Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-12-23

tuAlly lead 70 d war. Aet us ilic ~ o. All
thinrs take especial care, " TO have our
Quarrel JUST This solution from the
senate, might be the fprsrunnc Of 4 con-
tear. The government had, IN pressy strong
terms, accused that 81 st;rsat Britalnof de-
cen,iot, and i breach NJ faith. 8 Il was ;iln-i
por,ans TONS character that the charge
shouldgbe fully substautiate6. q This resp-s
lu,i0n was the reIling cloud that foretold the
approaching Storm. AT this nlonentthet
strength of the country consisted 10 union.
Let the government, then, take care to have
the appreciation. OF; its, own citizens. II
could notsgot to war with ! divided people.
With divided people they could not even
carry thr6f the embargo, that under: work.
ipgsysteu Neither country need astempta
war without satisfying the people OF the JUS
tice oil its cause eIfthere had been no mis-
take in this offensive proposition, il it was
actually made appear that il had came orr
pinally from our own minister, and conse-,
quently through the government, then the
tlane of a hFeachSof faith would rest WIN
the United States. On this point he wish.
ed 10 be completely satisfied. He pledged.
himself that the minority with, whom ne
acted, and always esteemed It an honor 70
act. would in no event which might be
tho't Necessary, throw any difficulties or
petty obstaclesin the way of government,
provided they we're admitted to view OF
the whole subiect. and provided no inior-
,n,,;on was concealed from them. What
ever might be the opinion OF any executive,
he wanted TO eethe grounds of his opinion
as weltas the president; and Congress had
as much right to any information as ne had.
1t was only for mere convenience that the
president was authorised to receive intor.>
nation first. But when Congress were
called upoh to act, then was the time that
their right to the information became as
strong as that of the President. This was
evidently the meaning of the constitution,
when it authorised Congressto obtain in
formation, by calls upon the president. . In
relation TO the papers now requested, he
wished the correctness of the government
wi,hregard to the alletged mistake, proved
TO demonstration, and he should mos, GER
tainly vote in favor of the resolution offered
by his colleague. -
mr.. Ebbes said he would not at this time
have risen to trouble the house, If the OBJ
servations of the gentleman from n. York,
did not appear calculated to give to the re.
solution very different aspect from that
which appeared on the face, OF it. The re-
marks of the gentleman seemed to be in.
.,y-SrrrI-yvS --rSr;~~.> people nrrvi
the nation the idea that the only ground of
difference now existing between the United
States and g.. .B,itain dependcd--on what?
on perhaps the least important point Of col
Iision 'which,existed, 10 wit "a tender OF
the British navy TO enforce the laMs of the
United States thereby insinuating that
the government of this country was no, a.
bic to enforce IS own laws-an insiuuation
which had been frequently made upon the
floor of the. house. This was perhaps the
most petty consideration of al! the circum-
Stances disclcsed.by the documents which
had been laid before congress, and was but
A mere drop Of water in the ocean, COM
pared with the immense field of British e.
normities, duplicity and deceit. Look at
the official note of tbs secretary Of state, in
which are reeounted the grounds on which
our affairs now rest. A new minister ar
rives here, after the arrangement entered
into aud faithfully carried into execution on
eur part, is disayowed, and tenders no ex-
PLANTATION as to the motives of such disa-
vowal. This was admitted and when the
affair of the Chesapeskesis mentioned, he
was not authorised BY his instructions to
make any proposition in regard to it, but
such as had been previously rejected here,
and such as the British government, knew
inust be rejected With scosn by the iUnitrd
States. When Mr.. Rose was sent over to
atone for the outrage, the first step taken