Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-02-06

iatFs WeFs npt uIdH"Scu Nv iVO1S or knav,.
That upon all the points of diff.r,r,.
real as we'll IS artificial, however riph, !,
the first Instance, wr have tonlriv,d 10 CO,
and arc now, in the zvretig; and this w i'
out any reference tothc pusilaaim,y MI
baseness Of urging cur complaints INN,
Great Britain, at a time whom she il l,..
rally fighting for existence. and when V,
confess.diy hold ou's, per- autey Vie, durio,
her life and no loagei:
Thu. the eonduc, sf G.!Britain toward,
LIS, under extreme provocation, ,as bee,
ever respectful, und'senised aud man,
That it has seen her wish. as it is nbviou,u
her interest. 20 be upon terms Of fr:endsh;-,
with us, and that, with the exception +
single instance, in which her r.se ntmrD,
however Just, got the better Of her good
sense, she has uniformly sonshs our friend
ship, and gone as far to obtain it as sh.
could go without throwing awav her shield
and barring her bosom TO the poinard of M.
poleon:
That in 1905, when we were demardr,
from Spain redress from eutrages that 81,
had committed and suffered upon cur t4,.
ritory and upon our trade, the :yran, of Eu.
rope insul.insly ordered us to desist from
our just complaints against Spain, and ,A,t
We Gid desiss, and 60 80, TO this momrr,:
That the minister Of Napoleon dcmsn,.
, cd Of our government to int, diet toe Com.
mercial intercourse of it's citizens with S.,
Domingo, saying tina; his a'astsr 'woul4
not tolerate it," and mat Congress, a, he
request OF he President, instantly passed,
law agreeablv to his wishss:
That in 1906, the Emperor al France
| unbiushinely, without deignine either BE-.
tore or since to say one sylah!r 70 US bv
way Of noticr, pslIiaticn or apology, issued
| a decree aanihiating an entire treaty b..
| tween France and The L. Stssvs. which he
had signed with his own hand treaty.
-" to APPEAL to which," said eur asiniurr
at Paris. " wnuid be 70 appeal 10 The dead"
! So Gecd tI,at both parties seem TO concur
| in fors-tr.ng that i, ever existed.
! That the Emperor of France, wi,hou: tn.
| previous expression OF any compIaIats ..
| eairst the u. States, and certainly without
,he shadow ct a pre,ext, suddenly seiz-d
some hundreds Of American vessels in HI,
! ports and in the ports OF Spaia and Hi.
| lard, sold them and their carsoes, pockstei
| the proceeds TO the amaunt of bclwtsa
twenty and thirty millions Of dollars, md %
prevent the s. n,p.thirs ot Fr-nchmen from
being excited by the complaints OF the crew.
( impriscasd them with al allowanc. of some
twelve sous (about 6d) day for their sup.
! port:
Tha, in state Of profound peace anil
without note of complaint to Our gove,n.
mens. French national ships ri wax have
| seized upon the high seas the unproiecaa
merchant vessels OF the United States, and
after pIandering ,iaem of wha, was waa.4
and could conve nirntIy hr taxed on bead,
have set Gre to the remainder, and burnt up
vessels aud cargors and that Mr. Slad.
son, in compsaiut that hr directed TO b:
! made to Napoleon upon this horrible v@.
dalism, calls It. with commrndsbIe meek,
ness, the mos, distressing OF all the m"dA
by which belIigrren,s iniure neu'r,|s"
That Napoleon. in solemn etfcial nos,
presented to our minister at Paris. rlsinF
and ureqaivocally and in 50 many words
says that wc are a nation without rnrr'
gv, without honor, and without policy
And determining tina. th= insu, shoald Be
in the face of the world, published the noe
in the Mi"nitsur, his official paper; sh"
our President, whose feelings wire 50 "
cute in the affair of Mr.. J. kson, tn Ba,
fish miaister, as not to permit cha
dishonor even to be implied, has net only
forborne to demand an apology. and 'nG
der Gen. Armstrong to leave Paris, if
were refused. but has passed it over
perfect silence:
That. for the purpose unquestona5'y Of
increasing his means Of corrupt'o" aa''s
US, tho Emperor of France has lately is's
ed decree prohibiting any American s.e'
sells 'rosr entering his ports unless !hS
sailed either from New.York ar Char'es'@
that for another purpose, wishoa: hss'ss
revoked that decree, he for the present 20
stains from executing it, aud that, that ~.
pose Is neither more nor less than undo
the pretext of violation of bis decree