Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-07-14

. with US, smuggling will relieve her from thai
difficulty, and unless all our gun-hoats, all
our minute men, all our regular troops, with
their flying artillery are constantly Patrolllrg
on the immensely OF our coasts and frontiers.
to prevent the introduction of foreign goods
and the expectation Of our cash and pro-
duce, twill inevitably take place, and it has
already begun. Another conclusive consi-
Iteration, which alidates the idea ofcom-
pelling by the embargo, the powers Of En-
rope to repeal their law. adverse to our neu-
trality is, that our navigation AID the COM
petition en- produce has become for them
long ago an object of very serious jealousy,
and that if we give lip ourselves our mercan-
tile correspondence with chem and our navi-
cation, to become romantic agrlcolcs, they
will not be inahalry to oppose that Oirtsssa1s
deed.
cannot imaginethat those considerations
have escaped the sagacity Of our erhghten-
ed administration, and do not believe that
the embargo was any more cale1lated to pre-
vent the usual less Of some Of our properly
at see, than to obliSe the king OF England
and the emperor Of France to come 70 cur
terms THERE is SOMETHING
ELSE UNDER THE ROSE. Let us
try to find it out. It cannot be denied that
MY. TeG1yson mede in France his entry on
Medsbl5matlc stnsr: he stuaasd, at tie court
of fossis, tie az: II Aachia-ci, md from @
c5,yfier ct tie kUsg detAg beeonae enssrt'u
ef The teople, when the FIRE OF the revolution
first broke out, the most prptuse doses OF
adulation and hattery were isvished upon
him by he leading characters at that period;
these marks OF respect and confidence have
been contialsed since, and the French am
tmssaGcr brought to him and Mr.. Madison
in 1898, DEGREES Of the national convention,
naturalizing thempcth French citizens; tie
written answer Of Mr.. Madison, expressive
Of his gratitude, Els admiration, and his de-
yotiosl, was transmitted to Trance bv tie
same minister, and TIE bloody Echespierrc,
who opened that memorable letter, was yer,
much pleased al his ciyism. Gii1-. Jefferson,
an Older fox, took care hinse!t of his an
awer. Some Of ihe principal astols Of The
national assembly, who escaped murder BY
!, timely emf grafton, occupying now high
tations under tic iInps'ial government,
lave lad ? chance to renewtheir core pos1a-
] nee with those Gallo American citizens, itr
those elevation they have felt some interest,
and tits not altogether beyond Tie heunds Ct
probability that when The French elnreEv1
oleekadec England, ana annuncd her tradc
With Lis DEGREES, the eIncar,o, shian e!iec-
ually does not hurt France great deal, was
ieatcrousl! conIiyed to comply,as much as
possible, with his inlperious wishes, WITH
Ont ine,aslDg The Local dangers OF mani
st parsialily. It appears, however, BY
me expressions which have leaked out il
the published part OF that letter written BY
the French minister Of foreign affairs,
Cha,npagry, to cur minister, that iit.!e
more chan the embargo is wanted to give up
10 the United States tie Florjitss, lately k;f.
mapped from Spain. But hes@ is the rub.
Our cabinet, it is conjectured, is willing TO
increase rs much Us possible the importance
o. the southern states, bur they don't want
our northern states to be strengthened bv
the scqulsl!it.n Q! Canada, kcvaScotia and
the fisheries which would of course take
place il war was declared between America
and England. indeed it is. more than pro-
bable that i Me were drove and pushed info
hat dreadful calamity Ey GIL half measures,
and our deienceless situation, in vain would
our .lave Workers, cur SPIRITED Green
mountain boys, and our bold Yankees repair
BY their vaior the. alterations Of our ca
biHet, and strip Great Britain of her re-
naming continental posse ssions in North
America; the actual administration would
restore them at the peace under specious
pretexts, but in reality for fear that. those
valuable acquisitions should threw TOO much
IN the balance On cur side of the union, and
diminish onr subseiviency to The nol;t;cs of