Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-09-15
AGRICOLA-No. ":

who voted In congress against TINS uisasl o',
ar3 III ;udoed war; shall takesup the secopu
snb;acI of conplaint-aaher blockades-and
"a .nnsc;ollv the one Of the 9th OF May, 1906
,.h;cb has been made cause Of 7sar, oue ho'
!. 6 rnt;l after the American government was
annrised Of the ground, which 1t was tue sO',,
Il ~ Eroocc should be taken upon the suoJeet
IN nroof of this position, which is one OIL
ereat weight in satisfying US for whose oehs''
end ~ oaszyer qshoSe purposes this warhas Deeh
,,ndertakeo they state, that this blockade was
.osear from being considered by our ad,ninls-
trat;on. when 1t passed, as cause oil ohehce'
that shartiy after it did pass, Mr. Monroe, our
then minister at the court OF Great britaln' III
his letler Of the goth of May, 1906, writes TO
Mr.. Madison, q that he had been strengthen
ed in the opinion, that the order OF lhe lo'h
Z of May was drawn with a view to the queslioii
of our trade with enemies colonies, ana thae
il promises to Be highly satisfactory 20 or
s commercial interests -aaa as late as Octoo0''
1910, toe same gentleman, writing as secro-
tarv of state. to the British minister, speaking
of the same order of blockade, says II
strictly was little more than blockaue IRON,
Seine TO Ostend." "The object was TO aBora
to the Ulated States an Accommodations resllecf-
ia~the colonial tra1e" 1t appears then, say
they. - that this order was In fo'at o. J@eT
made 10 faJor orr trade, and was SO uhdef-
stood and admitted by our government at lnat
time and since: of this we have the most de-
cisiye proof in offers made under Jefferson
administration for the discontlnuance OF the
embarso. as 1t related to Great Britain, none
of which required the repeal OF the blockade
Of Nav. 1906, and also in the arrangement
made during the administration or Mr. Maai.
son with Mr.. F., skine. The "non-ntercourse
act of March, 1909, and the act " concerning
commercial Intercourse of May, $40, vest
the president zoith the same fosoer, ana IN tHe
same terms. In consequence OF the power
vested by the first act, the arrangement "i'n
Erskine was made, and the revocation OF the
orders Ia council was considered as Iuii So'il'
pliance with the law. The blockade OF May
1906, was not included, AID 1t does not appear
that it was deemed of sufficient lmPortahce 20
Z engage even a thought Uader the act OF 1917,
which pests the same foT0er, revocation Va
this blockade is made a fre-requ'SHe anu
now after the British raipister has directly a.
vowed, as he did in his lie ter to Mr. Monroe
of the 26th of july, 1871, thai IN 0t0en"ae
of 1906 zvW nor continue after the re1e"' y sac
orders Of council uates$ ms nhJeSfyS 500e1N-
plent shall think fit to sustain 4, oy ne %lfcm'
athicatien Of sufficient naUal J0rce' ana 'Ae
fact of its being so continued or nos 7VHs oe Ao
titfed at the time" The existence or thls
blockade is made specific cause oil war, not
withstanding our government admits OiocN-
ade TO be legal, where an adequate lorce Is
applied; and the fate of this cause OF contest
is in fact thus identified with the last From
the preceding statement 1t is spparenl' that
whatever there is Objectionable IN the Plincl'
pie of the order of May, sos, or IN the prac-
tice under ii, 81 ground merely Ame'7can' It
cannot be set up as sufficient cause OF war ];
for u.nta France pointed il ont, as cause OF
controversy, it was so far from being regarded
as source Of an, new or grievoas complaints
that il was actually considered, BY our govern
ment, in favorable light
From the above statement OF facts, you are
left fully competent to Judge, my fellow cll-
z4ns, of the force of this cause OF war ROW
eantious ought those TO be, who are entrusted
with the care of making a people happy or
miserable; so TO manage their passions & then
nYeiudlces, as not to let them run ct at once,
syiti, truth and reason Fortunately Tor you,
yotf have it in your power to survey me 70hote
srouaa. The pretended cloak of greater Intor-
NATION, or the assumed superiority OF wisdom
andpasriotsm, will neither cover deception, or
excuse violence. Whatever force, however, ad
mlni>tration might have placed upon this
French ground it hus now vanished upon the
repeal Of the orders in council. Identified as
it has been by the declarations OF Great Bel
tain, with the orders in council It has died with
them So far then as cGuae Of goa'-, IL hes
ceased 70 eTist. The cause ceasing, the effect
ceases with il. 1.-THE war has been undertaken
Tor this object as one cause, SO far this cause
heinz re,aoved, i ceases IN its continuance to
he i0slifable, and its continuance is Of course
unjust. BIZ you find II, my caunerymen, SO
nromisine in ITS support of vlrtuous manners,
;nanstrious habits, social enjoyment, present
Scare coD1fart rs "a WI Sh itS r ,,,,t ;r