Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1814-04-02
HIGHLY IMPORTANT.

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day transmitted by tn President of the y.
o both House. OF Congress:
To the Senate u House of Representa-
tv@s IF nc y. Stairs:
Taking into view the mutual int.
res which the U States and the foreign
| n,tioas in amity with the N, have in
| 'beral commercial int, course, and the
! Extensive changes favorable ,hsreto,
| y hlch have recently taken place taking
INTO view also the important advanra-
,se> which may otherwise result from,
| adapting the state of our commercial
avs to the circumstances pow existing
| recommend TO the consideration of
Hongfess-'he expediency Of auihorising
| tier Certain day, expectations. specie
| excepted, from the United States. in
vessels Of the United States, and in YES
sci owned and D.siga'ed by the subjects
i powers at peace With them and
repea' OF SO much OF our laws az prohi-
'its the importation Of articles not The
Nro Per'y ct enemies, but prnduced or
nan iIac,ued Only within their domi.
ions.
recommend also. as more eGectu.
Il Sale guard SD encouragement 70 our
growing manufacturers. that the addi-
'iouai duties on imports which are to
xpre al the end at enc year after a
peace with G. Britain, be prolonged 70
the end OF t"o years ateI that event
an6 that, in fayor Of our monied institu.
lns, the expectation Of specie b pro.
Tblted throughout the same peri d.
JAMES MADISON.
March 5ls.. 1914.
The Message having been rerd, was
IN bath Houses. referred 10 the commit.
{, e on Foreign Relations.
1t is certainly true, as stated in the
National ln'eli'gencsEof yesterday. tina,
he above message is OF ID. utmost i'm.
portance to he best interests Of the cour.
try-and We agree that the unexpected
and marvellous change in Europe, Sas
bad itsinfluepec in producins this change
in the American system--But this aioue
cannot be considered as the cause Of the
message.
We hope the President has grown
wiser by the experience oftre ruinous
consequences of his vain and chimerical
theories. The public Calamity, the loss
OF public cfedl,. and of national charac.
ter are evident to men OF all parties, and
are to be ascrlbed only to the foolish.
rulnrus and wicked war " hich he adyis.
ed, and 10 the silly means by which it
has been prosecuted. The interdiction
Il British manufactu-es,Yhic at no tirne
could be OF service TO US in carrying on
the war, or CT much injury 10 the enc.
my, has been rendered wholly useless
BY The downfall of Bonaparle They
sreno longer excluded from any par, OF
Europe except France, and the CONT
mental system of Napoleon being fIus-
strsted in Europe, there can be no use
IN continuing il in America When i,
was adopted here. cur government ex.
pectcd BonaParte would have enforced
Il there. The reason Of the measure i,
entirely at an end.
The Embargo under present circum.
stances, will be of less efficacy when En-.
gland Can be supplied with provisions
from The whole world excep, france &
Amerc>-These important measures OF
warfare which injured ourselves more
han the enemy, and WHICH ought never
To have been adopted, are now properly
abandoned.
We believe there are other reasons
Tor the recommendation OF the President.
md that the repeal of those noxious and
unpopular laws, will be followed by al
arn.istlce and peace-we were inform
enby Admiral Warren's correspondence
with the Secretary OF State that be Was
authorised TO conclude an armistice pro.
Weed the non importation law wa. pu,
ut bfieiee- Ii vas ia the power OF tbs
President to have done this by procla-
nation at that time, and WI eneser th!.
obstacle is removed by congress, q re-.