Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-07-09

events. sbich nov c"ver her ei'h ,.i<.
,r..s and blood. Tia, is Tie Psrdo....
Box, whence have eN,aped ali ,lst
swarm OF disasters Which this nst,;,
will long remember sHh isa's oi tlo d.
7, nlaced the fs;c of Ibis country. il,
peace, il prosperity. rs bspp'rt:s, IL H..
hand. If met unable u gusrG aid BIO.
tect hem The ooas,tis,iotai au.rc,.
ans OF the People, the inr'.o'.ie Cent.
nels OF our honur a!.u orr ms i'rJid,rce
shrinking or GYias t'ciH 'ntif post.
surrendcrirg inrir rower, 10 &c exer.
cjsed by an incf,o,cnt executive. Nh.,
a wide field Inf f,o..'c Intrigue, Va. nCw
presented The in'Fcriai n.aeioian nd
only TO srdUce or 10 CGpc tie executive.
and this proud naticn would ID! PROSTATE
IN the snares Of French perhdy and va.
Ienee-A "Gordien knot" ~ou,d De IA.
tened upon US, and 'hIs lest re?"bilc D.
found fighting in the universal ba;t!c,
side b, sidz, With the verlest tyran, lass
eve c,in,semed tie earth with blood.
F.or the rremeDt, th,t this law va,
known n France. the work If oupiici,y
besa., and i, never ceased until i! The
designs Il the French despot "eIe iuliv
accomplished.--By, he principles OF lie
report adopted hy Congress b! he Z.
vowed and permsnent policy Ct tie e.
vernmept Gy the non iD,sroourss .ss
Of 1879; by every consideration o! u.
ice, i,.tipnsI honor, aud LsiiUDal laGc.
pendence." and finally cy the eSpIes,
provision Of the L.w q May lsi0, n
which Only he could act. the president
was soies.piy bouud rover to issue Ls
defamation, unul the French govern.
ment >bo0ii rave in Sooc .fQ'.h rcpcaied
or mod fed Ter DEGREES. in collation. 10
America commerce. How Va, lie
fact! The pre-itifI. waited r. no saci
rehca! Or mog,feof'en. LIZ bscan.e lie
dupe Of Frenchl dup'icity and sf is!s
h,od. In ,be language Of Mr. Russell
then our minister ~ fra..ce, the P:eii.
dent " was shu5Fed INTO tie lead wheIe
national honor ard the law required hin
to follow"
For the irduhi,able correctness ri &
.acse positi7ns appeal to facts. On the (
SIN # August, 1910, the Duo de Cadsre,
Frencb miais,-r OF lorei gn relation. all. .
dressed a nole 10 Mr.. Armstrong then I.
our munster IN F.aEce, from which |
will read an extract.
81 am authorised 70 declare to you,
sir, that tie DEGREES Of Bertha and Milan
are revoked, and that alter the LIST OF
November they will cease to have effect,
il Being p,N understood that I'D conse.
oueDce Of this declaration, the Engh'h !,
shall revoke their Orders 10 Council,
and rcuounce the new principles Ct
blockade witch they have wished TO e.
tablisb, or that the United States coz.
formally to the act you have Just com. Z
munica'ed, shall cause your rights 10 b.
respected by the English"
Sir, this is the instrument. and the on.
~ instrument upon which the procls. Z
nation Of ,he President was founded
Upon perusi;g this letter, its hollow,
Juggling jrsuitical character is ,isitIe
and gl4rIng.--Cnconnecte with subse- I,
qrent events. which strip it OF all anbi.
guilty. firm its very Terms WHO will
dare 10 say that j, revoked OF modiftd
the DEGREES, as required by The Bct cf 2
May preceding. II doe, not even pur.
port to do this--it has not even The MT (
it of Pythinn obscurits lit ough; oct
10 have deceived the weakest under. I
standing. 1t being well understood
that is, upon condition, that in conse. Z
qucnce OF this declaration" mot III con. !.
sequence of TIL. releeef',n esei lGe 7,
juggler himself lad not the impuGence 1
to call II . revocstion,) 4" he English s
shall revoke, &c. CT America, cause Ter
rights t. be respected" What is The
plain En2!lsh ct this jesullical instru. I;
ment--" Upon COZ dirion that England
revckes her DEGREES, or that America in .
case she does Mt SO revoke prociams
,asurc OF Dch-impartation against htr
e1'cius,reiu, 'her make this dectara''ST, 4
that nv DEGREES shall be revoked oD TIE 3
LIST of November" &
This is the plain import Of this famous +
letter. i demanded that tic eXecuii's 5
should stake the lead where DalobiI :,
honor and the law required him to i0l'
low" II demanded condition t'eee'
DIRT 10 the absolute revocation OF tho
French DEGREES, that the President W.
der the law of May. 1910, should pro- .
claim non-lmportation act spain' Eng
lsnd-a measure, which, under safa e
circumstances, the committee oi tbs &.
house. in 1903. Rad pronounced 10 DC 8
"a measure Of fyay"
Wtat was the plain duty OF the pre-
sident! Surely TO resist The demand.''
least, to wait Until tine, and the con- s
duct OF France, should si,ip the "oe q
cIal a.ion" Of its oracular snblguV' (,
On the contrary, The President, IS II ra' I
Ger to bind bis country in the teiis;"