Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-06-17

SA@'''ias'o't W tue ip-ihSe or The existing state
OF things ON the e,einaf commerce oil Europe, IA
Their than the internal and that is the d,rect and
the indirect effects which may be produced on the
commerce OF the United States.
The commerce Of the United ST I. may derive
peeunia'y advantage from Charge IN the Baltic,
by the enhancement Of the prices of commodities
of which the like are produced hcre--our iron
timber, lumber, 6en,p. 1bitcb. tar, S5e may 6nd a
more 'ea.ls and advantageous market in Europe,
II ,he Baltic should be closed by either power, a.
gainst the rival power.
But the most important confederation and il
compTehends reasonings and consequences both
OF policy and commerce. Is what relates to the
rade Of the M-ti,erranean---the whole os the
Levant trade and IFS Incidental commerce with
Asia, and Egypt. and Africa
II is well known, that young as we are n.
mong nations, the commerce. of the Medi,erranc-
an, has bcen deemed ot The utmost consequence,
by successive legislatures To the commercial ma
tions of Europe generally il has been deemed OF
the hishestimpor,ance 1. is to sust;in AMI TO Sc.
cure this commerce, THAI G braltay. & Mino-ca S,
| .aaifs. have be,n - often taken. and made the
os;ens,oe ca..-c7 ~ war. II is the commercial
riches derived from this great reservoir that has
stimulated the ambition OF Russia, of Austria,
! ut England and OF france. ~ different periods
From tbs Sc obvious truths, it is reasoning in a
direa line. to infer that France while she aims al
the Reduction of British power. By shutting her
commerce our from the ports of Europe viii not
if practicable leave her unmolcs.cd in the enjoy.
ment of the Lcvant AMI the Mediterranean trade
France uan,s ships. colonies ard n.nrsrce. "
50 SAID Bonapar.c On the shor.s and islands OF
Archipelago, in the semi barbarised soil OF the
once CLASSIC Greece, on the antient theatre ofthe
sciences OF the arts. philosophy, elcqnence. arms,
are be found settles for colonies. prepared with
hardy but scattered race of men 10 receive the
impressions which French y;vaeisy and compre-
hensivc ambition may be desirous cr making i;
where the surplus of It's forty millions of po1uis.
ton will find new dwellings and new ielcs for ad.
ven ure. thar novelty which il is the National
CHARACTERISTIC to seek, and without those delays
| or discouragemcnls with which long voya-
ges are So apt to blast the enterprises OF an ar.
dent and versatile people
France wants Ships" and in the forests
which shade the shores OF the Propontis and the
Euxne from Mo,davia and Wal,achia. is to be
tcurd he kni,y c,ibpsa oak and the cluster oak,
tQuereus OrientaiIs, iatfo!ia. &C. and the Quer.
Gus Orientas, claude cylindriforrns. ofTournc.
fost) and which are be found in their forests,
| together with the (S,us,cus eetris) Turkey osk,
| IN ,he forests from the Trebisond throughout A :
| STA Minor and Syria ;where the pfnus pinea Tor
Stone pine) and the iayieo Tor Gorslcan pine
| are likewise abundant, and every species Of
wood and timber known in the naval arsenals
of Europe .
Long before the revolution, the French ro.
vernment, hadprocured masts. spars, Yards, and
heavy tim5er for ships equal to those brought
\ from the baltic, in the Levant. and from the
| ports or the Euxine and Modavia--from Gakas
| and Sinope-fro-n Cattaro and the Culph of
| LadrIna. from Durazzo. Janina, aud the &c
pha oman Straits. from Patros & Lavidia, from
the Gulphs of Sa!onica and Coniessa the alliance
oriAe power of France may draw materials for
| ships, tor war or for commerce, and cargoes to
load them In Pel91emessus, now called the NO.
rea which once contained the celebrated Soar
rams, and from whom will proceed INCENTIVES 10
rouse those passions which never fail to i,.flnence
war--frcm that Sparta. colonies of which were
the progenitor5 of.the modern Cpysicaas an sIIi.
ance b. new colonies will serve 10 Destroy preiu.
dices which want but some such assimilation 10
render them scarcely objects of conversation
seeing the glory which Corsican genius has she'd
| upon France. genius educated and assimilatea a,
once by habit and by glory, TO her fame and des.
| ,inies
in the Aforea there win be founded those co
lonies which France wants--there a re ports. har.
oors, nster'a'sfor naval eqpnent apd the mos,
ample resources that now exist. for universal
| Commerce At every step classic example and
emula'ion, furnish incentives to enterprise and
70 fare Achaia, Lycionia, Corin,h. Argos
! i'ga'a and Lacedemon, Messenia, and an hun
nseo olher PAGES memorable IN classic history
| give interest," and importance 20 the ancient Re
ioponnessus. the modern Morea and on the ad
Jacen. shores formed by the ,Saronic and CORN
tn'an spphs,. Achaia and Atiica--rAthens and
,her tame-Megara and The,pia, Thebes and
eeotia, ard their thousand associate nations
fhessaly, Mscedun ard Epirus flush upon the
| n,ind--here the spirit of a nation proverbiaIl,
v'vacions and elevated by glory and triumph IN
examp'ed, find theatre to satiste their ambi,i
on>-and resources already prepared to gratif,
the most coyetous cravings of commerce
In word, there exist az once the means o,
temptation and qualification superaddst to a DO
iitira necessity, Arising out of the medi,ated des
truetion Of France By the conspirators at Piinas
(which compels France to rule and 10 counier
act all those who would have DESTROYED. and
| would still destroy her.
Notwithstanding that tie Mediterranean wa,
once The centre Of universal coprnerce. and al
though even since the passage round the Caps
OF Good Hope. it has been the chief mart OF
Enrppe, the knowledge Of It's immense resources
and riches-hls been by the spirit of mercantile
monopoly. and seIhslness confined 10 a few com
panies and few adventurous merchants in diff
terent countries. who have ever considered IL
their best policy 10 keen within themselves tha,
knowledge, which If difused might excite com.
peution, and ove,frode fSe ma,ket
knowledge on this as vel! as all other sub
Jeets, always yields to enterprise; ihs Amer
can merchants have penetrated the remotes,
bays and inlets--the Islands and gulphs of the
Levant-SyTia and Eight. Cyrens and the A.
frican shores have lent their yinls to FIJI The a.