Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-02-22

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The citizens who approved +.
and its supplemeinents, r,rr y : 5'4
house, on the Esd ult. Tb.S. B
expressed sl,tn own sentiment, u%'s $
own resolutions, and mansqrsI 'r / \ s
affairs in their owE way" H. q'Fs
intertered, Or attempted to inssrr. ,,
The invitation, tits true, was e,s
as the objects ct their meeting e S,-Sa
"a principle Of deIicacy witbbeil.s no
derallsts, generally, from a plse s
their presence as spectators might t.,
disagreeable, ard asactors, mtusiv
ter shis fair expression Of their sr,,
BY the friends Of the elnbargo--,bs;,' ''
nents we're DESTROYS Of conveying tssSi
Mons to the government, and !? Il o,a.
avoid any unpleasant collision. he
ton zpas MT general, but as you w;ll.' a
the public notice intended to eonyeo.
only WHO e!isapproved Of the enbsrpo
particularly the enforcing act. And sppn,iS
was reasonable 10 suppose that a pes,Ss
meeting fora purpose so constita,io1J
proper, sc usual, would not have been =
interrupted or intcrfercd in. Ratym51 !
seen by the public prints how this ;p.,
ticn was attempted. We, however, ur5
plished completely the objects of the n.y.
ing, and ! need scarcely add, hat ny
anxicty was, not to be toiled in our obsr I
but to accomplish them wi,h perfect gs
and coed order; and the dispositions q
those who took the lead with me, Ilnsrr
be the same with my own. But, s!r, !!,,,sI
TOO, that it would have required great M
dencc to restrain the citizens, and sesns
particularly, over whom We had no aca,
ty bat persuasion, on an occasion vi,
they were not under the control Of the h
OF service, if any injury had been doa 4
myself,or any Of the gentlemen en- The ae
win ne. O. this, however, saw ao.,
pearance, except an attempt TO push orV1t
and take the stage. But upon tie Who'll.
the result was attended with as little MIS-
chief as could be expected, after The tha,
against Us either directly or irdiryely ii,
preceding day.
With regard to the original policy ofA
embargo differed in opinion with soaa
my dearest political friends. | thought
then wise measure. Before even twas /
Judged it would De jadicious flsss
said SO from the moment Of theiaiaM1wor
rage upon the Chesapeake by adm.Berkey
order and when mortified az the result
that outrage Committed or the 22d Of Jun
1902 beyond my powers Of expression,
nv letters, and to ny friends, / milon
declared those sentiments without DISCUS
whenever the slbjecl was introduced Inn
presence. But l thought the enbargovs
because thought it preparatory to war, al
because l think it the policy Of Ills nat'
before she commences European hostliti
to withdraw her resources beyond the -ea
Of European rapine. l expected wal FRO
the infamous DEGREES OF Bonaparte-W
from the British orders in council, come
cd with the attack on the Chesapeake, VIII
alone, in my. opinion, amounted to Il
declaration Of war. I knew we were
prepared for war, and that time Was nec'
sary to prepare for it knew that ne
forty millions Of our property was bey'
the Cape Of Good Hope on its way home
that an immense mass ofPropcrty andtno
sands Of our seamen Che liie-biood and
sinews Of war; were afoat. | approx
any policy which would restore such mq
to the country, and keep it within our .
command, until we could defend ii on
ocean. But, sir, when instead O! a prem.
nary to war, it became a substitution
when instead Of defensive it was Pie''D
to be made an offensive weapon--i tilous
it at once humiliating to abandon the E V.
subject Of dispute, tie f''ee6am q "aB
fion-ineffectuai, because it can n]ure ~
but ourselves. When, therefore, al
most of cur property had returned s@
-, hey tho yt,.it;cb r~r,-ar,, racpt had GlSNU