Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-09-09
ADDRESS

sed9 Spain, of whose injuries we hts' ~
,ls;ned. Is no longer the subject OF our fesei''-
,uent Her nangled body pierced oy .ne iahss
e ~. roo,ster who deyours her, now niecas at
$50, nore & excites our deepest commissera.
,;nn Fnoland has rcscmded her orders OF
Tonnc;l. a5 the very instant IN which We nave
$500 ,yar AGAINST her. While the olive
branch of peace was preparing II, hphu'i'' ou'
administration was indastriousiy ioisihs a.
Washington, the thunder bolts OF war. II
waited only the decision oil Napoleon 20 hufi
them atbis foe. Amidst this busy !" note OF
ereta, a ion'' what was the language at WASH
(. inrfon "a. Wait the return OF tue Hornet from
FrSncen If Mr. Barlow does not SEND us
satisfactory adjustment OF our differences, II
aav uncertainty even, shall remain IN our re-
latons 70 that country after the arrival OF the
Borner. our. war shall be against both nations.
AIEee IN their wrongs, they shall alike feel
,hs weiobt Of our resentment. Well! fellow
Z ri,i,1ns' months elapse and the Hornet re-
,nrns. moi only without a treaty, but without
anv reasonable hope of one. But the Wasp
is promised. And, 10, without waiting her
arrival. as if our prepared thunderbolts might
cool. they are discharged at England alone.
Still. 1t is said, and repeated, Should the
Wasp. which is expected IN fortnight, not
assure as of Immediate Justice, France shall
suffer for it, We are at war, you perceive
with ENGLAND. and the administration waits
the arrival of the Wasp, to determine on war
with France. A fortnight, you may say, was
NOT TOO great a DELAY 10 keep oil double war.
Before the arrival of the wasp, however, con-
greSs adjourns, to meet seUerdf nioHtHS HeHce'
The Wasp retu:ns.-But the Wasp IKE the
Hornet, brings no treaty, and our peace WIN
France nevertheless, continues Iothls SICK
eninp review, what else have we 10 aoa
There arrives, fresh from the cabinet or Ma
poleon, through the hands OF Mr., Barlow an
imperial edict, purporung to nave eeen aaeea
more than twelve month before Its Puoica-
ton, telling US that the Berlin and Milan ae-
cfees were then rescinded. When! Oh the
stb of August 1910, the date OF the memora-
HE letter of the duke of Galore. No! On
the FIRST Of November 1910, as MIR. Madlson's
nrocla,nation assured su Ne ? fellow citizens,
but on the 2Sth of April 1911, after we had
purchased and paid for their repeal, by sus-
pending, at the loss of 90 per cent OF the va
luc of our exports, our whole lmPor'a'ions
from England, and taken the hrst step TO-
wards the present war.
6 There shall be no neutrals,' SAID the en-
peror OF France, long ago. Ills minister
told ours, "war exists, then, IN tact, between
Fnela2d. and the y. States, and his majesty
conSidefsit as declared" We were, through
the same organ, reminded 's.that unless we
so REGARDED ii, we would be people, without
nolicy, and without energy, who might, at
least be induced 10 fight for interest, after ha-
wing tefused To & ght for honor There are
fellow citizens, no longer any "neutrals.
We are at war, and with g England" But it
vet remains to be proved, that ii is war either
& forFinterest,'' or " honor" The honor OF
MIR. Madi:on, and we think the non-inter-
cour.e Lasv. under which he protested to act,
once forbade him 10 revive its provisions a.
eaiult England, until France, besides repeal
;ng her. Berlin and Milan DEGREES, should have
resbrea to our merchants the property nl-
oulo0sly seized under that of Ramboulllet.
F0 proof OF ihis fellow citizens, consult the
letters written at his instance, by the secreta-
ry of b;ate 70 general Armstrong; our MINIS
:. ter at Paris, in the summer & autumn OF 1910.
But, Notwithstanding this Jointdetermlnatlon
of duty and honor, be issued his proclamation,
declaring what was untrue with regard to the
other decfees, as France now explicitly tells
us, and not only without an actual rcsfHntion
Of that property, but without Promise OF
restitution. In the. very teeth OF his own IN
junction on gen. Armstrong, he not only lssu-
ed AN illegal proclamation, but after waiting
in vain, fos either The oue, or the other, he has
recommended war with G. Britain alone. Is
this, then, we ask, fellow citizens, nay we I'm.
plore your attention to cur anxious inquiry,
is this war for honor? Does honor bid us
unite our arms with those of the despot of
Europe. against the liberty, independence, &
happiness of all mankind. What will the
Spanish Isles of our Archipelago what will
the continent of America; what will the peo-
pie Of the New World, who naturally look up
to Us, for the model of their rising institutions,
think ofa,war, in which they behold US, con-
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