Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-04-28

orders and expectation Of Mr.. efierson,
treaty was concluded without a rellnqnlsh-
,nent on the part Of Great britain [sl oI the &
ripht TO impress her own seanNen upon
Common jurisdiction. This treaty Mr..
Jefferson rejected.
Soon after the rejection ofthe treaty, hap
nened the memorable affair OF the Chesa-
peake. The attack was outrageous Z unlus-
sti6able. But it was the mere unauthorized
act Of a British admiral, and, before any
demand made, was voluntarily & explicitly
disayowed by the British government. In
the mean time, Mr.. Jefferson had issued
his proclamation, inhibiting British armed
vessels an entrance into our harbors. AS
this was a partial act, refusing the
rights Of hospitality to one belligerent, while
they were extended to the other, It was
breach of neutrality. The British govern
ment very properly refused to make the re-
paration they had intended, unless the pro-
clamation was withdrawn. This Mr.. Jet
ferson refused and the affair remained I'M
accommodated.
To supply the deficiency Of the non-m-
Dortation act, and to ooerce Great Britain
into an admission of all Our pretensions,
the embargo was laid. A short time pre-
vious to this period, the celebrated orders
in council were issued but they were not
known in this country when the embargo
was recommended by the President, and
therefore could not be the cause III which
that measure originated. The embargo was
intended as a permanent measure. m
duce the people to submit to it, Mr.. Jsfer-
son labored to persuade them, that 1t was
caused by the orders IN council, and that an
offer was made to the British government
to remove the embargo, if the orders were
Withdrawn, to which they refused to con-
sent. j his was all deception. i'he embar
go was not caused by the orders In council,
nor was any such offer made, FOR MIR. Pink
ney was instructed not to pledge his govern
ment to any such course. Of this the Bril-
fish minister was sensible; but upon Mr..
Pinknes Is sending formal note, author
ising an expectation" that the embargo
would beremoved, provided the orders in
council were Withdrawn, he stated In re-
turn, that his government did not com
plain of the enlarge, but CT the proclana-
ten, and that he perceived no intmation Of
any intention to withdraw that obnoxious
instrument.
BY the non-intercourse act, this obstacle
to a negotiation was removed.-The Bri-
fish government has availed itself of this
opportunity to renew the offer of atone
ment for the insult offered to our flag, and
has also offered to withdraw their orders in
council, upon cur renewing a commercial
intercourse with them, while, by interdict-
Ing trade with France, the d.crees of Ma
poleon are resisted. In SO doing, they have
not departed from their ground. The offer
has been accepted, and as regards Great
Britain we are now in precisely the same
situation, as before the non.inportation act
passed, with an engagement 60 resist the
DEGREES Of France. If Bonaparte shall re-
scind his DEGREES, the trade OF the whole
world viii be again open to US; if he refus-
es, war is inevitable. Upon the latter sup
position, we Shall have access to all the de-
Tendencies of Great Britain, to all Africa,
Asia and South America, and to Russia,
Sweden and such other ports In Europe, as
Bonaparte cannot compel their respective
governments to shut against US. While G.
Britain maintains her maritime superiority
we have nothing to fear from the arms Of
France, and may we not hope that the res
toration of a commercial intercourse with
the United States will encrease her ability
to maintain contest SO essential tosaeg own
safety and therefore SO necessary to orr Sc,
curity
We will now say few words upon the
indications of a favorable change in our own
administration. We have much reason to
hone. that Mr.. Madison Is sensible of the