Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-01-13

which -four was re. SHiUpco ~ So'fiy
- Cha that trade ceased with the war.
go, R,;,ain blorkades Gaesi2 and con-
d1mns our ships that attempt to SO IN. ---
We suoply Cuba with -four, rice and salt
ed meat bringing from thence sugar mo-
lases. &c. &c. This trade Great Britain
40 yer permits (,hro'; her great benevolence)
provided YOU go to and come from the SIM
r.. nor. Of HAVANA but condemns your
ehips if they are. found, coming from any
o,her MORT in the island. For this pittance
of trade 10 HAVANA we are at the mercy
of Great Britain. She may eegreeably to
her law of nations deprive us OF. II at any
moment, and if We can judge otwhat she
has done. we must expect she will (wi:hout
notice cause all cur ships found trading
with the colony other enemy, be se'zed {;
her courts will condemn. Great Britain
has otiuterdicsed or molested our trade
"a. ST. Domingo. 1t was left tor1the no.
norable moyerto propose ITO deprive MS
country of that valuable branch OF our
commerce. and tina, he says 1t out OF
eomplim. mt TO what he suPpeses to be
th- desire of France. He shews US 20
document TO induce Us TO believe that
nation would wish it. Judging Gas l do)
from what would be the interest OF France,
/ am induced to believe that she wilInot
be obliged TO the mover. ltls her interest
,ba, Great Britain should not have the be.
n.6, If the commerce of St. Domingo ::
nc we in1erdict this trade, Great Britain
will have the whole-she will have the mo.
.nopoly which she asked. and which Des.
salines refused to give her; and Twill
then aid him against Ferrand--blockade
the CITY of Santo Domingo by sea ). while
the blacks attack him BY land. Gen. Fer
rand NAV in sp,h case soon be starved into
submission. The supplying that island
and drawing all her valuable products into
Eoq,and, will enable. Great Britain to pay
a handsome annual subsidy to any Of the
powers of Europe The Introduction Of
our trade will enrich. England and. do no
benefit TO France. What effect may it
produce as it respects uss is a-serlous
question. !, fear-it will create another PIE
,ra.ical power. The -Hay,ians will have
provisions if they are to be found onsthe
ocean the in,erdiction will be considered
bv Them as declaration Of war, the worst
Of all wars-a war with aview to starve.
them. They will send out sheir-vessels Of
war. efor they have armed vessels } they will
take our unarmed ships bound:to Jamaica,
to the Spanish Main, to Curacao, ard
modest your trade TO Cuba; they are upon.
the high road OF your trade from England
70 New Orleans--they viii destroy it-you
will compeIrhem to be "a maratime power,
they will soon make it necessary for you to
surround their island, with an armed feet
but il will be asked Of what advantage is
our having the trade to,he mother ccan-
try, France. Ihave already stated that we
prevent its wealth from going TO her en-
emy--but this is not The only advantage,
our ships carry to- France the coffee We
draw from St. Domingo, the cotton, rice
and tobacco of our country, and receive
in return the wiaes, brsndy, soap and dry;
goods of France, which are landed IN the
United States, and form large proper
lion 0 the ,cargoes sent to that lsiand.--
Thus then France, in truth, Supplies as
formerly the people of s.. Domingo with
It's manufactures and, products, TO Inc en-
riching of that nation the nomsn Mt We step
that trade France wonld furnish no more,
Great Britain will supply the whole. The
Haytians viii find supplies whether we are
the carriers or not; their coffee will procure
thso. al thex want !. we shall be exposed to
the necessity OF keeplng an expensive teet.
-Great Britain will be enriched and
France will lose the advantage N which
she now partakes. These arr some otthe
reasons which have induced me 10 presume
that the silence of France is owing, to her
knowledge of the consequences tina, would
result, from our interdicting that trade
The gentleman ought to have informed
us oS the consequences that may result