Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-04-14

hsen, .aaa iE5is6k HEN Into his SHIN /, ~
{ should shays heard nsthing of sshes Bsisish
coantetyailing orders 20 his arLisrafy de-.
etees :s.ss shodsd hare heard nsshing Of
our self dessroyihg embargo; there would
have beeGad ofstext fsrsiti 4 wishs ios no
trsaw with SUCH q Is6nstsrs q. =
Z. III Is bong smsetiis 'comMereiaI s,ipula,
/, tions sof 4Jsrssrea,y have expired, and
since Dur gove:binsnt refu,rd to revive
then,.- British derredations. howsyerun. Z
JUST. have NOT had the aggrayasion of being
;rommir,rd ID dirrs. violation Of a rrcent
treaty. You ask me why was hot the trea.3
!-,Y made by Messfs. Monsoe' aud .Pinknry
received and adopted, i need NOT Sepeae
Mr.. II efsrson's ireasons, which were NOT
+ satisfactory to me. That treaty was made
sby men as good and as wise, %. well &c.
: quainted with the rights and inte1es,. Of
both nations, a. any in the, nation; men
under Mr.. Jei8erson's own orders, euidrd
BY his own instructions, men Of his ow&L
I selection, yetit was by; him rejessed with.
ont his drigniRg 20 consult the senate, thae
council which the constitutions has given
him. .T'his was an exhibition Of executive
prerogasiye and display sof power which
would have provoked repablican vengeance
mad either Of his predecessors been the per.
sous who presumed 20 hayeyso conducted.
Notmore than eRtk.ys betote she arrival Of
this treaty, Mr.. JsAsl son told me skas our
ministers asLohdoa had agreed with tho
British ministers on ait the essen
.tial pare and points of 4 treaty, which
would reconcile all the jarring interests OF
the two nations. How thunders,rWck was
/ when lheard That the treaty was 70 Be sens
back because note accompanied II, telling
US the expectations Of that goyernmen. with
rrgard 70 our eondue. with France, and
beeaus. the British govern nent had not
yielded 70 US their claim 70 search, our ner.
chanrvssssls for their seamen, md made
formal disnyowal of a practice the govern
n,ent had never sanctioned, that Of pressing
American seamen. Il was III prepared to
approve MI. Jstfsrson's condust 10 this hu-
slnsss, having had his own word but afew
days beiore, thar the points and principles
were satisfactorily settled. which were 70
form The basis o! the treaty wished to seq
which was to 'bary all animosi.
tics. 4 was the more d,splease with .hls
conduct whent found that Messrs. Mon.
roe and Pinkney had bern authorised 10
enter into an inf1mal arrangements and
that they had done so in respect to, the sra.
men. As'o the accompanying uo.r, our
ratification might have been accompanied
with note expressing the understanding
Of osr government on the subject Of that
note; m this way-iss operation might have
been obviated. So. -.
1t must, believe on al hands be ae-
knowiedged, that ,Bonaparse ana the French
Win not more than one sixth part Of The
power to do harm 70 the American peopfe.
heir properly and commerce, ths. bfitain
las, and though bound by 4 solemn treaty
o respect our rights and properly, have for:
our years past done US three times the in.
ury Britain has Wi1h whom we have no
rraty, nor do there exist with her tt,ose re.
'ProcA stiPula,ions with tsspecs TO COM
nsrce,. which arc common tetween nations.
let the curses aud exeerstions of nv. old
riends a'e all reserved for Britain, none
an be spared for France. ., ~ 'f5ii6,
10 ~ "yss"S my dear ~, ! am well corr
inced was NOT. made for party mau ale,
aough the time was when the world thought
thsrwlss. never possessed the versatile
necessary tor demagogue, nor the
PANEL feelings Of an humble Follower
having fixed on principles consider my
rlf bouad by them. The same principles
overn me now that did in I797-e-s and
500. Yet +! ses myself and those prinei-
lee deserted by most of the men with
HON l acted q. that time, and I am revil4
because will not follow the versatile
adefs OF heaparty regardless of my prin.
piles, which are rigidlr republican, and
ever jacobinic or meboerasie., Ihsve frou.
y infancy seen tie necessity OF govern
lens and NY political life has h ail cases
,mced my attsehmene 10 governmesss-
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