Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-12-26

insurance Ws:S the same. buf when the az
.ders in council were issued, the premium.
soa assurances amounted to a prohibition Ct
trade. Merchants who lad received remit.
tanccs 20 TIE amount OF 100000 pounds
monthly received NOTHING. Men Of bust. !,
ness rccEaeed their hands from the number
Of so to 1s, and others reduced the wage,
which they paid for labor, from 2ool. PR
week to sol. Orders were prctested, and
the orders in council assigned as the speeial
reason. Notwithstanding these facts, the
cry is, take of the embargo Al the evil.
which aEict this nation are ascribed to the
embargo, when in fact it protects Our ecn.-
inerce from plumber.
Turn your attention, Sir, to the interior
Of Great Britain. The embargo bss pro-
duced othereffcc.s. The weavers and Tax.
I.,rs assembled by hundreds and by thou.
sands IN psaceable way TO remonssratc a
cainst the orders in council bot they were,
welcomed home to see their families staryc
by the sound of the cannon, and some of
them killed and when these effects az.
seen, MIR. Canning tells Us that he would
gladly remove the embargo as q measure Of
inconveIlieM restriction ION the Amerlcaa
citizens, if it could be done without great
sacrifice, or without seeming to interfere in
measures of Our internal regulation. The
prudence Of his majesty is very consrlcu-
Gus, and his tenderness truly paterlal. Ha.
recollcct the proclamation which isued from
the British cabinet inviting and encouraging
the violators of the embargo. The arms s
his Britannia majesty opened to receive
sn1ugelers. Come in AL we heavy laden
with provisions, and / will give you rest
whether YOU have papers CT Tot YOU shall
not be molested. Thus protection is OFF,.
ed to the srnuggler, whilst the bona fda
merchant naust be driven from the ocean OR
fall a sacrifice to the orders in council.
Ne have beer admonished by gentlemea
not TO use the word tribute. If should
Tot be ableto forge, words which some ger
tleInen consider mere defamation, but
which upon my mind make an awful liz
preston. / hope TO be excused. Tie Brj-
fish orders iii council do 6x q tax uEon our
commerce, as much as ifitwas imposed up
on the wheat in your haris, the horse you
ride, or the corn lii the feld-and submit to
one On accoun. OF the superiority OF the Bfi-
fish navy, and The other will soon follow,
and be inlcrced by standing army. A
merchant vessel loads With.cotton for the
continent Ct Eurcpe--the ship & cargo, The
property Of an American citizen. Greas
britain has said BY her orders, confirmed
fy an act Of Parliament, that the merchant
shall enter. a British port, and pay tonnage
duty. A tax of nine pence Per pound on
the cotton, and then pay for a license,
pass to sail to Europe. Is this taxation Or
not And an attempt has been made 10 e
: wade tic force OF this statement, By savins
that the tax would not be paid, because
France had said il We paw dis infamous III.
butte, Our property s. be ocnfiscated en-
its frriral 1T the con!iilent.
Thus, Tie ipiquisy osfthe orders III cci!a.
Gil, are washed away by declaration from
Napoleon, that we shall not pay this tribute
under penalty CT conlIscafioD. But, Sir,
suppose. our merchan. should refuse to 20
by British port and pay this tax, what fol-
lows? British cruisers will capture. the YES
sells, and British courg Of admiralty viii
condemn your cargo, Under these blessed
orders in council.
Il is time that party sp;tii should sl:epis
ob.ivlon. czhort gentlemen to recollect
the importance of union. At the most a.
farming crisis that ever convulced TIE poll
tical world, when empires and Kingdoms
with the season, and America
ouaetcd On every side, has maintained the
ground Of perfect neutrality, this nation
should make pause on this high eminence
oetore they plunge into the dread conflict