Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1808-06-08
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The honorable aenasor has sxhaus'e !. ne
,owess q shew the importance o. '1'se
no;n,. which his colleague had stated g
he only ground Of the embsfgo ! s $ sa ys,'
~ no &c the or dsrs Of the brlsisn coun.
eli 81. Move mbcr LAST ne says
Y 4 IA NV mind, in corr parisen with those q
orders, the three causes to when W. ! ~
q ri;na limits our grounds for rupture WIN
3 ENGLAND might indeed be Justly denomlna'eu
I. & ryrPenccs In comparison With them former %
8 soaress;ons sink into insigni6canec 9 ar
-, rue mon the subjects OF our disputes Win
Britain. or upon the motives tor the embargo,
IS and Keen them ont of sights IS laying your
fnccrupon the units before series q n0usn, :,
& and then automatically proving that tney AT
amount to nothing.
Thus be DOT only gives direct assurance
) bu, calls 10 the aid Of violent metaphor
"a shew. that Ia his opinion, every o'nss
csuse Of quarrel with Eogiand was lss'g.
ni6sans; was noshaug, 10 comparison WIN
these orders.
When therefore the honorable Senator
take, up the question Of inpressmens ana
log iasESfp ssggell obas IT'S
fair 20 reply Very fairy spoken, 70 be
sAre, bat you yourself consider the hing
~ iosigni6cao. Aod when sgain, shr6'
ten paragraphs more, he plays the terma-
CANT with the British for sheir rule OF
's17s8 sane Of their adherenss might reply,
!. Lord sir! Why all this talk abou. 90,
\ thing! And ~hsn again ,hrough,en o,hsf
parag sphs. he amuscs himself and his
fsiends by stirring Up be enabrrs Of s,rifs
! tothc tune Of admiral Befkiey, some wag
might hipt tia. il is beneath senatorial dig.
atty to act part 10 the comedy of Auch
ado a6ous nothing.
10 plain and sober truth, # these points
we're SO TRIVIAL, why so much labor TO shew
their importance If imporssnt, why de-
I clare them to be Insignificant; mere cy.
phersl As times go, il might be austese
10 ssk for consistency of condnct; but re-
ally Mr.. Senstor. tits 90, unreasonable 10
ask for consistency of language. at leass
for the space Of one letter. We presume
not re expect that = second letter shall
co0sist with The .6fst. .As 20 aberra.iess
Of that sort, We accep. before hand the
heuest apology of tenspsya u,ntantar rtnos
u:xtamur IN Ills. % which We are always
disposed. VERY citilly 70 reply A cd much
good may il do you. But indeed and in.
deed sir, being Yankees and having >.
heart the honor Of New England, wewish
you had stuck 10 your tex, 10 what you
composed and delivered for che days edi
fcation. You will pardon Us. however, if
10 Difference 10 your declaration jus, cited.
ne should take TOO slight notice at these
Suggestions, which sink inis ins;gniifcance.
We shall GOT overlook what you say Of
them, lest you should suppose ne are want.
ing 10 respect.
flrst. then, ca the claim of Britain to
take her sramen from our merehso. ships,
you cay Thar her prescup,ive right cannot
apply TO US who are bu, lately become an
Independent Dssion} il his right existed
only against US while colonies; for thar 10
snch case
s AS relicf of colonial seryitude, it is not
entitled to our Submission
You have tso much understanding to
believe i, was your colleagues infections,
that America should submis 90 a claim, in-
volviug the acknowledgment Of her de-
rendeuce, as colony, on Gres, Britain.
Yes, sir, you have TOO much understand
inr YoG kcow better. If We take no
further posice Of Whist you say, it is be.
cause Ne do not wistsby contrasting Your
sonvictions with your iosinuasious. to place
you 10 position, alike swkward and unea-
sy.s But you say further
If it be meant that je EIGHT has been
claimed and exercised for age, over the mer-