Alexandria Daily Gazette, Commercial & Political

At Newburyport a very full and respectable meeting was held on the 9th instant, in the purpose of petitioning the president to suspend the embargo; and after some debate the following petition was agreed upon unanimously, and signed in behalf of the town.

THE PETITION.

To THOMAS JEFFERSON, President of the United States of America.

The Petition of the inhabitants of Newburyport, in legal town meeting assembled.

RESPECTFULLY REPRESENTS,

THAT they have severely suffered from the operation of the laws laying and enforcing an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States, not only in common with their fellow citizens throughout the union, but peculiarly from their local situation, their large interest in shipping and merchandize, their dependance on commerce and the perishable nature of their exports. They flatter themselves that they are, and ever will be, ready to manifest their patriotism in making every necessary sacrifice for the benefit of their country, and they have yielded to these laws unlimited respect and submission, whatever differences of opinion may have existed, as to their expediency or constitutionality. But so distressing are the embarrassments produced by the embargo, that they cannot contemplate its continuance without serious and alarming apprehensions. It is surely needless to detail to your excellency the various evils that must result from a total suspension of commerce to a people long habituated to maritime trade and enterprize, whose resources depend no less on the ocean than the land, and whose shipping and commodities are thus left to waste and perish on their hands, not only to the immense loss of property, but in some instances the danger of health and life. Feeling, as your petitioners do, the accumulating pressure of these evils and confident that your excellency is disposed, so far as you are constitutionally authorized, to grant them relief, they are happy to find that by the laws of the U. States it appears to be within your power to suspend the Embargo in whole or in part whenever events in Europe may, in your opinion, render it safe and expedient. Your petitioners rejoice in the belief that such events have now taken place. They also rejoice that these events are of a nature so honorable to humanity, and so propitious to the Spain is emancipated, and has asserted by freedom and independence of nations.- spirit and resolution, that promise success ancient dignity and independence, with a to her glorious exertions. ~ An immediate tion and Great Britain ; and Spain, with peace of course takes place between that country immense colonies, to which we may safely no decrees of the belligerents ; a commerce now invite to a commerce, interdicted i add Portugal and her dependencies, ml beyond example important to America ready and most lucrative market for their which if opened to them, would furnish surplus and perishing commodities; which would afford .them a relief from present sufferings, and a source of incalculable benefits and which if now neglect others to their perpetual exclusion.

Your petitioners cannot deny themselves lenc n te plea uy ou the pleasure of congratulating your excel- now have of restoring your suffering coun- a the sme tie pung t in h trymen . to the blessings of commerce ple nobly tuglit prs sympathies for gallant sistance in their independence. r own struggles for national the first afford Your petitioners, therefore, pray your inyou y th Con the U St, excellency pursuance the powers ves to suspend the operation of the Embargo,
our respective colonial dependencies.

future course with Spain and Portugal, and so far as immediately to admit a free.

In duty bound will ever pray.