Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-02-07
Extracts from the american Re'ie'U'
[CONCLuDED.I

The construction which we p,t upon TINS
letter of the Duke OF Galore caanot or c""'
sidered as the misrepresentation OF parry
suirit. since it is sanctioned by the au.hori-
" of he government and of General Arm
strong. On It's ffst appear ance, oar ad-
minislration seem to have been utterly con.
found 4 at SO ungrnteful a return tor al,
their " triendIy dispositions" and affected
to doubt of its aulhs nticity. When It was
officially announced to hem, they ether
fr,, or found themselves compelled to te'en
the sharpest ssentment. The National In
I, ,lipencer no longer hesitated about the
manner in which it was to be desc ed.
Il was then said, that " the principl CT
this paper were such as We could never a.
dep, without disgrace, and the terms OF it
an outrage on dignity and decorum thar
the manner in which it was issued INDICATED
the determination Of the French govern.
men, to adhere to its doctrines that the
sine qua non of France respecting our rights
was war with England" &c. Such were
tn sentiments OF the government.
The und rstandns of General Arm.
strong on this subject, precludes all argu'
men,ation with regard to its m,rl's. His
reply written in styl-, and with spirit
which do him honor, is IN irresistible proof
OF the accuracy OF our opinions concerning
the feelings Ivy which the French ruler |.
animat1d in our regard. |; is alone sufi-
clint 70 Stake the faith of the mos, crcdu-
ious OF the b,ievers in French smi,y, and
should be read whenever the late arnatory
epis,e OF bonopar,e Is Perused, as the k,y
20 its true M anIng, and taken AS glossary,
as the rule OF construction, for all the pre-
sent or future proceedings of the imperial
cabinet IN our regard. General Armstrong
understands that the people of this county
are there said to be destitute OF policy,
OF honor, and Of energy Ga most ovrr-
wh~lmlng barge indeed, and sentimen,
very suspicious to our future relations with
France y = that We are accused OF an ab.
ect Submission to one power, ard are there.
fore Gt subjects az any time for the lawless
deprr of the other that although
sne hundred q our vesssls seized bv force
and without intimatlon OF their danger,
were in the possession OF France, sill We
were supposed to have no just eround of
complaint General Armstrong PLAINLY in.
sinuates that the emperor had asserted pal.
pable iais, moods, and vamped up misera
bic p,etrxts in order to disguise rls rapaci.
sy /; and thar his rul were iourd for ,hr
occasion, and made "to Justify seizures not
otherwise ius'habl,," &c.
"The next paragr:p h of the letter is of
curious import, and inculcates lessons Of
prudence from which no small ben, ct
might be derived, it we were govern, d by
men who moved under the direction of =.
sou and experience, and not under the dis
cipline of their preJudlces and their fears.
The very circumstance which was attached
TO the non intercourse act, with a view, as
il has been said, to accommodate his i'm.
perial majesty, IS here stigmatised as the
object Of his particular Reproduction; We
mean the exception Ct Spain, Naples and
Holland, from the operation of that act. IL
the whole history Of our administration, there
is Dc hays no trait more disgusting or era,
ding than this affair, ia which, with matches
eGrontrry. and in opposi,ioR to the evid nee
of tn, ir very s.uses, they shrc, to consider
those countries as sovereign and independent.
This declaration was received here and in
England particularly, where we witnessed
its effects upon .h- parry mos. friendly to
.his nation, with lively feelings Of contempt
aud indignation. II met with a reward
that the spi,it from which il sprung so well
deserved, and rarely fails to receive. The
British minister flung i, from him with dis
dain, and reproachrd oar rulers with the
dlsiugenuousness OF the proceeding. b.
naparts now visits this sin upon them still
more severely. He ostentatious!y and pur-
nosely falsife. their declaration by affirm
ing those counties to br under French in
ilusnce He Implies mos, nequivocalIy
that the fact was known to them. at the time
when they promulgated law, provoked as
,hry declared, IN some degree, by the out.
RACES OF France, but from the iusonveni.
.nces of which they Yet thought proper to
exempt those countries. He ufers this cir
cumstance, together with the conhsca.ion
with which We threatened French vessels
that should enter our ports, as lis ius,i6.