Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-07-23
FSom The Ne,u- York amerieD'.
BRAZILIAN OUTRAGES,

has been ATTEMPTED 10 be made against The pre-
sent administrator, is, that Of apathy under, II
not of connivarce with, the lawless conduc! oil
some Brazilian officers and functionarles, IN
regard 10 our commerce and flag. We have
from the beginning held but one language on
this subj-ct-that such proceedings must De
checked and atoned for; but we have not oeen
| willing tha, any resori to Yioieh' OF "os''e
means should be had, against na''on so com
para,ively feeble. and distracted ny war d. ora"
zil, until lis government should refuse 10 the
ordinary aud peaceful applications rtoress 'o'
the past, and a guarantee oil future fAe'hP'.""'
from such ou,rages. This seems TO US the Ian,
guage alone betting great ana Power'u'
neonlr. and the rather. tina; the offtnding party
is in truth so l,lle able 10 cope with US. More,
over. il is notorious, that the sutferlngs and
wrongs 10 which this portion of our commerce
has been subject, were, in like manner, perpe-
;ra,ed upon the commerce of other powers, and
the, efore, that they were not produced oy any
special system or feeling OF hostility against
this country in pa, ticuar, but rather were me
| fruits Of an i'll established government IN BRA
iii, and OF the lawiess sort oil warfare oe'"ee"
it and Buenos Ayres.
England, whose policy i, certainly Is, 10 rem,
der her hag as sacred as possible, mas sunefeu
even more than we have, from the piracies so
thew are called in the House OF Commons OF
Brazil-yel does no one call upon England 10
arm against them, or punlsh them summary
| All that is asked is, that means sha'i oe tahen
to restrain b, azil within the just limits o. Del
| tiperen, rights On this head, the London Cou-
rier of the 18Th June thus speaks:
A petition was presented to the House OF
Lords yesterday, by Lord srangtord' rom
respectable body Of ship owners and merchah.s,
| complaining Of the piraical atrocities commit
ted under the flags of Buenos Ayres and Brazil.
An English Government, as the Earl oil Aber'
deem observed, ought TO be very slow in protest
ing agains, the principle Of blockade, or regard
| ing the Inconvenience incurred by II, as an
offensive act on the part OF the country emorc-
ing il; aud, therefore, whatever loss or troupe
may have been caused TO our merchant ser'ee
by the fair adoption Of this principle, IT Is not
| possible for our Government 10 complain, or
| to demand repsration. On the other hand, IL
is equally clear that Government is answer
able for the conduct Of its subjects; and II deP
relation and insult have, contrary TO al! ln:er-
national law, bern inflicted on our coudlrymen
! in the name, and by the subjects, oil brazh or
Buenos Ayres, satisfaction and recompense "
due from The Governments Of those countries,
and must be demanded by ours, not only as a
matter Of right, but as matter OF honour.
Satisfaction and recompense," must indeed
be-demanded; and So, doubtless, both 10y this
Government and by that Of Great Britain :hey
have been: but, until they shall be refused, 1t
would be the most absurd as well as unJus'iha-
BILE course, 10 authorize reprisals, or any other
exercise Of rosce. Yet, for not plunging the
pIana,on into ws srH with iii IRA Faz tie Evening
Posi-, and other Iape"s in The interest OF
he military Chi-fain, utter every sort oil re-
proach an ! contumely against Mr.. Adams and
his cabinet. Let such raiers see in the exam.
pie of England, nation not less jealous than
our own, of ihe honour Of her flag, that mode
ration is not incompatible with the conscious
ness Of power, a nice sense OF honour, and a
lust sympathy with the suffering of its subjec els
or citizens.
In reading the discussion in the House Of
Lords on the l2'h June, Oh the subject OF the
piratical oulragcs" Of Buen"s Ayres and Brazil,
we were struck with the following sentiments
uttered by Lord Strangford-( sometime minis.
tyr at Braz The coincidence in some respects
between the opinions OF this high-,oned mem
her Of the artislocracv, and some patent demo.
Gratis, is certainly curious l he whole extract
is calculated 10 excite reflection.
LqrG Strangford said, some, who are resolved
to discern nothing but beauty and virtue IN
democratical institutions and who think that
the crimes OF these young states are mere Juve
nile ,ndiscreiions, which ought TO be forgiven
in favor of the youth and infXperience OF the
offenders; think il is very unfair to judge of
the many by the few, and 10 sligmalze gov
ernments for the actions Of their servants
But when | perceive that no efrctual step
whatever has yet been taken 10 punish or even
to detect The authorities Of :hese enornities
when it has been stated to me that some
Of them, on their return 10 port, have been
promoted to Tie command OF other ships, far
nished with new commissions, and again sent
to exercise their buccaneering SYSTEM against
the trade Of friendly powers-when am told
that redress has, in no one instance, been
obtained, and that representations and remon>
strances have uniformly been in vain-l con-
tend that have right to say what said be-
fore in this place, however i, may have been
controverted in another, that certain Of these
Republics, originally founded in revolution, are
now fostered by robbery, and that the vice OF
their 6rst orma,jnnstill clines 10 them, & status