Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-03-24

rsIlcd a formidable a,t1,k; bas berg o'
disappoin'mpnts before mentioned inca
nabfe OF active operations, the ahanu"l'
Ipent Of the place was contempt e" az
the time of Gen. Aury's arr:yai, whose
re,nfo. &c uents enabled the Patriots no
ONLY tn remain masters of TIE isI'n"
wai,in. Tor an augmentation Of forces fo'
,:';ericr opera ton., but they wsr' ena
Dled 4, dt ont several vessels to annoy
the Spanish trade.
The srcatimpor.ance and conseq ;'noe
Of he captnre OF Amelia Island, as a KY
to Florida ami 10 the channel OF the Ia
tras, will be more easily cot = eh'nd-
cd by prru,al Of thssc intercepted de''
pa'chrs which accompany this memorla!
/. ON the minster OF the treasury al the
island Of uba TO The bloody NJ, rIllo.
whose supplies were furnished chief ,
rom that Island ~ d the island derived
those supplies i.um the Z. States, thro
The Floridas The money requisite tor
The prosecution OF the wa against Tie H.
dependrnts, was drained By loan from
the inhabitants Of Cuba. but these, judg
lug correctly that If the Patriots could
tax. and hold Ameli. ls.ani, they would
N oceed to posycss Gem. elves Of the rest
Of the fioridas, and finally Of Cuba. long
ready for revolt, and that in the even, At
a revelation of these, the money lent
their COVE nmeut would lie lost, refused
those advance, on the faith oi COVERT
ment that they had been accustomed t"
make.
Thus NAV The government of III" L.
States now see tic Importance 81 fEe'e
prin.ary movements Of the Patriots.
which were attributed 10 other oausss Of
confined, a private, aid even a SIMS
ter nature. by writers in tie public pa
pers Of this country, who imputed III"
lives of the most di.tvlicai kind to tie
chiefs Of .his expedition :-Tkey ioa'cd
them with every Insulting cpithst, and
charged the whole with the irregularities
that we're committed by uLprincipled in
dividuals who had assumed the Patriot
flags to cuyer their depredations Thu,
involving in one common disgrace. those
who we're duly commissioned and who
had acted in conformity to ackno Hledged
laws, with those WHO had been guilty OF
this piratical assumption The Patriots
took many Spanish vessels engaged IN
The slave trade, aud carried them int
Fernandina. 1t would be unworthy DE
dignity Of this memorial, to descend to
The su, picion that the persons so viclen'
"a these charges, were directly engaged
in 'hi, internal trade : but the opposition
rppea-s t. have am.mcn,cd against Tie
Patriots, ia proportion to tie ijary dore
thereto.
Thee captured slave.S.aips were ia
ken. ike other vtsseis. b'causc declared
!, tclorgiug 70 the enemY bat there Is
No instance Of the captjrs having violated
the laws Of this corat Y, in attempting
The iptrnduction OF the captured slave.
into the L. states: and If any lrdlv'du
al had even attempted so i'f' suIar a pro
cecding, he world have been inject 10
the Laws: but his dig, ace would surcl'
not be ed to thvse who disclalm any
such act.
The documents, now in the haads d!
the executive of this government. give
thu most annie testimony ct the regular
attention paid to the law Of the United
States bv the Patli'j.; and your memo
r.ali.t was in hopes, that these favorable
r.yrcscn,a,ions would have prcd~csd a
very difieren, resul; to the one eXpcIien-
cpd.
Even your venerable and respected
philosopher. Franklin, cloathed WIKI mi
ui,teriaI dignity, was called hoary-head-
ed rraiior
The situation Of those whom your me-
n,oralist has the homor TO represent,
calls for the Renaissance ct 'hese cir.
cumstances, that YOUR honorable house
may Judge. by the feelings OF those days,
Of the imp, essions which your acts are
calcn, a,ed to stamp upon, the minds OF
the Patriots, wsich are peculiarly alive to
every sentiment emanatil Z run 50 high
and So esteemed sauce.
The Patriots have not only been ht'
prived of the captured territory, but "l
all the warlike stores found thereon
they have ai.o remained uIcompeHsated
for all their expenditures IN the erection
Of barracks and other necessary buildings
they have not only bren depnved o!
the captured We sells, but Of their car
goe'
The validity OF these prizes, and Of
the property taken, rs been, by request
o. tue Spanish agents, subjected TO the
courts Of Admiralty Ct tie L. State lo'
adjudication, thou h these courts car
have 20 competent Jurisdiction o'e' PRO
perry taken by the citizens OF anoihe'
Ioncr, from another people. on the hIsl