Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1812-10-01

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Persons having business in the admi-
rally Court of the District of Columbia,
will recollect the Court commences its
half yearly session on Tuesday next.
The Orders tit ConncR-were said to
be the great bone of contention between
Great Britain * the United States; and
we have been repeatedly told that so soon
as they should be revoked, an amicabIe
adjustment of the points in controversy
between the two nations would be made.
The principles upon which G Britain
exercises the rights of Impressm.nt,,
Blockade, &c. were admitted to be of mi
nor Importance, and to form no serious
obstacle to an accommodation, provided
TIL, Stumbling Block was once fairly out
! of our way. These obnoxious orders
| have been revoked, ard that revocation
officially communicated to our govern
ment. How is it then, that instead Of
the expected adjustment, We nre making
preparations for prosecuting the war
with "new vigor!" Why, say the
friends to war, both on this and the other
side of the water--the reason is obvious
the situation of the two countries is
changed-We are at svar now with C.
Britain, and il we make peace it must
be upon broader and more databIe
foundation than we before required-It
must embrace eUery thing of every kind
il dispute between us, and it must settle
them, not for one month, or one gear, but
forever. Without stopping to enquire
how the ,y1r can give so much ilnpor-
tJnce to these subjects in dispute, which
but few months since could foraa no
obstacle to an accommodation-lst us
ask, how it has happened that tho situa-
ton Of the two countries is changed
Who declared the war and that too at
the very time when the other party was
engaged in removing the cause of OF
fence I 1T fair, after having made the
performance OF certain act on the part
of our enemy the sine qua non of an &C
commodaticp, to declare war at the very
time when we hid reason TO believe that
the act was obuut 10 be performed, and
thus by changing our si,uation," to
break the engagement This may be
calico! good policy; byt it is certainly
bad morality.
The fact is, the Orders in Council
have but little if any thing to do with the
present war. They have become sort
of chorus to the national war song; but
they are rot substantially connected with
the war itself. They were not known to
the American Cabinet at the time our
Embargo, the first act of hostility to G..
Britain was adopted and therefore they
could not have PRODUCED that hostility.
They have been revoked, and conse-
qucntly can afford no ground for the
prosecution OF it. Can it be expect
ed that the people will enter into the
spirit of war, the causes and objects OF
which are either concealed from them,
or butin part disclosed So far as the ho-
nor of the nation is involved in its re-
result; they will feel interested in it,
but no farther. 1t is in vain to look for
that cheerful sacrifice of life and pro-
perry which every citizenis expected to
make in support of war, founded upon
principles of strict justice and absolute
necessity. A frank and open exposi-
ton of the motives and views of go.
vernment, Cf they be honorable and ex-
pedient) will always command the aid
and confidence Of the people. A reserv-
ed or an uncandid department will As IN
variably excite distrust and opposition.
From the National InteNigencer.
Memorandum of the Arms, .dmmnnifion,
sc. in Detroit, 18Th .dugusf, 1912,
the day Of the surrender c]'that place
to the British torees by Er;g. Gen.
| HIM. Hut.
$500 muskets & accoutrements stack
ed on the esp!anade.
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