Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-10-27
as,rauurla Daflp G5saatte.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 81.

matter. !" Weare fully convinced that It
the French repeal BE such as represented, .
the cessation Of the British violations OF
our neutral commerce be no more than what
the marquis Wellesley's letter to Mr.. Pink
ney calls for, that the President mast issue
his proclamation interdicting all Intercourse
with Great Britain and her dependencies,
and theSetrom all importations, directly or
indirectly" Several other democratic G.
eiilors arc of the SAME opinion. But, 1t
somhow happens that the President himself,
unfortunately for them, is not so fully con-
WINGED OF the propriety OF issuing such'pro.
ciamation. He will not dare 10 do it. He
can put no such construction on the pre-
tende d revocation Of the DEGREES as some
of the democrats wish. He will TO nothing
till the meeting OF Congress; and then Con-
gress will do no,hing-bu: sco!d. Duane,
and other French editors, will find it a very
diiIiculr undertaking to drive this country
to war with England. Our government
know better. IF bare majority Of Con-
gress should at first pursue measures that
will lead to it, great majority Of the peo-
pie will soon check them. Their hopes and
expectations are vain. W. shall not even
renew the non intercourse.
Z" No one can doubt but that both Eng
land and France have treated us 6asety,"
says the Philadelphia Democratic Press =
This is going too fan, Mr.. Binns. Has not
the Emperor told US that he loves US and
has sought to aggracdize us? In the very
face OF this solemn declaration of an En-
peror will an obscure printer tell him he
lies !; accuse him of baseness ? If such lam
guage be USED by democratic prints the
caus- of Napoleon in America will soon be
eeakencd. Retract it; say it was mis-
print.
The Press says there is astonishing i'm
pudence and jesuitism in Wel!esley's reply
to Pinkney's letter. The Press may see
such, bat no honest man Of good sense can
discern the least Of either. There is no.
thing eqnivocal in the answer. Wellesley
says that as soon as the French cease to vio-
late neutral commerce the English viii do
the same. Is this impudent or jesuitical?
On yes; but Nspoleon's promise tina, on
certain conditions, which he knows never
will be fulfilled, he will cease to violate
neutral commerce, is neither impudent nor
Iesuitical. "Congress will soon meet, and
we hope and trust there will be no delay in
coming to determination, and the adop-
ton of fSs SYSTEM is il regards the Euro
pcan powers" Congress have been fixing
and determining and coming to system,
so long, that there are little hopes of their
doing any thing the coming winter. The
democrats may hang their harps on the will
lows, for they nay feel assured Congress
will do nothing next session but talk ca
bout it and about it,
The Philadelphia Press says that the old
school democrats, enrased at their late de-
feat, are determined, Go prevent the success
Of the new school jacobns) to vote for what
ever candidate the federali SIS shall bring
forward. Good may thus be educed from
evil. A and 3 were two thieves that had
s,oirna guinea. B was the strongest and