Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-11-20

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the Berlin and Milan DEGREES are not reyoS
ed except upon conditions, to the n-rfa
ance of which the United States Are ''a
nor ought to be pledged, not beinp n,. ~"
lngeunulty may torture the meaning Of ' ;,
French minister's letter nso any sha. :" ''s
the plain meaning of it is, THAI un' VI
Britain does certain things, the u 8,
must engage to adopt Certain msas0 o''S'
hostility against her. If the u. State 49, o.
to give this assurance in the pr.seo, oa'
were they notbound to pursue h. s'%'
course upon the occasion we have c;,.S 14''
National dignity and duties are ALWAYS ;,
same, they do not change with Ii. ~,
with whom they are treating. s
But we contend that the French I...
are not even condi,ionaily repealed f,
any thing which is before the pubI;, " W.,
that the duke dc Cadofe's letter does I n".
promise their revocation on the Is, Of w." '
In late number of the National In,,r
geucer, We notice this remark" A f-,M.
stand has indeed been made by some w,~n
partiZans, who have contendrd that g. lon
as tbs French government retained n. %
ques,cred property OF our merchants che
ev,nced al indisposition 70 cease to yi;,l.,s
the neutral commerce of the e. States y
We will not undertake to say 10 wAom tb;s
paragraph a,'udss, but We will 90 much
iur;her than 10 say that France "has eviuc.
ed an rdisposltlon to violate" &c, and do
say that at the date Of he French ministers
letter, and subsequent thereto, France can.
timed" TO violate the neutral righs Of the
u. States" as contemplated by the law Of
May last. We had Thought That dy,tn.
ton Of the property sequestersd uadcr the
Milan, Berlin and Other DEGREES, was vi.
olation Of our neutral rights, and that t5s
aggression continued as long as the proper.
ty was retained, or compensation withheld
that the sale of American properly sub.
sequent to the duke dc Catlore's letter Was
a violation of our nelsral rights. Th:s.
propositions appeared to us 50 clear that ws
did Not expect to hear them contro2erScd.
We shall fortity our opinion by all authori.
ty which will not be questioned BY he Ma.
tional lnteliss pcer unlIi i, assumes { tone
of independence not often found in iss CO.
lumns.
We must again .rcspass upon the patience
OF our readers with short narrative as ne.
cessary to introduce the authority which
we have TO offer.
1t viii! be remembered that considera.
ble difficulty was made by mr. Rose re.
speeding the proclamation OF The president,
interdicsins the ships of war OF MS nation
the entrance OF our waters. he. urged that
6 the proclamation was hostile measure,
and that di:coa,inuancc Of il vas due to :
disconsinuance o. the aggression which led
70 it," Mr.. Madison answered this obJsc-
ton. He first insisted that the procam2-
ton had not been issued IN consequence OF
the affair Of the Chesapeake, but Tor many
causes, of which, that aggression, he adj
msted was the moss prominent. But as II
aware ,hae this grounl could not IN
point of fact be very well supported, Mr..
NJ adison added what follows
Had the proclamation been founded on
the single aggression committed on the
and were IL admitted that the
Of that aggression merely,
gave claim to the dlsconlnuance OF me
the CLARA would be admitted
by the incontestble fact, that that aggfrs'
sion has not been discontinued. II has ne
yer ceased to enist; and IS IN existence at
this moment. Need | remind you, sir, that
the seizure and asportation Of the seameh
belonging to the crew OF the CHESAPEAKE
entered into the very essence ofthat aggrcs'
sion, that with an exception OF the victim
TO trial forbidden by the most solemn con-
& greatly aggravating the quit
OF its author) the seamen ID question 0f'
.tM retained, and consequently that the az.
erosion, if in 30 other respect, is by Ea'
act alone continued and IN torce2 u
wide 1Lr. liadison's letter to Nr. 4 ~
dated MQrch S, 1903,