Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-12-03

ReEzrons- r1-ic thc following REPORT,
vh;ch vas referred ID committee o Tie
Ehose:
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r.rr efks- Pres9i-zF's l.ftstzgr. E-ksc8 re-
1zses Il sz- Fsre+g= FIR, tsg Ls-Tst'
REPORT IN PART
TIT tbey have eDdezrored u giTe IN the
s,Siec1 su51Ii--sd = them, III t--sl Ii olz-
r,sssscas,e couxsGEr.1soa With x due ID o0e
s. Intimately cc-z-c--1. 7F.:1 tse i2-s-ess, the
p-zc-, t5- s-fr1s KID t2se hoso- q tiaei. oOun-
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/ Your committee vii n. cucumber your
journals z-.d szs-c you- psti=nce with de-
tailed history q ii t;1e .z-5ogs II1z-csrs grow
iax or oEOcr fg-es- reI2-ions. i ne oold recl-zl
OF wrcags- of Injuries s-ld zgsress3oas kaozn
I'D feb y eTeTT member d his Cnloa,
could have 20 other effect than . 6eadsn the
Iz,zozA sensibi.zty md render the public
mind cziIeus ID INJURIES EI-a which L L alrcz-
d. TO E-nil,z--
Witbogt recurring ths1 % the multiplied
SrcEgs OF pzrtszl O temporary operation. q
which ue LzYe 50 inst Cause e complaint =
gzs1is- TIE tzo gfez- b@lEyeEen.s, your CON-
rai..ee vii cnIy ell your attention, - this
tine. 70 the srs-eGnst;c aggression OF those
powers. aEthosi std y their ed;ccs zegzilst Ecu
III comRerce-c s-s.ern, which - regarded
rs principles, vas iouale3 On pFetensiOHs
thzt Ee!.t % :he .u5Te-s:c2 Of chr national IN
dependence; ard which. although BoS s5zB-
dored b. ozse POKER, IS u rs broad and de-
s,ructiyc oper--ion ss sill enforced 5y the @
iber, szPP;ng the fou1.dzEoa Of our PToSPe-
ri:y.
II Is more than Eve yez-s since England <
FE-nce, in violation Of those principles Of JUS
tee and public lzw. he!d sacred 81 III ciTL-
izsd u-.;0rs, commenced this unprecedented
system, b. Selling the property OF the cl:l-
gers OF the L. 5. Peaoeaily pursuing their
lawful commerce on ,l-e high seas To shield
themselves from the clliun which such cEt-
rage must incur, ezch Of the bei!:geTclts
sought pretext IN tie conduct Of the other
each attempting 10 ics1ily KS system OF "a
pine as a retaliation fOr similar acts On TIE
part Of MS enemy. As II the law OF nations.
founded on the eternal rules Of justice, could
sanctipn principle, which If engrzfted into
our municipal code would excuse the crime Of
saae rubber, upon the sole plea that the unfor-
tunsrc object Of his r2paclrT. was also VIC
tim To the injustice Of another. The fact Of
rr;Ority could be true as 10 one only OF the
parties; and whether true Or false, could fur
nish 10 ground Of justification.
Tac United States thus unexpectedly and
Violently assaiIed by tie two greatest powers
in Eu-ope, withdrew their citizens and pro-
pery from the ocean ard cher:shing the
blessing of,peace, although the occasion would
have fully justified VIZ, sought redress In an
appeal 70 the justice and magnaIhrnity OF the
beliigereuts. When this appeal had taiied OF
,,a eneness which was due 70 It's s1oderAnon,
.,.er measures. founded OF the same PACING
lie. h,,t apriging II The interests, INSTEAD
II The ipstice Of the beIligercnts, were resort
81 tn Such wss tie character Of the r1cn-ln-
,ercou-se and ro,l-importaiion laws, which H.
x;ted the return ofboth powers to their former
STATE Of arnicabie relations, " Offering com
merciI advantages TO the one who should nrs'
revoke his hostile edicts, ara imposing re-
-strictioas % The ether
FYance, AZ length, a.ai.i2S herself o. TIE
r,-osers made equally 70 her and her enemy
Ky the noa-iInportaiion Law OF May, 1910, an
-ssupced he repeal On the first Of The follow
no November, Of the DEGREES OF Beriin ana
S-eF;ian. And i affords subject OF sincere
e-.,,ra;ulstion, to be informed, through the
ofF:c:aI organs of the government, that those
f,1lereas are. 50 "a Al least, as our rights are
concerned. really and practically at an end
=, xas cof,ideatly expected that this act on
II mr., IF France. would have been InTnedi-
a,ely foIloN cd by revocation On the part OF
r B-itaia Of her orders in council. II our
reliance ON her justice had been impaired BY
the wrongs she had inaicted yet when she
) hs,; ti;a,hted her faith to the world that the
-. y,c,;ve other aggression On neutral COM
SO was tobe found IN the Berlin and Milan
Jscrees. we looked forward to the extinction
g ,hose DEGREES, as the period when the tree
dom ofthe seas would be again restored
n = this reasonable expectation We have,
however, been disappointed; A year mas e
lzDsed, since the French ces W., e ~
sr:ndee.. and vet Great-Brilain, instead OF re-
80 err tns.u that course CT unlustifisbie
s,s,es On n. neutral rights, in which she profess
ed to be oaly the reluctant follower OF France