Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-08-06
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moND4Y, AUGUST 9.

SH4 led at Eng laHu' a4s M
'aeo a,s, That law is now repealed se' no
q a1ss ,srcbantrnen are found in our porss'
\ '''s ,,one sail from France; nor Is any
sa lean vessel cleared out for france pc
A -. !, IS fully understood that certain ae-
-, you'd await her in the port OF aes-.
.;oa The nOn-intercourse law therefore lore
- .ned at England, not at France
Co. attend to The language Of those mem
a.Aof form the majority of congress, II
- ,.s,,hljsh the same result The arguments
60, &c the measure, not less than the
n .,,c,er and operation of the measure itse. =
,.;n,ca that il was in,eadcd to injure
England not France.
;, Is terms, however, it applies equally to
~ nations /; and Tor the sake Of placing the
s.;.ct in the clearest anl strongest point OF
80. we viii for the present admit chat it
,.,x an impartial measure equally affecting
81 both.
Admitting this, lctus see how 1t has been
received BY them.
England has taken no offensive step IN con-
3 ,.onence Of il. She has not III any manner
,,,,tated Oh us this angry act; nor is 1t
,noaa thai she has even demonstrated against
i.
Rat has France observed the same modsra.
,;onsaad ior5carance Let facts answer.
A, soon as Napoleon discovered that Eng
q lind would not permit this measure slill tur-
81 tber 10 enbroi her with the United States, he
& isssed It RambouilIct decree which, among
ether ci,uses highly cxcepaenabe, declares
FIAT 6 all vessels sailing under the American
A,p and owned in whole or IN part by any
citizen or subject of kat power that reckon
ING from the goth May 1893, my 5aDe alrea-
d. entered or that shall subsequently enter
tac ports of France, her colonies, or the ter
iitoiics occupied by the French armies shall
be seized and sold and the pro1uce OF the sale
shall be deposited in the ccssas ds Ia m0rf1sa-
4ie,, 9
1t is stated, and there is much reason to
believe with truth, that this decree also COM
maads every American to leave France; and
the conjecture is notat all improbable, that
our minister is within its scope.
We ask-not fcderalists, not men who hive
long viewed with cxtrcne anguish and indiS>
nation the humiliation Of their country-but
honest and potriotie democrats, to say what
would have been their feelings, had the con-
tuct Of the two bclligerents been reversed.
Had France thrown open their ports to Us
and permitted us to trade in them securely
curing the continuance of our non-intercourse
law while England had passeda formal and
solemn order for con6scating all our vessels,
even those which should have arrived long
Previous to the passage of that order, how
would such conduct have been viewed in the
United States How would themselves have
viewed il.
Il upon reflection they are conscious that
emotions would have been excited by this
oeeFee had it been made by England, which
were not excited by the same measure pro-
eeeqins from France,have they any just pre-
tensions to impartiality Ifsuch are their con-
"c'lons, ought they not to suspect themselves
ana TO doubt whether they are in a proper
temper to defend the honor, the independence
saa the liberty Of their country against
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