Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1810-03-22

dtu N.SPF Ss"'SsVenlf !
ON boa.d M ctr vessels had been .eeurs
f,om se;zure,,heir' cwn citizens would hays
been preferred in ly,heir wi pors--,hri,
oun. instead tl AHfriesn capi'al, wcuI
haye been employta in FrIl''i"g,hvhw wan,
and couyeyibg their rr,tu,ts TO i~otr;tn
mmkt,s. TIE Amtit;m n't'tk:nts vet,a
have been entirely depyirrd IT the p,ts.
upon tic cargo, andInust hgEss ben ton,+u
tn gain by ,ht voytasent.hi-s,ihtt VI, treist,, 4
Tins wculd have been obviously ,hs r"sp,, ,
Of IN adoption {: sus'(vytnsif The adoption
Gin had Dc pend, d tn,iiey'oroh curselye.)
of this n, " tangled douriuv. 20 say ,lat,
We Ed IN isu res,inalie abros a,icn Of The
old and established public law, and the Sub.
s~,.,ulion in its place ofth;s..nodern slass,"
would be no less absurd than u %insist, tia,
we ought TO prefer a sarge 70 a dsu6ss
profit upon our voyages. He must be 10.
noyant indeed, who has not discovered, ,aa,
II at the commcncement of,,hc wars in En-.
rope, this principle ,,has neutral ships should
m: Ike neutral goods, had been adopted, the
products of cur la,ms would never have
:cmmande d III. liberal prices, with, until
the embargo system was rtsorted 20, could
have keen obtains Ter them /; the merchals
would have been deprived Of the srea,
sou,ce of his wealth, and the Golfers Of the
nation, would NOT have been during the al.
ministra,ion If Mr.. Ht,son, so overflow.
ing, rs to excite the I, arfuI apprehension Of,
that s,niicman, .hat they could not, in ary
ccrs!iiuljorai way be expended. TIE ship.
Ping interest acne would have pfo6tud 70
any considerable extent BY the war. Ard
ought this n~at;on, merely TO crafty the
wishes Of Bonapafte, and 10 assist his da,.
ire and fag'tious views Of conquest aud
universal domination, TO contend for rrin.
cipl, 5, at war cot only with the settled and
long established law (; bat with its own vital
in.eres s.
Other objections to The establishment Of
this doctr,n ne Il, sc. We 20 be well considered.
This is rot the first attempt tina, has been
made &c j>,ce ufon the world this new sya-
tenn ; ard in The past Conduct Of those pow.
ers whi,h have rro,csseds TO be its friends,
we may ,e;h lesson, which ought 10 in.
suu@t Us in the srprs me- fc!.y of con,enJinc
for it: One greal CO.. ct Of the armed neu.
tra!ity escorted to hv the nor,',,,n powers in
1880, was to enforce the principle, that
neutral ships shall make ney,ral Geeas, and
ns..ri,,sst~saiEys rSefF Esbehuas asaSfkion r
il, Tor the ro nnfN. IL ia well knawn-stwrts
aMrVe peace cfs's3. it wac jsbandc0ed
by ,htm, and " htn,y Yer the old doctsiuo
was mure tonecnia 10 their interests, they
have at,.imptsd niis;d, xceu;ion Of 4. IN
the w;lr ct 1850. between Sweden md
kGssia, apd Mtea Great britain ,yas nru.
uI, che subjects 81 The later were reauir.
sd.o rtntr!m mlhr cd law, and heir vel.
srls were in many instances scizr,l and de.
,simd for IN ,llcdged violation Of i,.---
F'ence made q treaty with Us, in which she
agreed 10 sitp this as tn. principle which
was TO regulate the trvde 0f our country.
wh' n she wa involved III war, aud We well
'encaher,h how shamttulIy il has been viz.
la;eh hy Ter, acting aeeouding 10 the old
law q nations III derogalish Ii tn. treaty
provision ard nj qlhsr times setting up tho
,r,a,y'n orposiion 10 ,ha. law, iusl 50 i.
might ecn'pp,t with her Interests. Other
Instances might be cited to shcw, 4ha, al.
though, ra1'ons have, TO answer particular
exigsnoirs, nlaihtsined this 20 be The only
law OF nations to which they would con-,
form, and others have adopted Il in ,hes .
'~rsaliss' YET ], has always besn,d;srtgardeI
by .hsn', when it came in conflict with
their INTERESTS, and that I. has never bren ;
tnftresd by bsit,gerrnts, bpt 10 ,he. preia.
dice Of nrnirais-Wnh thcs. proofs before
rs, with q knowledge, that even those "a.
tons, which profess % BE- suhx Ifiendsi
It's fasss TassxvholIy Disregard, wirssyet
thty bevone Involved in the war ; and withs
tie experience which we have had from the
f'en,h, OF its injurious operation upon our
rights Ind our interests ough, moi, the pcs.
p!. CT lhts country 10 be the iass,o CONTEND
fer lis adoption? Can any lhin.. be more
absurd than to call those Who profess to be
its advocates, friends to the freedom of the
seas: Or what stronger proof Of de vo,ion
TO B%enaparte could be expvetedby our own