Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-06-16

FREIGHT vessels Tor ioItiSu poi'', " ~ -, o
bonfs their colonial produce, "ish TIC
rbance. bur na. thecers4iuty OF .helr beng
srsken. Some psrt of this cnthnefce lei
INTO the hands ot.neu(rai traders; some
nart was carried ON frauduIenlly under the
cover OF The neutral fig: but the rioS va,
not Sufficient 10 make the merchant give dp
the nj on. OF drect traffic ON HIS own &C.
count, with vessels and crews, AUG nag Of
his own country. Bue the nnexanPied ~
cre ase, OF the English marlne, and the. a.
most total rum of the French navy during
the last end present wars, have augmented
the risk OF capture To ihe FIehch tfaoer
SO greatly, that he eau nc longer undergo
il, aed must be content 10 giVr up much 81
It's traffic 10 nentrals, and endeavor TO
screen The res, by fraudulent DEVICES. The
unprecedented length of The last war, leo,
and The fer;ewa!o OF hostll,t!es alter SO short
an iaurVal~ of peace, has increased still
fur. her the induce ment, or rather ihe me-
cessily Of employing neutral nations, IN The
commerce formerly carried Cd by the bella
gerens alone. Fer few yearsscf,War the
pfivs;ion,o certain aftitlts of Necessity OF
luxury may be endurad,; bat this becuK,es
at length intqletaels, <sed overcomes every.
RESTRAINT which either. government. or the
eepnsing interest Of raiders can create.
Those traders themselves, TOO, w;hsne. a.
war las lasted long, gradually shit stris
capital into new channels, aud Withdraw
mere and more from the hazardous specu.
hate "a, III mhlch, Daring short period Of
hostility, they r,igh! be corteutcd Sc com.
,psIsrd 70. continue. he lines of employ
na5nt which they Thus leave, become, in
copssq1ttnce, open to neusrais, who now
carry. on the various bEaoches OF forsign
trade. from which they were formerly ex.
cloded. Thus II happened from the. com.
bined effects, Of our astonishing naval su.
peroriU, and ehe unprecedented length Of
the war that almost all the foreign cos
merce e France, AID large proportion
even OF The coas.ing ;rade, have fsllen into
the hands Of neutral nations, anG parsicu.
lafIy of the. Americans, who have the
greatest facilities OF maritime carriage,
aud The most rising commercial system.
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nercc now engro.sed BY American traders,
with The permission of bath governments,
is that Of the colonies. As their trade,
during peace, was subject to the sulct
raT~e of1the Navigation Law, common TO
ell fhe maritime powers OF kufope, pc.
Guitar objection has been taken TO liz beIcg
suddenly laid open BY the enemy to neu.
sssls during war, tor the evident purpose
of screening it from our just hostility.
And his interference Of the Amer ms
in order 10 assist SUCH scheme, h. On
supposed ipconss,ens wish the relations OF
neutrality which lkelr nation pcot-sses TO
maintain.
It is in va!n tie supporters of the belli'
eeren, fights Contend, that Ene:1nd conqaers the
Z e0ch Marine, nay 1edacts II aim 1t 10 annlfii
lation. I!:f ihips OF war may be captured, bus
the commerce OF France IS sas. She may d"
clare war when tie .j.eases; AID without hip
10 make h=ad againit our wsakek cfrizer, lhe has
sue method OF az once protecting her "hlie
trade. moe certainly sban ii a.e had The entire
cuamaad Of the leas. She has but 10 suspend
her navigation law, to admit the Anesicans int
her colonial a.'d coating trade, and 10 ht out n
vcfeiFor sea under F,sach colours. The Eng at
rrGlzery may don'neer over the seas ard ye' they
a,e unable 70 ten h alton OF hci trade She Id:
millions aoaiing o. sbeyell: Is OF neutral nations.
which no cnemy can rtach. She isaps the
stle benshts of commerce and Ct colonies,
~wlth0ut the iisk Of caplsre or,de,enrion. 81.
may FL out nothing b5t pivatf sss or cruizsrs
to attack cur trade an difgci, our colonies
While hcs own are beyond the 'eaot's OF gu
srmed veGtIs. She -unises tic whole tenet:s Of
war with all the fccurity ofpeacc. Th7 rule,
it's constnlcd, which houid guide US in Ibis
eneiion, as toe i.iref9 meafufe of jalicc ta all
part,esE is, thar neutrals can only take part aar
inr war, IN fuch branches of commerce as tn.