Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-03-12
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Frat then, assuming 6 q fses, th.sS
which considerable dsub, Is stiyl en,er,s;.
ed, thas Mr.. Enkine did act 10 {, mana.
contrary to the spirit Of his ins.rue,ion.s
yet whence originated the necessity Of in
putting the knowledge of this, our min;s,.rp
deviation from his Objections, TO Aner;.s
Il is sufficient, according to the doctr;n.
cited from Va,tef, by Mr.. Smith, and H. |
quiesced In by Mr.. Jsckson, to fius,,,,
the validity of an enga gemsut that the nj. |
mister forming it should have violated tks
instructions given him: il was no, nee.,.
sary to prove or to aver that the other con. {
tracing party knew this. ITO refs.
with honor Gays high authority on pub. |
tic law to rstifv what has been conclsd.d
on by virtue of fuli power. il is necessary
that the government should have strong /
and solid reasons, and that il should shsv
in particular that its minister Has Siola.sd
his Instructions" Hence it appears (t
this argument be well founded, Of which
we have no doubt that the ofrnce givta
to America was perfectly unnecessary and
gratu,ous the real merits Of the question
being thus ;" Did Mr.. Erskine violate HI.
instructions :" Not " did the American
government, know that he violated them ?"
And to the establishment Of the former
position, Mr. Jackson would have found
ample exercise for his talents, without un.
der,akins the task Of proving thar men
knew that which they declared that they
did not know. .'
The last topic on which We shall touch,
is the financial statement of the secretary to
the American treasury. We omitted 70 OBJ.
serve in our remarks on this yesterday,
that the thirteen hundred thousand dollars
whereby the expenditures last year exceed
ed the receipts, was covered by SUN al
ready in the treasury, the surplus Of the
revenue in the preceding years yet, who.
ever considers that the cxp-nces OF Ams-
RIGA have thus, without doubt, been out
weighing her means, and observes too, that
she acknowledges her inability 20 CON-
mence war (which will impose the sensi.
Lle burthen upon US, without negotiating
a loan, for the bare interest OF which sha
cauvot provide, without having rteourss
to so novel method as internal taxation
must hsp., a. last, that she will ~, has.
tily or unnecessarily, encounter perila 50
inca,culabIe.
The Importance, however. Of the pre-.
ceding observations, though, VIC trust, not
their correctness, las founded upon IN as.
sumed stat. Of ,hingsl will be materially
altered by the following moss impor,ans
& much more recent communication from
France, which reached " at a late hour
last night:
PAaIs, Jon. 1:
i" The merchants have lately had sew
raj conferences with the ministers OF his
Imperial majesty, o. the present state of
affairs and have submitted to them. thas
trade has, since the Berlin and Milan de.
crees, taken quite new direction, and L.
carried on by very circuitous routesr aud,
by persons disavowed by real merchants.
The ministers announced, that his ma
jesty's intention was, that n.utrals might
trade freely with Francs, and Frapce with
neutral countries that the above mention.
ed DEGREES had been pointed only sgain,t
the commerce of England and that, if
they have been misreprssen,ed, and false
meaning given TO them, the merchants
should make representations, which woald
be favorabIy heard.
1t already appears,to b. agreed, that
the visit at sea, measure Of policy adopt.
ed by al! nations, is net a violation Of n.u-
trail rights, and that the decree Of Milan
was iutsnde d only TO Prevent the visit d.,
rected BY the orders of council, of Nov,
1907; by which neu.rals were obliged to
go to England, and there, pay tribute. il
is also understood that the embargo and
provisional sequestratiop. Of American YES
sells in France, were in consequence of the
embargo law of America, followed by tho
act; that we therefore con.
'idered the Americans, who came into our
'orts, as disguised Eng!ishmen and that,
'ince America has repealed her laws, ours
should lall Of themselves. s. -..