Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-03-24
FROM TIE BOSTON GAZETTE.


copered.
One would have supposed, that alter
the extraordinary things which the last
few years have brought ,ollsht, nothin.
could surprise as. A free aud eniisn'-
ened people rushing to their own de-
struction, forging their own chains oo-
stinately refusing to see the prec'pi'e
before them appeared to leave sotaihs
10 come after il which could be mal'ef
of establishment. ~, y
Yet we find ourselves mistaken. ne
correspondence between Joel bario" q
the Duke de Bassano would remove
Cataract from the eyes OF man stone
blind, but it will not o.Aen ours.
In Great Britain, an impeachment'
bill of attainder, and an execution, u
the facts supposed are true) would alone
satisfy an injured people so betrayed x
abused. With us, We shall Only mug
our chains the closer, S place the more
confidence in men who have had the ad-
dress and the bsldness to practice such
arts upps US.
When say this, do it on the pre-
sumption that Joel Barlow did write such
letter, and that president Madison dtd
communicable it to congress on the last
day OF the session.
The ground upon which put nv o.
pinions Of the abominab!e nature OF this
conceaimcnt Of facts, is this
.d'nit that the president is the &C.
ciusipe judge, when it becomes proper
to lay before the Pesple his negotiations
with foreign governments; but it he
finds that congress are about taking i'm
por,ant measures compromising the sale
ty, perhaps the existence OF the state,
and it is clear that they are doing 1t ON
grounds which would be materially
changed by evidence in his possession,
it is his duty to communicate it and if
he was in possession of evidence which
would have settled our disputes with
foreign nation without war, aud he kept
that evidence back for l8 months, he
ought to be impcached, nay he merits
a punishment far beyond the legitimate
powers of congress to iniict.
Every maa knows, that Britain always
said she would repeal her orders IN
council as soon rs France should repeal
her drcrees. The Marquis Wellesley
reheated this assurance to Mr.. Flnkney
after the famous letter ofthe Duo de Ca
tore of August 5, 1910.
Now says the French minister, we did
repeal them OH the 28th day OF April,
1911, and did communicate them to MIR.
Barlow's predecessor (Mr, RusselD and
did send copy of them to Mr.. Scrru-
rier to be communicated to your go
vernment: Yet this repeal did not make
its appearance here till after syar was
declared, ana then through the French
papers 1t was not sent to England Til
A1ay 1919, where it produced its natu
raj effect, an immediate repeal OF the
British orders, but so late that our war
had been actually declared before their
refesl.
1t is now clear that the British orders
would have been repealed in May 1911,
Is months before the war, if this decree
of France had not been suppressed
To shew that if they had been reheal
sd, Mr., Madison thought there seas no
cause If war, shalt quote only one SEN
tence from. NJ Monroe's letter 10 Mr..
Foster, July %, 1911, two months after
our minister is said to have recc"ed a
copy of the French decree of repeal
The president has received with
great satisfaction the communication,
that should tho orders of councillor 1907
be revoked, the blockade OF May of the
preceding year will cease With them,
and that any future blockade shall be no.
tiled and accompanied with an adequate
force. This frank and explicit declara-
ton, worthy ofthe prompt and am cable
measure of the Prince Regent, seems to
remove material obstacle to an accom-
no,l.,ion, and when followed BY the re-
vocation of the orders in council, (not
word of impressnents} will, am GU
thorised toEnform you produce an imme-
date termination of the non-importatlon
law"
Now what picture Of perfdy this
would seem TO exhibit, if you could sup
pose the president to have been then ID
vised of, and possessing q COPY Of thr
rrheal ofthe French DEGREES, which was
all Great Britain asked for as prelimina-
ry to her repeal
am aware that it is possible he may
not have possessed them but Serrurier
and Russell must, CT else what The
French minister of foreign affairs told
Mr.. Barlow all GRANT .fgiSehood. Now
this does not mend the matter much as
respects the President, for he must have
received this letter of Barlow's before
tie war, and why has he not called Rus.
sell to account tor not delivering the CO.
tv ? or if he has, and is satisfied that it
is all French lie, that no copy ever was
laliyece1 OUGHT he not IN have laid The