,l. That with respect to the intercourse
between the u. S. and foreign powers We
firmly adhere to the wise and honest 1 system
Of our GREAT leader, the In MOhlA :
WASHINGTON, wishing to the peeps
!: of every nation the advantages, OF sooa
government, securing equal rights we IA
9,lpe recollection far none further tl,an .l'e
hest interests of these U. States authorize
and de nand-Me are sing II and s.e'nssOe1s
1merica1s.
Sd. That in our opinion the present ruahS
party has always BETRAYED paipaole aiil =
farming part;ality far France, and an unr !,
sonable and im,,oiitic hatria jor GfeaF 1fS =
tain. Notwithstanding the known tact that
| France has been for years enslavea os q M
| l;+arv desnot, by means OF merceIaty
standing army, aiming at and rapaa!y s -:
vancing to universal don'inlon-and ~ no
{ career erasing Gas he has done IN tfollahu'
Switzerland, and other counaies) eye
ycs,ige Of free government and republican
| nstit,ution--ard although It has been long
apparent to every unprejudiced man, l1',
! Great Britain is the only power abe ali !,
willing to limit his aspiring anbltlon, Wl''1n
nothing less than the conquest OF the #orlu
can satisfy and consequently that Il IS es-
sentiai To ,he safety ans! perhaps to the ex-
istence of these u. States as an independent
| nation, that she should be successful IN hcI
| present dangerous struggle; yet we ind q
g'aiost Great Britain, hostile proclanla'ioos
< noa-iinportation laws, treaty setting All
our differences, negotiated by our own MI
nisters, according TO their instructions, not
even submitted to the judgment OF the Sc
nate, but sent back, rejected, without The
peoples being informed of It's centents---acts
of subordinate officers, diaavowed and pre-
hibited by that nation, still attributed to It,
and the disapowed act still considered rs Just
cause of understandable rccomFence re-
fused--terlns demanded which it was well
known and understood could not De grant
eG--the public mind inhamed, and every
art made use of to raise the resentment OF
the people to desire OF was--and hnally,
pacific negotiation sent from Great Britain
to the seat of our government, broken OFT
and perpetual embargo, desfrzsctfoe cd RI
nous only 70 1:,rssloet, fesorted to, to shut
our ports against the commerce OF England.
But tozvaras Fxance the conduct Of the go
vernmen, has been far differently a sys-
TEN of secrecy, at once inconsistent with tie
first principles of cur political institutions,
and highly dangerous and aisgracetul, every
hostile act of that power has been industr-
Dusty concealed from the people. The cor
respondence Of our minister there, Contain
ing information OF the threats and views OF
the emperor, has been suppressed or garbled
his piratical privateers, after plunderlnS
our vessels and even numbering our citizens
at sea, have been cordially received in our
ports, and, in the face Of the embargo laws
have been permitted to take full caryoes OF
provisions, whilst their oppressive regula-
tons are ris;dly s cruelty executed against
our own citizens. Aitho' it is well known
that this power has foi-years committed all
acts of hostility against our commerce, ships,
and merchandise, and has recently directed
the indiscri,ninate seizure of all American
vessels, and in truth is as much at war with
us as its ability will permit; yet we hear
nothing from the administration In mantle
nance Of ON rights, or in resentment of Our
wrongs. In short, to such lengths has the