Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-06-06

she had acceptAd the offer to SUSPEND
embargo as to herself--the Old non-impor,a1
ton act II operation, her ships Of war : :
Guided and her rival- admitted. I w."
you, was no. that the condition of the COM.
Try when Mr. Rose arrived? Was her naI
some difficulty, under the proclamation
the admission Of the Statira lrieate. bear;r
thar minister, into our waters! And ,v"'
not French ships OF wal then, and have ~,
not sincebeen riding quietly at Anpanoli.
Norfolk and elsewhere ? Has not II s.,
the gallant captain Decatur taken our ov
seamen outsot n OF them? And vet sir|
the offer at that time made by us has betl
identified with the negotiation between MI.
secretary Smith and Mr.. Erskine. VIVA,
then was her situation ? The non-importaI
ton act in force, her ships eaehudca andthosl
Of France ddm7tted---and nothing in forc
IN relation to France except the embarooI
What is now the situation of affairs -
Trade with her is restored to the same sim
alton in pointof fact, in which it stood wbsl
Congress met here in 1SOt-6-at the me-
morable first session of the ninth Conprs,
which generated the old n~on-importation al
of 1906 He ships of war are admitted in
to our waters, her trade is freed from emil
baErassment, while the ships of her adverse
~ are excluded, and the trade between rl
and her adversary forbidden by law. While
therefore, | am ready and willing to approyl
the conduct Of the present administration.
is not because | conceive that they have "a
fected any ching SO very difficult, that thd
have obtained any such mighty concession
bu. because they have done their duty. Yes
sir we all recoliect the objections made {
the treaty negotiated by colonel Monro
and Mr.. Pinkney on two great leading &C
counts-1st. that it contained no expires
provision against the lmpressment of sea
men. Is there any provision now made
No sir. The next objection to the treat
! was the note attached to by lords Hollau
and Auckland. What, sir, did gentlemt
on this floor say were the pnrport OF tn
2 note? That its object was to put us in
state of amity in respect to Great Britain
, the expence of the risk of collision Wi
. France. On account of this note the tt
y ty and treaty-makers have been political
damned. And yet we are now, in point
fact. in that very situation i'll relation to
! two nations, in which it was said that
!, British commissioners by the note aimed
place us-and which was a sufficient reasc
Z according 10 u~-arnnments of gentlemt
tor rejecting the treaty. The note wa;
! sort OF lieu, gentlemen said, hat would p
4 us in a state of hostility with regard
France and amity with regard to Englan
We refused to give our bond, for such
was represented (however unjustly) to
, to be sure, sir-but we have paid the m
: ney. We have done the very thing viii,
gentlemen say the note aimed to induce
to do. We have put ourselves in a stu
ton ~endangering collisions with France an
almost ensnring amity with England. "
have destroyed the old 0 -importation act
the non-intercourse act is suspended as t
her trade is again free there is nothn
now to prohibit her ships, whether for com
merce or war, from coming into our waters
whilst our ,rade with France is completei
cut Of, ana HER ships secluded from gu
waters. | cannot too often call the atten
ton of the house TO this fact on which | al
compelled to dwell and to dilate, to get ri
of this merciless motion, which kills while
processes 10 cure. When Mr.. Rose cam
into this country, French ships ofwar wer
freely admitted. English ships were ez
Guided.
(sperch to be continuedl