Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-03-12

respecting tns Wouve& anu ytsws WhAsu ~.
suase the admiDis.ratioo, By their preximity
to the seat of government It is from
correct and speedy Information respecting
the, motives and views which actuated the
former audpresens sdministrasio they
are taugh, to abhor them. He says they have
exhibited a spirited and energetic conduct
IN resisting foreign aggression, and that the!
have sxerted themselves to steer clear OF
the tempssts that have dssolated the tairese
portions of tho world" II this be thsir me-
ris, let Us fairly examine it. In order to steer
Gear of these tempes,s, nothing was neees'
sary on the part of 'America, but an honest
and candid neutrality, An equal portion OF
: satisfac ton or blame with the conduct ofthe
bsiligerents. Now I appeal to every honess
Democrat, is this the case Mot long ago
treaty was concluded withEngland, by two
very worthy men, which would probably
have saved US from all further aggression ON
the< part Of Great Britain this treaty was
seurback by Jefferson, Without even sub
mi:,ing it to the senate, as was his duty to
have done. France, in open viola ton OF a
treaty existing between US, undertook to
prohibit our trade with England and its de-
pendsnciss. No opposition was made 10
this outrage but the molnens G.. Britain
retaIiated by her orders in counciI,to please
the mighty emperor, for he tells US so him.
sell, W. were subjected TO all the dstresses
of embargo and nonintercourse laws, by
which we lost millions of GU. money that
we might starve the English d! France burns
and captures all our vessels they meet with
OH the ocean, and imprisons on, fsllow- ci-
tlzens, driving them al the point of the bay.
onet to their dungeons in the interior of the
country. Yet where have We seen the spi-
rited and energetic conduct Of tn: admin
stration in resisting shsse 'outrages But
really we are led by these foreign editors OF
newspapers to br!i>ve, that England is the
only county w suffer Outrage from. The
administration have lat, ly pretended vast
dtIicacy Of national feeling in the case OF
Mr.. Jackson, and we might have given
Them credit for it, had it not unfortunately
come GU, that this thing Was officially as
serted in Paris. three days after it took
place here. The quarrel with Jackson
was therefore anolner thing planned to
please Bonanarte, and really it is too
serious a consideration, for the credit
of this country, to see the bungling, bare
faced manner in which it has been executed
The s@mblance Of All implied affront to the
the uncle of Bonaparte's nephew, is to
plunge us into war and yet these men won
der we sho Id continue federalists The
French emperor in October last wrote
to- the emperor of Russia these words
",he u. States are on the worst terms with
England, and seem disposed sincerely
and seriously to approximate to our sys-
tenn" What is that system, the prostration
of the British navy, by the ruin OF her
commerce. Bonapar.e has felt that this
navy is the great barrier between himself
and universal empire. He can only dc
s,roy it, by destroying what supports it
the commerce Of the country. 10 aid W
this has been the true secret of all eur sut.
ferings. To aid in this object, two minis
,ers have lately been sent TO Russia, Short
and Adams, a, the expence Of thirty thou
sand dollars. To Russia with which ma
ton we have hardly any commerce and
which, of course, can only be, as Bona
mart. informs his imperial brother, to aYp.