Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-01-23

In SRRATE OF The -. ofAIAss
&. January 10, 1906.
Read and ordered to lie for considera.
To the Senate Of tie United States.
In compliance with the request OF the
Senate, expressed in their rrsolasion Of De-
cember 81, | now lay before them such2do.
euments and papers (thers being no iufor.
nation in NV possessiou) as relate to com.
plants by the government OF France, a.
eainst the commerce carried OH by citizens
of the ". S. to the French island Of St.
Domingo. s--..-
TIA: JEFFERSON.
January 10th, 1906. ~ t'.~ =
From General Turreau totht Secretary Of
~.. State.
The undersigned minister pleniposen'ia-
~ of hi. imperial and royal majesty. to his
excellency the president Of the y. States of
America, has testified in his conversations
with the secretary Of state, his just discon.
tent with the commercial relations, which
many citizens of different states Of the uni.
on maintain with the rebels Of every color,
who have momen,arily withdrawn the colo
ny Of ST. Domingo from the legal authori'
~. ...
The principles injurious'y affected BY
such commerce, or rather ny such system
Of robbery (brigandayr) arc 90 evident, 80
generally acknowledged and sdoptetl, not
only by all nations who have colonial sys
tenn to defend, but even by those who have
noae and moreover every wise people 50
whatsoever political aggregation they may
belong thas the statesman IT hs-has lost
every idea Of justice, Of humanity, and of
public law, can no more contest their via.
dom, than their existence. And certainly
the undsrsisned, in finding himself called
BY his duty, as we'll as BY his inclination,
in the bosom Of friendly sople, and near
the respectable chief who directs ito 60
vernmens certainly the undersigned ought
not 70 have expected that his 6rst political
relations would have fir their object, a
complaint 20 ssrious, an infraction SO mani
!est By law, the most sacred, and the best
observed by every nation under the domi.
MON Of civilization.
But it is not enough for some citizens Of
tire u. S. TO convey munitions OF every kind
to the rebels of st. Domingo, to that race
Of African slaves, the reproach and the TO-
fuse of nature it was moreover necessary
to secure the Auccess of this isnebie and
criminal traffic BY the use Of force. The
vessels destined to protect It are construct
ed, loaded, armed, in the ports Of the uni
on, under the eyes Of the American reep'e.
of its particular authority, and efthr je.
Seral governmsnt itself; and Thu, govern
ment, which hs, taken for the basis Q Hs
political career, the most scrubulyus equity,
and the most impartial 'satraaty, does not
jsr6,dm. ~.
Without doubt, and notwithstanding the
profound consideration, with which the mi.
mister .plepipo,en,isry OF the French EN-.
pire is penetrated for the government of
the union; he might enlarge still farther
upon the reflections suggested BY such a
state Of things, q circumstance so import.
ant, 80 une xpected. But it would be equal.
~ as affecting 70, him to dwell upon it, ia
stA.e its consequences, as twould be foE
the government TO hear them. -.
The secretary Of state. who perfectly
knows the justice of the p'insieles, and the
Legitimacy of the rieh.,, reiertd to in .hi,
ao,e, will be of opinion, that neither are
,, susceptible of discussion because aPrin'
ciple universally asssnted, a right generally
| established, is never discussed, or at least
discussed ia vain. The Only way open tor
.hs redress of these complaints, 10 TO put
an end to the tolerance which produces
them, and. which daily aggrava'e these con-
sequences. = =
Moreover this note, founded upon fact,
not less evident than the principles which
they infracs, does not permit the aaa,r r
signed 70 doubt tina, the government OF thu
United States will take The most prompt
a. we'll 40 the most effrcsual prohiblsory
measures, IN order 20 rput IN end 70 III
cause; and he seizes with eagerness .hi'
occasion Of renewing 70 the secretary d
s,s,e. .,he assurances Of his high eonsids