Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1808-11-23

{ That his majesty las i right 10 MOI.
municipal regulations as he NAV asss, such
per, with regard to foreign coam asea pro- pr:
.her IS nor has been denied. For avs'a a,l>
he may forbid the entry into the ,Ss'Ap'e,
France of American ships wh;. g,'ls q
touched in England, or been d.s,;.. nave
England and he may either seoues. sa 70
conhseate such vessels of the United St,. u
as shall infract these laws, after dne s, a
mitigation and notice thereof bat bs,Pa .o,
this, the United States hope and belisv., thl
his majesty will not go. 'A'
III. de Champagny willnot fail - se;;..
the distinction which these remarks nres ~
between the authority Of municipal rr.Nia
tons and that of public law, and will d.
eide whether it does or does not ogsr
ground on which the good understand;a,
50 long and SO usefully maintained betweesI'
the United States and France, NAV be nrs
served, and degree of intercourse betvee,
themrevived, which snail have the effect Il
terminating their former industry.
Does:his n,alesty fear that the balance oe
trade, arising from this renewed indu,r,
would go the advantage Of England mean,
are certainly not wanting to prevent ri,
consequence would it not be entirely .
voided by making It a condition of the COM
merce in question, that all ships learin,
France shall take (m some article or articles
o.. her produce or MANUFACTURED the full ..
mount of the cargoes they bring hitler!
/ Ships sailing under this regulation would
or would not go voluntarily to England. II
they went voluntarily, it would only be be.
cause that country afforded the best market,
for the productions of France, in which case
the habituai results would be entirely ci,anp.
ed, and England, ceasing to receive bal
ance for her manufactures, would begin to
pay one to the u. States on the production,
of France. Could France wish state Of
commerce more prosperous than this.
If,on the other hand, the American ships
did not go voluntarily to England, but were
captured and sent for adjudication, it may
be fairly, presumed, that the U. States could
no longer hesitate about becoming party
to.the war against England.
Thus in either case the interests Of hn
majesty would be directly advanced by the
measures. in the one, the wants of France
and her colonies would be not only regularly
supplied, but she would herself become an
entrepot for the supply of the continent; in
the other, the wishes of his majesty as ex-
pressed in Feb. last, would be directly pro.
NOTED.
MIR. Armstrong has the honor OF renew
ing to M. de Champagny the assurances of
his very high consideration.
To his excel2ency ~ de CAambagny, Of
exterior relations.
Extract Of a letter fran Gen. armstrong to
the secretary Of state, dated Bourbon
pArchanbaaH, 23td AuglSt, 1908.
Since my arrival at this place | have
been honored by the receipt ofyour dispatch
of the 21st uitino, and would Immediately
return to Paris to renew any discussions
with NJ. dc Champagny either personally,
as you suggest, or by writing, had | not tie
most solemn conviction that any new expe'
riment made at the present moment IN either
form and OF official character, would GER
tainly be useless and probably injurious"