Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1817-02-20

pave stopped ~, progress.
The accounts received from III.
|iaierior are either sa.isfacto,, n.
hey are promising :; aad csnr / de-.
scribe my anxiety to BE- au sre tao,,
brave patriots.
From the New York Evening Post
Rtfutcd CdiumRy.-Mr. John a
jackson. one Of the members p
Congress fro1 Virsinin, and BROTH.
in-Iaw to the president. in a l,,.
speech. which was noticed BY a cor.
respondent in Tuesdays paper, s,i,.
matised the body of American m,s
chants with having /" trailorou,,, =.
bandoned the cause Of The esun,,,
and turned their force and power J,
gainst il" This caIumny was. "a.
our establishment aud mor,ifcniion,
permitted 10 pass in the house, viz.
out a reply and without, as I bsy,'
heard, even a fresn If di.apnroba.
ton: This, ] must presume, v,,.
owing 10 that generous s,,iYil Of con.
ciiiation that actuates the breasts AZ
the federal gentlemen ihare, but "a
uhieh.it shsuldb be remrnbrred.tlre
are bounds. beyond which it sIIuujs
not be extended, nur can be ~i,h.D,
a degree of manifest Injustice To-
themselves and their frieWd,. III.
instance, before us. pc,ka 3 is cue,
4 brief reeapitulalion Of f.,ts with
which we are all coRversant. will Lut
down this uudeservrd rep,osch.
la the year 1906, as mentioned Ly
M Jackson, Il is true tie mprehas,,
laid their memorials before congsc,s
on the subject Of the colonial trade,
urging the adoption Of measure, To-
protect that trade and pIcdging Ihcir
fortunes and their lives 10 snplsst
their couniry in the course il slcaa
take. II was Also true that Nirnr,
Monroe and iirkse,, being iasirGe,-
ed on the subject. did 10 DeOrmsF
Z, Of the same scar frame and slgp
ureat, az London. b. The 1ith article
of which. the subject If ne trnde III
question was arranged in a lnsnlrr
! perfectly sutisfaeiorii, TO ,Lcm I'D
to the American merchants. nay ina
much more advantageous inasrrthaa
they were author ised b, Mr. Jciftr.
sons own instructions 10 Obtain, 40
appears from Mr., Monroe's letter
written and publishes in 1905 aud
now before ne But this treat, vas
afterwards eontu,Bclicus,y rejcsua
by Mr.. jefferson on his own rrspuu.
sibiliiy and sent back again wiIhOJ
even the form2lity oflayins it bcion
the constituted authorities. CpOl
turning TO the objections. With wnrd
he accompanied the. rejection, the's
to the nth article appears 10 be oOy
verbal.
This is a correct history oftLsl
transaction. Ii was for the protccliOh
of the colonial trade, a subject, u
which they we're perfectly competent
to judge and the best judges, that
they called on their government 10
interpose and protect item. plcdgins
their lives and fortunes TO support
that government in turn, The single
memorial from Salem, coupled the
topic ofimpressment.* When tb"Fe'
fore, we read the charge in Mr.
Jackson's speech, tina, as soon as tbsy
fourd the government declared war
on their account. the merchants ..
hused il. abandoned its cause ano
traitorously turned their force ard
power against The country we rre
absolutely lost ia establishment Us
is a gross and paipa'le misirpreseT
tation Of the fact. V hsiever else va,
the cause, or the declared canse. Of
tue war. il is certnin the colonial
trade. sole object Of The memorials
was not; & ] appeal taevery man "I1
reads this article. for the truth OF he
statement. the merchants Throughout
the U. s were to man oppoed 10 it,
What Mr.. Jackson means P'crstiT
when he says. GIe merchants ta.ar
their force and power against the 90
|vern,ncnt, it is not easy tn CONJECTURE
| if he means they refused to enS'S
in the public loans. that has been al
ready SO completely answered BY our
well informed corr spondcutin IaesT
days paper. tl,a. no hing iur'hs IT.