Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-01-23

ther cXCuipate from supiheneSs win r.yl "a
to the outrages OF that power, No. frts R
strange inTosibi:ity to the weakness u,
folly Of their public councils. lin y. Efi
li-ve them to be as capable as oay o,1r, 81
earth of running the fall lrng;hs ho, M
and Of surveying the whole brad h,., 81
'ot elevated state policy. if thy w,re M
perly enlightened and directed and :;r d
lated. They have surrendered .i,ei co., I,
deace and delegated their power "a to-,
able agents. The profound writer ub "a
we have quoted above, remarks in rein. IS
TO his own country, ".hst there even 81
little had triumphrd over the srra, . 81
victory which he describes as neither 81
natural nor unusual. II is not 10 BE- ., q
dered at then if the same victory s1oupR
obtained here. X
There is, We think, but one tenor ,r,Sl
ertion by which the natural bu, drplorsN
consequ, noes of this state osthings NAV II
avertrd. A direct, frank, unsqujvues, +
peal mus. be made to the good s-nse -
to the higaer feelings Of THIS nation M
full detormi.y OF our situation should a
Enthusiastically exposed. Their is " no,s
city 10 the fraud" which would corcra, s,,S
the pubic eye the Iazor sores mhchnN
foster ON the body phuic and which n
open to the perception OF the res, Of d
world. The d,stcmper Is of too monsE
| cast and too deeply saalcattd to yhi
! the remedies prepared in the dispsrsar /
those politicians, who would aremm /
cure the ills OF the state by the very ii
! which produced and which would eov 4
evisably aegravate them. The prou!c /
| this country lnusshe mad: to taste al u
bitterness Of the shame which has I'll
| brought upon them by ,hsir iavori,es, Il
popular opinion Irust be enlightened to i
! whole ex.cnt, aud the true nature uf ID
| dangers with winch we are tnrea,e ned j
| othrrwise their delusion viii CONTINUE ~
all admonition may be truitless, all tep.7
| ance unavail'ng. It is under these impr.
sions that We write, and WE should cop..
der ourselves as cheats and empires, aI
not the lovers and physicians of the sta,
| If We concealed any part of the s-n,in,,.,
which we honestly entertain, aud shall /
! ways plainly express conceralng the ruyl
! veal.
With regard to the Rambeuil!ct deem
and the endurancs nf our administra,ioni
is impossible to affect any disguise, ri
world IS 100 we'll apprised ostbe' histoy 3
this transaction and viii pa, the tra. g.,
struc,ion upon the conduct If oue .xscrir
whatever reserve we may CHOOSE To .F.c
The emperor of France under mere O.,
text, amounting however TO 40 more ,ns
thls--,hat we had exercised a priyicse
territorial soyerrigntv--issusd q deere,
bearing date the 18Th March, 1919
which the following is the chief ar,ci, =
d" All vessels sailing under the fac of ii
United States, rs owned entirely or il pn
by any American citizt II, which ,.s;a,r I:
2OM MAY, 1909, have entered or who
shall hereafter enter any OF the ports Of on
empire, ct our colonies, or Of the coun.ris
occupied by our armies, shall BE- .riz
and the proceeds OF them when sold drpo
slted in the ca'sse d'amortissemrat or sink
ing fund" This er past Mcte law OF coz
hscatlon was carried Into rtf-c, rs Dronpi
ly as possible, and is now in courss Q
execution. IF this decree were submitted
to Jurist OF the old school, he would no,
we think, hesitate momen, to call i .,
absolute declaration of war. II states
man OF the same. school were Informed
that government styling itself ialt
pendent, had tamrly endured An act 0
such heinons injustice and treacherr, q
this visitation upon the properly Of ou
merchants, he would suppose either ths
national honor was now wholly .xpIcded
or that strange revolution had oce arrst
in the meaning of .rms. What would b
IT'S sufPrlze moreover, if he were sg,'
told that the same government. sill al
vanc'ng pretsnsions to dieniry and in4s
pendence, had, within few months sfst
consentsc 70 open a mangled. oppressed
harrassed, precsrious trade with the pows
from whom it had sustained this ou,rag
w''hou. previously obtaining PREPARATION io
the insult, or tull restitution Of the proper
~ con6scated. He would then, We .hiut
begin to imagine that singular Change had