Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1807-03-31

atsly Is the n.saa Is who weat with "a,
For these reasons it's sabable Boraparte
.xOss.s ne other advantagG rom the opera.
,,ou Of bis decree en- the coEnen, than the
,roor.aus one OF pusting insSs;. hand a
i,l,s key 70 unloek very steresf goods
S.m trieste 70 Vissals.
Ietus turn ,s the seaand ask what M.re
ii, views 10 regard TO n,a,ral commerce.
!, +. obyfous mat the deEee can operate
ouly on neutral commerce. British pro.
..,t, vas, before its pHbliessien, subject
3 csp,srs, ana as British shos sail with
.ouyoY, the effect Of the decreeis 20 Danish
u.o.rsls from the sea. Ii augnen,s the
r.k on neutral navigation and leaves i, on
British aavigasioa aud to annihilate that oi
nsulrals.
If however the good sense of the decree
should be sar.heE sought for, il would be
,,ld neural eargoss will be prize. The
seeao becomes tributary to>ths master Of
me land. Fseqaear captures would obligs
u4sulrsls soarn and oppose forceto fors.or
,hey would resslss alatheir supplies in Bril-
,;sa bottoms. Both sides of the aiterna
,Iys would be disagrseable to France, and
suher Of them would defeat the design Of.
The decree.
If the .piris of priys,essing should be
reused anew IN France, prizes would not
snrieh,he goyernment. Besides ghs effect
Of oass more enrushng Freaeh seamens
20 ,he sea, would be 70 lsck them up 10
Eoglish guard houses and pison ships.
Even If the decree could he enfeyEed so
as 70 sunihiisre neutral eoaanerce, as If
executed TO the letter ncerlinIy would,
IS il eonceisable Iha, Francs could wish Go
accomplish il? Can II be that III. French
statesmen are .bliaa, we viii pes say 10
Inc value, bur 10 lhs absolute ,nesessity of
seu,rai uaviga,iea What enabisd trsnee
% receive without dimiuuron the s,par
crops Of Martiaique and Guadaloupe Ia,
The in.erven,ioa of neusrals? Bsnapartv
has beasled 10 his senate that his colonies
lave Aourished by the war. If England
hOuld wish to obstract this stream of
.dsu.y thar has been regularly poured into
France, it would not seem strange. Ba.
hat France should attenpt It is surprising.
VIA. should we think OF the travellers 10
the caravan if 10 the Gidst of the desars
they should eat their eamelss
Great Britain has abundant means In
her hands for eouateraesing this decree.
aud by every law of nature and nations,
she has a right to exist, there would be no
just and scarcely any plausible reason to
reproaeh her for reseIting to them.
When great mea and great measures are,
in question: We often deceive ourselves by
boxing too deep for the motives shat pro 8
dassd them, Bonapartes is no doubt a
man Of pepetration. But the operation of
his decree is rather an affair of calculation.
than ssgaclty. Probably be has undertaken
70 act like soldier 10 case that required
ss mature consideration like merchant.
Hs decision is as .sa,ek IS his discern:
rasns aud his toibles. are OF the same size
Is ms talents. His vanity and ebssinae,
a's Known to be bouadlcss. Humblsd aud
engaged TO see Gre Britain every where
waving nscromanser's wand TO l;arnlsh
DIS trophies and dishgure his triumphs, We
may assr'bs his decree 60 bis anger rather
'saa his policy. If, howsvsr, z allesr rand
was Va 90. heard at FIRST, his souOcHs will be
Sovsd to make its future operation con-
'salsnt icstrumeat of dslusion and terror
~ sSlp.orto spare nentrals, .saat is TO say
'ae Danes and. Americans; and the treat.
nsns We are TO expect will depend altoge.
1aet 90 the good or i'll success OF Bona,
Pst'es arms, no, in the least on the spi.
W, ,a,s our people or .he foresight, of oar
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