Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-04-13

FTance-Do you Cali Inls rctaildtiou. w
may resalia,e blockade for blockade. bu
not monopoly for blockade, or tribute ane
pssquisite for Blockade.
Why should America pay a tax TO u:
for leave 10 trade with France-is she mol
as neutral. perfectly nnconcernec 10 the
contest, aud is 10 be deprived by the ct
fecss of your hostility Of markeefo her
industry.
Is,s evident frem what has been said
bose that these orders Of council are 10 di.
rect violation of tina, system of established
law which, from the universally of It's
oblipa,lo aud the saeredoess OF lts prin,
ciples, has been emphatica'ly styled The
law OF nations.
The second enquiry is, are these orders
consiste OF with the constitutional and mu.
nicipai law OF these realms!
they are no,-l,,s maS4N OF oar
constitution that the rrsfhc OF the subj &
cannot be ressraiped Freedom of trade 10
the bir,hright of an Eag'ishman says lord
Coke. & nd lis evident from the bss. au-
shosisies, that the riga. Of Interfering win
the sea commerce Of the, subject once
claimed 10 arbitrary sines by .he crown,
/, nov become wholly obsolete; 's.oacoa-
genial ni,h the lass Of Ecglish l.bersy, aad
unsuitable 10 the modern sd:alais.fa!ion OF
2ihea constitution.
Those wbo wish for farther Information
On this soblect may coasuit the several
statues etEdwasd Sd relative TO commerce
They viii fad Authority tor what we ad.
vsoce even 10 msgaa charta; and lord
Hale, in his sreai;se De Possibus Marinis.
lays il oawa. that all restrictions upon
commerce are viois;lon OF the bif'h1'ga'
of a sobjec,,sud an ,lnJuss stretch OF the
perogalive; lha, restrictive orders al ms
KIDD were never issIed but ln siaies inl
uslcai TO liberty and if ever jossiy issued
by the crown, mus Be issued.iu periods
of extraordinary danger, aud pro hac vice
From the earliest times the tenderness
of the constitution Tor me trading interests
Of this cnuc,ry has been remarkably ex>
empfhed and il is manifest that tue
free trade OF merchants whether Foreigners
or natives, ia cur ports is secured 10 them
by law, aud csnao, be sfscsed by any royal
edicts. The king may SO 10 war wish
power hitherto neutral, and may taen Go
wha, state of war requires but whilst
the neutral merchant is admitted into oar
ports under the pledge OK pacific relations,
he is az much within the protection OF .he
law, and as we'll secured against. any srbi'
lraxy acts Of the legislature as any SUBJECT
Of the realm.
Unless the law psohibt the expectation
ofcertain goods by neusass, or the sailing
OF neuuals 10 certain ports, they have .
righs 20 Export and TO sail, as much as II
they were iiege subjects. No royal pro-,
clama,ioa eau interfere with then IN any
manner Of way, and the american mer-
chaot CHS COUNTRY being 10 an"y with us)
aud his ships res,ralaed in cur ports, or
compelled 20 pay any extra doiy, or give
particular pledge, upon The aathsfly 0!
the orders in council, might have resisted
she oppression by a legal process. & must
have eet<d damage tom aJury 10 on'
courts Ct law.
This is,,he law of the land, AID the Ian
euaee Of the constitution, and We pro,
nounce .hesc orders TO be daring 'lo'a,
ton ofboth.
40 order of council by lis own aalhori
ty, can 90 more restrics forsign trade, than
"a can domestic trade. The crown might
with as jus. reason, and with 40 equal
legitimate authority, levy a tax upon TO-
reigners residing IN these kingdoms. Bat
this nc are all with one voice unanimous
IN declaring it to be illegal! Weil then
what is the difference 10 fact between lee
vyinga tax upon the foreign merchant by
the pretended authority of the orders IN
council. { exsortipg an embarrassing
security from him, toll or pe'4als'te' Tor
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