Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-04-04

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not justify REGULATIONS on other su5]sc1s Of
the same power with the one who offended.
II has uniformly been our own doctrine,
and It is the common interest OF mankind,
70 maintain it, that in such case you must
applyto the sovereign Of fhe parry offend
mo aS and abstain from any act OF hostility
.sill he refuses vou repatriation. This course
orr government did not pursue; forshe act
of an individual they retaliated against MS.
aation.:
Upon the grounds which have been stat
ed, YOU may excuse the issuing OF the pro-
clalnatiioc , /; but what excuse IS there tor It's
continuance. when we acknowledge orr.
selves. in Z. treating for PREPARATION, that the
act complained qf IS the act OF an lndivlda-
|. al, and rot Of his government
t A proclamation Ike the one issued, wf'i-.
| out a.ldeouatce cause, was a breach ct neu-
{ trality Z. and just cause ofwar. For to adj
| nit into your ports and grant-succor to the
armed ships Of one bsHigerent, wbllesyou
/ exclude those Ct the other, is not consist
| ent with that impartiali,y which belligeTents
are entitled to claim from neutra!s. ! ne
| noint was SO understood, and so felt by the
! British e5overnment--and they required, as
| they had ri ght to do, that as they had not
committed the act complained of, that the
proclamation, which had an operation or
appearance Of hostility against them, should
be recalled. Ifthey refused reparat'on, we
lhad a right to redres: ourselves but had
t we q RIGHT to lake the redress into oar own
I hands, and at the same time to require
|. chem to make us rcparation when you
ask Justice, vou must expect to do IT. n
nation should BE as ready to perform its du-
! ties, as 70 insist upon its rights. The Brl-
/ fish government had given sufficient evi-
! dence Of disposition to grant satisfaction
/ for the injury done US, by sending to the
country a special minister for the purpose:
thar minister was instructed to make yo-
/ luatary repatriation, but to grant none under
the coercion of the proclamation. IN his
! first COMMUNICATION to the secretary OF
state, he informed him that his powers did
I not alloy him to make repa.ation, unless
the proclamation was withdrawn. The at
fair vas then managed with sufficient a
droitnass to catch the popularity OF the
|. country, when it >was known that the pro-
| clamation must be first Withdrawn, ITS re-
vocation and r>paration, were proposed by
the secretazy OF ghe treasnry'as slnu!taht-
Gus acts WHY was this proclamation SO
consciously insisted on? Ii you had re-
yokcd it, and the PREPARATION offered WAS
deemed insufficient, ycu would have had
no difficulty in renewing it. It IS nc task
to our president 20 issue proclamation -
at most we contend only for point OF ell
quctte, thing important perhaps IN mo-
narehy, butvcry little respected among us
repu5.icans. Give me jeaye to say, that IN
his negotiation, soon bsramr persuaded
that the difference IN question, was not to
be settled bv Itself, but to stand open IN the
general account. If there had been SIM
cere desire to settle it, the paltry measure
of the proclamation would not have formed
an obstacle for moment.
S,.eech to br coniinued.J
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