Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-03-29

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iwo government, I am commsaded,' ia nc
f,yss instance. TO exps essths satp'sss wa.ca,
is fell atshe totai oeriestop OF q subJect upon
wh,eht had a!teady been commanded 10 ap-
ply3to YOU for irfotnaiien: The procis''on
purpctsed 20 have been Issued by hepftss.
dert of The u, States, OF this paper, "hen
las. I addressed yoonpon IT, 700 psnfessea
40 TO base any knnw!edge. boyoGd what
the ordinary channels Of pubic 'ntormaH
on at dea, oos any euthor,sy 30 declare
it 10 BIZ authentic.
/ feel !, an Indispensable du'y 10 reue~
nav enq ury an ibis sabjrcs. The answer
which | may receive irsn yoa Is by no
means ~unimpoftant 70 the settle faent OF
the discuss on waich has arisen tion the
~encoen,cr between the Leopard and inc
Chesapeake.
The who'll ofthe question arising ou' OF
thar transaction, is IA tact nc o'heF yhsn a
question as 10 the amount otrs:3arstfon due
bv his majesty Tor the unsuihor'ztd ac'os
his cficrr. &you will ,heretore readily per
ceiyy ha,. 10 SO far 90 tbs gavetnu nj CT
the Uaited States haze thought proper TO
take ,ha, veparz.ion tuto she,r owa hands,
spa 60 resort 10 measures Of retaliation,
previously so sny difett application TO The
British goveFnneat, or 20 the British I'll.
mister 10 America, for redress; ~ 60 tar
The Bti'ish government IS e1ihsed 20 sake
suct, meaeu,es 'nto account and TO consider
then 10 ths estimate 4 teP4Esicn which
% acknowl gei haze been originally due.
The ,ot.i exclusion Ct all ships Il war
Belonging 10 one 81 be " beatgcFeo par
ties, ahlie ,he SHIPS ~ wat os &c Other
we're protected By ,he hs,bgFs Of The aeu
rel powcr, wooId fueojsh 90 l'gh| gfouod
a complains sgtins, in2f n%eu,rai, II consi-
deceG 40 any o,her point 6 view, toso as a
tneasuse d retaliation foy a previous 'oJa.1
~ 800. SO considered. Il csnoos boz he
necessary To ,akc Il irto account IN ,Ec sd
iestmert of he or,g'oal dispute
{ am ehegs fore distinctly so repeat the
enquify. VIZ tier you are now enabled so
declare, sir, .nat be psociasps;ion is 10 DC
considered as he sagcenrc act OF your 60
vernmene3 Aud, If SO, l su au'sher &c
| Ell gore, ~htlbeI yca ave authorised 10
| aotify he iuten,iop Of yoof g~avefnn'sni 10
| wJtadrsw hat proclamation o. he kacwl,
| edgr of his najesty's d'>svowal OF INC act
uhlck occasioued 5 puo.ica,ion?
Tdc iight IN which sou are directed TO
! repyecsu7 a#u,.--I4&@fklsy - copGoc', ard
! vhe Heaerlnlinn which yoa elge-i4n~ cha-
l--e} lhe e>laznfe imputed Z h}rn; hat
g he &C ed as if 81 haf! tbe power TO make
weT, and o decide the causes cE war -
sUficieos evidcace ef the necessity Of com
| pretending 10 this discuasion, 81; TIC cir
ca0assances which have led 70 or have FOL
sewrd shr a2uon With he Chesape.ke
Undoubtedly ,he atark apou a o%asionas
ship q waT, IS an &c, of hoss,iny, aud he
very essence Of ,he charge against aau,irat
befkley, "a you frPfoseot il. Is she having
(aksu ypoa himself 20 comMiE 81 acf OF
| hostility without The p'evious authority Of
hts g~ovefnalent.
lht pfosocatiru which may have isdto
such an acl, W. hat such pEsvtons aoiho-
city, III canool ~ius,ifv, may possibly es
senua,e it; az lht steps which base been
seken 10 gepFisal, ,horgh taey cacnot alter
'he charscsef If the origiasl acF, aa] and
do masetlal'y affect every oueslioo con
cesaira fhe fspara,lon cl4imed for II.
Cn:Ais ground it is that, wiiie ] am com
mandea7 to repeat 10 you (what YOU conslderas
SO satisfactory that the general and unquall-
fed pretension to search ships OF war Tor de-
~serters, is not asserted by this country, 81 am
{. pfecluded from ~copcufring In the inference,
" that therefore the national character ct the
g men who we're Violently taken from Oh board
S The Chesapeake, makes no part OF tic pre-
g sent question"
# the right IL. scarch ships Of war for de-
serters is not insisted upon by this country, It
is.aot because the employment and the deten-
ton of British mariners or board the national
ship Of any state are considered as less %injurl-