Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-02-21

tro,.ase efF,aneSs lexnnesd uorshcta hive.
pouring forth sue sEssive SS~arms III Grths(
and Vshdals, which, IN alliance s..,h 81.
VAC. uibss, would. sncornpass5sh u,.ga
With q brl.--a t.vori,e prnjeet:of liz s.,.a
cien,,nx,narchy, which tubAbly has never
bern relinq,ishsA.
Your committee, how.ve do not dis
euise their belief, that neither an exkaust.
ed treasury nora ruined commerce. no.-a
d.populA.ed sea coast, nor 'he niseri$s ..
war without q possibility OF success or
dc Tuition Of object, would constitute, tie
princip disasters Of a rupture with Gr;a..
Britaiu. The, spirit and resources Of The
country, when reused and collect,d, :,r:,
under the blessing VI Providence, suffer. ut
for us defence, and would, in time, be .p-
piled to this object. Bat the cnnsumu.a-
lion OF the pubic calamities would tc.iouaa
7 id an alliance with that drsolating and si.
ean,ic de- .s,sism, which has crushed the
governments and suJverted the Liberties Of
Europe, and whose genius is not more hos.
tile to every other republican institution,
than to the spirit OF eommesce, by which
such institutions are cherished and pre-
served. Nnihing but mysterious lnta,u.
alton can induce. an administration to seek
an alliance with a governtne Mt whose hes
tility to the United States has been mann
tested, not merely in NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of
doubtful points of national law, and in The
unguarded expressions Of It's public minis
tors, but in an open violation Of treaties,
and in contempt of neutral rights not
merely in illegal captures aud casual in-
juries, for which suitable PREPARATION has
been offered but in an invaried series Of
insults and asgressions, Of sequestrations
of property on land, of plunder and burn
ing of our ships upon the ocean not mere
ly in the impressment of seamen claimed
as her own subjects; bus in the captivity
and confinement in dungeons, u our &C.
knowlejged citizens, without color OF pe-
tencs. The calami,ies Of such war would
be indeed aggravated by, the dangers and
infamy Of such an alliance and our sue
cess, if success could reasonably be ex.
pec,ed, would hasten the period in which
we should find ourselves compelled, with
out any intervening barrier, to grapple on
our own soil with an enemy who has long
made war upon US in every possible form
but that of actual invasion and who re-
serves his mos, faithful allies for his most
exemplary victims. ~. !. ='tr-S
In confusion, your committee sxa per~'
suad-d, ihA, no honorable mems Aha aid be
Left uninterrupted to institute and ps,rsae -
negotiation with GrsSf Britain lur the az
eo,Hmodation Of ditf.re uces, aud THAT th:
whole system Of commercial restrictions
should be abandoned, before the natural
sources Of our revenue are entirely ex.
haus and the course Of trade 90 ts-
vertsd by nsw habits, and 50 coucealcd BY,
svssious. as TO- produce permanent and il.
resrievablr ruin. Aud they accordingly
recommend ,ts following resolutions f:
WHEREAS, F,an;is James Jackson.
minister plrnirotcntiarv froni the court Of
Great Britain, having till powers 70 ncg,.
cia'r and conclude treaty for the ainlta-
bic adjustment oil the controversies unhap--
PLY sub'issing between the United Ssa!es
and that nation, after being duly aceredi,-
cd by the executive Of the Uni:cd States
has been suspended from the exercise Of
his functions, for some Expressions COO.
tainel in his CO, rrspondsncs with III. "a.
vernmens Of the Ul.i.sd States, which urs
alledsed to be deroga.ory to the honor md
veraeitv OF the executive govsrnmsn.; snl
the legislatures ofsoms OF our sister .tat.s
having declared their assent to The con.
ssruction given to the said correspondence,
and their appreciation of The dismissal Of
the said 3ritish minister; and the legi,ia-
sure Of Massachusetts, having examined IT,.
said correspondence. and beng unabls 20
discern in i, any passage or words which.
in their judgment, can be fairly coasnus.l
10 convey disre.p.c.fai and offensive ia,-
pu,ations. And Whereas III. doings IT
the said legislatures, conbinsd with the re-
solutions OF congress, have a tendency -
widen th- breach ALREADY existing, and TO-
remove still farther the prospect of an ae-
co.nmodation. And whereas the le gis,