Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-01-26

men, we're caly responsible for disavowal'
nd reparatiou. -,, r.'t -.
The law of nature. Of nations, ofcommon
,,urtesy, and the common law of the land.
Al require that in such Q case recourse
ri ould first be had To- the master OF the OF.
!, ndins servant, ard after he refuses TO do
justice, rrprisals mny take place. 49,.
In this instance We took The PREPARATION in
70 our ssVn hands I'VE inflicted the frs, pu.
pskmen, We deprived Great Britain Of
her rights for it was her right TO enter our
ports 90 long as her enemy was permitted
90 10 do.
I, was pretended thar this was mere
measure Of preeau,ion: II it were so, il
ought 70 have b'-n revoked as soon as G.
britain declared her misrepresentation Of the
oct OF her GrYaot M danger any longer
existed any n,orc than az the moment when
Nc suff, red ;he nrorlamalinn TO expire.
Blu, with Gr.at Britain it was different.
]. was absolutely impossible for her 70 e4rr
Gry terms whatever So long as this rad was
lid ia icYr5ren over her head. On this
pint NJ. Roses mission terminated. And
tus ask ,y1iV man of honor, If com3en-
sation was a. aland Il of him for any act OF
r.: servants, whether Ee would give il,
white Ia" complaint g party thr. a,ened TO
eh:,stisc hirJ:
Be,w>> nations this is impossible And
g. ~ ,I- nations in 'ie world, and of all the
; loliHi5rrarioGs whicn ever existed in aay
nuiYn, curs. one al he mos, captious, ought
70 nc the last 10 find fault with this obiec.
tin3.
/, rs! soncrs> truly a paint efhonor, and
the en!i (, lesion il, which IS right ad.
init t1.:,t n1,tl,eY patty whch rs IN the right,
ought TO sacrifice This poinr OF honor, unless
for tn sag Of preserving peace, which is
r,1r,'-incres:.o@ ,lSnn any poin; Of etiquette.
E4.:n ;his case .pe can acknowledge the re-
ped 81 ,he procIanatieh without dishonor,
because 7us never pretended that 1t was
h..s,;.e N, assure bu; on the other hand, &.
i ltain, VINO considered it az Insult, could
not agree tn treat with Us, without formal
acknowledgement Of the repeal. But, says
Mr.. Smith, tins adherence 10 punctiiio is
the more unreasonable in Great Britain, be.
cause !, wxs WEI known that the proc!ana-
tisn had eapired . Hsef He was, think,
not aware uf tie natural answer 10 this,
which would have been made If he had not
scaled Mr.. Jacksnn's lips, that if the pro-
clamnlicn had raIirrG there could be less
rsason for na'i5a GIs31srdto peace, to re-
fils" ,u rztr thdf fact in the proceedings
&nt, why this tIsIicacy on the par, Of Great
Hriia:R? Brcausr she could no, compensate
u., 80 Ions as the record OF so hostile mea.
sare-rs manned against her.
The only other inadns'ibl. prctcnsion
OF Great Britain which our cabinet urge
IS.
The reservation Of Great Britain, tha.
sac will NOT pHY the bunny to such of the
sailors wounded in the Chesapeake, nor
viii she return such ot Ihrm as She has IA.
ken, who may appear To have been desert.
Gs Gom his mnjr"y's srrVice, or natural
BUN subjects of his Britannia m,jesty.
Now without entering into the question
90 fully svttlrdby The Anne ritsn people tha,
they will not go into contest for British
sailors, we would simply remark, that an
objection of this sort comes with q very i'll
grace from a government, one Of whose
captains las: year entered THO BRITISH terri.
tories, seized school-nIster in the act of
giving instruction in a peaceful village, and
shot hun dead upon the SPOT, and to which
officer, after n .jarmdI court martial, his
sword has been returned with honor. If
this does not amount to claim Of dessrters,
we confess We do NOT know what does.