Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1806-06-25

like al r1onopo.ists became as odious as their
system was vexatious i-id inis,erant. they were
dc,ested at home and lost the Confidence Of the
natives of the African shotes. The Dar5iiy
powers. during the resn OF Lewis XIV had con.
raeted many treaties with France, highly advan-
tageous 10 France mad they been duly attended
10. but the same laxity and imbsciity which ru.
led France and wluch ultimately produced tile re-
voiution, had suffered those treaties to DC broken
through. and by the activity of her great En-
g.ish rival. the year 1893 there was MOI SIM
gle French merchant in the dominion Of AL.
gers. The recent expedition of Jerome Bona.
parte to that cosst--lhe counter,6lion of Mar.
Ca,ssrig5s, the English consul. slill recent.
and his flight from that country plainly points
OUT the Objects pursued by France and the unity
OF her s:upcndous policy. In subsequent NUM-
Der of these papers. we shall go into the detail
and particulars of the commerce Of the Levant.
The next power, in The order before given was
Genoa. now an integral part Of the federal en-
pine OF France Genoa before her union with
France. had pursued system of policy in reati-
. On To he Barbary powers, well verify of their
ancient reputation. and honorable TO the native
land OF Columbus. She always preferred fight
ing The baibarians to the payment of tribute.
Her scamcn therefore, were the best and bravesr
that sailed III that the state never redeemed
those VINO surrendered, and her merchantmen al
ways prepared for death rather than slavery.
! were = terror TO the Corsaiis They have not
haG Tor the IS years preceding their incorpora-
tioa with France more than three large ships cf
war. two gallcys and two corvettes. yet with this
small force they proTeeted their with efe
and carri.d on an active commence with degree
of security and success. honorable and worthy OF
; imitation, by commercial nations. The acquisi.
ton Of such people ON The Mediterranean shores
NUT DC OF the FIRST consequences 10 The federal
empire; and The recent release of great number
of Cenoese who had been captured and ne main.
Cd unrsdcemed. al the solicitation of Jerome Bo,
napaTte is another evidence, that the system Of
French policy is directed by msn of no mean in
telsd or shallow views
The thi.d powsr whose number of ships we
stated, was Great Britain. One half Of the num-
Der stated chiefly confined 10 Gibraltar aud
Malta; gseat proportion OF those that trade
wnh Gibraltar are navigaied by Italians. who ex-
pea under the British flag pioie tlon against Cor
sars. and who during possess many ineiul-
gences in smuggling COMMERCE nor authorised
by English laws. bui which policy blnks at in
consideration OF their supplying the British gar
risons. and aiding i'll cutting up the French and
Spanish conTcre these men after acquiring pro-
pcrty adequate 10 their wishes the ltali-
an shores from whence they came, to Genoa, to
Tuscany. 10 Elba. Sardinia, and Corsica
A decree of Bonapar,e published in July 1905,
against enemys ccrSars. manned in Italy, has pa
| ralysed that bsanch Of illicit commetce, and has
1
veral countries or Transferred them TO the naval
ports a. the federal en;pve; and it is not q, all
Improbable that the same sagacity which diaa-
led the docrer and that adopted Genoa, may up.
Oh the ascendancy of Bonypane being unequivo.
cay esi ablishet. convert these very seamen in.
! TO enemies OF the Engiisl, commerce.
Malta TO which anoher per,ion of the British
commerce was d,reeled has been in a commerce.
al decline for fifty years and after all her fer
mer celebrity, her military monks like the Gu.
! nuchs Of those infidcI countries tc which ,b.v
had an the name OF God swcrn y holy hatred.
had LOST AL their vigor and iheif reputation Du
ring the twenty years which usr Ams yican friend
70 whom we aye Indicated Tor these eaas resided
| there, thers had not beer. single Barbarv cor
! sair captured by the .rAalrese knights, Malta.
! excepting small quAntity of cotton, prosaces
! nothing worthy or commerce. Il is therefore
mere ensfepSf. wheIe the ,iau,erce of other pla-
ces may DE depo? 1.ed for FIGURE transp sr;a.ion
and possesses 40 consequence bug from ITS mill
! tary position. AS things look at present, the
British Commerce of the Mediterranean has tea-
/ ched it.1 height. The BaSbagy system has been
inth1ito sustained and nourished by Great Dri.
| TEN, as a cheek and scourge upon the com.
nerce Of nations which aye not /" intimately CON.
! nectetf' With Ee< That system will now be Ell
ther destroyed, or employed by France as il was
formerly employed by her .ival the ca,eut of mi.
veysal mischief The commerce &C Italy ard Of
the Mediterranean genc,- y will obtain renew-
ed life, and mere vigorous body & the coHse-
quences vii affett the Baric and the Atlantic
while to the United States if the pacific and sris-
iy neutral policy ct our government is pursued,
tie consequences must prove of the first inyor-
! lance. But greatest danger will be from the
Influence of Eng;isi. politics in our country, and
the assumption OF our flag by English faasrs vino
disregard our nation, and who - answer the
purposes of England would readily commit our
peace. But these dangers will diminish with
| the progress of those events which time must
now speedily unfold.
! Spain before the Illuminating peace made with
the Barbary powers, and her disasters under &c.
| ton fste Neapoitan mns,erl and count O'ReiL-
", IN 1885 had not in the Mediterranean more
than $50 vessels, and these principally belonged
TO MsJorca and lvica; Barcelona AID ia aga fu,.
nished a few The sacrifice Of national honor.
| however procured considerable advantage to
Spain. near 100 900 Italians removed TO her sea
ports on the Mediterranean. The Catalonians
and Majorcsns are the most active of the Spa
nish Ieamlen and il has been more than once him.
te that Catalonia was to be incorporated with
tic federal empire; event by no means incon-.
bistent with the prevailing policy Of France
Naples has recently undergone a total revou.
ton The island Of Sicily which contains po-
pula'ion of abou. million of Doth sexes. cannoe
long remain unsubjuga ed It's commercial pros
! persy was at its greatest heighS abou, 80 years