Alexandria daily gazette, commercial & political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1808-1812, 1809-01-24

ceased to be OtuSe TO her, fnel1 istec pCSsiliS
so much the more Indifferent to her, be-
cause she kept up with them commercial
relations, even in continuing the war with
France.
France herself left to the English the.
hope of shameful slavery TO the wants OF
certain objects, of which they conceived
her pent rous population incapable OF sup
nortine the priivation. They thought that
nor being able to touch The territory OF the
empire with their arms, they would intrude
into her bosom commerce now become her
most dangerous enemy, the admission q
which would have exhaused herm rrec1l-
Gus resources.
The genius and prudence of the emperor
did not fail to see this danger. EnveloPted
in the. difficulties of continental war, be
ceased not to repel from his states the mo-
nopoly of English commerce. lie has been
able to complete since the measures an ct
fcaeious resistance.
We must not deceive ourselves SINCE
the English ave declared this new KIND of
war, all the ports of the continent are
blockaded--the ocean is forbidden to every
neutral ship which shall not pay to the Bril-
fish treasure tribute, which itpresumcss
to impose upon the whole population OF thc
world.
70 this law of slavery nations have re-
Piled by measures OF reprisal, and by wish
es for the snnihilation of such tyranny.
s The English nation is isolated from all
other natons-it shall be fixed in that slfa-
alton. All her commercial relations with
the continent are suspended shels sauck
with the exconmunication which she pro-
voked herself.
Hence the war consists in repclllng the
ENGLISH commerce from all parts, ancl in
employing all the means proper to support
that measure.
France has concurred with energy i'll ex-
Guiding the monopoly Of commerce: she is
resigned to privations which long habit had
rendered more sensible--some branches OF
her agriculture and her industry have suf-
fered and still sufer-but the prosperl-
ty of the mass of the nation has not been
iuiured-she familiarises herself to this
she beholds without fear.
The ALLIES OF FRANCE, AND THE u
NITEDa STATES, SACRIFICE WITH HER,
AND WITH AN EQUALLY GENEROUS. REso-
LUTON, Their PRIVATE coNvENIENG-
Es.
England had touched the moment in
which her exclusion from tn continent
would have been consumnated; but She
has availed herselfof recent circumstances
to extend over Spain the genius Of evil,
and to agitatr in that unhappy country all
the furious passions; she has sought for
allies even in the props of the inquisition,
and in the most barbarous preiuaces.
Miserable people To whom do 70 con-
Fl lie your destinies? To the despiser Of your
manners, to the enemy of your religion, to
those, who violated tkeir promises, have
erected upon your territory monument Of
their audacity !; an afrcnt, whose impunitv,
for a century and.a half, would give evil
dence against your courage, if the weak
ness Of your government had not alone been
guilty of it! You ally yourselves with the
English, who SO often wounded your pride
and your independence who so long have
invaded BY open violence, and even in The
bosom OF peace, the commerce Of your CO.
lonies; who, to intimate to YOU the prohi
bition to remain neutral, prefaced their de-
crees by the pillage of your treasures, and
the massacre of your seamen; who, in
short, have covered Europe with their con-
tempt for their allies, and for the abusive
promise which they have made them Y on
will recover no doubt from your delusion
You will then mourn the new perhdics that
are destined for you But what blood and
tears will have flowed before this slow re.
turn to wisdom.