Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1812-09-12

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they should receive the blessing with ,bani
fulness and be silent Such, however. has
not been the case with our imported Ifisb Ere
brands. They are and have been coar evsrr
thing ufon the land and uton Tie ocean r. resi
their vengeance against England, at the ey
pence Of the peace, liberty, safety and w..
Of our fellow citizens.s GrcataBritan rey..
asserted, but always denied the visa to ip,p,e
native A,nerieens, but they asserted the rgJ,
ofusing their o1on sutjectsin The defence of tfe;s
country--and considered the empIoymen, nr
them by others as unfriendly and unrioh,eou.
SO do all the nations Of Europe This WI
known to these people who sought shelter ~
our shore, and they ought to have avoided
state of things, that i'll haZarding their salr,r
went to destroy the peace OF those they wish
ed to live among. Bonapartc has by l,o
edict, declared that every Frenchman who
shall be found in country at en,nity w,h
France, shall be considered as traitor, and
punished as such. What would our imported
patriots say to such a declaration on the Dart
of G. Britain. IF we agree with the Ad.
dress in these sentiments, how much more
strongly shall we be satisfied, that this MAS
more subject for ncgociation than var when
we attend to the facts that go to shew the
willingness of Great Britain 10 enter uhoa 6;,
and honorable means .for its Adjustments
Mr.. Madison in his letter to Messrs. Mon.
roe and Pnknev, dated Sd February, 1907. uses
these expressions" | take it for granted YOU
have not failed to make due use Of the ar.
rangcmcnt concerted by Mr. King, with Lord
Hawkesbury. in the year 1902, for settling G
question OF impressment. On that occaasn
and undcr that adnliniStration the Britih hrin-
eihle 4oas fairly renounced in yJavor of III.
right If our fig, Lard Ha-Okesbury having a.
greed TO frohi6n endorsements on The high seag
And Lord ST. Vincents requiring nothing mo- c
than an exception Of the harrow seas, an ex.
ception resting onthe absolute claim of Grea,
Britain to some peculiar dominion over them"
Here then we have full acknowledgment
that Great Britain was wiling to renounce the
right of imprcssment on the high seas, in "a
vor of our flag that she was anxious to arrange
the subject"
1t further appears, that the British minis.
try called for an interview With Mcssrs Mon
roe and Pinkney, on this topic; that they stated
the nature of the claim, the kings preroga.
tire that they had consulted the crown off.
GERS and board of admiralty, who all con-
Cured in sentiment, that under the circun.
stances OF the nation, the relinqulshment Of
the right THAT is Of impressing their seamcn
on board merchant Ships in The narrozp seas
was a measure which the government could
not adopt, without taking upon itself rcspon-
sibility which no ministry would be willing to
meet however pressing the exlgency might
be They offered, however, on the part of q.
Britain to pass laws making II penal for British
commanders to impress American sesmen On
board Of American vessels, on the high seas,
if America would pass law, making It penal
for the officers Of the United States TO grant
certificates Of citizenship 10 British subjects.
This will be found in the same documents, IN
letter from Messrs. Monroe and Plnkney to
Mr.. Madison, dated lth November, 1906
Under their peremptory Instructions, this pro-
position on the part of Great Britain coulo
not be acceded to by our ministers. onch
however was the temper and anxiety OF EGG.
land, and such the candor and good sesse u
our ministers, that an honorable aid advah'a'
geous arrangement did take place. Inc au'
thority of Mr.. Monroe, then minister al INC
court of Great Britain, now secretary OF s'atc'
and one of the present administration, VINO
have recommended war with England, ana as
signed impressments as a cause, Supports Wv
undersigned in asserting, that IT was honG,ao'
and advantageous for in letter from ken
mond, dated the 18th of February 500 70
Mr.. Madison. the following expressions a''
used by Mr.. Monroe " ] have on the contra
yy always believed, and still do believe '''@'
the ground on which that interest empress
mcnD was placed by the paper OF the D[ ,soe
commissioners Of the 9Th Of November low
need hardly here name Duane D saao
or Irvine, whose conduct upon -he af'ai' OF Wv
Baltimore mob, shews what Americans ~'' -
expect from such adopted brethren.
+ The President upon the subject oil wv
impressment of british suyrcts, oDset'.I -