Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-09-29

A;s enemy IS admitted. 1t rs cndy s'eassasaed
thai aae should, ia fart, auvest daaat PORT, SO
as 20 make the attcmpt ts enter 1t &d2ngeT- :.
s,,ss;. So snanaeasse is tie naval power sci
Fncauns, that she Gan, IN po1nt Df fac1, En-
vest at the sasnar ts4se avery great eAfa sta ssf
the porrs OF her esaenay, Whie TraTsce IS sa' I'D
.saaaaeIy unable TO sfataon blockading feTce
at any port IN sAe wasald. She daTes nof o
pen9y trust a aa,ter arrro any sea- and n her
ships casaa steal l1sbo the ocean, asarir safe
ty depends On refurnang nnalscovered- "A
alockadmg decree therefore by Ffasact Is an
outrage espoa ue,,srals, fog which do sesra-'
bissce of apology can be framed At as an
Disguised and ssiiaa5s,e}ess acea,se TO her
uass steers and CT nizers to- cuaanllt piracy GA
neutral vessels.
Although has Imperial Majesty ronnlen-
ceti fins deygedatiag system, he sol1Eshf not
to restrain hls rage at finding filaI bis enc
gay followed his example, even at distance.
AIthalgh that enemy neu1aIred tar behind
E4i,sa, ase could rloanlerate the at1r1npt to re-
1allate On himself any portion of his oHsl in
;nst5cc. His TeseEnn9nts broke salt 1n the
Milan and Bayonne DEGREES, by which his
s,utrages on the United States hare been car
RED toexuenlrtics, which IN fact amount to
wzgs. lie subjects II rapfure and corde-s1-
nat5cn every American vessel @ancS Jfas
ewen beer Tiisltee By SD Eng!ssh shp hs
seizes al American resslis In lals Po1sS, OF
wilich his ccrsairs Can bs;mg II, and &c Sc
tjsestefs al & jneSican property found on TIC
water on OR lspa, WITH the avowed purpose
OF conhscat;ng it7 if The UnI1cd STAKES dc
not cleosauc war against England.
Language canlot a1eigaten iliese enor'1H-
tics. 2'he simple narrative csn recel%e aso
increased coloJing from those ePlthets 7saliei1
indignation would iatefweave with i. lie
must ire dead TO every American ser tisaent
who does not feel for his ii7saited and dis
gaaced countrv. Ii under those threats,
he United States go1o war with Easlarbi,
olls Independence rs already bat sn .sa1pey
name, and nol even that viii be Icing rct~sn-
ed.
I. bas been shown. por o.a1v tt4at Trance
commenced this syste1a Of warfare on ne<l-
trail rights, ,,sf thai she he's greatly outstrp-
ped her fncn7y in tie nagitious coIlrse.----
I the tire Wi not be entirely naisappiieei.
which is devoted 10 comparison Of tiae
temper towards the United States, w2niilla
taese two naiions have Displayed, IN dis
contest Of violence.
Although The Berlin decree was an open
and hagsrant violation ei the rights winch
| were guaranteed 10 this country ~ a solemn
, treaty., as wei rs ay the Law, Of ,,aoans, yet
| no previous ratification WIS Gise-, 50 tie
| I5nJted States Ct the antoptiea intractioE cf
! 1lsoee rights nor }2as any suSsequene sipolo-
gv, SO FAR as is publicly known, been made.
| Nc. oRiv has The ,emperoro Of France treated
! us with TINS insulting neglect Dit, az tee
stylef a haoghty aaast>~', otfendess thas lis
/ mmdatcs are not executed The Snstanf taey
are issued, he adds to the chastisee,esa. iqsy
fresh injuries, itna py,rlskes car disohedi-
] cnce in drfss mp declaration OF Naf against
Great Britain, BY seiznlg al ON gosoporty
svilhiin his grasp The csni,sca{ion .: watch,
he plainly 1e]ls Us, depends o. OH entering
into slae Wa he dictates.
4pha1 has been 1be style II which this
| contest has been conducted !y ENGLAND!
Wlaea the Bell;n decree Vas ISSUED, ahe
e...,,reSsed iB Glrrent terms. nez confidence
that tlse Juited Stsgcs would not subniG 20
fins gross infraction of sheis rights ; and al
the same time gave the notice which the &C
casrc7 lequKe;--.haf, us Britain was affect
ed essentially by this violence l'ractiosd OF.
| neural commerce, she wonld be compelled,
III her own defence, to adopt measures Of
| retaiasio1a against her enemy, with respect
to those nations who sssouh nnr<sslsaing'y
p MT this decree to &C into operation
! When afterwards, those measures were a.
( dopted, they were communicated TO the e.
States in terms Of expressive regret Tor ;he
necessity which caused them, and Of TIC rea-
illness with which they. woHM}oe disrcazi