Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-12-08

,,Yr,ose of ACQUIRING the bona hide inteHsiol
& America 10 prevent her citizens iron
rading with France and certain Other pow
rs. In other words, to secure 2 IPlsdge 1 +
hat effect against the mala hde intention 81
he JJ. S. And this despatch too was aq|
ncriscd to be communicate q in exteI'so ts
he government Of which such Language VIZ
lsed. Might it not have been, reasonabl.
expected that such a condition and such =, OF
would at leaston such an occas|
ion have been given up By governments
Wiling to smooththc way, TO an, af.aacabf
settlement of existing differences { q
In his zeal 10 9indicate his government.
MIR. jackson too-has attempted a. gloss ont
his most extraordinary idea Of calling on Is
forsign sovereignty, not Indeed to make:
avs fer Us, but what is eqaiSalsntin pranc-5;
Die, 10 supply supposed nabslityto xecnie'
them. \ &c calksuch an interpesition OF his
government, mo-, execHtionofthe law OF
Congress, bu. Of compact binding as a.
Nblic law on both arties, and which both
Mud have q COMMON interest In seeing
y executed. On h4own principles. there
~ to be a RECIPROCITY mot only ia theex-
se y of the compact, VI in the obligation
ana xersst resulting YIN it,. Besides
Wnere ere is a reciprocy, inscompacts
oe.Weees ,ions touching atsbuses Of soye-
Ieigaty &c is always as uch of sove-
TeiSnty gNcd as lis parted Nth, SO that
'aefe .oe no nor indignlty oNithsr side,
>. iiis rshVningPoine IN thsds spatdh, },
nor secured the arrangement is. TINT
winch reqrnred\ nat whilst our praibitory
laws should be recalled as to G.. \, the :
should be lett in fos as TO France Id the
powers adopting or wing under hei dc.
crees,
| This is the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES p7o,er
" belongs to the subject and it is to- ere
marked in the first PlaceNshat the Bftisl
project. of which this cohGtion makas
part, contemplated two things in theft "a
ture Incompatible; eone,, repeal 9th
prohsbitory acts as to. Great Britain, wst
out waiting fox the conclusion ola rsg,,h
sss.sasu the other a.nlsdge orenragementf
A, ,e'' eoasliiuanee as to the other power
Now, from thenature Of our constitn;;o
winch IN this particular, ought to have Bee
attended to by the British government i
manifest that the executive sutbor;,
could have given no such pledge, that II
continuance Of the prohibitory acts being
SUBJECT OF legislative consideration. conl
nat have beer. provided for until the m r.,;
OF the legislature, and that the condi,io,'
could not therefore but have failed. e;,Be,
IN the immediate renewal Of commerce,
vita Great Britain, or in the i,nmrd;
a.e engagement that it should NOT be r-
neWed with France. The British po.
sernment ought to have acquiesed in, and
ought to have been satisfied with
ne attainment of the important object d
IN immediate repeal -four prohibitory laws
md with the consideration, that the other
'bIect, not Immediately attainable, was UNI
necessary atthe time, because the sprohibi-
ION as to France was then in force. a,d
'ecauss there was every reason to infer not
MY from tins fact, but Irpn the spirit of
ne communications made from time to
me and'irom the overtures before submit
ed to the British government thar w,b.
ut a repeal effthc French DEGREES. nnr
rohib!tory laws would Sc continue !,
'rce against France, and especially in The
ase OF q repeal Of the British orders /
INCH would necessarily render contou'
zee OF the French. DEGREES fio,,hiv ohIa,' Il
as, 4.. 80 !,
But = # on this hesd doubts could have btaf4I
q, ,lns,sad of rejecting the arraps. i,
sn.' ought net the repeating ac. oaIurl 0
!. s n :. ., en- met wieh suspsnsc at Il
:. % the order, "A council, until is.cald il
We been seen whether the non-inserIedrse "A
v would or woald not have been eonnu..t n
!: against 9 France. Such suspension oud Ii
). ma have given in any pointof view. Ire q: Is
vantage q TO the y. S. than Was eivaaso 5,
lp7sisain by the repeal, which had rkn. o.
II Is, - a's' Fals. 80 '9 Il