Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-07-19

It was proper here to notice an arso'
ment much dwelt upon by the treasury
side of the house-that the eemnu'neo-
tion TO Congress Of the French rtflednns
decree would not have prevented vac
par-nor was there any reason to DC
lleve, that England would repeal her or,
ders if the French repeating decree had
been communicated to her. lie which
I can offer no better answer than this
she did repeal as sooR as the deranged
state of the ministry would permit and
in less than a month, or Whereabouts,
from the time Mr.. Russell handed in the
decree. But the argument OF the gen.
tleman supports the presumption OF the
truth IF Ba.sano's assertion, and squints
towards justification Of its suppression
by government. Mr.. H would meet
the gentlemen upon this ground. What
did it prove I Precisely what the MI
nority have all along and invariably
maintained. That you were SO ben. up
on this war as hardly to desire pretext
for engaging in it-you we're resolved
to wage it, let what might happen. Had
Great. Britain repealed her orders, which
were the sole avowed cause OF the war.
she would have been taken up on the
ground Of impressment, though totally
abandoned in ths arrangement with Frs
kline. That point settled, the new pFln-
ciples of bloc kade would have remained
to be adjusted; even this settled, restItu-
ton of property would have remained as
ample cause of war with those who de-
sired it. AS England recedsd we have
always advanced, even 10 the point OF
treadine on her toes. One concession
would be followed up by demanding ano-
Their. and with the men at our head, who
now govern US. war was inevitable soon.
er or later, and must be continued, or
the natural aliment of democracy is
withheld. and it pines away and dies. A
treaty with England was always deemed
tantamount to declaration OF war with
France, and it was notorious that the late
president, and author Of all the evils en-
dured by the country, frequently declar-
ed that he wanted no treaty with Eng
land" This too, while negotiation was
carried on with every appearance OF sin
cerity. The whole secret lies here-it
was thought England must be conquer.
ed. Bonaparte must bestride the globe,
and We we're for making early terms 10
the very manner of al those states OF the
continent that suffered most, because
most obseeuious, supple and submissive.
In short, the elements Of which the ruiz
ing party is composed, requires con-
slant state Of excitement and irritation
to be kept up against England, lest the
party disunite and be overthrown.
1t remains for me, said Mr. H to ac-
count tor the cause of the falsshood, if
falsehood, told by Bassano. although II Is
conclusive OH the face OF the correspon-
deDce, that at least one palpable lie has
been told BY him. / will prove BY MS
own words, that Mr. Barlow very mo-
destIy requested the Duke to tell lie to
answer The purposes of the executive
In the most humiliating, degrading aod
supplicating tone, upon his knees almost,
he prayed the Duke in May 1912, to
publish decree, declaring the Berlin
and Milan DEGREES were repealed In No
vember, 1910, and thus to legslize the
false proclamation. and give to it the qua
lity of truth, which it wanted from The
beginning-thus dexterously to slide
under US again the popular ground
which had been slipped from under ad-
mlnistration by the Duke of Cadore's
jnggle. Well, Monsieur, always cour-
teous, ever accommodating, like true
bred Frenchman, being importuned to
lend Mr. Barlow one lie for his purposes
and those of his employers, literally re-
solves to tell two lies, both of which
however, though caught al ty Mr.. Bar
low, as proof of his great address and
influence with the French minister, add
to the difficulties and disgrace of govern.
ment. The antedated decree appears,
and behold it gives the lie direct to MIR
Madison's proclamation (never to this
day recalled in language " becoming the
OCCASION establishes the injustice OF
the law of March 1911, and the upright
eousDess of this war. The other lie, as
we hope it will turn out, is, that the de-
cree was in proper time communicated
to Mr.. Russell and Mr.. Serrurier, to be
laid before this government. Take it
altogether, never was such aggravated
wrong and injustice, such outrageous in
suit; before submitted to. Hero are the
extracts from MIR. Barlow's letters.
On the lst of May 1912, Mr.. Barlow
writes to the duke of Bassano, in these
words: +" 1t is much to be desired that
the French government would now
make and Publish an authentic act, de.
clariug the Berlin and Milan DEGREES, as
relative to the United States to have
ceased in November 1910, declaring thar
then hare NOT been ahhiieE in anu in.