Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-07-27

truth is. that though we make no
call upon the eastern states TO ao'
lure what Mr.. Madison is pleaseu
| to call thei r allegiance; yet the con-
luct of himself, and his contederates
| is fast driving that part of the uni
| on to free themselves from what has
| in fact. become an usarpation and
tyranny and this last measure OF !,
frantic policy seems intended to so,aa
| them to the crisis. The states oil
| Massachusetts and New York alone
Din which by the bye Mr.. Madison
had not sidgle votel possess near
800. 900 tons of shipping. which this
precious measure would render en-
tirely useless. Are we bound so to
fashion our policy. as to persuade
them that their interests are III no
! degree whatever sacrificed and that.
the government imposed on them by
Virginia and the CaroIinas. is most
mild. equitable and parental? 1t is
in vain that the President calls on
! the eastern states to rally round the
constitution. They will reply to
him in the energetic language O.
| Ames. +" The constitution! sleeps
with Was',ington-havins no mourn
ers but the virtuous and no menu
| ment but history"
1t has appeared by an official re-
port from the secretary of the trea-
sury. that the exports for last year
amounted to SO millions of dollars.
This, indeed, is little more than they
were in 1871. From that time I'M
til Mr.. JefFarson's fata! embargo in
1901, the most violent declarations
were unremittins!y uttered against
the tyrannieal expressions exercised
by England against American COM
mcrce whilst in truth, that very
commerce. by our aid, and under our
actual protection. was every year
receiving the most unparalleled
auementations, until the exports, at
one period, had reached ninety mil
lions Of dollars. BY the embargo
scheme. this flourishing trade was
destroyed: it revived only to droop
again on the approach of war /; aud
now the only possible mode Of miti-
eating that calamity is to De taken
away, and American commerce. is to
be wholly banisled from the ocean,
not by an enemy. but by the pure Il
virtuous Indignation ofthe President
against licenses. We might ask,
where this Indignation slept. when
Bonaparte in,the most insulting man
uer, issued his licenses to American
vessels, prescribing what ports Of
their own country they should trade
to or from-and this, not as relaxa-
ton of helIigcrent right. (or he
was - professed friend and ally of
the United States at the time. butas
an assumption of foreign imperial
power? MIR. Madison complained
indeed: bat it was the cooling muir
mn: Of the dave: now. that Bri-
fish order in council is his theme, he
can cut.roar the lion.
Frsm the London 1Emes Of April 10.
| With the general mass Of matter
which arrived yesterday, there are
also tidings from America, in jour
mails, 10 the 1Sth of March. The
chief occurrence as a thing done and
suffered. is the surprise and defeat
Of all American detachment upon the
river st. Lawrence. by a party of
British, amounting, the Americans
say. to about 600, and aided by ma
tive warriors whilst the most re-
markab,e concern, in the way of
words simply, is speech by Mr..
Madison. the President elect, on his
taking the oath Of Office. From any
other man hut him or those OF his
cast. .,.is would indeed be peculiar
harrangue hut the author being
considered. his work is the less strik-
| ing. 1t either attributes pretensiors
to MS which we never put forth, Or
| urges Claims on the part of our adj
! versailles. which justice and the uni
yersal law of nations must forever
prevent us from conceding. For
example Mr.. Madison accuses us
OF forcing American seamen, by i'm
pressment, to serve on board British
vessels; whereas, we disavow most
strongly the imputation of asserting
any right to do so, or to touch Ame-
rican mariners under any circum-
stances whatever. We maintain no
such principle; it is our own seamen
only, whose services we claim, and
for whose persons we search. But