Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-03-16
Extract Of a letter from Mr. armstrong to
lr. Madison.

SOth AUG.
eve have somewhat overrated Our
means of coercion, Of the two ereat belii-
uerenss to a course of justice. The en-
Saroo IS a measure calculated above any o.
ther, 10 keep us whole, and keep rs IN
neace. bat beyond this YOU must not count
upon il. Here it is not felt, and IN England
lin the midst of the more recent ana inter
esting events of the day it is forgotten. |
zone that unless France shall do us justice,
NE shall raise the embargo, and make IN It's
stead the experiment OF an armed COM
merce. Should she adhere to her wicked
and foolish measures, wrought rot to con-
tent ourselves with doing this. There IS
much. very much besides that we eau 90,
aud we ought not to omit doing all we can,
because it is believed here, that we cannot
do much, and even that we will not do what
We have the power ct doing"
The letter from Mr.. Pinkney which we now
present to our readers, fully establishes a
truth which we have all off well known,
that Great Britain is earnestly desirous OF
EgUOu ur1vvrovusyaat4S uii. that tor
the attainment of this object, she viii sa-
crifce every thing but fles honor and her
essential rights.
That as to the business of TRIBUTE, which
our government and members Of on
gross have shamefully made a subject Of
complaint, it arose soAely from oau orvD
minister's. He dec6ores that revenue WIS
no object with the British ministry, that
they offered to place the affair on the foot
ing Of the French DEGREES, that is, an e5-
sozute prohibition: and that the course Of
imposing a duty was adopted as being
more agreeable to US that they have OF
fered to take it of, If more agreeable to
our government, and that our government
and minister preferred to keep it on as a
source of popular complaint.
Nr. Pinkney declares, that TIE mattress ct
the British government would be accept
able to the President.
Letter from Nr. Pinkney to M5. AndSs2n.
FEE. 9, 1908.
SIR,
81 had an interview this morning with
Mr.. Canning, at his own request. One OBJ
iect of the interview related to the message
of the President, of the 27th of Oct. last,
ofwhich a newspaper copy had been r~eceiv-
ed from MIR. Erskine. A call for a copy of
this message was expected in parliament,
and Mr.. c. wished to be in a situation to
produce il. l could not assist him, and |
suppose the newspaper copy will be consi-
dered sufficient.
"As soon as this subject was disposed
OF Mr.. c. observed, that he had requested
to see me principally for the purpose of con-
versng with me privately and extra Official
ly upon the duty proposed to be laid in con-
sequence Of their late blockading orders,
upon cotton intended for re-exportation to
enemy ports upon the continent. The very
few occasional remarks which l had made
upon this subject at our last interview, (al-
ready mentioned in my letter of the -
ult. )had led MN to suppose that it was only
90 this mode of excluding our cotton from
France, that the United States would he
likely to object. And if their object conId
be accomPlished.inl another way, the mea-
s5e would cease to be offensive. Having