Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-08-29

Ito them; and that ap applications aboukst
! ing by them, to the government FOR ri H.,
sion TO enter the prize vessel and cargo H..
custom-bouse, sothat a sale NAV be III g
Their cargo here, Tor ihe beneh Of lis oIrj +
gamers, aid that the vessel be pe,mik i +
return as a cartel, which will efftctaIyl,o, f
tect her from future capture. This NJ e.
well enough, though ] cannot but think
necessary, for / should hope SIZE is ia no
ger OF being captured second time HIM. I
/ one on earth.
The Wee&ly Nrssehger foUIip,
piece is extracted from the Boston Njlls I
Messenger, and deserves the most auInva
perasal havetoo long delayed to spI AZ
ought Of this distinguished paper: 4 ma
i'll this country furnishes more frequent ioof,
Of various aud exalted powers. 1t is evlen.
ly supported by a contederacy Of men IA.
Tents of the first order, of COURAGE that dloe.
cannot appal, ard of that pure patriotisudtat
once warmed the bosom of Washpgtd ard
a Hamilton. 1t is not less dstinguislld hs
its firmness and decision, than by It's iutcious
modeya' ion. What would become of ulwera
lit not forthe redeeming sprn" which d ellis
in New England, ard which, in an es icc.r
mai nef, animaics and distinguishes tbl co.
lumns OF The Weekly Messenger?
War by contact zpith France We ssser
tito be cur opinion, formed upon The M At 50.
Der dclibcration, that the zDar nosv eaisti,k h..
tgyeen tie u. States and E,aau, 4vaI DE.
clQred IN compliance gpith a contact entered
~, yLa JtI
zvih Naholcon Bonafarte, Emheyor o. The
NencA.
We viii briefly state the reasons Of our OBI.
|nion, or as a lawyer in opening bis argument
would say, the points OF the case, leaving the
subject to be dilatcd upon hereafter
iSt.-Our ministers at Parl $, for eighteen
months last past, have most earnestly entreat-
ed for some evidence Of the repeal OF the i'm.
perlal DEGREES, to support the truth of Mr.
Madlson's proclamation, and of the assertions
of our government to G. Britain. These In
treaties have been sternly rejected, because
we had not caused our flag to be respected, or
in other words, had not declared zar agains!
6, Britain.
81. The extracts, which for the last year
and an half, have been divuiged to the Amer.
Can people, of the correspondence of their
ministers with the government OF France, have
been very few and meager. 1t cannot, there.
fore, be argued that the compact between the
two governments does not e1iat, because IT
does not ahhcar. On the contrary, the sudi-
cd conce lment which has been practistd
throughout The whole Of this business, fur
nshes strong evidence that there is some Sc
cret which 1t is important for oar government
TO conceal.
3D. Mr.. Foster was in a most extraordinary
pressed by MIR. Monroe, to take ground,
hich he seemed anxious to avoid, VIZ that It
France should rcpea! her DEGREES as 10 the u.
tateS only, that would Dot be deemed BY u.
81 tain, sufficient ground for the revocation
Of the orders in council.
SO much for the contrivance Of this plot
Now for the developement. In this state Of
fhings, an imperial decree is produced at tbs
late day, purportng to have bee' dated on
tie % b April, 1871 |, repeating the Berlin al d
Milan DEGREES, as to the u. States ALONE
This repeal operates reuospectivciy, to the
hrpcise date of the Presidents proclamation on
the ID November. 1910 lis apparent to The
grossest and dullcst intellect, that The pretend
ed date is false, and that this is fresh coinage
of the decretal mint. fit were ginuine, there
are hundreds of French naval commanders
ard civil officers, who deserve to be shot or
guiIlotned for disobedience Of orders.
This decree must, therefore, haze been ante
dated at the request Of or ozpn goverHmfm.
The emperor had nothing to gain by the de-
ception, Unless by virtue of some agreemeat
with the government of the u. Statqs On
the other hand, he sacrificed every appearance
of consistency He contradicted his public
acts, and the {" Fundamental laws Of his en-
pre-" He exhibited his government in the
novel, and indeed ludicrous light, Of having
kept in force, for more than year, two dIl'
ferent sets of DEGREES, in direct opposition 10
each other. On the contrary, our cunning
cabinet were by the forgery, gratiicd N
most tayorite object. They gained Pretence'
a miserable one to be sure, but which tHsy
honed wonId satisfy their deluded adbererIS,