Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-07-16


hen it was evident that no advantage
build be derived from 1t. The right
lbs reserved TO be brought forward and
Need gain, when il might be done with
Hect. Ia the mean time the practice
8 impressment was perseyered In with
&or
d ht the time when war was declared
kaiust Gseat Britain. no satisfactory
|ssngemeDt ~as offered, or likely TO be
Banned, re+pec,ing I:nPress.aens aud
btIripg Was more remote from the eX-
kct.li0n oil this government, than the
,oeGl OF the orders In council. Every
kcnn.snace which had occurred tend
Is 10 Illustrate tie policy and views OF
y British government rendered such
1 event altogether improbable. From
IS commencement OF that system o!
&,il.ty, v hich G. Britain bad-adopted
&ins! the y. States, her professions
~ yrs,;uallr Increased, or al least be-
DC more fully un'olded, according 10
- um .lances. until at tho moment
&en VIZ xas deciared they had assum-
\ Character VII ch dIspelled all pros
IA, of accommodation. The orders IN
8ouril wcrc said 10 have been adopted
prmcipie OF realisation on France,
NJ aug.h 81 the unc when the order OF
4ay 1876 was issued, no ncasure OF
&aace had occurred on which II coaid
&ret.liatory, and at the date ct the next
De- oE JtTuary, 1907, II VAS hardly
&sitlc that this 4 vcrnmcnt should
Is even rcard pf the decree ut Berlin
<Nhichn related Il was stated at the
he of thtir adoption, and Tor some
he aferwdctis, tat they should be re-
Ned a; soon as France revoked her
"a rces, aad tlat the Blush govSrnmcnt
kula proceed w.:a the government VI
ksnce har1 j,asa il,thc revocation. After
Z decl,rat'on, however, of the French
brcrun eat Of tie 5ta Angus, 1870, by
A;ch tho Berlin and Milan DEGREES
kre declared to be repealed, the British
&eernmem changed its tone, and con-
ID y to rise in rs demands, to the mo-
- atthst war was declared. Ii objected
20 thqt the French repeal was condi-
&,l, and not absolute although the
h conli,ila attached In IT, ~aS, that
q Britain should follow the example.
s. the Ua;ted States fulfil their pledge
n exscutjng the non-iaportaticn act a.
ans her. II was then demanded that
'fincc sl.iuid repeal her internal regu
Sons, as a condition Of the repesl oil
IS British gders in council, Next,
ia the French repeal should be ex
1tded to al neutral na,inns, as well as
iAbe United States, and lastly. III t the
5sts Cf her cncmies, and all ports from
Atcn the British 6as was excluded,
*lu,d be opened TO British mannfac-
hes in American vessels; conditions
exsravsgant as to satisfy sll G,sPas
R@,e minds that they were dcmal led
& M the expectation that they would
cnNld be complied with, but to ter
nate tne u!SCnSSiob'
On full consideration Of all cir
instances. il appeared that the pc
"a had arrived, when it became
duty of the U. States 10 take that
Euje with G. Britain. which was
n their violated rights, to the
:ri,y oftheir most important in,
ests, aud 70 their character as an
eDcndeat nation. TO have shrunk
nl the crisis world have been 10
kntIon every thing valuable TO
people. The surrender OF our
1nen to British impressmeut. with
EdestTattioDo f onr navigation and
Nmerue, NouId no, have been its
W evils. The dCSol;Gtion OF pro-
-. however great and widely
Ad. affects an interest which adj
of repair. The w0uud is In
kble only. which fixes stigma
be national honor. While the
i er tie people is unsubdned.
will always he found in their
he q resource equal TO the great
hngers and mast irving cmer-
cs. II is in the nature OF free
fnmca,. TO Inspire in tie body
3 people genesouS and noble sen
hts, and il is the duty Of the
kitatea authorities 10 cherish
<appeal TO those sentiments. and
on the patriotic support Of their
eiiueuts. Had they proved
bsclycs unequal to the crisis. the
fatal consequences would have
lied from ii. The proof OF their
kncss would have been recorded;
not on them alone would It's
ISL Effects have been visited.
hid have shaken the foundation
be government itself. and even
e sacred principles OF the revo-
b. on which all our political in