Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-08-11

orders III Council, While rrance
|inSs - .,;ov the advantages resulting from
T9uls ,oth 1 at all. L was therefore ne
il for .' that some pledge should be given
s { - hose acts would be reneyed' ana con-
tna' :. n force against a ance, otherwise,
s'a 9:, we paid all the exPence, our ene'naes
vlll, :, - rsap half the benefit. For America,
m'SS,'. ,rsaty concluded, was not bound to
BY y, He those acts against France, and per-
s0n . It the present time her ports wers As
haPs . = the French as to the English. Was
pen be supposed his majesv's ministers
% :, : soree TO withdraw those retaliatory
liS 20 which they had been compelled to
H. M. .ga;nst France with respect 10 Ame-
H., r;sa lesving her ports ahke open TO both
I Is- hrll;aerent powers? When our often re-
w ID o6er Of reparation tol the attack on
+. Chesapeake was first made, Mr.. Rose
W. only instructed to procure the recall OF
me- defamation interdicting our ships from
.ss;r waters. Every power when aerieved
Nh WI RIGHT TO revenge the injuries it might
h'a. received, or to. expect an atonement
s s The offending party but 1t could not
cess right TO Doth. II an atonement
isrs .x,ectsd, revenge was not to be at
r,.d and if revenge were attempted, an
s men, could nothe expected. America
,Eoneht proper to revenge herself. Our
/ .h,. vrrs ints,dioted from her waters while
~. .las. of France were allowed an ASYLUM
= ssr harhors. This resolution on the part
.sAmer;ca made great difference between
- hel,ieerrnt powers, as it gave France a
sreet advantage which Great Britain was.
SSsr,rf. Nmn the iaterd!ction was extend
Il 70 beth, hid a disposition to cavil exist
u IN our side, We might hive found even
then cause for complaint, as while they ~
,erdiotcd our enemies, they excluded US al
50. But this ths English government was
far from dong; our oR,r Of rtparation was
,hru again renewed. That proclamation
badneysr been properly recalled, 1t had on
u been emerged in the Non Intercourse
and Non-Importaiion acts and thus pat
the two beliigtrenls, England and France,
on footing of equality. The non-inler-
course and non-importation acts being, as
he before stated, but temporary measure,
and expiring 90 the 2oth Of May, agreeing
10 the treaty made by Mr.. Erskine, we
should have paid the price of our orders IL
Council for having about six weeks the ad-
vantage of France, in being admitted to en-
fer the harbors of America exclusively; a.
the expiration of that time we might have
Il Il n
The advantage over US IN her urn. Could
hbe thought that government ought to have
confirmed such treaty as this Could they
have been justified had they been content
tohave waited six weeks to learn the effect !
Sarely ii could not be thought of.
Had Mr.. Erskine transmitted to minis
tiers the treaty before he concluded it, their
dsapprobation Of such an arrangement
would have been Immediately expressed
and there never would have been aquestlon
OF such anature before the house. Mr.. En-
sSlne would have been instructed to have
SET It r'gAt, as he was sure no disposition
existed the part of the government to
.ake II out Of his hands. But the treaty be-
ls concluded as it was, they had only to a
e0p, ltornot to adopt ii, and not adopting
~ mey Were bound to prove that it had
.esn concluded contrary to the Instructions
Z 1ry mad given. Thus situated, they were
c sOupelisd to make the disclosures which
4 ,au ossn made, butte go further, to COM
e uu'lea'e every circumstance at present,
{ MS"tend tosembarrass and mar the nego-
d au0ns SILL pending between the two coln-
y H. Sn : wa'chhe still cherished hope would
! aualiy terminated to the satisfaction Of
. ~ parties. Mr.. Erskine was instructed
9 Oosala continuance Of the Introduction
h, : not only with respeotto France
= ,vs' ~" every power dependent on her; who
u b.sa imagined that any one would have
: ! -, sA'rasagant enough to view Holland
;, nj - under the influence of France? Hol-
d ,mu nv could only be considered as an ex.