Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1812-10-05

uronouneed BY our secretary OF ssa'I
highly beneficial to the commerc'ai
interest, of this country, if these
acts of hostility are balanced by the
theoretical injuries Of Great Britain l'.'
as our minister IN France e3presS's
termed them, what may we ASH h'''
been subsequently doEe by thai ma
ton, to eounierbaIance the aes,ee
of Milan, Bayonnc and Ramboniiiel
That lcsaIized system of burainS y;
plunder and rapine, by which 'l'e
property Of car merchants has oeen
dscoye.iinto toe ports Of France Tor
the purpose 81 eontisca;ion the
flames Of cur vessels have been Mate
to light the midnight path OF the sea
robber; our sailors turned aof'i''" At
the mercy of a rude ocean or cast
upon the precarious and s''nted sha,
rity of their plunderers, in ciiieS ana
villages already swarnilng "i'h 'he
observation-disclosures of misery and want
What have We from England 10 couh-
terbalance those taunts and ratings,
which called in question our national
independence. degraded our iegisla'
lures to the rank 1.-THE coioniai par
lament Of Jamaica, reproacheu Us
with a want Of energy aE'' pohcy'
and disdainfuIIy and insuitinsiy !h,i-
mated that unless we pursued tue
course pointed out to us by the ae'
pct and seourge of Europe we might
have to fight for interest after hay
ing refused to fight for hoEor! F
our non,in,ercoarse law pro'ek'
from England, an order Of cou..,i il
like the decree of Rambouillet! DAD
she, in this instance. initiate the pc
LEY Of Tie government, or copy. III
others. the language otthe minister
Of France /? Has there been no dii-
ference in the manner in Which these
beiiigerents have sought to justify.
Or 20 excuse their infractionS Uf cur
rights ?-Between the laboured ar
guregts oithe minister Of England.
and the coEt" mrtuous silence OF that
of France. 4 silence which Mr..
Barlow assures US, has act even
youchsafed d verbal answer to his
hnmi!iat;ng intercessions for an eA-
PLANTATION O. the continued burninss
Of orr vessels on the high seas.
" that most distressing Of all the
modes by which beIlige"en:s eXer-
else power contrary to right"
Tie orders 81 council, ofNoyem-
her 1907, never ..ustiiia5!e have been
relaxed, from time to time by su6se-
Gueut notifications. while the con-
duct OF France, diversified, by her
various DEGREES and her contradicto-
r. constructions OF them, proceeded
from great, to aggravated outrages
and insults.
On the other hand, how have these
injurious acts, and this contumelious
language been regarded by Our admi-
nistration9 Did it meet Eie insults
Of the Duke Of Cadore, offered near
the court OF his master, with the
same jealous sensibiIity which it C.
yinced. under the doubtful and the
disclaimed insinuaGon of Mr.. jack
son, at that Of Washington Was
Mr.. Serrurier, on his arrival from
France. after the pretended repeal
Of the Berlin and Milan DEGREES be-
gan 10 De every where questioned,
and the prosperity Of this nation
hung upon the doubtful inquiry. pur-
sued With the same jealous in'erro-
gatories, with the same ingenious
and unccasing efforts to vary the true
question of controversy between the
two governments, to the injury of
France, which marked that able cor
rcsponlence,~itii Mr.. Foster. which
preceded the present war with Eng
land: Was the system Of non-im-
portations. en,barsoes and non-inter-
course. SO long. and so pertinaeious-
~ pursued. system of arcwed neu-
traiity but Of actual hostility. equal
in its operation On the t1s beiiige.
rerts, who were said, in justification
Of it, 10 have alike injured us, ard
to guard against whose continued az
g'essions II was professcd to be alike
intended
We will not appeal TO the language
OF the administration as authority
for what il has fcl, at iifferen; times
upon these subjects. 1t would have
been happy fop our country, if We
could better rely on its Judgment
That Judgment once soIemnIy deter
mined Eot 10 revive the provisions of
the ncn- intercourse law against G.
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