Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-09-04


presents itself, which will not fail to arrest
the attention of our fellow citizens, and par
ticularly the merchants whose property IS
con6scatetl, and whose vessels will be cap
turedin consequence of those " unofficial
conversations"
As the administration were in possession
OF those letters, on the ninth Of April, and
knew that they had been circulated over
the continent Of Europe, Why did they got
Immediately deny the assertions OF Mr..
Erskine by extra courers also, and by those
means, at least, attempt to avert
A WAR WITH EUROPE.
And why did they not Immediately in
form our merchants, trading to Europe, of
those letters. For no merchant but a no
tural born id1ot, bat who would have seen
directly at half glance, the sure conse-
quences OF those cursed whisperings? Mil
lions Of dollars will be lost in consequence
OF this dastardly holding back those letters.
The only mode by which error can be
rectifed, is to look our deviations boldly in
the face; not, knowing and feeling our
selves to be in the wrong, by a sfeepIsh low
uicking, to make bad worse. Bat this has
been the case here, and our merchants will
feel, and our fellow citizens will feel, and
every mail will more and more develope the
trammslled dependent situation Of the i.
States on Great Britain.
In thus avowing our sentiments We know
TIE differ from many, whose charity at
fop 10 70 la ~ ri
tration cannot do wrong. Of the integrity
Of Mr.. Madison we never doubted bat as
President we know no other than Mr.. Ma.
olson Mr.. Madison must, and will be the
responsible character. If he has from zvant
offrmness, OF inaecis1on, sanctioned erro-
neous acts in complaisance to others, or
contrary to his better Judgment, he must
see it is full time to stop short. A house
divided cannot serve the United States.
E"tract If q letter fran q Spanish gentle.
man IF high re&pectabiHty, IN Loa3on, to
his friend IN PHILADELPHIA, datsa J@ss
%, 1910.
81 have to inform you that this govern,
ment have received advices from vice ad-
miral Rowley, comman ing H. 3 Ms ma
Va! forces on the Jamaica station, tnat he,
having received ;atorna1ioa OF the arrival
at Pniladelph of Gen. Rigaul, and many
other passengers and Preach officers, for
the purpose Of transferring themselves to
the island of St. Domingo, with view to
strengthen the French party in that island,
as we'll as to gain 4 footing in our Ancri-
can possessions, to seduce tie loyal subjects
and endcavor to separate them from the do
mipasion of our august sovereign Fe,dinaas
VII. had issued orders to all the cruizess
on his station to examine every vessel they
should meet, in the strictest manner, for
the aforesaid emissaries, and 70 d=tain eve
ry F:en0hman So met with, that could not
give satisfactory account of the object Of
his voyage.
can at the same time communicate to
you another fresh proof of the sincere IN
terest which the government of his Britain.
mic majesty feels towards our county,
This government having received the official
information that the municipality of Carac-
cas- had thought f, to declare themselves in
dependent Of the mother couatry, and also
the solemn protests made by the districts of
Coro and Maracaybo against such unlawful
proceedings, has openly and freely disap-
proved of the proceedings at Caracas, de-
claring to our government in the most posi.
tive and unequivocal terms, that it is the in
tention of his Britannia majesty to maintain
the integrity Of the Spanish monarchy by