Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-02-17
g!srannria xssIp Ga;ette.
FRIDAT, FEBRUARY II.

Nessrs. Gore and Cobb lave been again
nominated Governor and 1t. Governor OF
Massachusetts,, by the Federalsts.
Chief Justice Smith mas been nominated
by the federalists as Governor ii. Hamp-
shire.
The COURSE TO BE PuRsUED.-UnSer
this head is q long and pacific essay, signed
Laurens, in late Monitor, from which the
following is extracted:
A non-intercourse law would be wrong at
this moment, however correct it may be at
a future. For.it is wrong not to suffer him
[the new President to make all effort in his
cssn mode, unshackled by the absolute aud
unqualified. decision of the question by the
legislative body. Viewed in these liz hts, [
cannot but think this measure would be lily
timed at the present moment, and calculat
ed to produce only irritation without the
prospect Of good to ourselves.
But what course is to be pursued? Place
the country in as complete state OF defence
as is practicable, and permit our saips to
arm and to defend themselves against the
DEGREES of France and the orders in council
of c.. Britain. This would be a resistance
tantainount to the measures Of those powers.
against ON. commerce, and further than
this there is no necessity Tor going. Let
such further measures Be adopted by che
next congress, should the conduct of France
or of England under this Our new SYSTEM
be still or more injurious. Here it must
trike every mind that offensive measures
would come with much more propriety from
the next than the present congress. The
next congress have been elected since the
present system has been in operation, and
the present are within three weeks of the
end of their term. A known principle in
our government would plainly dictate that
the members now in session should not bind
measures upon their successors whom they
have called to follow them in three months.
No appeal sheuld be made to passion on
", nor should honor alone, at the expence
of peace, be conjured up as phantom to
chace. Equal measures towards both par
tiSs should be taken, firm, but not precipi-
tate, and not destroying the hope OF pacifl-
cation with cithar. For greatly fear the
moment we commence an offensive system,
we enter on field OF blood, lntermlnable,
and occupied BY the most inyeterate ioes
/ fear further, it will be to cast ourselves
into the arms Of one of those powers whose
poisonous brea,h will blast OH. liberties Tor
ever.
Extract Of letter from commercial ho'tse
in Barbaaoes to a gentleman IN NotJ0A,
dated Dec. II.
:. Not having heard from you siace all in
tercourse has been stopped by the Embar-
go, we now beg leave to address you, via
Savannah, in the expectation, by the time
this comes to hand, tn, embargo will be rais-
ed. Our supplies of -four and salt prov'-
sions have been pretty regular from great
Britain, as we'll as fish from our colonies
yet the former comes out considerably high
| er than from the US. The prices current
we quote may be considered pretty correct
| estimate for the last several months, and al
teration depends on the continuance OF the
Embargo or not +; we wonder that many
vessels have not broke it, since the order OF
council passed, to admit neutral vessels free
of clearance or papers, with all kinds. OF pro-
visions. few have done so, and made ca
pital voyages.
6 A change of scene is about to take place
! in this part of the commercial world. An
! expedition is on foot, to sail IN about or 4
weeks, (probably sooner)against Martinique
! and Guadalupe; and as there is little doubt
but i, will succeed, particularly against the
! former, greater encouragement will offer to
! vow trade