Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-08-22
ALEXANDRIA.
SATURDAY MORNING, Augn,t ,,
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To the President of the United Ststes,,h.
sentiments hereinafter expressed are resne,,
fully offered for bis consideration, BY ctz.,
who wishes ONLY to promote the public COED
II is an object OF general solicitude and q
daily enquiry, whether the President willis
sue his proclamation Of the fact, that the Brj.
fish edicts have been revoked, which FIRST Or.
cusioned the intercourse law, and nextm
declaration Of war. The evidence Of the re.
vocation is the act Of state by the Prince Re.
gent, bearing date Esd June, 1872, at London,
Eve days after the declaration Of war at Wash.
ington, the terms Of which act of state arc
comprehensive, explicit, and well calculated
10 mitigate the rigours Of the British edicu
subsequent to It's date.
The revocation hold to be complete, and
if it had been made ard communicated to
Congress before their declaration of war, its
uffects would have been certain in postponMg
that calamity.
Wnat is the duty of the President in re.
spect to pTocIainfing the fact OF this revOca
lion, becomes question of the greatest mag.
ntude, because ii. concerns the restoration Of
peace.
The shipments which have taken place in
Britain of goods belonging to American citl'
zens, upon the faith of the revocation, are in
nense, and their safety depends on a pFoca'
nation; for this is the only evidence which
by law can save them from forfeiture after their
arrival in our ports. Congress, in the iune''
Of their confidence in the President vested
him alone with the power of proving that iact
All the testimony of living witnesses and OF
authenticated documents, cannot avail to prove
the fact, unless it also be proved by prO'a'
nation ofthe President.
Though the proclamation is indisPensa"S
to the security of these shipments, and there
fore very Interesting to our citizens 1t Is u
more importance to America in regara Va
speedy and honorable termination Of the wall
The act Of revocation, on the part OF 0Ee"''
Britain, of those edcts which PRODUCED '''
war, has opened door to Cancellation; ''o y
having preceded their knowledge OF our ~
claration Of war, there can be 10 lnPH's"0"
to their government that il was produced y
fear Of the consequences of var, bot II 0u6''
to be imputed to disposition on their P'''
to be on friendly terms with the United o''''"
If the proclamation issues, the door to P''''
will be kept open, because the British euS''
forming the principal cause of the war VI" y
thereby removed. Upon the procial''.'
being issued, depend the British edlets aS'.
neotraIs, and our non-ntercourse law ago."
Great Britain. BY the proclamation o0'D -.
be extinguished, and without the pFoeiai'a'
both will subsst. In so early stage
war, Before lis calami,ies have been l'i'
to be desired that the door 10 p'~f
oe kept open. This first step on tiie
Great Britain having been taken towa'o' l.,
citation, the next step ought to be 'a"'' 80
he United States, and ought to LEAD 70 GO,
This step may be the proclamation OF NV
# the revocation of the British etlictS' l..
The immediate consequence WIZ fail
cessation of the non-intercourse Ia" anu ii,
is heavy penalties. The war VIII ~, d~
,ue, and every citizen will be 60u00 = =,
mean and condue, himself in ali respects .