Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1811-08-03

net 10 psase. al thss tine, any SURF aai-
msdrers;ons. Ieaaso', however. forbear
TO infyraa ron. that aigi, Indignation is
felt iv ti.e President. "a vel as by i7e
public. al tbs aet of violence ca or pro-
perfy. ard a. the outrass. both n the Ian
saaee a,d fire matter % the lrtter OF ise
Duke de Galore. 50 Justly PaiFtTate9 n
,ouy ue:e 10 him Of tie .o.ii Of March
Til. paragraph I call es'n&i7e. because
BY posipenins the s:roag and digaiaed re-
r1oassraaee and demand Of rep&rati0n
al,i.', tire insult AID injury required 10
BE ia~t nflv made. il vas evIdent'y IA
teadrd By t,.is course .asIly TO omit dong
either. And why. .eeiag hir. HAti,dn
was not is4.asi',;r 10 the insult and inj
r.. .Yoa!a B, ~. cf for a mo.oli, and
fi7aily OMIT las fro-i Mr. Smith 5 state
uIe1t w are c.rt:ipfised to conclude ~
Ea+ ornitted) 10 yibdirate tie honor CT
government (, ,be rights Of our plan
.ier-,i e;tizpns2 To what can such isno-
miniou. sa',servien-y TO France, such un'
s1eagafle IIascacss md serfhi'y be asnrlj-
cd To what. hut a p..sitlgnimity which
utterly d;sgnAiiies bin for tie high sta
ton lie occupies. or treacterg which de-
manas his im3eachmcnt and icn!oya! =
Who, th>f is not alike base or treaeh-
crous. or both, can approve this conduct
anil support and praise such man =
VINO, not alike contemplate, can with.
hold his cOnie,api'
The character of the seizure or Anne
risan pro lerty abD7e referred 30, demanis
a special considerations. The rolheries
and piracies committed by the orders of
the Frenc.i emperor, anl the Instances o
his wanton destruction o. or vessels a
their carg,es by brr,;ng 4 si4aing them
on the high seas. (an outrage which the
gentle Mr.. Madison calls - the most dis
tres3iag OF all the modes by which the
belli.rrenfs exert force contrary to ri .h'
have been 50 numerous and for Sd lon,
tine familiar 10 IL. they have ceased 10
excite surprize, ali almost TO rouse re-
sentiment.
On The fst Of March, 1899. when the
Jrifrrsonian Napoleon emharso-(thc de-
light OF the French emperor--the object
IF scorn and conienpt to Eneland--and
to oursRires only terrible and ruinous =
hal been II months in operation; Our
,llrrs convinced OF lis inc 4 acy i, re-
ard TO Great britain: ard dreadiug The
consequences Of popular di,sonieHts which
had r,9idly eacreased yet too proud to
acknowledge the folly of th. measure
sought retreat in The .TonteyrGurse lar
IA law which forbade all commercial in.
'e"conrse with Great Britain and IRELAND
their colonies or Dependencies. and viii.
France anil her colonies or dependencies,
,r with any place in possession Of either:
willie il Opened the doors Of commerce 80
all The world beside. And to render this
prohibition complete. il was enacted. tia,
all vcss Is ling un'ier the flag Of Great
Britain ~ France. with after the 20t!,
Of Nav. 1909, Should entcr the ports OF
the T.. States. should be seized anil con
demncd. But il WAS known TO orr ~
Icrs. while they aftrtrh. in the terms OF
the law. still absolutely TO restrain our
commerce with those two powers. that
they would receive indirectly all the Sun
plies thew coalh desire from The United
States. and that bv the usna, management
in trade zoe should receive from them snch
Of theirproducts II manufactures AS should
be very necessary for us. In cords this
measure wore the appearance ofeqn,'ity
and inpartiality towards the two belligr-
reais; hut ike every other measure OF
the kind. it was rual and impartial only
in appearance. France had no merchant
vessels to enter Our ports Great Britain
had many; and il was against Great Bri-
tain exclusively that this prohibition was
calculated 10 bear. Further. tho !" de
Tendencies" Of Great Britain were hcrco-
lolirs and conqncsts. over which She ex.
ercisrd direct and positive dominion.--
France possessed some similar " deoend.
caei:s." Bat she had also other depend.
encies. oegreater extent and Importance
countries and states which she had con.
guered, or by fraud and violence had seiz.
ca, whose immediate rulers were kings
al In, H.. L,.o,,,.b o,>,,>an,,, 10