Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-05-05

TUESDAY, MORNING, Nay $.
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rus VERY AGE AND BoDY OF THE TIME
.,s FORM AND PRESSURE.

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we are led to believe, that war is imme-
1.,sv to commence with Britain but by
.A,r movements again, being SO directly on
,.,ts to war calculation Gin case there be
~ calculation at all in their plans, which IS
nnbtfvN we cannot believe they intend it.
poveyer, as war is an unexplored labyrinth
! most Of them, they must be INDUCED in
Gilsaw kwardness in getting into it, We are
,lmopished to be subject TO the higher pow
r., we shall therefore say nothing of their
,.esalto let the merchants collect their funds
fnrn the very country we are going to SET 10
Win, by which collection clear revenue OF
..saty millions would flow into the treasury,
ne merchants be the better able TO bear, as
they must do, heavy quota of the war con-
tnbuton, and the miserable, degrading shit
Be- superseded, Of borrowing of the citizens !!
Now seeing these symptoms IN government,
Of what would be called in GnindiOidsfal dozvn-
rgit iasanitb we can form no conjeciures ::
The president may, any moment, send mes
SAGE, Recommending declaration of war;
without condescending to give one reason, as
in the case of the embargo message, and no
loubt it would go through as soon: All we.
poor soy---(not sOvereign-wc beg pardon)
all we poor teonle can do is to examine our
tauses for sear, and if we find them sufficient
and impartial, let US meet the ing with unani-
nifty, and with all our might, determined to.
Perseyere in the usages of war, to do our eAe-
myall the harm we can, until such grievances
shall have been redressed.-Causes of cOm-
.plaint--Imtreased Seamen-C hesaheake--Or-
dsrsm ceuneil-Chesapeake, we believe, how
ever is settled but as the din still continues
among some, We had forgot deduct Chesa-
Peake then, and-Iaallres&ed SeOmen y Orders
IN Council Pemain.
We viii here premise that we have never
been, nor are we now, apologists for our own
government, the British, nor any other, farther
than they meet our conceptions of eternal JUS
tce:-against all delinquents on this scale,
We shall continue to declaiR, as long as the
freedom of the pressis guaranteed to publish
facts.
Relative to IMPRESSED Seamen.-The least
an injured party can do, is to harsicularize the
injury, and call for redress. Had all instru-
nent been forwarded to the British govern
ment, containing the name Of every seaman
that has been addressed, qohere born, zvhere
'aaed from, sthat British Uessel IMPRESSED into.
nth necessary e6fdapits attached, and their
restoration demGndcd in TEMPERATE but DEFER
mined rome, every man would most undoubt-
edly be forthwith restored. We think but few
doubts are entertained of this: We have it
moreover, from authority which we cannot
question, that Mr.. Foster has declared to our
Executive, thatif the Secretary of state will
make outa list of them, and youch Tor their
slzenship, they shall Be imaaedliately giOen ut!
Believing most solemnly as we do, that such
communication has been made by the British
Minister, and would at this time be gladly ra-
luaed by his government, we must be permit
"a to say, this item is no Just cause for war;
lhere re,,,oioc tb o,, tba
Orders III Counea.-This may be a just
'qse of war, but not against England alone,
contemplated, because France has similar
Ucreesin full force against US: This qOe kn07O,
@O having only Mr., Madison's sag 50 to COM
~ we think we can easily over-rule him,
'a'ua'ly, ifnot officially,as our ordinary means
! information relative to this item, are supe-