Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-09-18

| to her Injury, fer with tbs embargo nsi Fun
neror declared himself gratfied, and although
in return for the non intercourse act, ne con-
| 6scated our property to an Immense amohht'
lunon the plea of reprisal, yet he has hitherto
! experienced none oil our anger, ou. mas oeen
rewarded foritby war against his enemy nue
France has made amends forsail her ou''agss,
| by the repeal of her DEGREES, and Ifea9- o'i,
tain. we are told, *s' abandoning still more, All
respect for the nestral rights OF me y oea'es
| and for its own consistency, now demands as
| prerequisite to repeal OF It's orders as ttley
relate TO the u States, that fo'mailty
! should be observed In the repeal OF The french
decrees. no wise necessary for their ter'fna-
! ton, nor exempli6ed by Btiush usage, x thas
| the French repeal, besides including that Por-
| ton of the DEGREES which operate within ter
| ritorial jurisdiction, as wel as that "nich ope-
/ rates upon the high seas, should npl DC sih-
! gle and special repeal in relation to rae Y D.
| but should be extended 10 nhatevcr olher heu-
| trail nations, unconnectcd with III, ,aaY pc
affected by those DEGREES. And as All additional
/ insult they are called upon inr a lorna, d's-
avowal of conditions and pretentlons advanced
by France, for which the Unned States are SO
| far from having made themselves responsive,
that in official explanations, which have OeFh
, published to the word, and In 81 correspond
ence of the American minister at London with
the British minister for foreign affairs, such a
responsibility was explicitly and emphatlcally
disclaimed." IF the DECLARATIONS above stated
are correct, how came it about that our minis
ter at the court OF France was charged 20 OBJ
tain a more formal act of the revocation OF the
French DEGREES, than was contained IN the
I)uc de Cadorc's communication to Mr.. Arm
strong: and how comes it about that formal
decree has since been presented to the world,
bearing date year before its publication; #
and how happens it that in express contTadic-
ton TO the assertions, that we had nothing TO
expect from the Justice of G. Britain, !" who
carries on the war, las it is most bitterly as
serted by Mr.. Madison) against the lawful
commerce OF friend, that she may the bet
ter carry on a commerce with an enemy (; a
commerce h0luted by The Jorgeries and herJu-
ries, which are, Tor the most part, the only
passports by which 1t Can succeeds" how
comes it to pass, | say, that In contradiction to
these sirulent assertions, The moment the de-
cree appears, Great Britaia repeats her orders
in council as to us. Canary thing more strong
~ prove the mad pfeclptancy OF the war;
WHY did we demand OF France more So
lemn act of revocation! II was proper so to
do, or it was not 1t is decent to suppose the
government would not have asked all useless
act and it is right to conclude, that they Ought
not 10 have urged controversy to the last re
sort. untii having obtained what was required,
the bad faith of their opponents might have
Knit
appear before the tribunal of the world Al
ter obtaining hat we thoughtit proper to de-
mand. a formal decree Of The French emperor
rehealiag his o6no1ious edicts s. which by the
oy denies the truth OF the proclamation passed
IN November, 1910, by grounding IL upon tie
law passed in 1911; this being all Great Brl-
tain had asked of us she frankly and honor
ably repeats her orders in council as 10 as
without any reserve. And this was done too,
al the moment when on this side the Atlantic,
the above declarations and bitter assertions
were made causes OF war against her,
The /" Address" concludes with these strong
and glowing reflections, now moro than eyer
applicable to our situation.
6 A nation, like the United States, happy IN
its great local relations; removed from inc
bloody theatre of Europe; with maritime
border, opening vast fields for enterprise -
with territorial possessions, exceeding, every
real want its Grcsides safe;-lts affairs un-
dehled from invasion nothing to tear -
from acquisition nothing to hope how shall
such nation look to heaven Tor It's smiles,
while throwing away, as though they were
worthless, all the blessings and joys, which
neace and such distinguished lot, include
With what prayers can 1t address the most
high, when it prepares, to pour fourth Its
Youthful rage. upon neighbouring people;
from whose strength, IT has nothing 10 dread,
from whose leyastationlt has nothing to gain
off our ills were of a nature, that war would
remedy if war would compensate any of our
losses orremove any OF our complaints there