Alexandria Daily Gazette, Commercial & Political

and his regiment of Gallic Editors, are endeavoring to make the people believe that the New British Order in Council and Duane, British Order relative to fishing vessels, [are] endeavoring to make the people believe that [it] applies to vessels of this country. The Order declares that vessels sailing from ports under the controul of France, or her allies, shall be subject to capture, &c. Now I would ask these candid Editors, if the ports of the U. S. are under the controul of France? If they are, then does the Order apply to our fishing vessels. We believe there are very few of our good democrats who will be willing to ac-knowledge that our ports are under the con-troul of France. The truth is, the French Rambouillet Decree has put the whole host of jacobins at a nonplus; they know not how to get along with it-and they are tasking their brains to finu something in the conduct of Bri-tain as a set off. Drowning men catch at straws. Finding nothing to answer their pur-pose better, they have laid hold of the Order relative to fishing vessels. But here their good friend and brother at Washington, has spoil-ed their sport. The last National Intelligen-cer contains the following, which shows the ideas of our government on the subject. " The northern papers bring no confir-: mation of the report under the Boston head in our last, that an order in council had is sued for bloekading the ports of alr nations excluding the Briush flag rom their wa- ters. The report appears to be premature, and probablv originated from the order in council in this day's paper for capturiug the fishing vessels of such nations as exclude British vrsels. S me of the northern editors appear to regard this order as authorising the capture of Anerican fishing vessels. We put a-dif ftrent construction on it. -However great an outrage it may be on justice and on neu- tral righis generully, it docs not now apply to the Uaited States. British vessels are now certainly admited " freely to trade" at the poris of the Unitcd Statrs. O. ihe occurrence of a eertain event, in- derd, which there is but too little reason to expect, the order would apply to the United States, and may have been prospectively is- sued with that view. On the revocation by cither belligerent of its decrees or orders, the law respecting commercial inrercourse, passed at the late session of Congress, au- thorises the President, three months afier- wards, by proclamauon te interdict com- mercial iutercourse with the natioh whrich shall not have revoked its anti-neutrnl or- ders or decrees. If then France should re- voke her decrees. and Great-Britain should refuse to follow her example, we should be in a state of nun-intercourse with her, and the order in council would operate on the vessels of the United States. Such a state of things could scarcely fail of producing immediate collision; but of snch a state of things we see no.prospect. Whatever construction be put on it, this new order affords serious matter for refec- tion as a link of the great chain of lawless domination which Britain exhibits a dispo- sition to extend over every sea." The Official Editor is entitled tocredit for Inis candid construction of the Order; but his reflections " on the occurrence of a certain erent," shews that he is still a Jeffersenian Editor. He must lug in some of the old whim- sical cant of the decrees of France being re- voked. This he acknowledges is an event of which we can " see no prospect," but we must talk about it, to Jull the people and stil keep up their hopes of accommodation with France. Then it will not do to mention Britain without censure ; for fear the people should think she is not worse than France. The Fish Order, which has no relation to America, or to her trade or fisheries," affords serious matter for reflection as a link of the great chain of lawless domination which Bri- tain exhibits a disposition to extend over every sea." What miserable, whining hypo- cricy ! " Lawless domination" it is indeed-- but did Britain exhibit such a " lawless dis- position" as Napoleon does, not a vessel would sail on the ocean, except under her siag, and there would not be a seaport on the face of the earth but what would be laid under con- ribution. A. Y. E. Post.