Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-03-22

~ i seems has removed to Mr.. RS dis
uict.
The Intelligencer of yesterday informs us,
.ss ,lace of Ambassador to Russia, has,
s,,eJ 70 Robert Smith, our illustrious Secre-
We know not whether the Intention OF
.s;s MAS 70 get rid of this able statesman; but
.. have for some time heard various wills
AVG Of schism in our cabinet. Be the fact
81 NAV, we sincerely hope the offer Will be
,cc,p,ed. We are not very sangune In our
,,os,ects OF his successor, so Far at least as
:,o,r;,v is concerned; but we have had c.
,ouph of ltr. Adams, whose conduct OF late
r,ors has sufficiently manifested, that when a
nan deserts the standard of truth, he general
J., b,caues her most bitter enemy.
Administration do not seem very well pleas
sdwith some of their own people. Speaking
ofthe late majority in Congress, the lntelil-
ecncer savs, 81 they are honest, let US stun
esteem them; and # they are ignorant, let US
enlirhten them This latter proposal Is mo-
dest enou,-,l Il seems to be admitted, then,
that they are either destitute Of understanding,
or Of integrity: a curious dilemma! To have
sueh choice presented them by their own
party, must be Notifying in the extreme.
Nsgp MN intercourse. We have now the
law, and al! its fragments before us. To un-
derstand it more readily, wemust takeitup tail
foremost, and begin with the last section of the
act ofMay LIST; go next to the presidents pro-
clamation of Nov. Cd then turn back more
than tweIvemonth, and take the act of May
/, 1909; which brings US regularly to the
new law just fresh from congress, Let US
then review, but in very succinct manner,
these several acts, for the benefit of those
whose leisure will not permit it.
The act of My is of no consequence, ex-
cepting the last section which is in the follow
Ing words.
ind be it farther enacted, That in case
either Great Britain or France shall, before
the third day of March next, SO revoke or mo-
dify her edicts, as that they shaI cease TO rio
late the neural commerce Of me Cnited States
which FACT the president of the United States
snail declare by proclamation, and if the othcr
Eaton shall not within three months thereaf
ter 50 revoke or modify her edicts in like
manner, then the third, fourth, fifth, sixth Sc
yenth, eighth, ninth5 tenth, and eighteenth Sec
tons Of the "~ct to iliterdlct the commercial
Intercourse between the United States and G.
Britain and France al4dtheir dependencies, and
Tor other purposes" shall, from and after the
expiration OF three mouths from the date OF
the proclamation aforesaid, be revived and
nave FIJI .orcc and effect, so far as relates .
tue doilinions, colonies and dependencies, &
to the articles, the growth produce OF manu.
sscture Of the do,nu,ions, colonies and Deepen
denciesof the nation thus refusing orneglecting
to revoke OF modify her ediets in the manner a.
toresaid And the RESTRICT ons imposed by this
act Shall, from the date OF such proclamation
cease aid De discontinued, IN relation to the
Ration reyor.iag or modifying her DEGREES in
Inc hlai.ucr aforesaid"
This is the interesting section Oh which
hangs 'he presidents proclamation, and from
THIS section alone ne derived all his authority
tc issue it, Did it vest him with that authori-
y! This isa question Which has been so OF
tel discussed i'll the federal prints, and so oi-
Ten determined in the negative, that it appears
al least superRuous now to agitate it; nor
would We, perhaps, were it net to place 1t in
Il least different, not to say more striking
ASh', than We have yet seen it placed in.
10 apply the section to the fact Observe,
'ls WoIds are MT that Sin case France shall
revoke Ter Berlin and Milan decrees," but in
case she shall SO revoke or modify her edicts,.