Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-07-12
Nor had the enquiries in the house

OF commons OF Tue ptSsou's VI ~ PS"
pie" any decisive effect in producing thai
revocation. Tha, pressure had long
been felt by the people and known t" the
English government the loud clamors
Of the people had long been heard with
out the slightest effecs-Nor did the
enquiry by the commons pro 'uce one
nezu fact 70 influence the revocation -
No, sir, there is no reason 10 doubt the
fact, that the receipt OF the French de.
cree. prod..ced the revocation of the
order. IN council on the 23d OF June.
I8l2-Nor Is there any pre,encc for
saving, that the same cause would not
have produced the same effect on the
the esd Of 1:"s. 1911. Esith all these
facts before US, is it not clearas the
light of day, that if the repeating decree
of France had not been concealed, II at
the time of its dale it had been made
known to congress, TO Britain, and 70
the world, this war would have been a
verted
And now let me appeal to this house
and to the people of America; 1t this
decree was communicated TO Mr. Rus-
sell in April 1911. and by him suppress
ed, he merits and snail receive the ever.
lasting execrations OF his country. 1t
either by Mr.. Russeli or the minister
Serrurier, it was communicated to Mr.
Monroe, and By him concealed from
the executive, is there niche IN the
temple of infamy sufficiently infamous
for him! But if by any means the dc
cree came to the know ledge Of the pre-
sident; and if he, either through paltrv
fear of proving his pro"lamatlon false.
or from any other motive buried 1t IN
darkness. and thereby delivered that
country, which, by es>ry bond, hun1
and divine, he was bound t. protec',
over !, all the miseries of an unnecessary
and bloody war, what ma cdiCilons car
suit his conduct what new and hnrrl-
BILE punishment is commensurate with
the bloody crime! Sir-Fne president
is old, and the reproaches of man NAV
concern or move him but little Blu; he
must soon appear at the bar of lnmor-
tai Justice. If he has done this deed,
how will he stand appalled, before the
accusing spirits Of youth, un,inelv
Slain in battle ?" How will his soul re-.
coil from those bloodv ravaEes, thai.
vide devastation. that mass Of human
| misery, which his own guilty conduct
Shall have produced
Shal! | be asked, if believe the Ex.
cco,ive ha. done this guilty deed l
answer frankly and sincerely, No
do.evcr poorly may thiuk OF the po.
,i,ical character and conduct ct the eX-
ecutivc, do net believe him capable of
a crime nf such complicated wickedness
combining all the blacklist attributes
Of official ,urpiiude. murder and treason
| But, sir, nv belief, or disbelief. has no.
thing 10 do with he subject 1t is not
To satisfy myself alone, that press this
CALL have a more exalted motive--l
stand on higher round-The honor,the
purity of my native country Is shrouded
in darkness. Sir-Na,ionai honor is a
plant of peculiar growth--lt can live *
flourish onlv in the broad blaze OF day
cover it with clouds snc darkness, it
withers and dies. The honor OF my
country cannot long survive amid the
da~k and pestilen,ial vaPors which hang
around it. To dispere these clouds and
vapors, to restore it to the genial beams
of day, that America, Europe ard the
world, may again behold it bright and
unsullied /; to frown contempt on the
| bloody despot, who has strivsn to stain
and destroy it--These are the objects,
these fondly hope will be the effects
of this measure.
HIS this house considered the black
and hideous aspect which this subject
now presents TO the American people !!
| Has It rejected that, at this moment the
foul accusation stands before this people
and the world, uncon,radicted, uaexa-
| mined, unresented. If i, is suffered tins
10 remain in mystery, its truth will soon
bs considered as established, and the
stain on the American character SO deep
iy fixed, as to defy every effort to wash
1t away.
Sir, examine for moment the cir
cumstances of this dark AFFAIR." have
said, that from the date of the letter Of
he duke of Cadore, from August 5th.
1910. down to the goth of May, 1879,
the British government, invariably re-
fused to give credit to that iletler, as
reps al or modification Of the French de-
crees That government declared the
letter false and jesuiticsl and invariably
deman.ed some authentic instrument Of
repeal issued by the French governmen,
itself. For such an instrument cur MI
nisters in France had importaned the
emperor, always vi bout success. until
on the 10th of May, 1879, Mr.. Barlow
prevailed, and the decree of the 2s,h Of
| April. 1871, was produced.
And here permit me to read short